Page 1 of 3
Cross-Chase
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:26 pm
by RWAP
I see that Fabrizio Caruso has released a game "Cross-Chase" for a wide range of 8 bit platforms - the source code appears on GitHub -
https://github.com/Fabrizio-Caruso/CROSS-CHASE
Does anyone fancy seeing if this could be ported to the QL? It is written in C with user defined graphics for the characters.
I suppose the real issue here is that the z88DK does not implement a QL compiler (so far as I know) but perhaps it could be ported to c68. Fabrizio says that it should really just be a matter of running the code through an ANSI C compiler... (famous last words)
Re: Cross-Chase
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2018 9:59 pm
by RWAP
Fabrizio has said that if the cross-compilers work, then, so long as it supports conio.h or QL supports some of the standad terminal codes (e.g., 52) then a simple graphics version is just a matter of recompilation.
Re: Cross-Chase
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:05 am
by Derek_Stewart
RWAP wrote:Fabrizio has said that if the cross-compilers work, then, so long as it supports conio.h or QL supports some of the standad terminal codes (e.g., 52) then a simple graphics version is just a matter of recompilation.
HI RIch,
The game looks OK, but if it relies on "conio.h", I think there is a problem, as this is MSDOS library file, and is not ANSI C library file Wikipedia says:
conio.h - Wikipedia wrote:
conio.h is a C header file used mostly by MS-DOS compilers to provide console input/output. It is not part of the C standard library or ISO C, nor is it defined by POSIX. This header declares several useful library functions for performing "console input and output" from a program.
The question is can conio.h be implemented on C68, maybe using the discussion:
https://opensourceforu.com/2014/03/writ ... -gnulinux/
I am not sure how to compile a library file, so back to the C68 manual.
Re: Cross-Chase
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2018 1:00 pm
by Fabrizio
Hi everyone!
My game does not rely on anything for graphics, sound and input (keyboard/joystick).
The game code is hardware-agnostic. It depends on CROSS LIB (my abstraction layer) where I implement the graphics, sound and input.
For graphics I have many "plug-ins" and I can implement one more for the QL as long as whatever toolkit is available provides something to display on the screen and it is close to ANSI compliant.
For example I have a graphic plug-ins for old terminals (e.g., adm3a, VT52, VT100,etc.), for memory mapped text mode graphics (e.g., most 6502 targets like Commodore, Atari, Oric, etc.),
I have a plugin that replies on conio, a plugin that relies on TGI lib in CC65, a plugin that relies on sprite lib for most Z80 targets, etc....
conio.h is just one case and my abstraction layer can be used without any conio support.
Fabrizio
Re: Cross-Chase
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 11:31 pm
by Fabrizio
Hi everyone,
I would like to try qdos-gcc but so far I have not been able to get it to compile a simple hello world file.
Ideally I would like to run it under Cygwin.
To just see if it is capable of compiling my game, I have tried the dockerized version but with not much luck.
I have managed to install it through docker with the pull command but the compiler cannot be executed successfully:
$ docker run xora/qdos-gcc qdos-gcc ./hello.c
qdos-gcc: ./hello.c: No such file or directory
qdos-gcc: No input files
the hello.c is there and I can also place it elsewhere but I get the same error message.
qdos-gcc --version does produce the expected result:
$ docker run xora/qdos-gcc qdos-gcc --version
2.95.3
What am I doing wrong?
Re: Cross-Chase
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 12:20 pm
by Fabrizio
Hi
I would like to compile my game for the Sinclair QL with QDOS-GCC but I have not understood how to run the compiler inside the docker.
Who could help me on this?
Let us say I have put a trivial "Hello World" hello.c file into /c/Retro/hello.c, then I get:
$ docker run xora/qdos-gcc qdos-gcc -v /c/Retro/hello.c
qdos-gcc: /c/Retro/hello.c: No such file or directory
Reading specs from /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/qdos/2.95.3/specs
gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)
I have also tried:
$ docker run -v /c/Retro/hello.c -w /build -u $USER xora/qdos-gcc qdos-gcc -o hello hello.c
Unable to find image 'qdos-gcc:latest' locally
C:\Program Files\Docker Toolbox\docker.exe: Error response from daemon: pull access denied for qdos-gcc, repository does not exist or may require 'docker login'.
See 'C:\Program Files\Docker Toolbox\docker.exe run --help'.
Brizio@DESKTOP-I20P8HM MINGW64 /c/Program Files/Docker Toolbox
$ docker run -v /c/Retro/hello.c -w /build xora/qdos-gcc qdos-gcc -o hello hello.c
qdos-gcc: hello.c: No such file or directory
qdos-gcc: No input files
Could someone please tell which command I should use to compile hello.c placed at /c/Retro/hello.c ?
Fabrizio
Re: Cross-Chase
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 8:20 pm
by RWAP
I have no experience of docker and alas I have never used gcc on the QL.
I guess the problem is down to the fact that a QL has no understanding of directories nor does it support / as a directory divider.
When you say you have created a file /c/Retro/hello.c - where is this on the QL?
How is /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/qdos/2.95.3/specs stored on the QL ?
I assume if you enter:
DIR flp1_
You will find a file called
usr_local_lib_gcc-lib_qdos_2.95.3_specs
Maybe the easiest thing is to upload the folder or qxl.win file you are attaching to the emulator so that we can try to understand what is happening - unfortunately, the people who did a lot of work porting C and GCC to the QL manay many years ago are no longer active in the QL World (or even still around?)
Re: Cross-Chase
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 8:29 pm
by XorA
RWAP wrote:I have no experience of docker and alas I have never used gcc on the QL.
I guess the problem is down to the fact that a QL has no understanding of directories nor does it support / as a directory divider.
When you say you have created a file /c/Retro/hello.c - where is this on the QL?
How is /usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/qdos/2.95.3/specs stored on the QL ?
I assume if you enter:
DIR flp1_
You will find a file called
usr_local_lib_gcc-lib_qdos_2.95.3_specs
Maybe the easiest thing is to upload the folder or qxl.win file you are attaching to the emulator so that we can try to understand what is happening - unfortunately, the people who did a lot of work porting C and GCC to the QL manay many years ago are no longer active in the QL World (or even still around?)
Its not on a QL, he is trying to use docker on windows which is totally unknown to me, and probably everyone here.
Re: Cross-Chase
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 9:43 pm
by Derek_Stewart
Hi,
Would compiling the game with C68 in QL environment be more effective than using QDOS-GCC.
I did look at trying to port the game to the QL using C68. But got stuck with the screen driver code.
I will revisit thd game code and see if I can get the game ported.
Re: Cross-Chase
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:36 pm
by Fabrizio
I am using docker because I though it was the simplest way to get to compile my game. I am open to other possibilities.
I am not "porting my game" to the QL. I just want to compile it "as it is" for the QL and add the necessary bits to my universal tool-chain:
https://github.com/Fabrizio-Caruso/CROSS-CHASE
The idea of my project is that you can use my tool-chain to just recompile a game WITHOUT any porting other than re-compilation
as long as you use the tool-chain library that provides the required abstraction layer.
I can compile my game for more than 120 different 8 bit systems including nearly all computers, consoles, handhelds and pocket calculators.
I have now added the 32 bit PC and I would like to add 16 bit computers.