SDL_ClearError WTF?

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread -1210607424 (LWP 22207)]
0x082917ec in SDL_ClearError ()
(gdb) quit


If using Derelict with rebuild ever gives you spurious errors
in the SDL init code ... here's the solution.

BE SURE TO GET RID OF -rdynamic IN REBUILD'S CONFIG FILE.

From the man page:

-rdynamic

Pass the flag -export-dynamic to the ELF linker, on targets that support it. This instructs the linker to add all symbols, not only used ones, to the dynamic symbol table. This option is needed for some uses of dlopen or to allow obtaining backtraces from within a program.

Seems like a classic trivial but hard to debug problem :)

Also btw. I have set up an svn repository for the project.

EHLO World

So ... this is supposed to be my hello world post on the blogspot.
Why another blog? Well, since I started programing for profit my personal pet projects got lost in the noise - so I took a break from business coding and revived an old idea of mine, and decided to start a blog while I'm at it on a whim.

Idea: Lets write a small and simple CRPG in the spirit of Helherron, IVAN and rogue likes in general. I have played some rogue-likes and Diablo (I and II) of course, and what always annoyed me is how difficult it is to get going in those games and how antiquated the user interface is. So my contribution to the opensource gaming world might be this project.

• Graphic Display
• Click and Play Interface
• Simple Gameplay
  

... and so I got started.

I decided to use OpenGL as getting OK artwork is simpler for a 3D game. This sadly rules out using F.I.F.E - but opens up the opportunity to play around with different approaches to programming.

Since I always wanted to check out the D Language after my experiences with C++ and Python - and it's really nice to get something going.

And of course here's a screenshot of a pre 0.1 version of the game.
As you can see a simple testing level is loaded, some md2 models stand around and picking with the mouse already works. The ugly gui uses just another unmaintained project from dsource.