SDLMappy
- SDLMappy ? What's this ?
The original Mappy C++ Library was written by Robin Burrows and translated for CDX by Ioannis Karagiorgos, then (at last) I translated it to be used with SDL... Thanks to them for their very good work :)))
It permits to use 2D tiles based maps created by Mappy. It allows to create up to 8 different layers, layer transparency, animations...
Download SDLMappy 1.0 (11Ko)
- How to use it ? It's simple :
1) Put SDLMappy.h and SDLMappy.cpp in your source directory.
2) Add this line at the beginning of your code : #include "SDLMappy.h"
3) Add SDLMappy.cpp to your project (for example, if you use KDevelop just go to Project choose Add a file to project and choose SDLMappy.cpp in your source directory)
4) Compile and it works !
• The Mappy map editor for Linux
In order to use SDLMappy you need this program to create your own Mappy maps.
To launch it just click on its icon - type F1 for help. If you need an exhautive documentation and a tutorial go on the Mappy pages...The Mappy-1.0.tar.gz contains an example map. It is 16 bits, comports 2 layers and some anims.
Download Mappy Linux 1.0 (132Ko)WARNING :
This program was compiled with the ALLEGRO Library. And I was not sure that you need it to run the program... But, Jae Jang send me a very cool E-Mail, which gave me some precisions:" Mappy Linux 1.0 doesn't run unless the user has the correct shared lib for allegro. It says "liballeg blah .so blah not found". You probably want to compile a static version.... However, downloading and installing allegro for Linux was pretty easy so it's not a very big deal "
So, as long as Mappy Linux will be in a dynamic version, you can go on ALLEGRO web site. Or you can download directly ALLEGRO Library : allegro-3.9.33.tar.gz (1.36 Mo)
- How to compile Mappy ? :
1) Open a terminal.
2) Move to Mappy's folder.
3) Type : gcc main.c -o mappy `allegro-config --libs`
Take note that this are ` backticks, not normal ' quotes !
Here is an example using SDLMappy. It just permits to make a map scrolling in both directions : X and Y, have a moving sprite using the cursor keys. There is 2 layers, one is above the sprite (because drawing last) the second is under the sprite (because drawing firt), a parallax picture and animation areas.
Download Example 1.0 (113 Ko)
- How to compile the example in a terminal mode ?
1) Copy SDLMappy.cpp and SDLMappy.h in the example folder.
2) Open a terminal.
3) Move to example's folder.
4) Type :
c++ -c SDLMappy.cpp
c++ -c main.cpp
c++ -lSDL -lpthread -o sdlmappy_example SDLMappy.o main.o
5) Run the exemple by taping : ./sdlmappy_example