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Laptop recommendations?
19th February 2014

Could anyone here recommend a good laptop to meet the following criteria:
-Costs under $500
-To be used primarily for coding 2D games and working with 2D graphics
Thanks in advance!

Dither

Happy Birthday, Afr0!
3rd February 2014

Many happy returns of the day!

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Noodleaholic
30th January 2014

I used to buy the ones called Chapagetti made by Nong Shim. Delicious!

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Still using Blitz
29th January 2014

Thanks for all the responses.
A problem I've had with Blitz Basic is that I could never get a music file to play. Some of you might remember this from a while back. The code was right but it wouldn't work on any of my machines. I own the old Idigicon vers*snip*

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Still using Blitz
12th August 2013

Thanks, dna.

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HoboBen's GFX Test
11th August 2013

I'm running 32-bit Windows Vista.

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HoboBen's GFX Test
10th August 2013

"...not compatible with the version of Windows you're running."

Dither

Still using Blitz
9th August 2013

Thanks for the responses! I'm reading about each of these options.
What do you guys think of PureBasic? There's a Krylar book about it.

Dither

Still using Blitz
9th August 2013

Thanks, Jayenkai!
One of the reasons I was able to figure things out in Blitz Basic was that there were books like the one by John Logsdon. I might as well give Max and Monkey a look, and see if I can manage with whatever documentation is available.

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Still using Blitz
9th August 2013

Hi, everyone. It's been a while!
Years ago, I was teaching myself to program for games using Blitz Basic (i.e. BlitzPlus). I learned a lot, but my efforts were derailed by other responsibilities (read: kids!) that ate up all my free time and energy and br*snip*

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Depression (Warning: Strong themes & Language)
2nd August 2009

Like Jay said, happiness is different things to different people.
Being married myself, and having a young son, I can tell you that situation presents its own difficulties. You have greater responsibilities, financially and otherwise. You worry more about*snip*

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Free Design
1st August 2009

JL, that sounds very interesting. In particular, the allegiances and how they would affect play. Eventually, the allies would have to turn on one another.

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Artstyles
1st August 2009

I haven't played it in a while, but I remember being very impressed by Shenmue. Not only that it was technologically impressive, but that the colors and changing time of day just *felt* true-to-life. It gave me a nostalgic (for lack of a better word) feeli*snip*

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QOTD : favourite frontpage features?
30th June 2009

Same as Phoenix (Posts, Showcases, Items).

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A couple of questions
29th June 2009

Phoenix,
Sorry, I should have been more specific with my question. I meant, assuming I know the number of frames and don't have to worry about that particular problem, are there any other advantages to using DrawImageRect to display the cells from an imag*snip*

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A couple of questions
29th June 2009

[quote] The idea of writing your own drawing function for images with frames isn't too bad though, and I suspect it would be easy using DrawImageRect.[/quote]
Okay, I looked into DrawImageRect, and also DrawBlockRect. I understand how they work, and how t*snip*

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QOTD : What have you done, this week?
29th June 2009

Wow, JL, sounds like you're having quite a week!
Me: Just working my day job, then looking after my son, and squeezing in a little bit of coding when everyone's asleep (if I can manage to stay awake myself).

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A couple of questions
28th June 2009

JL235, thanks for the reply. I'm not too worried about speed for this because it's just a map editor I'm using to create levels (not planning to distribute it). Within the game itself, I'll hard-code the numbers so I won't have to load the images twice.

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A couple of questions
28th June 2009

Thanks for the help!
I think I'll just stick with my original approach, seeing as how the editor is just a means to an end. And that other stuff is a bit over my head, honestly. :)

Dither

A couple of questions
28th June 2009

Hi all,
I'm working on a map editor for a tile-based game, using Blitz 2d. Some questions:
1) Is there a way for my program to "know" how many tiles are in a given image strip at the time of loading, without that information being hard coded?
For insta*snip*

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QOTD : Which sites???
25th June 2009

None, because I've unplugged my internet connection at home to boost my productivity.

Dither

Sonic's Birthday!
25th June 2009

Has it been that long? Wow.
Never could get into Sonic myself. I love the old Super Mario Bros. games, and it's neat how Mario's design was basically determined by technological limitations (i.e. he wore overalls so his arms could be distinguished from hi*snip*

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QOTD : Favourite Game Track
20th June 2009

I'm glad to see some other Shenmue fans here. It's my favorite "next gen" game.
Some of my favorite game tracks:
Ninja Gaiden (NES) Act 4-2
Double Dragon (arcade) title theme
Revenge of Shinobi (Mega Drive) Chinatown theme
Also, the intro to Solstice *snip*

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Can't play music...please help!
19th June 2009

JL235 and CodersRule:
What's strange is that I sent my MP3 to a friend with Blitz3d and it worked for him. Also, I tried converting it to an OGG earlier and it still didn't work for me.
Maybe I will ask my friend to compile the code, with my MP3, to an .*snip*

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Can't play music...please help!
18th June 2009

Thanks for the test, Jay. It worked for me. I laughed when I heard that MP3. :)
Some info about my system:
Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.00GHz
1.99GHz, 1.00 GB of RAM
Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002, Service Pack 2
Update: I tried putting Jay's test.mp3*snip*
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