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Article Discussions / Games with older SDL and FSLIB
« on: June 23, 2025, 05:08:53 pm »
Hello Again
I've been updating my OHFOWG project and I found some SDL games that does not work directly on ArcaOS.
They use an old SDL.DLL library (that is SDL 1.x) and some require "SDDHELP$".
But FSLIB.DLL also shows in some of the games. For what I know FSLIB is a library to allow the game to run in Full Screen, it also says that "SDDHELP$" is required.
My questions are:
1) Does it makes sense today to use FSLIB, or if there is a better alternative with SDL? I had seen games that with Alt+Tab I can get full screen in games like Tower Toppler without using FSLIB.
2) Does it makes sense to try to recompile this games to avoid FSLIB and "SDDHELP$", or it can backfire?
Regards
I've been updating my OHFOWG project and I found some SDL games that does not work directly on ArcaOS.
They use an old SDL.DLL library (that is SDL 1.x) and some require "SDDHELP$".
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Games that require SDL.DLL
G:\WARP\A\Abe's Amazing Adventure
G:\WARP\A\Alizarin Tetris
G:\WARP\E\Enigma
G:\WARP\F\Formido
G:\WARP\H\UHexen
G:\WARP\K\KoboDeluxe
G:\WARP\L\Lopan
G:\WARP\L\Luola
G:\WARP\M\Marryampic2
G:\WARP\R\Rock Dodger
G:\WARP\S\sdlinvaders
G:\WARP\S\sdlroids
G:\WARP\S\sdlzombies
G:\WARP\S\snakeme
G:\WARP\S\still yet another sokoban
G:\WARP\T\Tiles World
G:\WARP\X\XRick
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Games that Requires FSLIB.DLL
G:\WARP\A\Abe's Amazing Adventure
G:\WARP\A\Alizarin Tetris
G:\WARP\A\Amoebax
G:\WARP\C\Cuyo\bin
G:\WARP\E\Enigma
G:\WARP\F\Formido
G:\WARP\H\UHexen
G:\WARP\I\InfinityCat
G:\WARP\K\KoboDeluxe
G:\WARP\K\Kuklomenos
G:\WARP\L\Lopan
G:\WARP\L\Luola
G:\WARP\M\Marryampic2
G:\WARP\P\Pingus
G:\WARP\R\Rock Dodger
G:\WARP\S\sdlinvaders
G:\WARP\S\sdlroids
G:\WARP\S\sdlzombies
G:\WARP\S\snakeme
G:\WARP\S\still yet another sokoban
G:\WARP\T\Tiles World
G:\WARP\X\XRick
But FSLIB.DLL also shows in some of the games. For what I know FSLIB is a library to allow the game to run in Full Screen, it also says that "SDDHELP$" is required.
My questions are:
1) Does it makes sense today to use FSLIB, or if there is a better alternative with SDL? I had seen games that with Alt+Tab I can get full screen in games like Tower Toppler without using FSLIB.
2) Does it makes sense to try to recompile this games to avoid FSLIB and "SDDHELP$", or it can backfire?
Regards