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What are the best QB libraries?

2006-03-06T18:30:59-05:00

What I wanna know is...

What is the best text-PDS library?

Statistics: Posted by Patz QuickBASIC Creations — Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:30 pm

What are the best QB libraries?

2006-03-06T00:53:04-05:00

The best QB library for game programming or anything remotely similar is UGL. Nothing comes near it in speed or capabilities (VESA, Sound Blaster waveform audio and module playback, keyboard, mouse, blits of all sorts, optimized affine and perspective-correct texture-mapped triangle drawing, etc...)

Statistics: Posted by DrV — Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:53 am

What are the best QB libraries?

2006-03-05T08:07:16-05:00

You use multiple libraries in QB using the library manager, lib.exe, as well as the linker, link.exe. You first consolodate all of your object files or library modules into one .lib file using lib.exe, then if you need QLB support, use link with the /qu switch to create your quicklibrary. If you need assistance in how to use this, there are plenty of FAQs on the Internet (there's one at QBN and probably something here at Pete's as well) or if you still can't figure it out, post here stating as such and someone will explain it in more detail.

Someone mentioned dsqb44...I think that's ds4qb. Although it is a library by definition, it's not a .lib/.qlb so it doesn't need special linking, you just include the module into your project. That applies to all versions of the program (DS4QB, DS4QB2, and DS4QB++).

Statistics: Posted by Nodtveidt — Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:07 am

What are the best QB libraries?

2006-03-04T23:19:03-05:00

What?

Please elaborate on that! All I know iis to run a batch file of qb with the library:
c:\qb l/ c:\libDirec\lib

and then include the .bi file
rem $include 'lib.bi'

how would you include two libs? Besides using PAK or other lib manager

Statistics: Posted by zanzibar — Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:19 pm

What are the best QB libraries?

2006-03-04T20:35:40-05:00

IIRC You can only use one in the IDE, you can link however many you want..

Statistics: Posted by Z!re — Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:35 pm

What are the best QB libraries?

2006-03-04T20:13:54-05:00

Your experience is severely lacking then.

Well, I don't program in BASIC as much as I did...

Statistics: Posted by Guest — Sat Mar 04, 2006 8:13 pm

What are the best QB libraries?

2006-03-04T19:44:09-05:00

how do i load two libraries, then?

Statistics: Posted by zanzibar — Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:44 pm

What are the best QB libraries?

2006-03-04T18:51:13-05:00

Your experience is severely lacking then.

Statistics: Posted by Nodtveidt — Sat Mar 04, 2006 6:51 pm

What are the best QB libraries?

2006-03-04T17:06:26-05:00

From my QBASIC expiriances, you may only use one library at a time.

Statistics: Posted by Guest — Sat Mar 04, 2006 5:06 pm

What are the best QB libraries?

2006-03-04T14:19:50-05:00

well right now, I'd like to use dsqb44 and relLib together. dsqb44 is fabulous and rellib has the best sprite routines. Well the two libraries play nice with each other?

Statistics: Posted by zanzibar — Sat Mar 04, 2006 2:19 pm

What are the best QB libraries?

2006-03-03T21:13:12-05:00

MOD, S3M, and XM are all very outdated formats that are lacking in capabilities.

Statistics: Posted by Nodtveidt — Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:13 pm

What are the best QB libraries?

2006-03-03T14:39:56-05:00

How about MODs, XM, 3SM, etc?

Statistics: Posted by impersonator — Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:39 pm

What are the best QB libraries?

2006-03-02T20:39:14-05:00

For #2, MIDI is so NOT the way to go...never really was. For streams, OGG or FLAC is the way to go, otherwise modules (.IT specifically) are the way to go.

For #1...if still using QB (not qbasic...if you're using qbasic, your choice is simple...Blast! or PUT), there are way too many to choose from that are good but keep in mind that some do not work properly on modern computers (UGL, DirectQB, etc).

Statistics: Posted by Nodtveidt — Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:39 pm

What are the best QB libraries?

2006-03-02T16:18:01-05:00

Anyways, I still use Qbasic

I don't know if Yagl can handle qbasic.

I know, one day I'll make the jump

Statistics: Posted by zanzibar — Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:18 pm

What are the best QB libraries?

2006-03-02T11:26:22-05:00

MP3 is NOT free. You need to obtain a license or a decoder that is licensed.

Statistics: Posted by Z!re — Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:26 am