Sfml or something else ?

[Quarternions]

Id like to do some graphics programming but using sfml seems well dirty, It has functions objects to cover almost anything like :

(copied from tutorial)

sf::Sprite Sprite;
Sprite.SetColor(sf::Color(0, 255, 255, 128));
Sprite.SetX(200.f);
Sprite.SetY(100.f);
Sprite.SetPosition(200.f, 100.f);
Sprite.SetRotation(30.f);
Sprite.SetCenter(0, 0);
Sprite.SetScaleX(2.f);
Sprite.SetScaleY(0.5f);
Sprite.SetScale(2.f, 0.5f);
Sprite.SetBlendMode(sf::Blend::Multiply);

Sprite.Move(10, 5);
Sprite.Rotate(90);
Sprite.Scale(1.5f, 1.5f);

I mean this feels like a gamemaker only now with no gui.

What else is available ? And must I learn windows api if I want to do that ? Windows api :(

Thanks,

[floatRand]

Saying something like that is stupid. If it makes programming easy, use it.
The functions are very fast and useful.

You could use OpenGL instead of SMLF ( SFML uses OpenGL ).

[jak]

I just have a DrawImage(sf::Image*, int, int) function which reuses a single sprite and just updates the positions and such. A sf::Sprite is just a container and does no calculations until the it renders.

[Quarternions]

Yea I understands its a beautiful library and its very fast only I want to do it myself, so about this openGL I guess windows api is required ?

[efeX]

[QUOTE=quincy18;16982354]Yea I understands its a beautiful library and its very fast only I want to do it myself, so about this openGL I guess windows api is required ?[/QUOTE]

what?

[Quarternions]

I decided just to use sfml, I read trough some tutorials and saw it had much more potential than I thought it did.

Thanks anyway

[nos217]

At least it works for you :v:.

[jmanmc]

Because he isn't a dumbass.

[blankthemuffin]

SFML doubles as an OpenGL context creation library. So you can use it to create a window, grab an OpenGL context, get input and whatever else floats your boat, and then use OpenGL as you usually would.

[Eleventeen]

Yes, but it's wiser to just create your own window instead of using a library JUST FOR THE WINDOW.

[PvtCupcakes]

[QUOTE=quincy18;16982354]Yea I understands its a beautiful library and its very fast only I want to do it myself, so about this openGL I guess windows api is required ?[/QUOTE]

Windows api is not required for OpenGL.

[r4nk_]

[QUOTE=Eleventeen;16993035]Yes, but it's wiser to just create your own window instead of using a library JUST FOR THE WINDOW.[/QUOTE]

Might aswell use a windowing system if your going with opengl, then if you don't write stupid code your program could be cross platform.

How is it wiser to create your own?

[blankthemuffin]

[QUOTE=Eleventeen;16993035]Yes, but it's wiser to just create your own window instead of using a library JUST FOR THE WINDOW.[/QUOTE]

Err... Negative.

Cross platform windowing is a pain. Hell, it's just a pain in general. Much easier to leave it to somebody else to work around all the quirks.

[jA_cOp]

[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;16993171]Windows api is not required for OpenGL.[/QUOTE]

On Windows, it is required. You need it to create any window on Windows at all. Thankfully it's abstracted away in windowing libraries though, so use one of those.

[nos217]

[QUOTE=jmanmc;16985554]Because he isn't a dumbass.[/QUOTE]

Yesss, I'm a dumbass because... my graphics drivers aren't working for it? Good logic.

[ZeekyHBomb]

You can create windows through GLUT.

[PvtCupcakes]

[QUOTE=jA_cOp;16996889]On Windows, it is required. You need it to create any window on Windows at all. Thankfully it's abstracted away in windowing libraries though, so use one of those.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, but like you said, you don't need to access it directly.
Do you need a windowing system to display full screen?

[zyxxyz]

Just go with SFML - I didn't think very highly of it either, and created my own OpenGL system for sprites in the style of SFML.

Then I realized that I might as well use SFML, since it's being written by a far more competent person, and I can worry about my project, not bugs in the multimedia engine.

[efeX]

[QUOTE=nos217;16997760]Yesss, I'm a dumbass because... my graphics drivers aren't working for it? Good logic.[/QUOTE]

because.... you're using linux.