Genesis Knight
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Zoe said:
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Thanks for the link.
Mister Zimbu
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CrankyJay said:
I haven't tried it too much from a programming standpoint- more from an end-user-usability standpoint.
I can't think of a single WPF application I've used that performed well. VS2010 is written in WPF too
.Mister Zimbu said:I haven't tried it too much from a programming standpoint- more from an end-user-usability standpoint.
I can't think of a single WPF application I've used that performed well. VS2010 is written in WPF too
Is it? I know Expression Blend was, but I didn't know about VS 2010.
And sure, it's easy to make WPF run like shit if you're not smart about design choices.
edit: Oh snap, it is. Good call.
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So what text editor/IDE does everyone use? I've been using Notepad++ but last night I found Komodo Edit and fell head over heels. It was love at first keystroke.
Funny story since my friend is currently taking that class. They had to do a Tic Tac Toe assignment and somehow the majority of class got the solution to the assignment from last semester. And it was the solution posted by the professor. Most people just blindly copied it and ended up getting zeros. I mean if you gonna copy at least try to change the variables names.Slavik81 said:
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upandaway said:I was reading the description and then I saw "customizable syntax [END OF LINE] ....coloring" I was like "WHAT" for a second there
I wonder how that would work.
Easy, you invent your own language!
I've actually been toying with the syntax for my own language for a few years but I can never decide which parts I want to *cough* "draw inspiration" from other languages for.
While minor, I get really annoyed when I see "Array[i++]" in code. I know what it means, I get why it works, but I know it is just going to confuse people, makes it harder to read, and takes just as long once turned to assembly if it was two lines. Rarely is it used in a situation where you need i incremented at that very line.
Also, now that I think about it, I want to know, would this work?
Also, now that I think about it, I want to know, would this work?
Code:
while(something)
{
//Move All elements of an array up 1
Array[i++] = Array [i]
}creativity
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Drkirby said:
Actually, this is not OK---it's undefined behavior.
See:
http://c-faq.com/expr/evalorder1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequence_points
mike23 said:
Whoops, yeah.
I just remembered that i++ worked normally in array brackets, thanks. Anyway, there are much easier ways to do this for Dr. Kirby's sake. See: List<>, Vector<>, using another array for the copy, or just using a pre-defined function.
Also, to answer Dr. Kirby, I'm on a year long co-op right now and I'm nearly done (like 20/30 hours) away from a bachelors. Masters should be good though considering it's a choice between a thesis or a project (hmm, I wonder which most people choose?).
Half and half
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Drkirby said:
Hell nah I didn't get my Masters. Plenty of dough around for those with just Bachelors. And I haven't seen a whole lot of jobs that require one.
Not knocking a Masters by any means. If someone wants one, by all means go get it, and a PhD too.
I studied music.Drkirby said:
And frankly there are SO may people out there with masters degress that unless they're from like MIT or something that it's sorta not worth it.
I had friend put it best. A masters will get you a better start on the corporate ladder. Honestly I would say I know far more master degree holders that I would never hire than ones I would.
I got a Bachelors degree and went straight into the work force, and then 8 years later started pursuing a Masters degree because my employer is gonna pay for it, so why the hell not?
With the economy in the crapper and a few years of crappy 3-4% raises, having them pay for school is like an extra benefit.
With the economy in the crapper and a few years of crappy 3-4% raises, having them pay for school is like an extra benefit.
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hehe, cool name deadbeef.
I discovered you can also spell 0xdeadc0de and 0x0badf00d (cheating with the zeros I guess).
I discovered you can also spell 0xdeadc0de and 0x0badf00d (cheating with the zeros I guess).
Yeah I would say if your employer will pay for it. Why not?deadbeef said:I got a Bachelors degree and went straight into the work force, and then 8 years later started pursuing a Masters degree because my employer is gonna pay for it, so why the hell not?
With the economy in the crapper and a few years of crappy 3-4% raises, having them pay for school is like an extra benefit.
Terrascape
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Andrex said:
vim
Visual Studio. My love for Visual Assist X is unending.Andrex said:
FormallyMegadrive
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Slavik81 said:
This and this.
prodystopian
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Halycon said:
Why don't you use Visual Studio for Unity?
Edit: I primarily use VS2010 for C# with Unity.
ephemeral garbage
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Emacs, Xcode, Eclipse
Got a M.Eng in 2002 largely due to me not planning out my bachelors' well enough. I had more classes I had to take and couldn't afford another semester, but if I did M.Eng it would be subsidized through another program. So yeah, I'm an idiot.
Got a M.Eng in 2002 largely due to me not planning out my bachelors' well enough. I had more classes I had to take and couldn't afford another semester, but if I did M.Eng it would be subsidized through another program. So yeah, I'm an idiot.
MutantCyborg
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Sorry for interrupting conversations, but I have a few questions for some of you if you don't mind.
I'm currently in high school and I'm seriously considering going into this field or animation. Unfortunately, my guidance counselors know nothing about this field and I figured I need to ask for advice elsewhere. I really want to get into the game industry, for the work environment really, but I won't limit myself to that.
Is it worth going to a school like Full Sail or the Drexel University programs? This is where my guidance counselors recommended. What are the downsides to only attending those schools? Would any non-game related business take my degree seriously? (What colleges/universities would you recommended?)
My only experience programming would be a very little HTML and Flash. Before going to a college or university what languages should I learn or become familiar with? What is the best way to learn them? With the right references I can teach myself, what references would you recommend, books, websites ect.?
Again, sorry for interrupting conversation, but I would love some answers so I don't blindly make a decision. Thanks for your help in advance if anyone can answer or help!
I'm currently in high school and I'm seriously considering going into this field or animation. Unfortunately, my guidance counselors know nothing about this field and I figured I need to ask for advice elsewhere. I really want to get into the game industry, for the work environment really, but I won't limit myself to that.
Is it worth going to a school like Full Sail or the Drexel University programs? This is where my guidance counselors recommended. What are the downsides to only attending those schools? Would any non-game related business take my degree seriously? (What colleges/universities would you recommended?)
My only experience programming would be a very little HTML and Flash. Before going to a college or university what languages should I learn or become familiar with? What is the best way to learn them? With the right references I can teach myself, what references would you recommend, books, websites ect.?
Again, sorry for interrupting conversation, but I would love some answers so I don't blindly make a decision. Thanks for your help in advance if anyone can answer or help!
My recommendation:
Go to a normal 4 year state college and work for a degree in your choosing, which I would guess would be art related in your case. If it's programming, I would major in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or Math/Physics. I would go for a degree that's general enough so that you could apply for work in many industries. Then, on your spare time, I would work on a portfolio of game related content since that appears to be your interest.
The portfolio is huge here, especially for an artist/programmer. As for what you should already know going in, it's hard to say. I feel that this field is dominated by self-driven people, so I would say that you need to do a lot of self-teaching, and perhaps never stop. Personal projects are huge.
Go to a normal 4 year state college and work for a degree in your choosing, which I would guess would be art related in your case. If it's programming, I would major in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or Math/Physics. I would go for a degree that's general enough so that you could apply for work in many industries. Then, on your spare time, I would work on a portfolio of game related content since that appears to be your interest.
The portfolio is huge here, especially for an artist/programmer. As for what you should already know going in, it's hard to say. I feel that this field is dominated by self-driven people, so I would say that you need to do a lot of self-teaching, and perhaps never stop. Personal projects are huge.
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I did something very similar. Prep your data, if you can, by turning the lat/Lon from floating point to integer before performing the calculations. I was able to increase performance by several orders of magnitude by doing all the work in integers, then restoring the decimal before storing the final result. Was a lot of extra work but I hit my goals.Slavik81 said:
The rant part of this is that the performance goal was ridiculous. The customer wanted all computations done in less than the time it took a tech to move from one window to the next. Because they might get bored or something and productivity would decrease.
I think you need to first figure out if you want to do animation or software development. They are very different, and you won't be able to transition easily from one to the other part of the way through your education.
Do a little soul searching and figure that out. Think hard about it. If you don't think that the in's and out's of how a computer works fascinate you, perhaps software engineering isn't for you.
Do a little soul searching and figure that out. Think hard about it. If you don't think that the in's and out's of how a computer works fascinate you, perhaps software engineering isn't for you.
MutantCyborg
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poweld said:
Yea, I understand. I guess I need to just do a little of each before moving on to college or university.
With that note, does anyone have book/resource suggestions to teach me more about the topics (Animation or Programming) as I plan on ordering a few things from amazon, and if I need to order any books or software now would be the perfect time.
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Pop open the page displaying that data, Last Updated: March of this year, Updated By: The user who complained, Comment: *the exact change they pointed out as corruption* done by *username*.
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Bah, so how does one find out for sure if a particular game idea has already been done without potentially giving away your idea to other developers?
I've made what I think is a pretty cool concept for a game. It's in a rough playable state now, and I've been working on it in little bits at a time.
Now, I haven't seen anything else quite like it, and that's what sort-of worries me. If I do have a nice original idea on my hands, I can't just show it off because someone else may go ahead and rip it off before I ever complete it.
However, if it does already exist as a game idea, there's no real point in my continuing, as I may be making software that infringes on someone else's work.
Grumble, grumble.
I've made what I think is a pretty cool concept for a game. It's in a rough playable state now, and I've been working on it in little bits at a time.
Now, I haven't seen anything else quite like it, and that's what sort-of worries me. If I do have a nice original idea on my hands, I can't just show it off because someone else may go ahead and rip it off before I ever complete it.
However, if it does already exist as a game idea, there's no real point in my continuing, as I may be making software that infringes on someone else's work.
Grumble, grumble.
you need to share your ideas, it's the only way to improve'em.
otherwise you'll end up with a crappy product or no product at all.
on a side note, my boss finally decided that he's not in the mood for hiring someone new, so it turns out that the interview i made were a waste of my time
otherwise you'll end up with a crappy product or no product at all.
on a side note, my boss finally decided that he's not in the mood for hiring someone new, so it turns out that the interview i made were a waste of my time
who am i kidding, i had a bunch of fun XD
PflargBlarg
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Ecrofirt said:
You can't copyright game ideas. There's almost no way you'll be infringing on anything. The worst possibility is that it might look like a rip-off or clone.
Alright guys, I'm doing a Lab for my CompSci class and this is my first time using GUI's and things aren't going my way so far. Basically, I have 3 buttons at the top that will change the center background to the corresponding color and 3 radio buttons on the bottom that will change the text to that corresponding color. Now, my window shows up with all 6 buttons and the text but clicking any of the buttons doesn't do squat. i've looked through it a bunch of times but can't figure out what exactly it is that I'm doing wrong. Here is my code, and no there arent any comments right now. I only tend to add them in when I'm cleaning it up before handing it in. Sorry for the super long post
Code:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
public class ColorFactory extends JFrame
{
private JPanel panel1;
private JPanel panel2;
private JPanel center;
private JButton red;
private JButton orange;
private JButton yellow;
private JRadioButton green;
private JRadioButton blue;
private JRadioButton cyan;
private ButtonGroup radio;
private JLabel messageLabel;
private final int FRAME_WIDTH = 500;
private final int FRAME_HEIGHT = 300;
public ColorFactory()
{
setTitle("Color Factory");
setSize(FRAME_WIDTH, FRAME_HEIGHT);
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
messageLabel = new JLabel("Top buttons change the panel color and bottom radio buttons change the text color.");
buildPanelC();
buildPanel1();
buildPanel2();
setVisible(true);
}
private void buildPanelC()
{
center = new JPanel();
center.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
center.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
center.add(messageLabel);
add(center, BorderLayout.CENTER);
}
private void buildPanel1()
{
panel1=new JPanel();
panel1.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
panel1.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
red = new JButton("Red");
orange = new JButton("Orange");
yellow = new JButton("Yellow");
red.setBackground(Color.RED);
orange.setBackground(Color.ORANGE);
yellow.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
red.addActionListener(new ButtonListener());
orange.addActionListener(new ButtonListener());
yellow.addActionListener(new ButtonListener());
panel1.add(red);
panel1.add(orange);
panel1.add(yellow);
add(panel1, BorderLayout.NORTH);
}
private class ButtonListener implements ActionListener
{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent act)
{
String actionCommand = act.getActionCommand();
if(actionCommand.equals("R"))
{
center.setBackground(Color.RED);
}
else
{
if(actionCommand.equals("O"))
{
center.setBackground(Color.ORANGE);
}
else
{
if(actionCommand.equals("Y"))
{
center.setBackground(Color.YELLOW);
}
}
}
}
}
private void buildPanel2()
{
panel2 = new JPanel();
panel2.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
panel2.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
green = new JRadioButton("Green");
blue = new JRadioButton("Blue");
cyan = new JRadioButton("Cyan");
green.setForeground(Color.GREEN);
blue.setForeground(Color.BLUE);
cyan.setForeground(Color.CYAN);
radio = new ButtonGroup();
radio.add(green);
radio.add(blue);
radio.add(cyan);
green.addActionListener(new RadioButtonListener());
blue.addActionListener(new RadioButtonListener());
cyan.addActionListener(new RadioButtonListener());
panel2.add(green);
panel2.add(blue);
panel2.add(cyan);
add(panel2, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
}
private class RadioButtonListener implements ActionListener
{
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent act)
{
if(act.getSource() == green)
{
center.setForeground(Color.GREEN);
}
else
{
if (act.getSource()==blue)
{
center.setForeground(Color.BLUE);
}
else
{
if (act.getSource()==cyan)
{
center.setForeground(Color.CYAN);
}
}
}
}
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
ColorFactory cF = new ColorFactory();
}
}First of all, one side note: use "else if" statements instead of all your embedded "else" then "if"s. It will clean it up a bit.BLSwagger10 said:
Second, toss in a command line debug statement into your ButtonListener and RadioButtonListener to see what ActionEvent is being received.
I'm not versed in Java or GUI code, but it also seems odd that your main just instantiates your object and then reaches the end of the control block. I'd think you'd need some sort of loop...
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