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| Distros for MinGW 4.8.1/5.3.0 and Allegro 4.4.3/5.2.1.1 ready for download |
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Edgar Reynaldo
Major Reynaldo
May 2007
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EDIT 10/29/2016 EDIT 10/08/2016 EDIT 09/21/2016 EDIT 09/03/2016 Original Post I've put together some unofficial distributions of MinGW 4.8.1 and MinGW 5.3.0, as well as binaries of Allegro 4.4.3 from GIT as of 8/12/2016 and Allegro 5.2.1.1 for each version of MinGW. Each includes all the example and test programs as well as the addons and dependencies. Only monolith versions of Allegro 5 are provided. Hopefully this helps get some more people developing with allegro. Development is as easy as using 7-zip to unpack each archive twice and then setting your system path for mingw and your search paths for allegro. Any questions, ask away. Get MinGW here Unofficial distribution of MinGW gcc 4.8.1-4 Unofficial distribution of MinGW GCC 5.3.0-2 v3 Get your classic Allegro 4.4 here Unofficial distribution of Allegro 4.4.3 for MinGW gcc 4.8.1-4 Unofficial distribution of Allegro 4.4.3 for MinGW gcc 5.3.0-2 And get the modern day Allegro 5.2 here Allegro5211_MinGW4814_Rel3.tar.7z Allegro5211_MinGW5302_Rel3.tar.7z Each Allegro binary comes with a .bat file in the root directory of the archive. If you run it, it sets up a cmd.exe environment ready to run the included examples and test programs. Note, I put the dlls in their own directory to prevent duplication of files, so if you want to run them from without the .bat environment you need to copy the dlls to the appropriate folder. Every program is built as dynamic debug, so you can help debug allegro if something goes wrong on your system. Please test them out and let me know if everything works as expected. (Examples run, programs using the libs build and run correctly, all headers are included, etc...). Additionally, included are chm docs for each version of Allegro. I find them much easier to use. I will include them for download separately here in case you just want a nice copy of the manuals : The scripts I used to build chm docs for Allegro 5 were provided by ArekXV : ArekXV said: I've made a batch script which automatically generates necessary files and compiles CHM file. All you need to do is to put the contents into docs/html of allegro source run generateCHM.bat and press Enter to begin. Get it here: Please note that HTML Help Workshop needs to be installed for this to work. This script will look for it in Program Files directory. I've uploaded a copy since dropbox doesn't work for me. (Anybody else have the same problem?) My Website! | EAGLE GUI Library Demos | My Deviant Art Gallery | Spiraloid Preview | A4 FontMaker | Skyline! (Missile Defense) Eagle and Allegro 5 binaries | Older Allegro 4 and 5 binaries | Allegro 5 compile guide |
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Neil Roy
Member #2,229
April 2002
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Thanks for these... and yes, I will check my paths carefully! I'm really interested in putting MinGW 5.3.0 on. The only reason I ever use 4.8.1 is for Allegro. So, nice to be able to upgrade that. --- |
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Edgar Reynaldo
Major Reynaldo
May 2007
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Great! I'm glad someone will be putting them to use. My distro of MinGW gcc 5.3.0-2 comes with gdb and grep included. They're by far the handiest tools I have found for working with code. My Website! | EAGLE GUI Library Demos | My Deviant Art Gallery | Spiraloid Preview | A4 FontMaker | Skyline! (Missile Defense) Eagle and Allegro 5 binaries | Older Allegro 4 and 5 binaries | Allegro 5 compile guide |
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Neil Roy
Member #2,229
April 2002
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I managed to recompile just fine using MinGW 5.3.0-2, and the new Allegro 5. When I ran my game (Deluxe Pacman 2), when it loads a level and waits for a keypress to begin play, the pacman character jumps ahead quite far, then resumes normal play. If I wait long enough, the ghosts will suddenly appear next to you and you die right away. This appears to have something to do with the timer interrupts. I use three of them. One for redrawing, and two for timing the ghosts and the player. I didn't reprogram anything, I just recompiled using the new files you supplied. Here's some code I use where my game waits for a keypress... //Stop the timers while we wait for a keypress al_stop_timer(pacman.timer); al_stop_timer(ghost[0].timer); al_stop_timer(setting.redraw_timer); // wait for keypress and if it returns true (ESC pressed), exit game loop. bool break_loop = false; if(wait_for_keypress(0)) break_loop = true; //Restart timers al_start_timer(setting.redraw_timer); al_start_timer(ghost[0].timer); al_start_timer(pacman.timer); So as you can see, this should stop the timers, but I suspect it is not. This worked for the previous versions. (Edit: that is, it worked with 5.2.0, which was the last I compiled it with, I missed 5.2.1) EDIT: I ran "ex_timer" and it runs fine. But when I run "ex_timer_pause" from the command prompt, it returns to the prompt right away without anything. Edit 2: I just noticed that 5.2.1 changed something with the timers, so I assume this is when the problem was introduced? I didn't use 5.2.1 at all, I haven't been on here in a while. --- |
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Edgar Reynaldo
Major Reynaldo
May 2007
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I can confirm the behavior with ex_timer_pause. It exits immediately. If I run it through gdb, it pauses normally. BUT, in neither case do any of the printf statements get output. stdout seems to have been redirected, or else there is something else going on. It does the same thing for Allegro 5.2.1.1 whether it was compiled with MinGW 4.8.1 or 5.3.0. You should report this in the Allegro 5.2.1.1 release thread. EDIT Neil, I discussed this on the [AD] mailing list and Trent provided a patch he thinks will fix this. Can you download this patched dll and try it with your Pacman game? It needs to be linked to the debugging allegro monolith library I provided for MinGW 5.3.0-2. EDIT2 (There's a newer version below) Put it in the same directory as your executable so it is the first one loaded (in case you are running the path script I provided). My Website! | EAGLE GUI Library Demos | My Deviant Art Gallery | Spiraloid Preview | A4 FontMaker | Skyline! (Missile Defense) Eagle and Allegro 5 binaries | Older Allegro 4 and 5 binaries | Allegro 5 compile guide |
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Rodolfo Lam
Member #16,045
August 2015
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Edgar, thank a lot for the CHM for latest 5.2.1.1, while I like the manual provided on the main site, *.chm files have always being my favorite way to read documentation as well.
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Edgar Reynaldo
Major Reynaldo
May 2007
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@Rodolfo I would prefer it though, if the A5.2 manual was like the A4.4 manual, where the sub topics were included in books on the left. I'm not sure how to achieve that with the current system. EDIT allegro_monolith-debug-5.2.dll EDIT2 If anybody else has a game where they start and stop the timers, I'd appreciate it if you could test out the MinGW 5.3.0 Allegro 5.2.1.1 distro with the attached debug dll. My Website! | EAGLE GUI Library Demos | My Deviant Art Gallery | Spiraloid Preview | A4 FontMaker | Skyline! (Missile Defense) Eagle and Allegro 5 binaries | Older Allegro 4 and 5 binaries | Allegro 5 compile guide |
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Neil Roy
Member #2,229
April 2002
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Sorry, haven't been on in a while. I don't use DLLs, I statically link. Maybe I'll try recompiling with DLLs just to test. Edit: Sorry, my project it set up for static link compile. When I try compiling for a DLL I get errors. --- |
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Edgar Reynaldo
Major Reynaldo
May 2007
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Okay, here is a patched static debug lib for you to link against. Try linking against this and see if your
EDIT My Website! | EAGLE GUI Library Demos | My Deviant Art Gallery | Spiraloid Preview | A4 FontMaker | Skyline! (Missile Defense) Eagle and Allegro 5 binaries | Older Allegro 4 and 5 binaries | Allegro 5 compile guide |
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Neil Roy
Member #2,229
April 2002
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Okay, that one fixed the problem, thanks. Just need a non-debug version. Maybe I'll get energetic tomorrow and see if I can compile for DLL tomorrow and let you know how that goes. --- |
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Edgar Reynaldo
Major Reynaldo
May 2007
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Perfect. I'll let Trent know the fix is good, and I'll recompile everything tomorrow and make a new release. My Website! | EAGLE GUI Library Demos | My Deviant Art Gallery | Spiraloid Preview | A4 FontMaker | Skyline! (Missile Defense) Eagle and Allegro 5 binaries | Older Allegro 4 and 5 binaries | Allegro 5 compile guide |
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Neil Roy
Member #2,229
April 2002
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Edgar Reynaldo said: Perfect. I'll let Trent know the fix is good, and I'll recompile everything tomorrow and make a new release. Thanks a lot for your (and Trent's) work. It's appreciated. I'll try and check back here more often in the future. --- |
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Edgar Reynaldo
Major Reynaldo
May 2007
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Here are patched versions of the Allegro binaries. In addition to fixing the timing issues in 5.2.1.1, static versions of libFLAC are now included as well. Allegro5211_MinGW4814_Rel2.tar.7z Allegro5211_MinGW5302_Rel2.tar.7z If you have any issues, please let me know and post them here. Thanks! My Website! | EAGLE GUI Library Demos | My Deviant Art Gallery | Spiraloid Preview | A4 FontMaker | Skyline! (Missile Defense) Eagle and Allegro 5 binaries | Older Allegro 4 and 5 binaries | Allegro 5 compile guide |
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Neil Roy
Member #2,229
April 2002
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Thanks a lot for that. I recompiled the game with this version of Allegro and MinGW 5.3.0. It's available for download at the link in my signature. --- |
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Edgar Reynaldo
Major Reynaldo
May 2007
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Nice polished game Neil. Tell me, are the levels random? Or just the background? EDIT My Website! | EAGLE GUI Library Demos | My Deviant Art Gallery | Spiraloid Preview | A4 FontMaker | Skyline! (Missile Defense) Eagle and Allegro 5 binaries | Older Allegro 4 and 5 binaries | Allegro 5 compile guide |
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Neil Roy
Member #2,229
April 2002
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I use Inno Setup, is free software (source is available as well) from http://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php It's simple to use I think. As for my levels, the game comes with a level editor. It loads the levels in order from the "pak" file (which is just a ZIP file renamed, you can open it as a zip if you like). The game scans for custom levels at start up (there can also be custom images which are displayed before each level, which was something someone requested). The inno setup file for my Deluxe Pacman 2 game is the following, if you want an idea how to do it...
; -- Deluxe Pacman 2.iss --
; A simple script for now, I will expand on it later.
[Setup]
UsePreviousAppDir=no
;changed the next two from yes to no
DisableStartupPrompt=no
DisableDirPage=no
AppName=Deluxe Pacman 2
AppVerName=Deluxe Pacman 2 version v16.09.03 (1745)
AppVersion=v16.09.03 (1745)
OutputBaseFilename=Deluxe_Pacman_2_setup
OutputDir=Setup
DefaultDirName={%userprofile}\Deluxe Pacman 2
DefaultGroupName=Deluxe Pacman 2
SetupIconFile=Deluxe_Pacman_2.ico
[Files]
Source: "bin\Deluxe Pacman 2.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"
Source: "bin\Pace 2.exe"; DestDir: "{app}"
Source: "bin\Deluxe Pacman 2.pak"; DestDir: "{app}"
Source: "bin\Line Example.png"; DestDir: "{app}"
Source: "docs\Deluxe Pacman 2 - License.txt"; DestDir: "{app}\docs"; Flags: isreadme
Source: "docs\Deluxe Pacman 2 - Manual (Read this!).txt"; DestDir: "{app}\docs"
Source: "docs\Deluxe Pacman 2 - Journal.txt"; DestDir: "{app}\docs"
Source: "docs\Deluxe Pacman 2 - Cheat Keys.txt"; DestDir: "{app}\docs"
[Icons]
Name: "{group}\Deluxe Pacman 2"; Filename: "{app}\Deluxe Pacman 2.exe"; WorkingDir: "{app}"
Name: "{group}\Level Editor"; Filename: "{app}\Pace 2.exe"; WorkingDir: "{app}"
Name: "{group}\Uninstall"; Filename: "{uninstallexe}"
Name: "{group}\Documentation\Manual"; Filename: "{app}\docs\Deluxe Pacman 2 - Manual (Read this!).txt"
Name: "{group}\Documentation\Journal"; Filename: "{app}\docs\Deluxe Pacman 2 - Journal.txt"
Name: "{group}\Documentation\Licence"; Filename: "{app}\docs\Deluxe Pacman 2 - License.txt"
Name: "{group}\Deluxe Pacman 2 website"; Filename: "http://home.cogeco.ca/~nroy15/games_index.html"
Name: "{userdesktop}\Deluxe Pacman 2"; Filename: "{app}\Deluxe Pacman 2.exe"; WorkingDir: "{app}"
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Edgar Reynaldo
Major Reynaldo
May 2007
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Bump. In case there are any issues reported with the binaries... EDIT My Website! | EAGLE GUI Library Demos | My Deviant Art Gallery | Spiraloid Preview | A4 FontMaker | Skyline! (Missile Defense) Eagle and Allegro 5 binaries | Older Allegro 4 and 5 binaries | Allegro 5 compile guide |
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A. van Patmos
Member #15,349
October 2013
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With a new Windows install on my laptop I thought I'd use new versions of the software too. (I was still using 5.0.10 and MinGW 4.7.1-tdm ) <Linker> <Add option="-s" /> <Add option="-static-libgcc" /> <Add library="C:\Allegro5211_MinGW5302_Rel2\lib\liballegro_monolith-static.a" /> <Add library="C:\MinGW5302\lib\libgdiplus.a" /> <Add library="C:\MinGW5302\lib\libuuid.a" /> <Add library="C:\MinGW5302\lib\libkernel32.a" /> <Add library="C:\MinGW5302\lib\libwinmm.a" /> <Add library="C:\MinGW5302\lib\libpsapi.a" /> <Add library="C:\MinGW5302\lib\libopengl32.a" /> <Add library="C:\MinGW5302\lib\libglu32.a" /> <Add library="C:\MinGW5302\lib\libuser32.a" /> <Add library="C:\MinGW5302\lib\libcomdlg32.a" /> <Add library="C:\MinGW5302\lib\libgdi32.a" /> <Add library="C:\MinGW5302\lib\libshell32.a" /> <Add library="C:\MinGW5302\lib\libole32.a" /> <Add library="C:\MinGW5302\lib\libadvapi32.a" /> <Add library="C:\MinGW5302\lib\libws2_32.a" /> <Add library="C:\MinGW5302\lib\libshlwapi.a" /> </Linker>
Am I doing this right? Should the compiled program ask for libstdc++-6.dll and libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll? When I put those in the same dir it runs OK. |
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Edgar Reynaldo
Major Reynaldo
May 2007
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If you're linking liballegro_monolith-static.a and it is asking you for libstdc++-6.dll and libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll then I built it wrong. I just need to go back and add -static to the compile options in cmake. Gimme a little bit and I'll re-build and re-upload. Thanks for pointing that out. Here are the new versions of the static allegro monolithic libraries for each compiler : Allegro5211_MinGW4814_Rel3_StaticLibs.7z Allegro5211_MinGW5302_Rel3_StaticLibs.7z I'll update the distros a little later when I have time to upload them. Note - GCC 4.8 and 5.3 both link to the c and c++ standard libraries dynamically, so you have to use "-static -static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc" in your compile line to static link those libs against your exe, otherwise you'll need to include those dlls with your program. My Website! | EAGLE GUI Library Demos | My Deviant Art Gallery | Spiraloid Preview | A4 FontMaker | Skyline! (Missile Defense) Eagle and Allegro 5 binaries | Older Allegro 4 and 5 binaries | Allegro 5 compile guide |
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A. van Patmos
Member #15,349
October 2013
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OK, thanks. Two questions, has the resulting exe grown so much because I link the monolith version? <Add option="-s" /> get into the cbp file and what does it do? <Add option="-DALLEGRO_STATICLINK" /> there but I know how I got it) |
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Edgar Reynaldo
Major Reynaldo
May 2007
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A static version will have a larger executable, but you end up saving space in the long run by not having to distribute dlls containing every function (used or not). -s strips the executable of all symbols, resulting in a smaller file. Don't do this if you want to debug and you are using -g otherwise your debugging information will be stripped. My Website! | EAGLE GUI Library Demos | My Deviant Art Gallery | Spiraloid Preview | A4 FontMaker | Skyline! (Missile Defense) Eagle and Allegro 5 binaries | Older Allegro 4 and 5 binaries | Allegro 5 compile guide |
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Neil Roy
Member #2,229
April 2002
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Here's the complete CodeBlocks project file I have for my Deluxe Pacman 2, compiled with Edgar's Allegro 5 setup and CodeBlocks 16.01 (the latest). It may help you with yours (it should work with CodeBlocks 13, I was using it with 13 up until recently). This is my complete project file with debug and release version setup in it. 1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
2<CodeBlocks_project_file>
3 <FileVersion major="1" minor="6" />
4 <Project>
5 <Option title="Deluxe Pacman 2" />
6 <Option platforms="Windows;" />
7 <Option pch_mode="2" />
8 <Option compiler="gcc" />
9 <Build>
10 <Target title="Debug">
11 <Option platforms="Windows;" />
12 <Option output="bin/Deluxe Pacman 2 dbg" prefix_auto="1" extension_auto="1" />
13 <Option working_dir="bin" />
14 <Option object_output="obj/Debug/" />
15 <Option type="1" />
16 <Option compiler="gcc" />
17 <Option projectLinkerOptionsRelation="2" />
18 <Compiler>
19 <Add option="-Wall" />
20 <Add option="-pg" />
21 <Add option="-g" />
22 <Add option="-Wno-unused" />
23 <Add option="-DDEBUG" />
24 <Add directory="../../../MinGW_Dev_Lib/include" />
25 </Compiler>
26 <Linker>
27 <Add option="-pg -lgmon" />
28 <Add library="liballegro_monolith-debug-static" />
29 <Add directory="../../../MinGW_Dev_Lib/lib" />
30 </Linker>
31 </Target>
32 <Target title="Release32">
33 <Option platforms="Windows;" />
34 <Option output="bin/Deluxe Pacman 2" prefix_auto="1" extension_auto="1" />
35 <Option working_dir="bin" />
36 <Option object_output="obj/" />
37 <Option type="0" />
38 <Option compiler="gcc" />
39 <Option projectLinkerOptionsRelation="2" />
40 <Compiler>
41 <Add option="-O2" />
42 <Add option="-DRELEASE" />
43 </Compiler>
44 <Linker>
45 <Add library="allegro_monolith-static" />
46 </Linker>
47 <ExtraCommands>
48 <Add after='upx --best "$Release32_OUTPUT_FILE"' />
49 </ExtraCommands>
50 </Target>
51 </Build>
52 <Compiler>
53 <Add option="-march=i686" />
54 <Add option="-Werror" />
55 <Add option="-std=gnu11" />
56 </Compiler>
57 <Linker>
58 <Add option="-static" />
59 <Add option="-static-libgcc" />
60 <Add library="dumb" />
61 <Add library="FLAC" />
62 <Add library="OpenAL32.dll" />
63 <Add library="vorbisfile" />
64 <Add library="vorbis" />
65 <Add library="freetype" />
66 <Add library="ogg" />
67 <Add library="png16" />
68 <Add library="physfs" />
69 <Add library="zlibstatic" />
70 <Add library="gdiplus" />
71 <Add library="uuid" />
72 <Add library="kernel32" />
73 <Add library="winmm" />
74 <Add library="psapi" />
75 <Add library="opengl32" />
76 <Add library="glu32" />
77 <Add library="user32" />
78 <Add library="comdlg32" />
79 <Add library="gdi32" />
80 <Add library="shell32" />
81 <Add library="ole32" />
82 <Add library="advapi32" />
83 <Add library="ws2_32" />
84 <Add library="shlwapi" />
85 <Add library="stdc++" />
86 <Add library="dsound" />
87 </Linker>
88 <Unit filename="a5_error.c">
89 <Option compilerVar="CC" />
90 </Unit>
91 <Unit filename="a5_error.h">
92 <Option compilerVar="CC" />
93 </Unit>
94 <Unit filename="a5_scale_screen.c">
95 <Option compilerVar="CC" />
96 </Unit>
97 <Unit filename="a5_scale_screen.h">
98 <Option compilerVar="CC" />
99 </Unit>
100 <Unit filename="a5_screenshot.c">
101 <Option compilerVar="CC" />
102 </Unit>
103 <Unit filename="a5_screenshot.h" />
104 <Unit filename="dp2_collision.c">
105 <Option compilerVar="CC" />
106 </Unit>
107 <Unit filename="dp2_collision.h" />
108 <Unit filename="dp2_config.c">
109 <Option compilerVar="CC" />
110 </Unit>
111 <Unit filename="dp2_config.h" />
112 <Unit filename="dp2_ghost.h" />
113 <Unit filename="dp2_gui.c">
114 <Option compilerVar="CC" />
115 </Unit>
116 <Unit filename="dp2_gui.h" />
117 <Unit filename="dp2_hiscore.c">
118 <Option compilerVar="CC" />
119 </Unit>
120 <Unit filename="dp2_hiscore.h" />
121 <Unit filename="dp2_main.c">
122 <Option compilerVar="CC" />
123 </Unit>
124 <Unit filename="dp2_main.h">
125 <Option compilerVar="CC" />
126 </Unit>
127 <Unit filename="dp2_map.c">
128 <Option compilerVar="CC" />
129 </Unit>
130 <Unit filename="dp2_map.h" />
131 <Unit filename="dp2_options.c">
132 <Option compilerVar="CC" />
133 </Unit>
134 <Unit filename="dp2_options.h" />
135 <Unit filename="dp2_pacman.h">
136 <Option compilerVar="CC" />
137 </Unit>
138 <Unit filename="macros.h" />
139 <Unit filename="resource.h">
140 <Option compilerVar="CC" />
141 </Unit>
142 <Unit filename="resource.rc">
143 <Option compilerVar="WINDRES" />
144 </Unit>
145 <Unit filename="vec2d_stack.c">
146 <Option compilerVar="CC" />
147 </Unit>
148 <Unit filename="vec2d_stack.h" />
149 <Extensions>
150 <code_completion />
151 <debugger />
152 <envvars />
153 <AutoVersioning>
154 <Scheme minor_max="10" build_max="0" rev_max="0" rev_rand_max="10" build_times_to_increment_minor="100" />
155 <Settings autoincrement="0" date_declarations="0" use_define="0" update_manifest="0" do_auto_increment="0" ask_to_increment="0" language="C" svn="0" svn_directory="" header_path="..\version.h" />
156 <Changes_Log show_changes_editor="0" app_title="released version %M.%m.%b of %p" changeslog_path="ChangesLog.txt" />
157 <Code header_guard="VERSION_H" namespace="AutoVersion" prefix="" />
158 </AutoVersioning>
159 <DoxyBlocks>
160 <comment_style block="0" line="0" />
161 <doxyfile_project />
162 <doxyfile_build />
163 <doxyfile_warnings />
164 <doxyfile_output />
165 <doxyfile_dot />
166 <general />
167 </DoxyBlocks>
168 </Extensions>
169 </Project>
170</CodeBlocks_project_file>
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Edgar Reynaldo
Major Reynaldo
May 2007
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I've uploaded new binary distributions of Allegro 5.2.1.1. See the latest edit in the OP for details. They now include the D3D dlls, link statically to the CRT, and include a full list of libraries to link when linking statically. Please update your packages accordingly. My Website! | EAGLE GUI Library Demos | My Deviant Art Gallery | Spiraloid Preview | A4 FontMaker | Skyline! (Missile Defense) Eagle and Allegro 5 binaries | Older Allegro 4 and 5 binaries | Allegro 5 compile guide |
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Neil Roy
Member #2,229
April 2002
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Awesome, thanks again Edgar! --- |
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A. van Patmos
Member #15,349
October 2013
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I look forward to using the binaries and thanks for the cbp file guys but this 7za e Allegro5211_MinGW5302_Rel3.tar.7z gives Extracting Allegro5211_MinGW5302_Rel3.tar Unsupported Method Using x does not help, l for list contents works. The compression method used varies, right? Sometimes WinRAR can extract but usually not. And 7za has never failed yet. What can I do? |
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). You draw the lines in the levels, just select a line set, click and drag to draw. I tried to make it as simple as possible to use. The Validate command checks the level for any errors. When a person validates the level, the editor stores a flag showing it was checked, otherwise the level will not load.