The functions to output to a console seem to be in windows.h, but I don't know where to start.

I want to have my dedicated server output information to a console, rather than initializing a directX window.

Has anyone ever output to a console from acknex?
Or are there any examples I could learn from?

I get errors just by calling AllocConsole(), but I can't find examples.

Look at this:
http://www.conitec.net/beta/avideo_screen.htm

Hi,
Yes, I have video_screen set to 0.
That works fine.

Also, I must correct the post above, the reason AllocConsole() was causing errors was that I didn't have all the right files included.

The problem ist that I don't know how to write to the console I create. There's the function
WriteConsole() in the windows.h, but it doesn't seem to be found? Or, how do I use it?
It says "undeclared identifier"... and in the windows.h I can find the APIA(WriteConsole) line, but no declaration of the function...?

just use printf()..

diag() also works if the app is started with "-diag"

EDIT: if you want to print on the 3dgs console that is.. don't know how to write the windows console..

yes, also tried prinf but it writes to the acknex console. I wanna write to the console I created using AllocConsole...

Isn't stdout set to something weird on A7/A8? I can't imagine that it really flushes the content into the console but needs to reopened. But I might be wrong.


Edit: Okay, but shouldn't AllocConsole() give you a filestream to write into? You can reopen stdout at any time to write into the new console.

if you are using AllocConsole, you should use WriteConsole to write to that console.

Alternatively you can creata a console plugin, which imo would be neater and more easy to use.

Well, but how do I call WriteConsole?

AllocConsole() works fine, SetConsoleTitle() works, but when I call WriteConsole I get said error.

JustSid, AllocConsole doesn't return anything. Otherwise I could use the stream it gives me with fputs or fprint... but I don't know how to get the stream and then set it to use that stream.

you can add writeconsole to the windows.h, windows.h in gamestudio include folder is not complete.

Here is what I found in the AllocConsole() description from the MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms683231(v=VS.85).aspx

Might be helpful to get the FILE handles.