Re: [Super-tux-devel] SuperTux

[Christopher A. W. <cw...@du...>]

Ingo Ruhnke <gr...@gm...> writes:
>> My laptop works well enough with OpenGL.  Still, I have to
>> wonder... how much extra coding effort would it take to make effects
>> which are OpenGL only (like the sunbeams on water... which doesn't
>> seem really necessary, but would look nice) just not display with
>> OpenGL disabled?
>
> A lot, since you would need to scatter the code with #ifdef's write
> additional wrapper mechanics and basically have to think at least
> twice for every graphic thing you write (will it work in software?
> will it be fast enough? will it make any sense gameplaywise?). This
> whole discussion already is slowing us down and there will likly be
> more and more of that as soon as there are gameplay relevant effects
> that don't work in software. If we go OpenGL only it will simply be
> 'end-of-discussion' and no more time wasted.

Fair enough.. you've convinced me.