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by Nodtveidt
Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:20 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Breaking the barrier
Replies: 29
Views: 39881

Not possible. Besides, with FreeBASIC now, why even bother trying some silly kludge when you can program in DX natively? :D
by Nodtveidt
Thu Dec 30, 2004 7:18 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Dash errors
Replies: 7
Views: 11698

Took long enough. :D
by Nodtveidt
Mon Dec 27, 2004 6:13 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: What is a Common Shared variable% and how do you use it?
Replies: 7
Views: 10448

A Common Shared variable is one that is "global", aka is accessible anywhere in your project. It's especially useful when you make programs with mutiple modules. Say you have something like this: COMMON SHARED a1 AS INTEGER a1 would be accessible from anywhere in your program. When you use...
by Nodtveidt
Fri Dec 24, 2004 9:03 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: cannot maintain variables in the subs
Replies: 278
Views: 277672

You need to use public or global variables:

COMMON SHARED variable% 'shares across entire application

or

DIM SHARED variable% 'shares across entire module

and next time, try not to make it so obvious that you're copying someone else's email. :D
by Nodtveidt
Sun Dec 19, 2004 8:49 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: new stupid question
Replies: 7
Views: 10686

Hey clueless...that was pretty stupid of you. While Nathan1993 may not be the "god of QB" or anything, at least he helps people out whenever he can. And I'd say his piece of advice this time was 100% right on...when you ask for help, ask for help in a clear, concise manner. He wasn't insul...
by Nodtveidt
Mon Dec 06, 2004 2:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: QB Express Issue 3 Updates -- Need content!
Replies: 32
Views: 45707

My bad...it's #badlogic
by Nodtveidt
Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Collisions
Replies: 4
Views: 8425

You can use SCREEN as a function to return character codes at specific locations. Look it up in QB's help.
by Nodtveidt
Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: QB Express Issue 3 Updates -- Need content!
Replies: 32
Views: 45707

#quickbasic on efnet is mostly now filled with adult children who do nothing except appease each other, babble stupidities, and boast how 3r33t they are to people who do actually still code with older languages. I was last there on the night of November 3rd and I'll never go back. Most of the channe...
by Nodtveidt
Fri Dec 03, 2004 8:13 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Screen 12 : Width 80,60 (bsave and bload)
Replies: 2
Views: 6710

What the hell? Hello, this isn't C, this is BASIC. You don't represent hex with 0x, you represent it with &H. :P Also, you might want to know that SCREEN 12 is a planar mode and you have to switch planes several to get an entire screen dump...it will also take four files to do. :D SCREEN 12 suck...
by Nodtveidt
Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:15 am
Forum: News and Announcements
Topic: Text Adventure Compo '04 is now open
Replies: 4
Views: 12258

Text Adventure Compo '04 is now open

The TAC is an annual competition of programmers to create the best text adventure possible. The rules are minimal...the idea is to show your stuff the best way possible. Visit the website here: http://tac04.nodtveidt.net/ Also, I issue a challenge along with the compo! Your challenge is to beat both...
by Nodtveidt
Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:31 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Breaking the barrier
Replies: 29
Views: 39881

a first step was ds4qb... direct sound for qbasic. used a slave program to access direct sound. Yeah...I wrote it. :P :D But that's about as far as you're going to get into DirectX. DirectMusic and DirectPlay are possibilities, but don't even think about DirectDraw or Direct3D because it's not goin...
by Nodtveidt
Mon Nov 29, 2004 6:55 pm
Forum: News and Announcements
Topic: Advance.PUT - PUT to BMP conversion utility
Replies: 0
Views: 9316

Advance.PUT - PUT to BMP conversion utility

Okay...this was brewing over in the freeBASIC forum...since most everyone's probably going to be moving on to FB once it's widely available, and since there's very little in the way of a PUT to BMP converter, I spent today developing this. It's a first release, so it might have a few bugs in it, but...
by Nodtveidt
Mon Nov 29, 2004 8:05 am
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Breaking the barrier
Replies: 29
Views: 39881

MystikShadows wrote:Oh GAWD!!!! that's not helping my hiding my age here...lol....Nek? we really that damn old???
Unfortunately, it would seem so. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
by Nodtveidt
Mon Nov 29, 2004 6:03 am
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Breaking the barrier
Replies: 29
Views: 39881

Nathan1993 wrote:VB sucks. Peroid. AMEN!!!

Also, someone should find out how to use Direct X in qb.
I am beginning to get the idea that you are clueless.
by Nodtveidt
Sat Nov 27, 2004 1:22 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Dash errors
Replies: 7
Views: 11698

Dash is a very standard QB library, you probably just have an old version. If you have the latest version and you're trying to use its XMS routines, then that could be the problem. Otherwise, it's likely just a bad build. Get the latest from his website:

http://www.chainmailsales.com/virtuasoft/
by Nodtveidt
Fri Nov 26, 2004 6:02 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Breaking the barrier
Replies: 29
Views: 39881

From what I understand, v1ctor's still hard at work on the compiler, aetherFox and I will be making the IDE for it shortly, marzecTM and a few others are continuing to write new library conversions.
by Nodtveidt
Fri Nov 26, 2004 4:12 pm
Forum: QBASIC and QB64 Questions & Answers
Topic: Breaking the barrier
Replies: 29
Views: 39881

Umm...it's not exactly a big secret...putting the processor in flat mode is absurdly easy. :D Also, protected mode DOS is also very easy to do. QB is not suited for either task, although I think it was v1ctor who was able to do it already anyways. In any event, freeBASIC already "breaks the bar...
by Nodtveidt
Wed Nov 24, 2004 12:54 pm
Forum: News and Announcements
Topic: vPlanet! moves
Replies: 1
Views: 7553

by Nodtveidt
Mon Nov 22, 2004 5:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My laptop lives!!!
Replies: 11
Views: 18869

I have a Dell Latitude CP from yesteryear...a slick little Pentium 233MMX. :D Needs a power cord though, kinda left it in PA when we moved to PR. :D Tis too bad at the time Dell used a lot of proprietary crap components... Oh...and the screen doesn't light up, so I gotta always plug it into a monito...
by Nodtveidt
Sun Nov 21, 2004 5:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need Submissions for QB Express #4!
Replies: 20
Views: 34439

Your video card became unseated and was probably damaged when you powered it on half-seated. Transporting a computer is not a trivial matter anymore; you pretty much have to rebuild the bloody thing when it arrives at its destination to make sure it's still gonna work when you turn it on. You could ...