Differences between PocketHAL and PocketFrog?
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Differences between PocketHAL and PocketFrog?
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Posted: Oct 8, 2004 @ 1:49amPosted: Oct 8, 2004 @ 2:01amPosted: Oct 8, 2004 @ 2:07amPocketHAL is just a framebuffer library.
Think of it as GAPI done well.
It hides different implementation of the framebuffer on different devices and presents programmer with a single view of video memory.
That's pretty much all .
With PocketHAL you still need to write your own code for blitting , event handling etc ...
And that is where PocketFrog comes in. It is a library sitting on top of HAL which encapsulates a lot of lower level Win32 functionality as well as other basic framebuffer related stuff like blitting etc ...
Personally, I prefer to write my own stuff on top of HAL because I find PocketFrog style libraries a bit limiting, but depending on the type of game you are writing, PocketFrog might be all you will ever need.
Think of it as GAPI done well.
It hides different implementation of the framebuffer on different devices and presents programmer with a single view of video memory.
That's pretty much all .
With PocketHAL you still need to write your own code for blitting , event handling etc ...
And that is where PocketFrog comes in. It is a library sitting on top of HAL which encapsulates a lot of lower level Win32 functionality as well as other basic framebuffer related stuff like blitting etc ...
Personally, I prefer to write my own stuff on top of HAL because I find PocketFrog style libraries a bit limiting, but depending on the type of game you are writing, PocketFrog might be all you will ever need.