Faq (Join the creation)

**kedaman** · Feb 12th, 2004, 12:15 AM

nope, and I'm not going to install vb to see what you have come up with

either you have to convert it to c++ or tell me what it does

what did you use if not sleep then note, a timer?

**NoteMe** · Feb 12th, 2004, 05:42 AM

No way.....:d...I used a loop and Doevents when I neded it...

...so no DC++ for you...

....and I don't care...

And I am not going to install QT again for you too see the example. I can make an exe for you if you want and trust me...

....and I can try to explain.

It has a Square in the midle of the form. And 5-6 fixed points on the form, some cm from the square. From all the Points there goes a line to the mouse cursour. If the lines goes through the square it will make a small circle at the point it did hit it. It will nearly always be one line that goes through the square. It is really fast. You can move your mouse as fast as you want...

....I think it was nice, but not sure what to use it for tho'....

PS: I didn't make it...

**kedaman** · Feb 12th, 2004, 10:53 AM

lol.. ok no need to show it

And as for the DC++ thing, doevents does free up cpu usage, but not as much as sleep would

**BodwadUK** · Feb 12th, 2004, 11:11 AM

Sleep stops everything int the app though doesnt it???

Timers, Events etc wouldnt trigger

**kedaman** · Feb 12th, 2004, 11:56 AM

yes, whats wrong with that? he is using a loop..
if he is using forms then ok, but what kind of games uses forms

**NoteMe** · Feb 12th, 2004, 03:33 PM

Originally posted by kedaman
yes, whats wrong with that? he is using a loop..
if he is using forms then ok, but what kind of games uses forms

You don't need a form to have a loop...

**Electroman** · Feb 12th, 2004, 05:40 PM

You still ned events to be triggered because things like DirectAudio Use EventHandlers to tell you whats happeneing while your playing music. For example when a tracks about to finish.

**kedaman** · Feb 13th, 2004, 02:03 AM

Electroman: events have nothing to do with the message queue

Note: yeah you don't, that was my point

**NoteMe** · Feb 13th, 2004, 03:36 AM

Originally posted by kedaman
Electroman: events have nothing to do with the message queue

Note: yeah you don't, that was my point

You are confusing me....stop right now...

**Electroman** · Feb 13th, 2004, 09:40 AM

Originally posted by NoteMe
You are confusing me....stop right now...

Me too, I think I got lost

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**kedaman** · Feb 13th, 2004, 10:58 AM

Originally posted by NoteMe
You are confusing me....stop right now...

hehe now its you that is not reading the posts

read BodwadUK's post that I replied to

**Electroman** · Feb 13th, 2004, 11:08 AM

Drifting back to topic ~~~> I should have my 3D graphics engine ready and on my site some time early hours of the mornin when I finish work. I just have to do a last sweep to check the comments make sense and make a page on me site for it.

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**NoteMe** · Feb 13th, 2004, 02:34 PM

Nice that is good. Everything that can be used in the FAQ are welcome....And Keda..Shut up...

....the example is in a form, so you can show the FPS and to show that you can pause it....

...and then you need events...

**kedaman** · Feb 13th, 2004, 04:28 PM

you don't need events for that

and besides only events triggered by window messages need doevents

**NoteMe** · Feb 13th, 2004, 05:45 PM

I don't need anything...I could have written it in ASM...but I hope you are getting the idea here....it is supposed to be for new programmers, if they are serious about game programming they will start using C++ sooner or later anyway...

...this example is ment to give them a general idea of the topic...

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**Electroman** · Feb 13th, 2004, 11:28 PM

Here is the zip file if anyone wants to download it but I might still need to do a little work on the DirectInput and the Example projects, I also still need to do the web page. At the moment I'm too tired after work so I'm gonna have to do it all in the morning now.

http://www.electromanuk.com/Download.php?file_id=18

EDIT: I've updated the Download file so it include the source, dll, and a simple example. I'll post again once every things done.

**Electroman** · Feb 15th, 2004, 04:04 PM

Here we go, got the web page done (pritty simple but will do for the moment). I've only included the simple example in the download but on the page I'll put links to download the more advanced examples once I've finished them. At the moment I'm not sure what to do for them, I want on of them to be a "small" game of some kind

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http://www.ElectromanUK.com/Electro2DE7.php

**kedaman** · Feb 15th, 2004, 05:15 PM

yeah I get the idea note, but just because there are beginners, doesn't mean that you can give them the wrong impression of things.. Anyways I have a load of things to do in the nearest two weeks so writing the FAQ will be done sometime after that...

**NoteMe** · Feb 15th, 2004, 05:20 PM

I guess that since one of us have to make the thread we can start to ask all the questions, make Marty stick it on the top, and then we can edit it later. I have all ready written some tutorials and we can call it Version 0.1 and then we can add to it..

**Electroman** · Feb 15th, 2004, 05:21 PM

Originally posted by NoteMe
I guess that since one of us have to make the thread we can start to ask all the questions, make Marty stick it on the top, and then we can edit it later. I have all ready written some tutorials and we can call it Version 0.1 and then we can add to it..

K, you going to create it then?

**kedaman** · Feb 15th, 2004, 05:24 PM

so how is it going to be then? One person (like note) creates the FAQ thread and the tutorials are linked from there? where should they be posted?

**NoteMe** · Feb 15th, 2004, 05:26 PM

I can do that....just have to post the tutorials on this page I will try to start today, but I can't garantiue that it is finished before tomorrow night. There is a lot of questions to be asked and answered.

**Electroman** · Feb 15th, 2004, 05:26 PM

I have plenty bandwidth if you want to use my site? I have 70GB per month & 1.5GB storage space.

EDIT: Can create each person a seprate FTP account as well.

**NoteMe** · Feb 15th, 2004, 05:39 PM

I have web space too...and I have most of the tutorials up on DeveloperKB too, but Brad wanted them to be here on the site...

....no links to other sites, or at least not if it wasn't nesseseay. So I think that we have to stick to the forum for now. But the DeveloperKB site is down at the moment, so I can't get to my tutorials...

**Electroman** · Feb 15th, 2004, 05:44 PM

Originally posted by NoteMe
I have web space too...and I have most of the tutorials up on DeveloperKB too, but Brad wanted them to be here on the site.......no links to other sites, or at least not if it wasn't nesseseay. So I think that we have to stick to the forum for now. But the DeveloperKB site is down at the moment, so I can't get to my tutorials...

I didn't think he meant we couldn't use your own personal sites. Makes it a lot easier to format tutorials if its on a web page instead of a post

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**NoteMe** · Feb 15th, 2004, 05:47 PM

Yeah...maybe that....can't you ask him in that theread in the Forum Feedback...

...I hope he agrees. But I feel that I have asked so much all ready..

**Electroman** · Feb 15th, 2004, 05:48 PM

K will do, u reckon I should just ask i the same thread?

**NoteMe** · Feb 15th, 2004, 05:49 PM

Yeah why not.....or do as you like, but I can't see why not.

**Electroman** · Feb 16th, 2004, 04:49 PM

You see the reply?
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...hreadid=278127

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**NoteMe** · Feb 16th, 2004, 04:59 PM

Ohh well...more or less what I thought anyway....We better just do the best out of it....do you think it is best to sent them to code guru or to post them as posts here?

**Electroman** · Feb 16th, 2004, 05:08 PM

Never really used code guru before, is it any good?

**NoteMe** · Feb 16th, 2004, 05:14 PM

Not sure...thought it was a forum..

**NoteMe** · Feb 16th, 2004, 05:15 PM

Ohhhh my god...if this is how it is going to look, I think it is better to post it here...even if it can take up to 2-3 posts...

http://www.developer.com/net/asp/article.php/3312601

**Electroman** · Feb 16th, 2004, 05:16 PM

Originally posted by NoteMe
Ohhhh my god...if this is how it is going to look, I think it is better to post it here...even if it can take up to 2-3 posts...

http://www.developer.com/net/asp/article.php/3312601

**Electroman** · Feb 16th, 2004, 05:17 PM

Hey, you edited it between me reading your post and me clicking the quote button.

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**NoteMe** · Feb 16th, 2004, 05:18 PM

Sorry...here...look at the code here...doesn't look nice..

http://codeguru.com/vb_misc/Card.html

**NoteMe** · Feb 16th, 2004, 05:22 PM

Originally posted by Electroman
Hey, you edited it between me reading your post and me clicking the quote button. .

Hehe you actually got the link in the wuote tho'...

**Electroman** · Feb 16th, 2004, 05:23 PM

The code guru ones looks a bit better than the developer one, but I suppose we'll just have to do with a few posts per article.

. If only we could use our own sites

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**NoteMe** · Feb 16th, 2004, 05:44 PM

I still have the links to my tutorials to DeveloperKB in my sig...and I will have that for the rest of my life...but in the FAQ we have to use this forum....so thats the way it ends....

**NoteMe** · Feb 18th, 2004, 08:53 AM

Update....

Me and Manavo11 has made a simple collision detection app in VB.

BoX Box collision
Circle Circle collision
Box Circle collision

Or that will say Manavo has made more or less all of it....I just told him what to do...

Just have to write the tutorial to go with it, and then it is finished too....

So Keda have you started your math/something tutorial on the subject?

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