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BPIC
Source code for the BPIC utility, which is a resource file builder/compiler for the ACK-3D
engine. A Watcom makefile has been added, replacing a build script for Lary's custom MK.EXE
tool.
This can be used to build the pics.dtf-type resource files used by all the demo/example projects.
All the details regarding ACK-3D resource files can be found in Appendix A of the book.
Unlike the version that shipped on the book's CD, this version has been updated so that it does
not assume that files are located in the current working directory. Instead, files specified by
the input .DAT file are assumed to be located beside that file, making it possible to do things
like place BPIC.EXE somewhere on your PATH instead of needing to copy it around to all of your
project asset directories.
Requirements
To build you will need Watcom C++. I used Watcom C++ 10.0a, but you should be able to build with a newer version (maybe even a slightly older version too).
Building
Within this directory, run
> wmake
This will build using the included makefile using a debug build settings.
To build using a release configuration:
> wmake target_config=release
In either case, you should get an output artifact BPIC.EXE on successful build.