What's involved getting my game launching from WB icon?

[jimmy2x2x]

I'm almost ready to release my game and would like to have it launch from an icon. At the moment I get the execute a file dialogue when launching from WB.

Thanks

[thomas]

Does your game have an icon (a gamename.info file)? If not, make one. If yes, remove the CLI tooltype from the icon.

Note that if your program is run from Workbench, you have to receive the startup message and reply to it when your program quits.
http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=671760&postcount=22

[Michael]

You can always go IconX script way, but proper WB startup is god to have.

[jimmy2x2x]

Looks great, thank you!

If I'm reading it right, does this mean the program can only run from WB and not cli. It's all a bit alien to me, I'm used to shutting the system down and never returning!

[phx]

Originally Posted by jimmy2x2x

If I'm reading it right, does this mean the program can only run from WB and not cli.

Your startup can handle both cases. Check if there is a non-NULL pointer in pr_CLI of your current process. In this case you have been started from shell. Otherwise receive a WbMsg.

[thomas]

Originally Posted by jimmy2x2x

Looks great, thank you!

If I'm reading it right, does this mean the program can only run from WB and not cli. It's all a bit alien to me, I'm used to shutting the system down and never returning!

The example has two main parts: the first part begins at label "fromcli" and the second part begins at label "okfromwb". The "fromcli" part is only executed if the program is run from a shell window and the "okfromwb" part is only executed if the program is run from Workbench. Of course you can combine both parts into one. In either case in the end you have to jump to label "closedos" in order to leave properly.