Clackdor Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 What sort of conditions do you need to meet in order for a program to be multi-platform? By multi-platform, I mean Windows/Linux/Mac. For instance, I am using CodeBlocks instead of Visual Studio and compiling with MiniGW. (I actually have no idea if that makes any difference, I like CodeBlocks interface better.) But I would like to avoid unknowingly relying on tools that would pigeon hole me into Windows only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canardia Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 1) CodeBlocks+MinGW indeed helps to write multi-platform software, because MinGW is the same as GNU C++ on other platforms. Visual Studio uses Microsoft's own interpretation of the C++ standard, which is not always compatible with real C++. 2) Avoid all Windows system calls. There are good libraries which are cross-platform and do things much better than the Windows system calls, although they also sometimes do internally Windows system calls, but that doesn't matter because they are used only on Windows, and on other platforms they use their own system calls. 3) Use OpenGL and not DirectX, for additional graphics to LE3. For example Game Installer, Game Updater, Game Launcher, Multhithreaded Loading Screen. Quote ■ Ryzen 9 ■ RX 6800M ■ 16GB ■ XF8 ■ Windows 11 ■ ■ Ultra ■ LE 2.5 ■ 3DWS 5.6 ■ Reaper ■ C/C++ ■ C# ■ Fortran 2008 ■ Story ■ ■ Homepage: https://canardia.com ■ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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