I'm trying to make an SDL program that runs with a constant frame rate. However I'm finding that even though my program is lagging a lot and skipping a lot of frames (even though it's running …

Saw this post here about using SDL_ttf to render text in a game. However that approach requires calling SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface(), along with the SDL_FreeSurface() and …

I'm using SDL2. The only way I can find to draw a shape is with the line, rect and pixel functions, as explained here. Apart from using trig or the "equation of a circle", how could I draw a curve? …

SDL_Texture and SDL_Surface The SDL_Renderer renders SDL_Texture, which stores the pixel information of one element. It's the new version of SDL_Surface which is much the same. The …

I have problems deactivating fullscreen mode with my program. Entering fullscreen happens correctly, but trying to go back to windowed mode doesn't work, the only effect is that the …

I managed to compile the SDL libraries with the guide Jonas provided, and got a libSDL2.a file. At first I only added the path of libSDL2.a to "Link libraries:" -section of Code::Blocks, but I got a …

It seems like you are mixing the rendering systems. That method will only work in the context of software rendering. For hardware rendering you should use the method …

There are plenty of questions and answers on pressing the close ('x') button on the last existing window in an SDL2 program. In that case, the SDL_QUIT event gets triggered (see …

Sep 18, 2013 · In general, you should use SDL_WaitEvent rather than SDL_PollEvent to release the CPU to the operating system to handle other tasks, like processing user input.

Jan 14, 2017 · SDL keeps track of the current state of all keys. You can access this state via: SDL_GetKeyState () So, each iteration you can update the movements based on the key …