Gideros on Windows XP

grobbs · July 2016

Hi,

I installed Gideros and everything in the IDE works fine but I can't run the player. When it launches, the window appears but it doesn't update the drawing area (I see whatever is there underneath that window). Then, if I close/stop the player I get a crash report.

Any ideas?

grobbs · July 2016

I moved the window to the right and you can see it retained the pixels from the window underneath and did not redraw its own surface.

talis · July 2016

It can be problem with opengl version. But of course it is jist a guess. I have no idea how to update it but google can help when i search update opengl windows xp there are so much links.

john26 · July 2016

Yes, @talis is probably right. Although Gideros runs on XP, a computer old enough to run XP is likely to have an old graphics card not capable of running Gideros. In fact, Gideros requires OpenGL 3.0 or better which corresponds to the graphics available on modern smartphones.

To find out which version of OpenGL you have, use this program:
http://www.realtech-vr.com/glview/download.php

However, you can still use an older version of Gideros, try Gideros 2014.12. That was before we upgraded the graphics (including shader support, clipping, 3D etc).

But in general to program for a smartphone, you really need a computer with graphics at least as powerful as that phone and that means you probably need to invest in a PC or Mac with at least OpenGL 3.0 (and/or DirectX 11 in the case of Windows Store/Phone export). It's surprising how many older PCs are graphically inferior to modern phones.

grobbs · July 2016

Thanks. Yes, the driver only supports OpenGL 1.x, so that must be the problem.

john26 · July 2016

OK, well 2014.12 should work for you. It is based on OpenGL 1 but more recently we moved on to OpenGL 2 and 3.

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