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[B]Rage Hits Stores on Sept. 12, 2011, for the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC[/B] [ATTACH=RIGHT]16644[/ATTACH]During their presentation at QuakeCon today, id Software announced the official release date for Rage on the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC as September 12, 2011. It seems far off, but a software crash during the …

For anyone who [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22077/1168/"]doubted[/URL] that the iPhone was to be [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4622.html"]taken seriously as a games platform[/URL], and there have been many, the release today of Grand Theft Auto as an iPhone app should seal the deal that the iPhone is the real thing as far as being a games console …

Ok so I have a game setup that allows the 8 to move around inside a small room. It works fine except that every keypress lags one "frame" behind. So whenever a key is pressed it does the last keypress that was given. How do I make it react immediately …

I'm coding a game right now and everything works great that i want to have working right now, but there's a minor bug that i know of. this is that when the player enters their name, and the name has spaces, the code just closes. here's the part of code: …

I'm currently on the look out for algorithms that generate uv coordinates for various primitives, including: - Sphere - Cylinder - Cone - Capsule Can anyone point me in the direction of any books, tutorials or code that could be of interest? Thank you.

I am Sandeep Dave. I am animator and designer. I am flash game (cooking games, dress up game, escape game, shooting game, any flash game developer).

[CODE]public void takeGuess () throws IOException { temp=" "; Hangman obj = new Hangman(); System.out.println ("Enter a character or type in 'hint' for a hint!"); DataInputStream input=new DataInputStream(System.in); temp= input.readLine(); if (temp.length()==1) { guess=temp.charAt(0); if ((guess >= 'a' && guess <='z') || (guess >='A' && guess <='Z')) {System.out.println();} else {System.out.println …

Hi, I am about to get a PS3. I know that you install Linux distros for the system. Anyways, I would like to play XBox 360 games on my PS3. Does anyone know any good emulators for that?

Hey everyone! I have been working on some c++ code which point tracks a user and extrapolates their co-ordinates within 3D space. i have the co-ordinates in c++ stored as variables and would like to use these variables within the Blender game engine to position an object within the scene. …

[code] #include<iostream.h> #include<conio.h> #include<iomanip.h> #include<stdio.h> #include<stdlib.h> #include<fstream.h> #include<string.h> int n=0; // current no. of players ( to add to next one) int num=0; // total number of players class date { public: int dd; int mm; int yy; }; class players { public: char name[30]; date dob; char userid[30]; char …

Hi Guys, I'm currently underway developing an in-house 3D game engine for my studio here in Australia. I'm new to the gaming industry and obviously still an indie developer, though I've modded games for a couple of years now. However, I have quite a few years experience (4-5) in software …

hiii everyone i am developing a code in which the there is one robot & we need to move it towards a target in 3 diff moves....the project may extend to multiple robots were each robot ahve a style of walking(either ...acros length, or breadth or diagonal....ie...plane is a rectangular …

I have some pretty knowledge on Vertex, GlOrtho, not lighting and not some advanced topics. Is vertex and ortho knowledge enough to use the OGRE and irrlicht?

These days, video game consoles aren't just for video games anymore. There's a CD, DVD and Blu-Ray player, internet, Twitter, Facebook, chat and more. But don't you wish you could watch MOVIES? Oh, wait, you can. Think the way you watch movies on your console is good enough? One company …

This is a piece of code I copied from a tutorial of allegro. When I changed the window width and height to 800, the program just crash, what happened? set_gfx_mode( GFX_AUTODETECT_WINDOWED, 800, 800, 0, 0); buffer = create_bitmap( 800, 800); [CODE]#include <allegro.h> #include <cstdlib> #include <time.h> int x = 100; …

Hello im trying to create a character with pre devined animations. The characters parts must be changeable. I was wondering if there is a way in JAVA to create some sort of skeleton animations and add graphics to the skeleton. P.S. I was wondering if someone knows a good book …

i am making a 2d side scroller and have got the enemy's and the player and the controls all working but i am trying to make a array of my ammo class for the enemy class to use, i have made 10 separate enemy's and i made 10 separate ammo …

Not sure if this is the right place for this, but i need help dealing with my toshiba qosmio F50 which blacks out after a while ( 5- 15min) of gaming ( i was playing runescape). The screen turns black, you can't see anything at all. the power is still …

Well, we all know that the only games worth playing are ASCII games, right? (games with pictures are for people with no imagination...) So - leaving aside all of the wonderful arguments about adventure versus zork, and all... of the roguelikes, which is king? Rogue, nethack, or larn?

Hi, this is Vlad with [link removed] i am actually quite new to software development and outsourcing, earlier i worked in online gambling marketing basically i just wanted to ask if there any companies here that have worked with some online gambling companies, developing casino,poker or betting products for European …

Hello All: I used to be an avid gamer (since I was 7 or 8 years old until recently, and I am now 24). I played anything but my greatest love was turn-based strategy. Games just weren't doing it for me any more - I felt like I could "see …

The machine is a Gateway GT5404 w/ Pentium D Processor 915 dual core each @ 2.8 GHz---2 GB RAM---and the problem is an Intel GMA 950 (82945G Express Chipset Family). Works fine for surfing but not gaming. I have a PCI Express slot available. I have installed PCI cards in …

I have found a website where you can play Super Nintendo online for free. It is: [URL="http://www.playnintendo.org"]PlayNintendo.org[/URL] One of the best things about this site is you can also save your game progress.

I have written a Rockband Drum kit app that lets you use the Rockband Drum kit with your PC as a drum synthesizer. It has 30 Drum wav sounds and can also be used to play sound through MIDI as well, working on MIDI recording and a loopback driver to …

Hi everyone, I'm writing a magazine article on why included skills gained through online gaming will be a valid reference of experience in the future, and I would like to get the opinions of some current hiring managers, or gamers, on this topic. If you received a resume that detailed …

Hi. 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 …

Played the original StarCraft when I was in my Gradeschool. It was a fun game. I'm not a master, or "pro" gamer, but I was pretty good, at least by my standards. High school came in, and I had to leave the game for a while. When I got back, …

SNIP Im not got much knowledge about the hardware side of computers, im looking for a fairly cheap pc that can cope with running games (i probably wont be playing stuff like Crysis, more like Empire total war and Football manager type games) How much would you pay for that …

Hi I am doing a game design course and am in my last year. The title of this thread is the title I have chosen for my final year project. My aim is to produce a program that will mimic the effects of weather conditions on a model in an …

This is what I have so far. This is a two player game. I need to make it a one player game (player vs. computer). I am also trying to make the computer smart.. for example, if there is an open corner, then it should take that spot. Basically, the …

i have xbox live and i can play in ranked matches and everything but i don't know how to get my headset working i can't speak to anyone:'( please help me

hey every i thought this could be a cool topic to talk about so i made lit :)... any here play psp?

Hi guys, I've had this problem with my computer. Every time i play a game my whole system crashes and blue lines come down the screen, it happens about 10 - 20 minutes into the game. Thing is this happened about 6 months ago, one day when it crashed i …

Hi I'm beginning a new game project involving Event data cards. Most have common types of data. They fall broadly into three types: terrain, movement or fire. Although there are some special event cards or modifier cards but on the whole, similar data on the most part. Except the fire …

Pls help me out,my laptop is always slow when it comes 2 playing video games like need 4 speed.Is there anything I can do 2 speed it up?

Is it possible to make a very simple game with C++? any good sites to read up on how to do it? I have a program called Dev-C++. any kind of tips or code that i should know? I'm am just a noob at C++. I wish to play with …

I am a budding game programmer trying to get into the industry programming for PS3, Xbox 360. The main problem I see is the need to demonstrate my skills to a potential employer, but without access to Dev kits for the PS3 or Xbox 360, doing this directly is impossible. …

I dont know if this is the correct forum as my question spans different forum topics. As a personal project I intend to build myself a decent spec (can't afford top spec) gaming machine. Below I am listing the components that I am thinking of installing, and the price I …

If you have never played Angry Birds before, here's the skinny: use a giant rubber band to slingshot a variety of birds (some of which explode, drop egg bombs, multiply in flight, speed up like a rocket, well you get the idea) at a bunch of pigs hiding in a …

hai, i was wondering if you guys had any advice on getting into game programming with c++ i have a pretty basic understanding of the language and was trying to find out how to do this kind of stuff but so far i havnt been able to find out much. …

hi... can anybody tell me how to see the codes behind a java game on a web page?? thanks..

Ok for my uni project im wondering if its possible to make a simple game where by the user must click a button ten times to win. the button has to move after every click to a random point on the screen. Does anyone know if there are any tutorials …

It came as a shock to many people that the “No Russian” mission in [I]Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2[/I] allowed players to act with such extreme malicious intent. The inclusion of the mission sparked a blazing controversy amongst pundits and critics alike, with its gratuitous depiction of terrorists mowing …

Hi everyone ! i am being asked to write a code of Block'd game that is implemented in Nokia phones ..i really dont know what to do as a beginning could any one help ?? Thanks alot .

Whatever directX program i run gives this error. I am seriously getting pissed by this error. Cant find in which line too. Somebody please help me out.

[ATTACH=LEFT]17025[/ATTACH]If there are two things I enjoy in life, it’s mob movies and shooting people in video games, so naturally, I was excited to play [I]Mafia 2[/I], the recently released mobster offering from 2K Games. This excitement was soon shot down like Spider in [I]Goodfellas[/I]. You play as Vito, the …

hey everyone, i am creating a project from already created code below. this is just one class of it. this class projects 4 or less points on the image. the source for those points is received from wii (gaming consoles) remote that tracks infra-red light so it displays infra-red light …

[ATTACH=RIGHT]16747[/ATTACH]Sony’s impenetrable fortress, a.k.a, the PlayStation 3, has been compromised. OzModChips.com just announced their version of a “jailbreak” for the PS3. What they claim to have is a plug-and-play modchip in the form of a USB stick. When plugged into the PS3, it allows an impressive amount of access into …

Lets see where to begin: My Name is Alan I like to Network computers together (very fun for me)(I mainly stick to Hardware) I rather enjoy learning new languages for computers (new to me) Ranging from web programming to software programming (Not very good yet at software) C++ (so limited …

[code] c = new Console (); int lvl = 1; double exp = 0; int x = 1; double monsterhp; int monslvl = 1; int a = 1; while (a == 1) { int lvlup = 10 + (lvl * 40); if (exp >= lvlup) { lvl = lvl + …