We’re switching to SDL 2.0 from the SDL 1.2 that has been in use for years in Doomsday. Sometimes I feel that minimalism would be the right way to go, and start considering if a switch back to SDL as the base framework would make sense. This scenario starts to look more enticing particularly with a switch to C++11 looming on the horizon — at least the crucial Qt components like threading and conveniences like foreach would be available via the programming language itself.
Qt 5.3 and OS X display modes
After half an hour of confusion and tinkering, I learned that my problems were due to switching from a Qt 4.8 build to Qt 5.3, and not clearing the build directory completely. macdeployqt does not work properly if there is an app built with a different Qt version.
In the midst of wondering what is going on, I also ran into a number of display mode switch issues. It looks like I’ll finally have to drop the deprecated OS X display mode change API calls and just use the OS X fullscreen mode. This means the display mode is not configurable via Doomsday (which is what Apple recommends, I suppose). However, there might be a way to kludge around the glitches (black screen remains after mode switch) by adding some further delays and other tricks… Doesn’t seem like the right thing to do, though.
Unicode and the file system
Doomsday has never been fully Unicode compatible, however now that FS2 is being taken into use in several places, it is time to try and fix the remaining Unicode related issues with file paths. Continue reading Unicode and the file system
Parsing DED into a Record
Having updated the DED parser with new DEDRegister based storage for model definitions, this first step of revising model definitions seems to be going well. Continue reading Parsing DED into a Record
Revising model defs
The Defs namespace now exists and provides access to DED flag definitions. Now I need to decide what to do with model definitions and the old model renderer. Continue reading Revising model defs
Posting practices
For the past three years I’ve been writing weekly posts about how the work on Doomsday is progressing. With the exception of a couple of missed weeks and holiday breaks, I’ve managed to stay in schedule and make the post every week. I’ve found this a very healthy exercise, although some weeks have been pretty thin content-wise. However, it might be worthwhile to rethink this arrangement a little. Continue reading Posting practices