1. Simple graphics?
- Posted by boater Sep 14, 2012
- 1374 views
A long time ago, I paid for and used version 2.4
Now I've come back to find 4.0.4 is bigger, better and free - wow!
What I can no longer see is a simple way to produce graphics, now that the DOS32 support has gone away. All I need to do is to draw some simple shapes, like coloured circles and squares, on a plain background, along with some scrollable text.
Is there a nice straightforward way to do this in the new version, or do I have to just use 3.1 from RDS?
Apologies if this is a dumb question, or asked in the wrong place.
2. Re: Simple graphics?
- Posted by mattlewis (admin) Sep 14, 2012
- 1341 views
A long time ago, I paid for and used version 2.4
Now I've come back to find 4.0.4 is bigger, better and free - wow!
What I can no longer see is a simple way to produce graphics, now that the DOS32 support has gone away. All I need to do is to draw some simple shapes, like coloured circles and squares, on a plain background, along with some scrollable text.
Is there a nice straightforward way to do this in the new version, or do I have to just use 3.1 from RDS?
Robert Craig released something (as part of a port of Language Wars to Windows) that uses the basic DOS graphics API under Windows, called DOS Rescue. You can find that, as well as several updated versions in the archive.
Additionally, insolor and I took that and ported it to other operating systems. You can get that code at my bitbucket repository.
Matt
3. Re: Simple graphics?
- Posted by EUWX Sep 14, 2012
- 1295 views
A long time ago, I paid for and used version 2.4
Now I've come back to find 4.0.4 is bigger, better and free - wow!
What I can no longer see is a simple way to produce graphics, now that the DOS32 support has gone away. All I need to do is to draw some simple shapes, like coloured circles and squares, on a plain background, along with some scrollable text.
Is there a nice straightforward way to do this in the new version, or do I have to just use 3.1 from RDS?
Apologies if this is a dumb question, or asked in the wrong place.
4. Re: Simple graphics?
- Posted by boater Sep 14, 2012
- 1281 views
That looks like exactly what I need: where do I queue up to thank you guys?
Amazing response.
