[SDL] Surfaces without video screen

[Torsten Giebl]

Hello !


> In our project, we use SDL_CreateRGBSurface a lot without a screen
>  surface (in case one uses the dedicated server).
>
>  It's only important that you define the format yourself.
>
>  Look at gfxCreateSurface() here:
>  http://openlierox.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/openlierox/include/GfxPrimitives.h?view=markup
>  And at getMainPixelFormat() here:
>  http://openlierox.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/openlierox/include/Color.h?view=markup
>  And the definition of mainPixelFormat here:
>  http://openlierox.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/openlierox/src/client/AuxLib.cpp?view=markup
>
>  That works great this way.

I can confirm this, too. In some of my
own projects i used it that way.

But there maybe changes in the future,
that this may not work anymore.

So using the dummy videodriver is the safest thing,
you can do.


CU