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General discussions / New Shader class in SFML 2 to replace PostFx

« on: February 11, 2010, 03:07:23 am »

Whenever I try to use sf::Shader::CurrentTexture it does not link telling me "unresolved external symbol "public: static class sf::Image const sf::Shader::CurrentTexture"". This also happens in the Shader example. I have linked sfml-graphics.lib and other graphics do work fine. I am using SFML2 revision 1399.
Thanks.

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Window / SFML 2: "Failed to activate the window's context"

« on: February 10, 2010, 03:52:31 am »

Yes I am, I should be creating a context in the second thread and then doing SetActive(false). I have updated my first post with a working example for anyone else that has this problem.

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Window / SFML 2: "Failed to activate the window's context"

« on: February 10, 2010, 01:12:12 am »

Im running SFML 2 revision 1395 on windows 7 x64 using msvc 2008. When the code below is run it outputs "Failed to activate the window's context". Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks.

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#include <SFML/System.hpp>
#include <SFML/Window.hpp>

sf::Window *window;
bool good;

void ThreadFunc(void* data)
{
   sf::Context context; //Added this line
window->Create(sf::VideoMode(640,480), "test");
   window->SetActive(false); //Added this line
good = true;
while (1)
sf::Sleep(1);
}

int main()
{

good = false;
window = new sf::Window();
sf::Thread mythread(&ThreadFunc, NULL);
mythread.Launch();
while (!good)
sf::Sleep(0.001f);
sf::Context context;
window->SetActive(true);
mythread.Terminate();
delete window;
return 0;
}

Edit: updated the code with working code.

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Window / Show FPS In Title Bar Window

« on: August 24, 2009, 11:28:42 pm »

It sounds like a neat idea though having an fps counter in the titlebar.

You could create an sf::RenderWindow without a titlebar,
then blit your image of a titlebar to the top of the screen every frame while also outputing an sf::String anywhere in that titlebar.

(just a thought).

That would only work for one platform. Imagine running a program on linux and having the windows xp titlebar showing up.

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Window / Show FPS In Title Bar Window

« on: August 05, 2009, 06:15:05 am »

There currently is no way to change the window title.

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General / CEGUI SFML Render Module.

« on: August 04, 2009, 06:01:01 am »

I have been trying to make a CEGUI render module, but it is not going well.
I know somewhat what I am doing wrong, but I have no idea how to fix it.
It runs very slow and the buttons do not show up correctly. Should I stick with using the OpenGL render module?

One thing that I don't know how to do with sfml is set differnt corners different colours.

bad using my sfml renderer


good using opengl renderer


Source

Any tips would be very helpful.

Thanks.

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Graphics / Can't load sf::Sprite from a function

« on: August 03, 2009, 11:07:52 pm »

The right was would be passing some form of smart pointer. It would fix the problem and memory management would not be an issue.

But, a manager should be looked into for any serious project.

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General discussions / Google Summer of Code

« on: August 03, 2009, 11:04:58 pm »

I don't think you can sign up for 2010 yet because the 2009 summer of code is still going on.

This year sign up was in march. I will update you with more information as it comes.

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General discussions / Google Summer of Code

« on: August 03, 2009, 04:26:41 am »

Have you ever thought about entering SFML into Google Summer of Code. A mentor is needed and Laurent is probably the only one who qualifies at the moment, so only one project could be done per year. I think it would really help SFML be known and also get new features implemented.

I am personnaly looking for a project to work on in next years summer of code, and if SFML is in I would love to work on it.

You have lots of time to think about this as it's a year away.

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SFML projects / (Very) small techdemo with sources (threaded OGL rendering)

« on: July 31, 2009, 09:59:32 pm »

As long as the api stays the same, a hidden render thread could be added and beginner users would not notice. I am not sure if this is possible though. When I get a chance I will try to implement this.

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Graphics / Linker warning (SFML-2.0)

« on: July 31, 2009, 09:30:14 pm »

Hmm I thought verbose would provide some usefull information. Everything looks correct to me.

Hopufully someone knows how to fix this.

Edit after seeing the above post: Were there any warnings when compileing sfml? It would probably have the same warning if freetype.lib was the cause.

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Graphics / Linker warning (SFML-2.0)

« on: July 31, 2009, 09:15:28 pm »

Try using /VERBOSE:LIB in the extra command line options for the linker. It should tell you a bit more about the problem.

From MSDN

The run-time libraries now contain directives to prevent mixing different types. You will receive this warning if you try to use different types or debug and non-debug versions of the run-time library in the same program. For example, if you compiled one file to use one kind of run-time library and another file to use another kind (for example, single-threaded versus multithreaded) and tried to link them, you will get this warning. You should compile all source files to use the same run-time library. See the  Use Run-Time Library (/MD, /MT, /LD) compiler options for more information.

Source

Im not sure if that quote applies because you are using sfml-graphics-s.lib and it says libcmt witch is the static version. Are you compiling them both in release or both in debug?

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SFML projects / (Very) small techdemo with sources (threaded OGL rendering)

« on: July 31, 2009, 09:04:45 pm »

One thing that I do in my project is in my update thread

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if (lastWidth != App.GetWidth() || lastHeight != App.GetHeight()){
    lastWidth = App.GetWidth();
    lastHeight = App.GetHeight();

    float currentRatio = (float)lastWidth/(float)lastHeight;
    float correctY = 320/currentRatio;
    view.SetFromRect((sf::FloatRect(0, 0, 320, correctY)));
}

Using this I am able to get real time resizing. Something similar (and better written) would go well in your project.
I dont use the resize event in the event loop because it blocks untill the resizing is done.  

@Laurent would it be possible to use some code similar to this in sfml for better resize event prossesing?

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Graphics / Two small graphics problems.

« on: July 29, 2009, 06:03:54 pm »

I fixed it using Image->CreateMaskFromColor(sf::Color(255,255,255)); to make the padding all transparent.
But I am still wondering about vsync.

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Graphics / Two small graphics problems.

« on: July 29, 2009, 05:49:58 pm »

Only problem is the top bar and bottom bars. Some/most sprites are right on the bottom so i cannot cut off a pixel. I know that this has something to do with Anti Aliasing/ smoothing.