Anyway.. we should add some 'cool' graphics to make it all go spritey and such ;)
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Anyway.. we should add some 'cool' graphics to make it all go spritey and such ;)
Well I could do bump mapping, transparent layers (no, not bitwise transparency!) and some other nice effects. In a game that is, not just as separate samples :)
Merri could you have a look at my modifications in the post above?http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...54#post2273954
Well, I had the picturebox there to make it easy to resize the screen size and to be able to add space for controls without a hassle :) Haven't taken a look in the code as I've been busied with some another "project"...
Merri, are things coming along are are you busy lately? If your busy, thats okay. I've just been looking forward to this for a while and no one has posted in a few days.
Yeah, I'm busy. I have a week to go and I should have these things done by then:
- a minisite under one of my sites (about 20% done atm)
- install a new forum software, copy data from old board and make a nice design for it
- setup a blog and make a design for it that matches with the forum
- code a some kind of news script
Somehow I feel I'm not going to have all of that done when you ask me about it next week...
Well it sounds like you have a lot on your plate. We could just start the contest after Christmas. That way you would have a ton of time to get it working great in between now and then, and we might get more people to participate.
Anyone else have any thoughts on this?
ahhhhhh can't it be during christmas when i have time :) - after christmas i have exams in jan.
Hi - made a flying 'helicopter' :P.
Will make more modifications when i have time - maybe even complete the engine. Im supposed to be having mock exams now - and what am i doing...damn :P
EDIT:Fixed - somehow the zipping program at college or me :D screwed up the zipping :P
"File not found: clsEnemy"
^
Fixed above
Raedwulf, for whatever reason your latest version is using 100% of my CPU and is not locking at 40 FPS. Any ideas?
I noticed that too on my home computer AMD Sempron 2400+ but it has no problems on P4s and P4 Ds. What is your computer?
I think the main cause is that I used a DIB Section in my version - I've uploaded a new version which uses conditional compilation
#Const DIBSECTION = True ' False to use SetPixel.
I don't know if this true but I believe for older computers DIBSection runs slowly on xp - because my progs that use intensive gdi dib sections run slowly on P3 and AMD (old ones).
I have P4. It seems to work fine in the IDE. I think I might have tested version 2 in EXE format and it hadn't been recompiled.
ahhh ok - yeah my exe was probably outdated. DIBSection works fine on P4 - but for older pcs it gets very sluggish(slower than SetPixel - dunno why) - I can only guess that windows xp uses optimised sse2 routines or something by default for P4 and uses slow x86-only otherwise for other pcs....but I have no idea.
Hmmmmmm........I've got some other projects on my mind at the moment too....
Could some one else have a look at the code :blush: :P
Cheers.
Btw. IE is screwing up on this page lol.....so i loaded firefox :D
I was reading earlier and I think minesweeper is a good idea.
Here are some great ideas.
http://mathschallenge.net/index.php?...oject&ref=view
those look really good, the mods should consider one of them!
Those are fairly simple to solve on paper, make them a contest how? Based on speed? There is hardly any coding challenge (in the first ones that I saw). Did you see a specific one that seems interesting?
Problem 7
By listing the first six prime numbers: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, and 13, we can see that the 6th prime is 13.
What is the 10001st prime number?
We've already done a prime numbers contest (it was the very first contest).
Well I have completed the first 10 challenges. Maybe the contest could be to write a program that does all 100ish of them in the quickest amount of time. Or just doesn the hardest 10 in the quickest amount of time.
I'm on a tough one right now that involves adding together all the digits in the number 2^1000. It is hard because a computer can't find 2^1000 that easily. I'm looking into ways to solve it online right now though.
Do you guys think that since ts been so long since the last contest that the Contest Forum should be retired?
Absolutely:thumb:Quote:
Originally Posted by RobDog888
How about someone just make up another contest? Put it back into action??
dude sounds good to me. I want some respect here. I want to code a contest and try to win with the power of directx.
If you guys really want another contest we can do that but we need a decent idea is all. also, you need a decent amount of members that would want to participate too. Its alot of work to manage for the Mods that run this so you will need more then a few participants. ;)
The current contest method just doesn't work (nobody dares to start out anything because of the fear of "nobody takes part in it anyway"), so it would be better to try something else.
I could run long term speed contests. I'd think it as more of a open results contest, ie. everyone can see everyone elses codes and comparison charts are kept up-to-date each time someone posts a new code.
As the contest keeps going on I could then give some tips (but not code) or I could try to keep making the fastest code, ie. I'd first make a code that works, then someone else beats it, I improve my own code and the same keeps going on until the contest is decided to end. Or either one during the same contest depending on how much time I have available.
This would teach both algorithm thinking and code optimization, which are the two most important things when trying to make something work quickly. The contest would work fine as long as there is one active contestant.
I could start running one even later today if nobody has anything against it.
So kind of like the "Code It Better" Forum but with a prize. I think we would need some input from the Mods that would be overseeing the contest first.
Speed contests like number crunching, string manipulations, loops, loading of a particular control, graphics, etc.
Merri wrote:
Sounds very much like VBSpeed. I was in contact with Donald Lessau - but he's rather busy to update the site often. Besides, not many people seem to be interested in his website anymore. So I'd say that it would be a yes from me :)Quote:
I could run long term speed contests. I'd think it as more of a open results contest, ie. everyone can see everyone elses codes and comparison charts are kept up-to-date each time someone posts a new code.
I have a stack of code which is fairly-well optimised i wouldn't mind posting on such a site, Merri. :D
Cheers.
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=384399
Continue there this thread very cluttered!