KNOWLEDGE BASE

Compile on W32 with msvc (MS Visual C++ 6), mingw32 gnu Official project is : http://pinball.sf.net

CONVENTIONS

• ./patch/$USER/ Additional classes etc

//!+rzr : starts here 
... code
//!-rzr : stop here ...explain why

or on one line //!+-rzr i changed this patch to ... was // ...

SOFTWARE

Why shall I learn the free software XYZ which might be less powerfull ZYX ?
Well I think that once you have the skills in that software you can use it everywhere Legally ... then if you get employed for some job showing your boss what you can do can makes him hire you, but if you tell him that he doesnt need to buy a prohibitivelicence ...

Maybe you may Think all this sounds complicated to me I havent enouhgt skills in this, but we all learn by practicing so I suggest you to get those FREE software, do some tutorials. And then (a few hours after) you can pick some task in this list
I know it is discouraging at 1st sight, but u will quicky get some nice results.

Softwares :

• 3D : http://www.blender3d.org
  http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Graphics/3D/Rendering_and_Modelling/Blender/
  
• 2D: http://www.gimp.org/
  Sound ??? got good one ?
• Programming, c++, gcc , sdl, opengl etc

TODO

• GRAPHICS
• 3D, design a coffin (less than 50 vertex) (easy) Make a simple coffin now ...just 6 vertex polygon to be extruded
  Id like to replace the side bumber by some 3d coffins ... see what i mean ?
• Make some better fonts for score etc find font_34.png, keep the same "box size" of letters keep transparency too
  You can get some tools at http://www.gimp.org/
  
• Advanced / Gfx : Build some 3d Meshs (200- vertexes is prefered)
  Something inspired this from would be cool : http://rzr.online.fr/d/zombie/images/rzr-ho1kc-draft.jpg
  
• Advanced / Gfx : Make a opening page (image 1024x768 to 320x240 )

• Programming :
• Save HI-scores , done , what about online now ?
• dont crash if sound resource not avalaible
• .ogg or mp3 snd support , .jpg too

• Sound : Sample some "Yeah!" / "Screams" from RZ music (for the bumpers etc) ? Samples my be very short 3 Secs Max ( .wav) Hints : Software needed : EAC , Cool_Edit ... @ http://www.r3mix.net
  
• Find every RZ / WZ Midi Files ( .mid) that you can find on the web I have some already
• Find or make a midi song the RZ song : HO1KC http://www.horrorseek.com/horror/horrorweb/hollywood/1000.mp3
  

• PROGRAMING
• I need some help with : gcc crosscompiling, dll loading etc
• Play CD (Audio) instead of midi if present : http://www.libsdl.org/intro/usingcdrom.html
  
• Advanced / code : Some OpenGL animation fx (explosions, lights , halos , all the shit that makes you amazed when playing quake). http://gamedev.net/reference/list.asp?categoryid=31
  http://www.opengl.org/developers/code/features/KilgardTechniques/LensFlare/LensFlare.html
  
• It would be good to compile under WIN32 with MSVC or any win compiler ... build the project file ... inspired from the dir tree
  Hints : ./mk-rzr.mk ./win32.h ./pinconfig.h those are set for mingw32 ...which compile but might cause pb on runtime ... unresolved so far
• Fix the DLL Keyboard bug under win32
• MAC OSX : Compile it with (and without dlls)
• relative paths
• better Brightness control
• bug: Menu textutre change res @WIN32 (TextureUtil.cpp)
• Compile it for MacOS X I compiled without too much trouble, Please test it now1
• fix autoconf @ WIN32 MACOSX
• auto build install on vfat fs (i workarounded ln chmod etc)
• Compile for maxOS9 / Classic (gcc or codewarrior) + Amiga ?
• Optimise for low config : no hw3d , cpu 200Mhz- , (Find optimised opengl implementations)
• Optimize under wine , @ http://www.winehq.com
  
• http://www.libsdl.org/
  UnFlick with (export SDL_VIDEODRIVER=??? DSp)
• Single Floppy disk port (DOS qnx etc)
• Use data package file IO = suppress WIN32/mac tricks http://icculus.org/physfs/docs/html/physfs_8h.html
  

• OTHERS
• IRC bots to be hosted on irc://irc.isdnet.fr/zombie
  
• Manual
• Find some FAST and FREE webhost (with ftp access)

MISC

MACOSX PORT

# First: install those external libs 
# Check if having opengl , and install it if not ( lib + headers)

# How to install those pkg in user dir ? well we're gonna build them later

# http://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL-1.2.5.pkg.tar.gz
# http://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL-devel-1.2.5.pkg.tar.gz

# http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/release/SDL_image-1.2.3.pkg.tar.gz 
# http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/release/SDL_image-devel-1.2.3.pkg.tar.gz 
# http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/release/SDL_mixer-1.2.5.pkg.tar.gz 
# http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/release/SDL_mixer-devel-1.2.5.pkg.tar.gz 


mkdir -P ~/tmp/pinball-src  # setup your userdir
ln -fs ~/tmp/pinball-src /tmp/ # will be helpfull (later)
cd /tmp/pinball-src # when used with project builder (later)

# Then  the sources , 

	cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/pinball login 
	cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/pinball \
	 co pinball

# If you do not have CVS you can get a tarball at :
# http://rzr.online.fr/docs/game/pinball-src.tar.gz
# or http://www.rzr.free.fr.9online.fr/pub/pinball-20030828-rzr-nrv.tar.gz
# or http://www.philippe.coval.free.fr/pinball-20030729-rzr-nrv.tar.gz

MACOSX / FINK

cd pinball
	libtoolize --ltdl --force
	aclocal
	autoheader
	automake --add-missing
	autoconf

#
configure --prefix=/tmp/pinball-bin && make  && make install

/tmp/pinball-bin/bin/pinball

MACOSX / PROJECT BUILDER

# If you prefer to build a project builder workspace,
# this have allready be done , contact me 
 

http://www.philippe.coval.free.fr/tmp/MacOSX-20030726-rzr-nrv.tar.gz


# (have been builded once, but you have to make the path again)

If you make a project builder
please use those conventions :

mkdir -p /tmp/src/pinball
ln -fs ~/your/home/dir/pinball /tmp/src/pinball

Then Open /tmp/src/pinball/ files from your project builder

Also are there special Symbols defined in project builder's env or headers
specially those that can be identified as user is compiling through PB

CVS