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Forklift_Fred

Block Breaker Block Collisions
22nd September 2007

I amaze myself sometime :D
It helps that I already had a similar bit of code on my Think Pink! Workshop entry to make a pink mouse-pointer. I'd done it with Data statements so that the whole game worked straight from source but I've also done some work wi*snip*

Forklift_Fred

Block Breaker Block Collisions
21st September 2007

There is a lot wrong with that, mole.
I'm trying to get my head around the bits that I think should work but in the mean time...
You need to put Dim in front of ImageArray(16,16)
ReadByte is not what you want.
If you add the line Text a*20,b*20,ImageAr*snip*

Forklift_Fred

Site Updates - Aug/Sept 2007
19th September 2007

:D Perfect! Inconsistency! The W3C thrives on it :D
Browser?
Mine's FireFox. May be a caches CSS thing... I am starting to guess now though!

Forklift_Fred

Site Updates - Aug/Sept 2007
19th September 2007

Interesting variation.
Preview:
(Image.jpg)
Post:
(Image.jpg)
I actually prefer it in the preview manner!
At least the contents of the boxes is right though.

Forklift_Fred

Site Updates - Aug/Sept 2007
18th September 2007

[quote]For me when this page loads. The book is drawn unscaled, it then takes some time for it to shrink. I'm using firefox here.[/quote]
I think that's how it works: Opens it full size then scales it down. The delay may just be the time taken to finish l*snip*

Forklift_Fred

Site Updates - Aug/Sept 2007
14th September 2007

Is the [Code] issue going to be sorted in the Preview?
I only ask because I was trying to do some ASCII art for the "Block Breaker Block Collisions" thread but it didn't work so I made an image. Then Teasy did it and I remembered your comment here...
If *snip*

Forklift_Fred

Block Breaker Block Collisions
14th September 2007

Genius! We need more people like you Jay, that last sentence really nailed the problem :D
That is a very valid point though. I can't image a great deal of work going into "Thro' The Wall" on the original Spectrum 48K introduction tape!

Forklift_Fred

QOTD: Laptop longevity?
13th September 2007

At the risk of going too far off topic... We have two reach trucks. The older of the two has the steering wheel on the right so you are twisted one way to steer and the other to see where you are going. The newer one has a nice arm rest that comes down on *snip*

Forklift_Fred

Block Breaker Block Collisions
13th September 2007

That's a very good point. One thing you could try is breaking down the block into segments or zones. If a collision is detected then, before deleting the block check where the collision is. You could do this with images easier if you have one for each zone*snip*

Forklift_Fred

WM001 - The Pickups
13th September 2007

My cogs are ticking over nicely, not sure what the pickups will do but I know how I want to incorporate them.
That doesn't really make sense does it? :D

Forklift_Fred

Block Breaker Block Collisions
13th September 2007

Oooh, that's interesting!
I don't understand the second If statement though.
The first one checks for a collision and if the ball is 'inside' the block, it reverses the y direction.
In the second one, The b\\y checks don't seem to match up. If one if tru*snip*

Forklift_Fred

QOTD: Laptop longevity?
13th September 2007

Yes. Yes I do :)
Though I spend a lot of time at my desk resolving stock issues these days. Mind you, the character came before the job... Very scary :D

Forklift_Fred

QOTD: Laptop longevity?
11th September 2007

My video camera's battery was killed by leaving it half charged for a long period. It now only runs for half the time (though I've since bought a new camera with different batteries so it doesn't matter)
Any rechargeable will be similar. If you run it fro*snip*

Forklift_Fred

Making Block?
10th September 2007

You can use free image hosts like (Linkage) or (Linkage) to post your pic here.
ImageShack is widely used but can be slow. Both will give you a thumbnail and code to paste here. With ImageShack it is the second code, with PaintedOver it's the first.
Wh*snip*

Forklift_Fred

QOTD - Worst Coding Habits?
8th September 2007

I guess I do a bit of that too. It's the sort of thing that sounds like a good idea. Building reuseability into a function and acknowledging the potential for alternate uses within the same project.
You hit the nail on the head at the end when you said "N*snip*

Forklift_Fred

Tripping up
6th September 2007

Wow, it's been a short while since I was active here and over a week since I visited.
For some reason FireFox didn't automatically log me in like it should and so I had to type in my password...
Several times. Different variations of various alternatives*snip*

Forklift_Fred

Wot your Weakest in coding?
6th September 2007

I'd have to say collisions because I've not really gone there properly yet.
Still haven't got Types straight in my head. I can find my way based on what I've done before and I've moved on each time, I just need to construct a mental template so I can just*snip*

Forklift_Fred

QOTD - Worst Coding Habits?
6th September 2007

My biggest bad coding habit has got to be not coding!
This leads to problems when I try to start again because I can't remember anything :D
But when I am coding... Comments are a prime suspect. I used to go over board because I was still learning and wan*snip*

Forklift_Fred

1 Year Old...
6th September 2007

A year? Is that all? I only found you recently but figured you'd been here longer than that. Mind you, I've been away from the scene for so long I'd forgotten how long ago it was that BlitzCoder was put to bed!
Congratulations to Jay and everyone else who*snip*

Forklift_Fred

Remake a Microsoft Game..
14th August 2007

Well, with my expert coding skills... I'd stick to Minesweeper :D
It's got to be on the list somewhere :p

Forklift_Fred

Site Updates - Aug/Sept 2007
12th August 2007

Well it's nice to come back off holiday and see a couple of positive changes for a change :)
Last year I went back to work and my office had been reorganised :(
I've kind of missed the preview option at times so a big thank you from me :)

Forklift_Fred

Ticking over
19th July 2007

...Tick... Tock...

Forklift_Fred

#109 - The GUI Challenge
19th July 2007

And that's the challenge :p

Forklift_Fred

Your Desktop(s)
18th July 2007

If we're talking Windows Key combos, there's one better than Win + d...
Windows + m = minimize everything and show the desktop
Windows + Shift + m = restore minimized windows
With an intellipoint wheel mouse installed Windows + c opened Control Panel, w*snip*

Forklift_Fred

#106 - The Pink Challenge
3rd July 2007

Thanks magicman, I'll check your out tomorrow, I'm about to go to bed (about time too!)
I c-ant wait to see the next workshop!
OK, I already have but it was worth the extra pun wasn't it? Couple of ideas brewing already...
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