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by Halifax
Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How can I post a screenshot?
Replies: 7
Views: 11124

How can I post a screenshot?

Without the picture being posted on some website somewhere? I don't own a website or anything. The only way I could get it online would be on my MySpace page but not everyone has an account for MySpace.
by Halifax
Sun Nov 27, 2005 9:46 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: StartX to DestX...
Replies: 10
Views: 13126

thanks for all the advice. ill fool around when i get the chance (baby on the way this week...). sounds like bresenhams line is what i need because i also plan to modify the line in certain ways, for instance having it follow a curve. (for some sort of flanking manuever or maybe for the Magic Missle...
by Halifax
Tue Nov 22, 2005 12:51 am
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: RPG advice
Replies: 11
Views: 14115

if you're gonna use qb4.0 you'll want to use RelLib or some other library. for sure. i had absolutely no problems with speed with rellib. the only problems i had were memory. (but then i found FB and all my memory problems went away) phew
by Halifax
Sun Nov 20, 2005 6:18 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: RPG advice
Replies: 11
Views: 14115

mostly i learned that a finished RPG is not something you should set out to make. instead, you should try to have fun making the RPG. enjoy the process, dont expect to have a finshed (or even playable) product for a LONG time. (8 years in my case, but im a very patient and obsessive person) but here...
by Halifax
Mon Nov 14, 2005 4:49 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: pixel scroller needs optimization...
Replies: 6
Views: 9774

explanation

okay, to start, i am using freebasic IDE jellyfish to compile and program it. about your errors with arrays, i have them all defined in a .bi include file. so id be suprised if you didnt get errors. the entire program is a little large to post and it would not really help much anyway, would it? i co...
by Halifax
Sun Nov 13, 2005 12:45 am
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: pixel scroller needs optimization...
Replies: 6
Views: 9774

pixel scroller needs optimization...

first of all, this is not strictly QB :roll: the resolution is 800x600 but im still using 256 colors... ive created a fairly simple pixel scroller with some pretty complex 2D camera routines (if keyboard-pounding indicates complexity...) 1- anyone see any ways to optimize the code below? im open to ...
by Halifax
Thu Apr 28, 2005 6:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is everyone's favorite book?
Replies: 25
Views: 37730

Douglas Adams vs Terry Pratchett

i dont know how many books adams has written but i know pratchett has more than 20. maybe 30. i do find adams to be funny, but his humor seems set up, squeezed out rather than natural. hes great at those little non-sequiters and so is terry pratchett. but pratchett's humor depends more on his charac...
by Halifax
Mon Apr 18, 2005 9:46 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Using RelLib
Replies: 1
Views: 5271

Using RelLib

just got rellib and i cant '$include "C:\RPG\RelLib.lib" it
am i linking to the correct file? do i need to move the file? if someone could send me a working program that $include's something that'd be a big help. thanks
by Halifax
Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:17 am
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: ASM, Poking, and Screen 12
Replies: 4
Views: 6240

ASM, Poking, and Screen 12

well im using a picture-less battle system and still i have problems. i have a large (300 by 480) column on the left side that is a huge scroller. however, there is no problem with that it works fine and fast. the problem is my DrawBox sub. it takes the LOCATEion as input and draw a box, fills the i...
by Halifax
Sun Apr 10, 2005 8:58 am
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Cant get any rpgs to run???
Replies: 2
Views: 4191

this happens to me a lot. most qbasic games i download wont work for some small stupid reason. and i dont have the patience to fix them.
by Halifax
Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:29 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Keyboard Scan Codes
Replies: 6
Views: 9970

Keyboard Scan Codes

Im using KeyRight, Left, Up, and Down right now. however, i have searched the internet and this site for the scan codes for other keys like esc etc but i cant get a straight answer. right now i have this KeyRight$ = chr$(77) + "P" (this is quoted from memory, which means its wrong) so how ...
by Halifax
Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Meaning of life & james bond
Replies: 4
Views: 8579

The only important thing in life is my pleasure. no matter how it happens, my pleasure is paramount. sometimes i help others, but only because it increases my pleasure. morality is a tool that helps eliminate those who take pleasure at the expense of others. i obey the laws because it would be very ...
by Halifax
Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:49 am
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: qbasic taking up 100% of cpu!
Replies: 19
Views: 25750

well i have a 900mhz computer with like 712 ram. i also have qb4.5. so im gonna download winamp (free?) and see how its different. thanks for the advice. too bad i cant run kazaa or whatever in the background.
by Halifax
Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:20 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Scripting
Replies: 5
Views: 8384

i have no scripting engine as yet. unless you mean my tile engine...
by Halifax
Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:13 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: qbasic taking up 100% of cpu!
Replies: 19
Views: 25750

i also have a problem with this. i like to program with music going on in the background, but media player is always so slow and it sometimes skips. it also screws with qbasic. and dont even mention the internet...
by Halifax
Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is everyone's favorite book?
Replies: 25
Views: 37730

hmm i really dont like piers anthony (author of xanth)
at first i read quite a lot of it but i got sick of all the puns.
but to each his own.
by Halifax
Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:54 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Scripting
Replies: 5
Views: 8384

uses for scripts

okay. so id make a script called something like Items.txt. then, at each entry id specify the type, "Weapon", "Item", "Enemy" that would tell the scripter how to enter the data. i can see how that would shrink the size of the file. it would also make it easier to change...