Update: Ran 3DMark06 with normal settings. Didn't have the payed-for version so didn't tell me my computer was running as it should, but it worked. Now I'm going to see if games do work again. If not, I'll update the drivers (clean install).
Update: phoned the company that built my PC. Guy said he wasn't sure what it was, but I have received instructions: 1.) Make sure that the old Intel integrated graphics chipset is still disabled in the BIOS 2.) Continue with the plan to run the 3D benchmark software, or at least try to. 3.) Uninstall Nvidia drivers and software. Reinstall laters drivers from website.
Sorry I can't do anything that involves opening the computer case, as I'll void the warranty. Doesn't seem too warn but I'll check the temperature. Games don't work even if I start the PC from cold (10hrs+ rest).
Well that wouldn't affect the 3D games. I looked at the memory monitor in the task manager program and it looks fine in there, and everything still realises that I have 4Gb. It may solve the bluescreen, but that hasn't come back yet. I'd rather not install the whole OS again...
Also, use code tags. If you want the window to be a fixed size, I just set the minimum and maximum as the same. I've got a youtube video explaining stuff about Tkinter windows. Infact, I have a whole 10 video tutorial series to help people with Tkinter.
If I were you, I would have started out with Blender before using 3DSmax, seeing as max costs so much. Being a blender user, I would say blender, but that's a biased opinion. Tell you what: set yourself a task, like modeling a gun. Try to not to use a tutorial. See which program was easier for you and which model came out better.
You need to edit the indents because there are some tabs and some spaces, and they are not all aligned. My advice would be to delete the whitespace on each line and then tab it out the appropriate number of times. Using tab is alot quicker and easier than using spaces.
Well it's the same strategy. You still need to count up with integers and convert to a string at the end. You should only need one loop for all that. Don't forget your ifs for all the columns as in my above post. If you want to keep it simple just have the loop with time.sleep(), but again you could sync it with real time for more accuracy.
Well start by allowing the user to input how much time they want to count down. Convert each section (hours, mins etc.) into an int so that you can count it down. Count down by 0.1 seconds (use ifs to find if one column equals 0, in which case it will become 9, and take 1 off the next column), convert the numbers back into a string, print, sleep (0.1). Repeat until all sections equal zero. Seeing as it takes a few milliseconds to execute each line of code, you may want to correlate your timer with real time. Consider using a separate module (maybe datetime?) to get the current time, and then you can synchronise your timer with what it should be to prevent it going out of step. This should only need to be done every few seconds.
Well if we introduce a "3D section" to the game dev forum, or at least publicise that it's open to 3D topics, we may get a bit of interest. We could announce it on things like the blender artists forums...
Here's a little program I wrote for you using stringstream. This will split your long string into 20 parts, into an array (type string), named "data".
//includes...need sstream (stringstream)
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
//don't forget your namespaces
using namespace std;
/main
int main()
{
//your string
string str = "105:1:CME,20100601,07:34:22.796,GRC,GE,201009,FUT,XGGRC,0G4LHZ013,14ijpol1vsu7l7,Fill,0000D9DB,B,00000,99.155,2,99.155,20100601,07:27:34";
//declare array for output from split
string data[20];
//create the stream using your string above
stringstream stream(str);
//loop repetition value
int i = 0;
//loop to split string
while(getline(stream, data[i], ',') )
{
//increase repetition number
i++;
}
//loop repition value
int j = 0;
//print output
while (j<20){cout<<data[j]<<endl;j++;}
//pause so we can read
system("Pause");
}
If you want some ideas, look at this thread: http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread32007.html Otherwise, search sourceforge.net! You can look for programs using YOUR programming language, YOUR os and YOUR type (games, software etc.). If you don't find anything you like, start a new project! PM me if you find a project to join/start a project as I'd like to join one too.
I know that it's not really related to programming and hardware (which is what the rest of the site seems to be), but I think it would be great if we could create a 3D modeling or visual effects forum. Maybe even just one forum for all 3D modeling programs? There are dedicated forums for all of the programs already, but there are already dedicated C++ forums, for example. That didn't stop this C++ getting to the top.
Hello! Welcome to Daniweb! You'll love it here because the C++ forum is one of the biggest forums on this site, and is certainly the best C++ forum on the internet. And Java is close behind it! I guess we'll be seeing eachother around in the C++ forum a little bit :)
For things such as darker clothes, you could just use a new texture for the clothes. If you could keep the clothes as a seperate object from the body, then you could easily just make progressively darker textures, and load each one. You would only need a few to go from dry to wet. To get a better idea of what would happen, think about what happens when your out in the rain. You walk slower to avoid slipping, your clothes may get wet, your hair gets wet and flops down. Also consider the visual effect. Wet clothes are darker, but clothes such as a coats or things with a protective coating may glisten in the sun instead. Look up specular maps on google.
These are just examples of some of the things that happen, but there are many more. It really depends what level of realism and detail you would like to hit.
Hmmm...now I'm thinking about it, it would be a hell of a lot easier to put all the GUI stuff in one file. I'd say that anything you had with your root (buttons, labels etc.) should all go in the one file. Then you could put your program logic in a different script. It really depends what your doing, but that is the easiest way.
Write simple theatre booking system. Start off by just using the console, then possibly moving on to GUI. Similarly, start off storing your data in text files, then move on to using proper database modules. Don't put yourself under too much pressure either! Just have a simple system that lets you book or unbook seats. Then add features such as: multiple performances and ticket types (Adult, Child, Discount). Also, you could make a console-GUI, where you use ASCII characters to create squares for seats, with the seat numbers in them. Then, use [A][C][D} to show which seats are taken and by who.
Tips: Start simple. Don't have too many seats at the beginning. 3 rows of 5 max. Sort out file storage. Data retrieval is important. Make sure you have a simple input output. Use loops for loading the dater from a file. This means you can repeat many times. Use loops elsewhere in your program to cut down on how much code you have.
Secondly: I've made you a little program to demonstrate rounding, using floor() and ceil() [needs cmath, but you already have that]. Here's the code:
//Usual intro :P
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
using namespace std;
//Usual main...
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
//a will be rounding result, x will be float to round
int a;
float x;
//get input
cout<<"Enter float for 'x'"<<endl;
cin>>x;
//if x + 0.5 is less than x rounded up, decimal place must be less than (.)5
if ((x+0.5)<ceil(x)){a = floor(x);}
else{a = ceil(x);}
//print results and pause to view...
cout<<"You entered: "<<x<<endl;
cout<<"Result: "<<a<<endl;
system("pause");
//usual return. finito
return 0;
}
Read through the comments to get the gist of what I'm doing. I have seen some older threads on various C++ forums where people do horrible, long, complicated thingamajigs. This is just a short simple program, and you only need a few lines of it anyway!
Example outputs:
Enter a float for 'x' [eg.] 23.2 You entered: 23.2 Result: 23
Enter a float for 'x' [eg.] 18.6758284 You entered: 18.6 Result: 19
Note: You cannot change the precision with this method, so you can't round, say, 123.34934 to 123.35. There are other methods of doing this, but for a simple graphing program you should only need ints.
Hope this helps. Just reply in this thread if you need …
Update: System restore to two nights ago, when everything was normal. MSN is fixed! Still can't play games. All (commercial/decent) 3D games won't run, also Cortex Command doesn't run. It's a 2D game but it uses lots of particle simulation. I have also noticed that my computer hasn't been performing as well as it used to. It boots up in the same time, but once I've logged on, it takes ages to load my icons and any programs opened in the first 3-4 minutes will be slow.
Not had any problems up until this point. I changed some settings on services earlier, and then I noticed this problem: whenever I try to open a 3D game, the program will freeze. I have opened 3D programs like Blender3D and Quick3D fine, but games don't work. Assuming it was these settings, I did a system restore to just before I changed the settings (luckily the restore point had been made during a windows update, I think). I ran system restore to this point, but that didn't work.
In a minute I will run system restore to an earlier point (if it's fairly recent), and see if that solves it. However, I reopened the "Services" and "Features" settings programs in Windows, which reported that the settings were reverted, but the problem remained.
Also, when I open MSN Messenger (standard msnmessenger.exe), it won't open. I double click on it, it starts to open, then randomly stops completely, without reporting any errors. I need urgent help with this problem!
Am I getting this wrong or do you need to import ttk again in your new script? Also, root isn't defined in the second script. I would give you an example, but I gotta go now and I'll do it for you later :)
Oh yes it's perfectly possible! Make sure your external script is in the same folder as your main file, then just use "import example.py" (if that doesn't work remove the ".py"). Just make sure your variables can interact between the two scripts.
Errr...I'll have a go. It might be difficult, seeing as there are a million other things that could go wrong instead of the BSoD. There's plenty of information on the ATI2dvag infinte loop BSoD and Physical Dump of Memory BSoD on google. I would give you a link but I don't know what bits of info you need.
My Mum's laptop is practically unusable. It will work for anywhere between 20 and 80 minutes, and then one (or even a combination) of the following will happen.
a.) Blue-screen of death (BSoD): Physical dump of memory b.) ATI graphics card driver will crash, screen resolution drops to 640x480, possible BSoD (ATI2dvag infinite loop) c.) Random restart
Have had this problem for a while now and not sure what to do. I believe that the BSoD is caused by the ATI driver crashing, though sometimes the graphics card will crash, and their will be no BSoD, or we will get a BSoD before it has crashed (or at least we don't get a chance to see that it has crashed). More recently, the laptop has been restarting itself randomly, which will repeat several times continously (restart, boot, restart, boot, restart, boot etc.). This happens rarely, though.
Not sure what all the specs are but I think it's a little bit like this (I'll boot it up later to get the full config).
Intel Dual Core processor (I think 3GHz) Not sure how much RAM Windows XP (SP2) ATI Graphics card (not sure which, will find out later)
I have the install disc for Windows XP, so I am prepared to format the disks and wipe it clean (though this would have to wait a bit, until we have a laptop that my mum can borrow).
Each program needs to have a main function. You do have one, but this happened to me before. Not sure how I dealt with it :/ Try capitalizing the 'm' on main so it becomes 'Main'. Apart from that, have a look on google. It's quite a common problem.
BTW: please don't put a title saying 'help'. If you put the error code, or the end bit, we will be more likely to help. Lucky I have the bother to look at these posts ;)
With the tables are you just going to use whitespace? Just edit the string output of your average function or however its done. Ask for help if you need :)
