Game Programming Book Uses C and Asm How do I build these programs

User 10841325

I am going through an older programming book which uses both C and Assembly. Most of these assembly routines are 16bit routines. How do I get Visual studio to link in my .obj files. The first part of the book uses .asm files with a corrisponding .c file, where the c program uses the function in the .asm file. As I scan through the book it looks like it uses inline assembly in the later parts of the book. I have both MASM 6.11 and MASM32 and I have access to Visual Studio 6, 2005, and 2010. These all are 32bit compilers, where the samples in the book all seem to be 16bit and I think they expect to run under DOS, not windows. Is it possible to create these sample programs and test them? I do have access to a machine that has Windows XP on it, if that would help? Thanks!

Maximilien

(my 2c) Get a new modern game programming book. Unless you come around a REAL performance issue (measured and profiled), there is no need nowadays to use assembly code. good modern C and C++ coding practice will be sufficient to do everything you need to do in a game. As for the question, I don't have a clue; I've not touched assembly code in 20+ years of professional work.

I'd rather be phishing!

Lost User

As Max says you need to look at more modern environments for games development. You may find more useful information at http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=23714[^], although be aware of http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/185894/Its_official_XNA_is_dead.php[^].

User 10841325

Actually I selected this book specifically because it was a mix of 16bit assembly and C. I have a project coming up that was written as a C and Assemby application. This gaming book looked like a fun way to pickup on the skills I need. I have not done any C and Assembly mixed programming, before, so my biggest problem right now is to figure out how to successfully build a complete runable app. I am not really planning to write a game, I just want to be able to get the samples to work as I read through the sections I need. Thanks again!

Lost User

Member 10875481 wrote:

This gaming book looked like a fun way to pickup on the skills I need.

On the contrary it is an extremely bad way. Learning how to write 16-bit applications is a total waste of time since Windows no longer supports them. Get hold of a modern book on C++ or C#, and a copy of the latest Visual Studio*, and spend your time learning the languages that will be of some real use. * If you cannot afford to buy the pro version then you can get the Express Edition[^] which is free.