PureGDK - 3D Programming for PureBasic

[Olby]

It is German Avira AntiVir.
http://www.avira.com/en/pages/index.php
http://www.free-av.com/

[Mistrel]

This is a general link for reference to another post I've made regarding false positives from other antivrirus software and this experimental build:

http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtop ... 17&t=39237

I'll update with more information once I get responses from these companies.

[Olby]

Thanks for checking this out,

[Captn. Jinguji]

If anyone can test this experimental executable and make sure it works on their operating system it would help a lot:

http://puregdk.com/files/upload/gdk_experimental.zip

It works perfectly here on Windows XP x64 and Windows 7 x64.

All you should see is a small DBP window that loops random numbers. The only important goal right now is that is opens, runs, and closes without crashing.

Thanks.

Just for completeness: seems to be working fine here on XP 32bit current patchlevel, c2d, nvidia 8600GSM Driver Vsn. 6.14.11.8681.

[Poshu]

work fine on my 2003.

[Olby]

I have found a bug in PureGDK.

This code in native DBPro returns correct object animation speed:

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sync on
sync rate 0

load object "aiko.dbo",1
loop object 1
set object speed 1,5
msgbox str$(object speed(1))

do
	sync
loop

But in PureGDK the same code doesn't return 5 but instead 1084227585:

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; Open the PureGDK render window
OpenWindow( 0, 0, 0, 640, 480, "DarkBasic Professional - PureGDK", #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_ScreenCentered )
hDBWnd = OpenDBWnd( WindowID( 0 ), 0, 0, 640, 480 )

; Load model
dbSyncRate(0)
dbLoadObject("aiko.dbo",1)
dbSetObjectSpeed(1,5)
dbLoopObject(1)
Debug dbObjectSpeed(1)

Repeat
  dbSync()
Until WindowEvent() = #PB_Event_CloseWindow

Replace aiko with any other model with animation if you cant find it in the DBPro folder.

[Mistrel]

Fixed for the next release. It's returning a float as a long (bitwise). You can work around it for now by doing this:

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Long.l=1084227585
Debug PeekF(@Long)

Outputs: 5.00000047683716

The function actually returns an unsigned long but it should be an integer because Set Speed() only accepts integers.

Expect it to return an integer in the next release, for consistency. Or a long, I suppose, because DBP is 32-bit.

[Olby]

Thanks.

[Edit]

My anti-virus finally got the update required and no more triggered a false positive for that gdk experiment and I could launch it.
It all worked out nicely and I could close it without crashing. Guess yours idea is working then?

[Olby]

There is another problem, this time with GDK setup. You have hard coded the name of the ODE physics library which mater of fact is not a part of the official command set and is required for FPSC only. I use the latest available release with bug fixes and new commands which is not called DBProODEDebug.dll but instead compiled as release version called DBProODERelease.dll and thats why when I install the GDK it gives me this error and I cant continue as it silently closes. I guess it would be best if the setup searched for both versions of the library (you cant have two similar DLL's in plugins folder anyway as the compiler will give errors), for example if the debug version is not found then search for the release version if that also cannot be found then give a warning and continue.

Hope I'm not tiresome !!

Olby

[Mistrel]

It searches for this file as a way to make sure you've installed a recent update. I have other checks so I can remove it for this one file.

If you want a simple work-around just rename a 0 byte .txt file to the required name. That shouldn't interfere with your release DLL.

Hope I'm not tiresome !!

Tiresome? Not at all.

My anti-virus finally got the update required and no more triggered a false positive for that gdk experiment and I could launch it.

I just got a reply from Avira sometime this morning. Glad to see the update was pushed out quickly.

[Olby]

Yeah I simply renamed my Release dll into Debug one. Works ok.

[Mistrel]

PureGDK has just been given its own board on The Game Creators forum. Consider this its new home away from home.

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_read&i=38

[UUICEO]

Thats good to see. Hopefully you can get some use out of it.

[IdeasVacuum]

Last post to this thread was in 2009.

Is PureGDK still supported? Is up to speed with PB5.31?

[Thunder93]

Is PureGDK still compatible with PureBasic? Is it compatible with PureBasic v5 ? - hxxp://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=201873&b=38