Questions about soda

SuperMatCat24

Soda has been fantastic since I downloaded it, but I have a few questions about its features compared to Mini Micro:

Code Importing: Is code importing supported in Soda? The to-do list mentions it isn’t, but the most recent commit says that an import function was added. However, when I try running something like import "test2", it crashes with an error. Could you clarify the current state of this feature?
Sprite Filtering: Is there a way to adjust the sprite filtering settings? I’m working on a pixel art game, but the default settings make everything appear blurry when scaled up. Would I need to configure this somewhere specific when building in Soda?
Exporting to Different Platforms: How does platform exporting work? Should I create a separate executable that runs soda.exe <game_name>, or is there a built-in way to handle this?

Thanks again for all the support! Soda has been a joy to use so far.

jstrout

Yep, import should work, in the same way as in command-line MiniScript. What error are you getting?
This is a great point; it should be an option, but isn't yet. However since you are building from source, feel free to tinker with it! This line is probably the right place.
Yes, you'll need a build of Soda for each platform. If you're using stock Soda (which granted is at version 0.01, and not ready for use yet), then you just throw your game file(s) in a folder along with each of the prebuilt platform binaries, and Bob's your uncle. However if you are working on the bleeding edge, hacking the Soda code and making your own binary, then you'll have to make your own binary for each platform you want to support.

On that third point, note that there has been some discussion recently in Discord of using Cosmpolitan to make an APE (Actually Portable Executable) that runs on any major platform. This would be exceedingly cool and save everybody a lot of hassle. But I don't know if anybody has yet made any SDL game into an APE, and certainly nobody has tried it yet with Soda. So that's likely a big project in itself.

SuperMatCat24

Thanks again for the help! It turns out the issue I had with imports was due to how I was defining the import path (e.g., "scripts/<script_to_import>" instead of just "<script_to_import>"). Now that I’ve sorted that out, everything is working perfectly. Soda has been an amazing experience so far!

EDIT: Changing the SDL blendmode to "NONE" doesnt seem to do anything. Maybe something to do with line 70?

if (!SDL_SetHint( SDL_HINT_RENDER_SCALE_QUALITY, "1")) { printf( "Warning: Linear texture filtering not enabled!" ); }

jstrout

My mistake — blend mode is how the sprite is composited with the background; what we need to change is scale mode. And also the scale quality hint, as you surmised. But I think the key is to add this line:

			SDL_SetTextureScaleMode(storage->texture, SDL_ScaleModeNearest);

...right next to where we set the blend mode.

I've just pushed this fix to GitHub, so you can grab it there (along with other updates, such as a partially functional PixelDisplay accessible as gfx!).