Wish I had seen this sooner. I love these competitions. Sadly my father passed in December and I've been too busy to check the boards. Thanks Lachie for giving me the heads up but I don't think I can get a game together in 7 days.
-Vince
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- Jan 27, 2019 19:57
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: "A Love Letter To FreeBASIC" Game Dev Competition (Oct 2018 – Feb 2019), 1000 $ 1st prize
- Replies: 360
- Views: 37581
- Jan 23, 2018 12:47
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: No more hosted networks (ad-hoc connections) allowed on win10!?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2182
Re: No more hosted networks (ad-hoc connections) allowed on win10!?
Ad-hoc networking on Windows 10 is a little more complicated because you need to ensure... 1. You have enabled network browsing 2. You have password protected sharing on or off 3. You have set up the proper resource sharing permissions 4. You have set up the proper security permissions (Different fr...
- Dec 14, 2017 17:45
- Forum: Windows
- Topic: FreeBasic Try-Catch-Throw feature for win only
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1297
- Dec 01, 2017 14:58
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: time to say goodbye
- Replies: 53
- Views: 7612
Re: time to say goodbye
Bye DJ! Keep in touch.
-Vince
-Vince
- Nov 29, 2017 15:53
- Forum: General
- Topic: POINTER NULL CHECK
- Replies: 41
- Views: 2598
Re: POINTER NULL CHECK
Another example, I don't like the syntax: If Len(string) Then ... Obviously this syntax compiles well and works but this code BASIC is not "clean" in my humble opinion, because the expression 'Len (string)' is neither true nor false, but conversely the expression 'Len (string) = 0' is tru...
- Oct 04, 2017 12:30
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: Most important concepts to learn for a new developer (Top 50)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3908
Most important concepts to learn for a new developer (Top 50)
I would like to poll the FB community of developers to create a Top 50 list of topics that you think a new developer should learn. This can include simple things like binary and hex numbers to more complex concepts like polymorphism and multi-threading. The goal is to create a curriculum that would ...
- Sep 25, 2017 16:42
- Forum: General
- Topic: Find the best 8 bit palette for an RGB image
- Replies: 67
- Views: 5430
Re: Find the best 8 bit palette for an RGB image
I would resample the 888 RGB 24bit to 323 RGB 8Bit. At work right now but I could give it a try this evening.
-Vince
-Vince
- Sep 25, 2017 15:02
- Forum: Beginners
- Topic: ScreenRes - more info needed [SOLVED]
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1775
Re: ScreenRes - more info needed
Check out the ScreenControl function.
-Vince
-Vince
- Sep 21, 2017 12:34
- Forum: Beginners
- Topic: Help using On...Goto and Select Case and SUB needed [SOLVED]
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1420
Re: Help using On...Goto and Select Case and SUB needed
Just remember that the FreeBASIC compiler recognizes symbols as they occur in your source code. If you reference a SUB or FUNCTION or variable before that symbol has been declared, the compiler will treat it as unknown.
-Vince
-Vince
- Jul 21, 2017 2:41
- Forum: Beginners
- Topic: Speed issues with my game
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2573
Re: Speed issues with my game
IIRC FB uses the high resolution timer internally when available so using a double to store a start time could be used for comparisons. Pseudo Code Dim loopStart as Double ' Start Game Loop Do if (Timer-loopStart > .33) Then 'This is 30 FPS 'Process Logic 'Render Screen loopStart = Timer End if Slee...
- Jul 21, 2017 2:19
- Forum: Beginners
- Topic: Speed issues with my game
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2573
Re: Speed issues with my game
How are you timing your game loop? Do you allow so many game ticks per second? You can accomplish this most easily by using a timer variable to limit how many passes per second. More accurately you would process your game movement based on the elapsed time for each game tick but this is more involve...
- Jul 05, 2017 3:15
- Forum: General
- Topic: Opportunity to make some Cash
- Replies: 70
- Views: 5135
Re: Opportunity to make some Cash
MrSwiss wrote:@Vince,
it isn't exactly helpful, to compare a relatively new SOC (R-Pi), with "stone-age" PC-HW ...
(as comparing Apples and Bananas, while both are "fruit's")
I guess the real question is, why not just replace the stone-age PC-HW with a $35 Raspberry pi?
-V
- Jul 03, 2017 19:58
- Forum: General
- Topic: Opportunity to make some Cash
- Replies: 70
- Views: 5135
Re: Opportunity to make some Cash
I've run Linux with the Mono framework on a $35 Raspberry Pi computer with 1Gb RAM and my c# app ran fine (and it was graphic intensive). I would imagine a POS app would run just fine. Many assemblies or DLLs for .NET can be used on Mono. And there is always more than one way to approach a problem. ...
- Jul 03, 2017 14:02
- Forum: General
- Topic: Opportunity to make some Cash
- Replies: 70
- Views: 5135
Re: Opportunity to make some Cash
Why not move to Linux and use VB under Mono? Its just like VB.NET, and its free. Depending on how your VB code is written, it may work with little or no modification.
Nothing against FB. Just seems like the right tool for the job.
-Vince
Nothing against FB. Just seems like the right tool for the job.
-Vince
- Jul 03, 2017 13:52
- Forum: Tips and Tricks
- Topic: A simple emulator
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1555
Re: A simple emulator
Just so you are aware, your hexconvert function is not necessary. Just use Hex(value,2) to guarantee you get a 2-digit value.
-Vince
-Vince