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AppGameKit Classic Chat / Run without graphics in Windows

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idstam
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Posted: 25th Jun 2014 14:52
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Is it possible to run an AppGameKit application from the IDE without any graphics?

I can't get it to work over remote desktop and for coding and debugging I can manage without any graphics most/some of the time.
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Markus
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Posted: 25th Jun 2014 15:58 Edited at: 25th Jun 2014 16:00
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did you mean the remote desktop show only a black window from your started app/game???
u can make the window size smaller in setup.agc
don't understand why u want start a game without graphics.
u can just click compile with out start.

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JimHawkins
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Posted: 25th Jun 2014 19:54
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Remote desktop will not show overlays or any DirectX or OGL surfaces.

Forget using it for this.

-- Jim - When is there going to be a release?
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Markus
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Posted: 25th Jun 2014 20:27
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Window Mode should work, Fullscreen not.
Because u can use Print Key and Paste it in Paint u see Window contents.

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JimHawkins
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Posted: 26th Jun 2014 01:16
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Depends on the graphics drivers. If they write straight to video memory it's unlikely that you'll see them using remote desktop.

I have a similar problem with our subtitling system. Overlays rarely work on remote desktop even in windowed mode. My solution is a tiny batch file which autoruns in the compiler at the end of a build; this copies the exe across the network to the local computer.

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Grayvyn
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Posted: 26th Jun 2014 19:15
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I wish we could have a text/console mode and no graphics as well.

My reason being for writing the server part of a client/server game that uses the AppGameKit networking. Remote Desktop to a virtual or real server doesn't work for AGK. Plus OpenGL isn't installed or available for a plain virtual server that I know of or that I could figure out.

Even if it just Windows only, it would solve my problem. Otherwise, I ended up hacking the AppGameKit networking in C# for my server program for my multi-player RPG. I am sure I missed some details.

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Markus
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Posted: 26th Jun 2014 21:32
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hmm , u can split Sync in Update(), Render(), Swap()
maybe use only Update for Server mode.
console mode i would input per extra app with multiplayer commands.
or server need one editbox & text.

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Posted: 26th Jun 2014 22:41
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Why use AppGameKit for the server? There are far better ways to do it.

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