GLFW VS SDL

There is a pattern to it which is usable with every GitHub repository. For example, GLFW v3.3.8 can be fetched from: https://github.com/glfw/glfw/archive/refs/tags/3.3.8.tar.gz

What exactly would I fetch with this method? He's fetching a raylib url, but I don't really see a pattern in it I can follow when fetching glfw. I assume I can use this repository? https://github.com/glfw/glfw

I'm not sure how to fix it, sorry. I searched for some of the messages and found this bug: . I think overriding the LWJGL library might fix the issue, but I don't see any way to do that with the CurseForge launcher.

To go multiplatform with OpenGL / Vulkan (harder for a beginner) you can use a simple window library like GLFW and Dear ImGui for UI. I use these for Avoyd, along with a few other libraries.

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16) project(P1_PR) add_executable(P1_PR src/main.cpp ) find_package(GLFW QUIET) if(NOT GLFW_FOUND) message(STATUS "GLFW not found, fetching from GitHub...") include(FetchContent) FETCHCONTENT_DECLARE( GLFW GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/glfw/glfw/ GIT_TAG 3.3.8 ) FetchContent_GetProperties(GLFW) if (NOT GLFW_POPULATED) set(FETCHCONTENT_QUIET NO) FetchContent_Populate(GLFW) set(BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) set(BUILD_GAMES OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) add_subdirectory(${glfw_SOURCE_DIR} ${glfw_BINARY_DIR}) endif() endif() find_package(GLEW QUIET) if(NOT GLEW_FOUND) message(STATUS "GLEW not found, fetching from GitHub...") include(FetchContent) FETCHCONTENT_DECLARE( GLEW GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/Perlmint/glew-cmake GIT_TAG glew-cmake-2.2.0 ) FetchContent_GetProperties(GLEW) if (NOT GLEW_POPULATED) set(FETCHCONTENT_QUIET NO) FetchContent_Populate(GLEW) set(BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) set(BUILD_GAMES OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) add_subdirectory(${glew_SOURCE_DIR} ${glew_BINARY_DIR}) endif() endif() target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${GLFW_SOURCE_DIR} PRIVATE ${GLEW_SOURCE_DIR} ) target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} glfw glew32 opengl32 gdi32 glm ) target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_20)

I recently started following the Learn OpenGL tutorial and noticed that when I create a window with GLFW in the Wayland GNOME session the cursor becomes much larger when hovering over the window. This is because a Wayland client is expected to define its own pointer (cursor) and that seems to lead to inconsistencies between implementations. I do not have a problem with CSD being default on Wayland (I even prefer it when done really well, like Telegram Desktop, or any GTK app with GtkHeaderBar) but the cursor switching scale while moving it over surfaces (windows) is much more jarring.

I recall an issue specific to Wayland where windows only appear after the first command buffer is submitted. https://github.com/glfw/glfw/issues/1398

The relevant sdl2 commit, for science: https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/commit/711a458be5154063f2abdc3b9fb21670918e4bde

takes you here https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/tag/release-2.26.5

Yes, thats what the line is saying to you. You can download pre compiled versions or build one from here https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL. If you need that quite old version you will need to build it by your own. Or trying to find it somewhere else in the internet.

Yeah, the one linked is 2.0.5, which barely has the original Xbox One controller over USB support I believe. I think you need a way newer version of SDL: this commit only 5 years ago adds support for Bluetooth Xbox One controller: https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/commit/9ca5373024f3579e8b50c7c3c9ad74705033650f

For the SDL2 library I used this link: https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/tag/release-2.26.5 and downloaded 'SDL2-devel-2.26.5-VC.zip'

I don't know too much about the Steam Deck, but if it uses a Wayland compositor and DF runs, then it probably works because of Xwayland, which should be good enough for most people. SDL2 has Wayland support but it defaults to X if it's available. If people need a native Wayland application they should be able to just set an environment variable, although I'm not sure if you can do that through Steam.

Download, build the SDL2 native library (C/C++) and add the dll next to your executable. Note this can be automated using a postbuild command. Link here: (https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/releases/download/release-2.26.4/SDL2-devel-2.26.4-VC.zip)

Most of games on Steam are using SDL2, so all you need is to set env var SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland, and those bundled with really old SDL2, you can easily load external SDL/system libraries (I've done it for years and Stardew Valley worked way smoother) https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/blob/main/docs/README-dynapi.md

cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16) project(P1_PC) add_executable(P1_PC src/main.cpp) find_package(Vulkan REQUIRED) if(NOT Vulkan_FOUND) message(FATAL_ERROR "Vulkan not found. Download at https://www.vulkan.org/") endif() find_package(SDL2 QUIET) if(NOT SDL2_FOUND) include(FetchContent) FETCHCONTENT_DECLARE( SDL2 GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL GIT_TAG release-2.26.3 ) FetchContent_GetProperties(SDL2) if (NOT sdl2_POPULATED) set(FETCHCONTENT_QUIET NO) FetchContent_Populate(SDL2) set(BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) set(BUILD_GAMES OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE) add_subdirectory(${sdl2_SOURCE_DIR} ${sdl2_BINARY_DIR}) endif() endif() target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${Vulkan_INCLUDE_DIRS} PRIVATE ${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}) target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${Vulkan_LIBRARIES} SDL2-static SDL2main SDL2) target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_20)