Dont forget, a lot of users of BMAX are doing more clever stuff like using external 3d engines and gui systems that require the painful mingw setups(esp. on vista) or need to alter and recompile modules etc. That alone is the main reason its a pain to setup and have moaned about it myself before, with some similar points to gabriel.
However, Blitzmax in its basic 'out of the box' state seems to work fine, with few hassles. If a compiled & ready 3dlib was part of it like the 2dlib is then the setup pain would for most would be n/a.
However, Blitzmax in its basic 'out of the box' state seems to work fine, with few hassles. If a compiled & ready 3dlib was part of it like the 2dlib is then the setup pain would for most would be n/a.