Chassis - Multiplatform system abstraction for openGL applications

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Chassis
Welcome to the home page for Chassis.
About Chassis
The Chassis library is a fast class-based library designed to ease the pain of multiplatform application development, with a strong emphasis on openGL games.
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Features
Note: These features are working under Linux, unless specified. Windows and OSX ports probably dont have all the features working yet. * denotes unfinished
  • C++ API. Most functionality encapsulated within classes
  • Works on Linux, Win32(*), MacOSX(*)
  • Window creation and manipulation* [Window creation is fine, manipulation not finished]
  • Threading Class
  • Mutex Class
  • Input: Keyboard & Mouse
  • Socket & Listen Socket classes
  • Dynamic Library Loading (DLLs)
  • Timers
  • And more... (No steak knives)
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Downloads
No packages for download yet, because chassis is still under major development.
Checkout the CVS if you are brave!

Please ensure you have read and understand the BSD Modified license before you download
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Documentation
No Docs yet, sorry :-(
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Support
Currently, I cannot really offer any support because I haven't released anything yet :-)

You can try me on jabber at "alexdlm@myjabber.net/" (NOT an email address) if you are desperate to have a look at chassis.
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Other Info
If you are interested in this project, please subscribe to the 'chassis-announce' mailing list.


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License
Chassis is copyright Alex de la Mare 2003, and is distributed under the BSD modified license, as follows:
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products
   derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Please note that chassis comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
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Links
Related projects:
  • SDL - C based project similar to Chassis
  • OpenGL

My other projects:
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