Free development utilities (not a free trial, its all free)

[LeonBlade]

With me, I have the STL, but I had to get it from my Dev-C++ installation. Weird, I know, but that's how I had to do it... Am I being cheated out of something?

edit: What I mean is that it didn't come with the STL files. You can set it up to use them, but it I had to get the files from somewhere else (ie Dev-C++).

What the? You serious? It's called the standard template library for a reason.

LMAO PHAIL

[LuciDreamTheater]

• Boost C++ Libraries -- So many people use Boost that it might even be called an extension of the standard library. What's more is that a number of its features are going to be implemented into the next version of C++.
• Tortoise SVN -- Someone else mentioned Subversion, so I thought I'd add my thoughts on TortoiseSVN. When I'm on Windows, I like to use a GUI to handle source control, and of all the solutions I've tried, Tortoise SVN has been the best. Please note, however, that it will modify your right-click context menu -- this is taboo for some users.
• Cygwin -- Although I dual boot with Fedora (and Ubuntu on my other machine), sometimes it's advantageous to emulate linux, and I don't know of any other method besides using Cygwin*.
• KallistiOS -- I'm not sure if KallistiOS can be classified as a utility, but regardless of semantics, if you plan to do Dreamcast development, there's not much of a choice. KallistiOS will facilitate hardware communication and will handle the dirty work for you.

* EDIT: I guess I forgot about VMWare.

[Ginto8]

With me, I have the STL, but I had to get it from my Dev-C++ installation. Weird, I know, but that's how I had to do it... Am I being cheated out of something?

edit: What I mean is that it didn't come with the STL files. You can set it up to use them, but it I had to get the files from somewhere else (ie Dev-C++).

What the? You serious? It's called the standard template library for a reason.

LMAO PHAIL

When I had installed it on my other computer it was fine... But not on this one. It's weird... Ah well I'll either attempt to fix it, or just completely ignore it.

[LeonBlade]

It's not your fault

[programmerinprogress]

you could download the Code::Blocks install file that includes MinGW, I believe this would solve your problem... or you could just tell code::blocks where the libraries are, or, even better! Install the libraries somewhere central on your computer, and just tell your different IDEs to use those.

I think this may solve your problem.

[dandymcgee]

Please note, however, that it will modify your right-click context menu -- this is taboo for some users.

I recently reinstalled Windows due to this very thing.. My context menu was so messed up and I could not figure out how to fix it, or even put it back to default, for the life of me. ( I didn't exactly go all out trying to fix the stupid thing because 1.) I was too lazy 2.) My computer needed a nice cleaning :P )

[Ginto8]

you could download the Code::Blocks install file that includes MinGW, I believe this would solve your problem... or you could just tell code::blocks where the libraries are, or, even better! Install the libraries somewhere central on your computer, and just tell your different IDEs to use those.

I think this may solve your problem.

You don't have to worry. I already have them from Dev-C++.

[Spikey]

DevIL (Developer's Image Library) aka OpenIL.
Supports 27+ image formats plus filters and saving, etc.
It's like Photoshop for opengl... sort of. Anyway it's pretty cool and worth checking out.
http://openil.sourceforge.net/


Targa/TGA Thumbnail preview for windows explorer
Normally windows does not make previews of targas .tga in explorer, this fixes that.
http://greggman.com/pages/thumbplug_tga.htm

[Bludklok]

Wow.... This was posted back in 2004. Cant believe I didnt see this. (A lot of useful tools that I could use here)

[rolland]

Moose Tiles
http://www.moosader.com/app-moose-tiles.html

[MrDeathNote]

You have to love microsoft for their dreamspark program, which provides certain software ( including VS 2008 pro) free to university students. And you also gotta love it when your university is part of the MSDN Academic Alliance, you get so much free software, including windows 7 professional and Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite.

[Pickzell]

Anim8or (Free, easy-to-use all in one 3D animator, comes with modeling, animating, etc)

Pedit Free DOS text-editor. Can view files up to 60 MB, so much better than Notepad.

Anvil Studio MIDI editor that comes with a notation layout and piano roll. You can use the standard MIDI library or VST plugins

MadTracker MIDI tracker, you can use VST Plugins

Adlib tracker 2 FM tracker for DOS. My favorite tracker, great for making 8-bit music!

Programmer's Notepad Great text editor, with highlighting!

devkitPRO Amazing libraries for GBA, DS, Wii, and GameCube

[Sanshin77]

Pixen - Graphics Editor for mac ( http://opensword.org/pixen/ )

I use this for spriting, it has all the neccesary features & tools, a nice UI and good support for layers and different file formats. Most importantly, it's a lot faster and easier than GIMP.

They also make a map editor, repTile, I havent tried that though...

[Shoulin]

AutoIT
http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/

I actually know the guy that helped design this tool, it has helped me alot in the past.

[dandymcgee]

AutoIT
http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/

I actually know the guy that helped design this tool, it has helped me alot in the past.

Omg, yes!!! AutoIt will always have a special place in my heart, it's how I learned to program.