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[Nugsy]

No, thankyou for creating this haha.  

However i'm still having problems understanding how to build polycode files such as .polyapp and .mesh. Personally i don't find the learning section very helpful regarding these two areas (the section on building standalone .polyapp files links to a seemingly random article on another site), though it just might not be my way of doing things as i prefer step by step tutorials.

I would love to be using this more, and currently this is the only reason i'm unable to.

[Sakar]

I would love to try this, but the player crashes on my computer (Windows 7 64bit). Does it not work on 64bit?

[Nix]

Are there plans to develop some sort of contribution system (to make it easier for other people to help you out with development), or do you want to keep doing it all by yourself? (Or are you at least actively accepting useful pull requests on GitHub?)

[Ivan]

Nugsy:

This is the guide for building polyapp files. Let me know what you find unclear about it.

http://polycode.org/learning/lua_setup

Nix:

Yeah, I accept github pull requests. There are two right now pending a merge and a one more on the way. So, please jump right in and help develop if you would like!

Sakar:
There are issues on 64-bit windows machines right now, yes. I am trying to fix it in the upcoming release.

[Rob Lach]

I'm porting some of my engine code into polycode.

We'll see how it works.

[Snowdrama]

Still Disappointed I cant get this working in eclipse... Installing Visual Studio now.

[mcc]

Still Disappointed I cant get this working in eclipse... Installing Visual Studio now.

I've ALMOST got it working with mingw.

Wait what does eclipse use to compile C++?

[Rob Lach]

MiniGW

[Nugsy]

@Ivan - This is the area i don't understand.

Download the "Command Line Build Tools" package for your operating system and extract it to a folder. Add the Bin folder of the package to your path (Windows instruction, Linux/Mac instruction) so you can run the build tool from anywhere.

When i search for the build tools for my OS (Windows XP), i get many results and i'm not entirely sure which one i should be downloading. Also, i can see how this link is relevant, but i don't really understand what it is telling me to do. Where do i add polycode? Do i make a new environment variable, or do i add polycode to an existing variable?

I think these things should be made clearer in the tutorial. The rest of the tutorial is fine, but seeing as this is pretty much the main area in setting up polycode to run standalone, i think it should be made clearer.

 

[Ivan]

Sorry, it means the "Polycode Lua Standalone Build Tools" from here: http://polycode.org/downloads/ I'll make it clearer in the tutorial.

[Nugsy]

Aha! Thankyou! I'll be giving this a go now.

Edit: Wait, i already have the build tools, which is how i have been compiling projects by using a shortcut to polybuild.exe. What i don't understand is how to make it compile in the way you have, by using environment variables. I'm also not entirely sure about using polyimport.exe to create .mesh files.

Sorry for being a derp.

[BlueSweatshirt]

Has anyone managed to get Polycode working in Code::Blocks? I'm currently having linker issues. Search directories seem OK, but the library doesn't actually link.

I'm about ready to go command-line, here. 

[Snowdrama]

Has anyone managed to get Polycode working in Code::Blocks? I'm currently having linker issues. Search directories seem OK, but the library doesn't actually link.

I'm about ready to go command-line, here. 

I'm having the same, as I use Eclipse. I cant seem to set up the Build Path the way it wants. Eclipse is Picky like that.

[Johnman]

I never quite liked SFML for some reason and I've been playing with this idea in my mind for a long time now, including Flash-like parenting of display objects, packaging, LUA and the Bullet/Box2D combo .

Of course I could've never come close to making such a great job as you did, so I'm really happy you made this. I suspect this is becoming my favorite C++ framework.

THANK YOU!

[Rob Lach]

I'd dedicating some time to add some features I need and I think everyone will welcome.

[Snowdrama]

Still Disappointed I cant get this working in eclipse... Installing Visual Studio now.

I've ALMOST got it working with mingw.

Wait what does eclipse use to compile C++?

GCC as I recall though I had the choice of a few including mingw. I'm just having issues setting up the build path. C++ is all new to me so I figure its expected.

[BlueSweatshirt]

I'd dedicating some time to add some features I need and I think everyone will welcome.

Like what? I'd love to hear about what you have planned!

[mcc]

My goals with polycode, in decreasing order of priority:

- Add a mingw build target (already in my Polycode fork, though you have to do some env variable stuff to compile I haven't documented yet)

- Create a single template project that compiles out of the box for mac, win, linux (wip on bitbucket... it still crashes)

- SDL, if you select full screen and set the screen size as 0,0, it will automatically set the window size to the current screen height and width. I want to add this feature and also a feature where you can get the current monitor hz rate (using wossname's code posted in grumpy programmer room awhile back)

- Just a tad more pie in the sky, but should be feasible: Polycore has its C++ library, and its LUA library. I want to set it up where I have both engines in one executable, such that I can write a program partially in C++ and partially in LUA. My dream is something like being able to embed LUA into my xml level data to describe the behavior of entities, etc., without having to sacrifice putting the graphics code etc in C++.

- OMG VSYNC

Now, given, any of these things, if someone else gets to them first, I will be happy at the opportunity to avoid work However, if no one else gets there by the time I do, I'm doing them... or hoping to try...

I'd be curious what Rob is planning to add.

[Kaelan]

Why all the singletons

Code:

CoreServices::getInstance()->getResourceManager()->

instead of just namespaced free functions? Is this used for something cool that I missed in the example?

[BorisTheBrave]

Sounds like they are trying to avoid multiple entry points to the singleton. You *can* get a resource manager via a singleton, but I bet the majority of the internal code simply uses a resource manager pointer, and is singleton unaware.