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So I have this problem, I have just started learning DirectX 9 with the Strategy Game Programming with DirectX 9.0 book, I have a header including this code: [CODE]class TileClass { private: int*m_iValue; int m_iNumLayers; float *m_fRotX; float *m_fSize; public: TileClass(); ~TileClass(); int iGetValue(int layer); void vSetValue(int value, int layer); …
Hello My name is Brad. I am starting my first upper grade year for software engineering and I don't know what kind of laptop to buy. I am a partial gamer and want something that will still be effective for school. I was thinking about an MSI or an Asus, …
i'm new to c++, but am taking a intro to computer science class. we have to write a 2 player game. Game Rules: There are three stacks (A, B and C) of sticks on the table. Each stack is initialized with a random number of sticks between 3 and 10 …
Hi..We do have a project in school using visual basi 6.0 named "Memory Game". I have started to do it however i cant finish it. I have attached the interface of the program. Click image to match in pairs Card will randomize each test Each match will give 10 points …
currently i am writing a text based RPG but, when i call for the fight my rand() either does not seed each time or it glitches to continuously gets the "Boar". if you could please take a look at it and see if the problem is in the coding, i …
Hi! I've been trying to follow Riemers XNA tutorials about shadow mapping, but I can't seem t get it to work properly. My problem is that the light and shadows are projected on the wrong side of the models. Here are two pictures of the game: [URL="http://i51.tinypic.com/2v9zqtk.jpg"]http://i51.tinypic.com/2v9zqtk.jpg[/URL] [URL="http://i54.tinypic.com/2nben3k.jpg"]http://i54.tinypic.com/2nben3k.jpg[/URL] Here is …
I am trying to implement a map for a aerial combat game, that could be reused for AI portions as well...... but I am a bit confused about the map representation of a 3D scene..... Should I use simple node styled graph? Or a navigation map, though I don't see …
I've been reading several threads to try to get help with my problem but I've got to admit that I am just getting a bit overwhelmed. I am not nearly as computer savvy as I can clearly see that most of you are. Here's my problem: In my home I …
Hi all . I have a new hp computer a p533 with an AMD athelon II x2 250 processor. I took out the cheap 350 watt power supply and put in a 600 watt PS. then I also installed and HATI Radeon HD 5570 PCi-E Video card. the game im …
Hi, Iam writing a algorithm that generates buildings using shaders and vertex buffers. Lets not go deep into it. What i need is. How to implement Field of Vision (FOV) in such a scenario ? How can i restrict the user's view ? Hope my question is clear enough.. Waiting …
My friend downloaded Unity3d to get started in 3D game development for our site; but found out it costs. We are tight on budget and need a free solution for the time being. Thankyou so much for your help.
[B]Hello, I am new to programming. I am trying to make a dice game called 10,000. Here is the outline or pseudo code. it kind of works. It will roll and keep score, but sometimes it will roll multiple times. [/B] pick a player player one or player two player …
There's a really interesting [URL="http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/10/but-video-games-are-bad-for-kids-right.html"]blahblahtech[/URL] posting that has popped up to address what it refers to as the "myth that video games harm children both socially and intellectually." It approaches the debate from parental questioning perspective, which seems as good as any to be fair. Some of the research it …
Having the following message when trying to run my DirectX10 application. A screen shot of the message is attached. Would appreciate help with this and just before someone asks yes I have DirectX10 installed. Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this thread. Thanks.
After [I]Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2[/I] set the bar as to what the franchise could achieve, nobody envied the shoes that Treyarch had been asked to fill with producing the next installment. Their previous involvement and lackluster contributions to the franchise were what Aquaman brought to the table for …
I have created a program that is based off the guess the number. But what ive added is a menu with four options 1 - 1 player 2 - 2 player 3 - high scores 4 - end game. Now I have the two combined at which im sure it …
[ATTACH=RIGHT]17297[/ATTACH]This is it. You’ve aged that cache of Mountain Dew Game Fuel in your finished basement for three years since [I]Halo 3[/I]. You bit the bullet on your purchase of [I]Halo: ODST[/I] to find out it was as tame as you had expected. You took another one on the chin …
Hi I'm making a game in Python with the use of Soya3d. I can load all the models and textures in Soya3D but the animation that i made for the models doesn't get imported. It keeps asking for a cfg file and is was wondering how I could fix that …
I am in an artificial intelligence class. We got our semester long project. We have to build a game of dragon checkers. The game has been created by our professor. It is very similar to animal checkers only a little bit more complex. I have played both animal checkers and …
Hello, I have an Emachines EL1352-01e. I just bought it a week ago, so it's brand new. Comes as: AMD Athlon II X2 215 Dual-Core Processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 500GB Hard Drive, and comes with a NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE Integrated Video Card. How do I know if I have a …
Dear Community, So I am making a 3D game using UDK and I have implemented / scripted everything I have wanted in the same so far. Then it occured on me today, why not have some cool speech recognition, so for those that dont know UDK (Unreal Development Kit) gaming …
[URL=http://img690.imageshack.us/i/12946613.jpg/][IMG]http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/7592/12946613.jpg[/IMG][/URL] why is there a hole in my cube when I rotate it like this? colors: front side is red back side is white left side is blue right side is green top side is yellow bottom is teal
So I just got this brand new laptop (a Sager 5125) as a birthday present, and it comes with an Nvidia Geforce GT 330M graphics card, as well as a standard Intel GMA card for battery conservation. Pretty neat, huh? I tested out some demanding games that I borrowed from …
[ATTACH=LEFT]17229[/ATTACH]In my recently reviewed [I][URL="http://www.daniweb.com/reviews/review307026.html"]Shank[/URL][/I], I talked about how the title was a throwback to a genre neglected in the modern gameosphere. The once lively and marketable side-scrolling beat-em-up seemed to have died with 8-bit/16-bit consoles and the arcades, left to only shame itself with pitiful modern iterations of [I]Teenage …
Hi, My friend has just bought an Asus K52JC laptop. This laptop contains an onboard Intel video card and a NVIDIA 310 graphics card; it runs with Windows 7, 64 and has 4 Gb Ram. He wanted to use only the NVIDIA card, for gaming purposes. So, I went in …
hi everyone, My games are deadly slow they freezes a lot..so u guys got any idea of good optimizer for games bcoz i have 4 gb RAM, Vista OS, Intel core2duo.. !! u people got any idea..!! Thanks.
Hello guys, I hope someone can assist me here. I got an interview with a company that develops software for casino games and such. Any one has any tips, ideas, advice, for someone to be interviewed as a potential entry-level quality assurer/software tester. RS
Ok: I am going to set up a game server at my home and i plan on buying the hardware and software that i need because i prefer to figure out how to do it my self. but I am not at all positive of what i need: I am …
I'm here at the IDF 2010 conference in San Francisco, and during this morning's keynote session, I had to the opportunity to see some pretty cool technology. One of the things that they demonstrated was essentially the next generation of handheld game controllers. Think of the Wii remotes, but with …
Hello Daniweb, In 3D space I have generated a path which jumps between points in a grid of 100x100x100. When simulating movement through this path, I tried making a bezier curve of the points in the path, but the results were not good enough. I googled a lot, and the …
Xbox Live is a breeding ground for hateful, inflammatory remarks of all genders, races, creeds, and sexualities, where aimless insecurities are flung around like rocks at street signs. Who would have thought that it would be Microsoft doing the discriminating for once? [ATTACH]17108[/ATTACH] A 26-year-old gamer from Fort Gay, West …
Hi I'm currently studying my last year of a levels in the UK. I'm also currently making my UCAS choices, I'm doing computer science as I'd like to be a game developer in the future. Does anyone know good universities for this? I know most courses cover java than c++ …
Hey Guys I'm looking for a full time offshore Python programmer. It is for a gaming (casino) company that produce slot machines and electronic poker machines among many other. So in so many words it is not web based python, but I'm sure someone who is very good with web …
[ATTACH=RIGHT]17059[/ATTACH]When it was announced at E3 in 2001 that Retro Studios would be developing the (then) next installment in the Metroid series, Metroid Prime, it was shocking to hear that the game would be played from a first person perspective. Considering it was being developed by a third-party studio, rather …
[ATTACH=RIGHT]17038[/ATTACH]Goonies aren’t the only ones that never say die. [I]Duke Nukem Forever[/I] has finally seen the light of day after what will be 14 years coming upon its newly anticipated 2011 release date and 923859023 jokes later about how the game has taken “forever”. And in local news, pigs are …
Hi guys....I want to make a simple game using openGL Should I go for GLUT or MFC...don't know anything about any of these.... please refer me to some ebooks on net or tutorials (not very advanced please)
I am writing code for a guessing game program. The game is supposed to generate a random number, 3 digit number and let the user guess what it is, providing feedback for every wrong input. It is also supposed to perform 10 iterations, keeping track of the number of guesses. …
Project name: Cross Fate Brief description: We've been at it since February. The game will be a turn based strategy game like the SRPG genre, battlemaps take place in a hexgrid board. You can customize your ships, robots and vehicles too. Target aim: We plan on selling it on Steam. …
I looked through other threads, but could not find on how one would be set up. So my question is, How would you set up a C++ text based game.
[ATTACH=LEFT]16935[/ATTACH]Used video games sales are a booming business. When it released last week that GameStop’s earnings had risen 4.2 percent to $40.3 million, up from $38.7 million from 2009--numbers which accounted for 31.7 percent of their annual sales--analysts weren’t the only ones eagerly awaiting the figures. After it was announced …
[ATTACH=right]16927[/ATTACH]Famitsu magazine, Japan’s #1 gaming publication, released an interview with a man you may not know, but who’s work you have undoubtedly used at some point in the last 15 years. His name is Teiyu Goto, and he is the designer of the original PlayStation console and the controller that …
I own a HP desk top Athlon II 4 quad with nivida 9100 with cuda & Windows7.When I play online games only get 14-17 fps, alot lag also.Is there a way and does this setup support better performance then that?
A small story in the context of the rest of the world is the UK Government's call for the banning of forthcoming computer game, [URL="http://www.medalofhonor.com"]Medal of Honor[/URL]. British Defence Secretary [URL="http://http://www.liamfox.co.uk/text.aspx?id=1"]Liam Fox[/URL] has called for the ban because unlike its predecessors the game is set in Afghanistan, where of course …
[ATTACH=RIGHT]16899[/ATTACH]Long gone are the days of [I]Double Dragon[/I], [I]Ninja Gaiden[/I], and [I]Final Fight[/I], the classic side-scrolling beat-em-up titles I grew up on as a kid while sitting in front of my TV in Mario PJs. The torch was passed to a newer generation of titles, allowing for players to take …
Right, so for a project at my work experience placement, I have to make in vb.net a game in the style of the classic "Lights Out" ([url]www.ebaumsworld.com/games/play/1111[/url]). I'm still getting used to vb.net, and I've come across a very basic problem that I need a bit of help with, I'm …
Everytime i tried to install my nancy drew game, the installshield wizard keeps showing up and i can't play my game. Is there something i can do or change so i can play my games?
[ATTACH=RIGHT]16784[/ATTACH]Polyphony Digital has been working on Gran Turismo 5 for nearly six years, and finally, the game’s November 2010 release date is just around the corner. When the lead designer, Kazunori Yamauchi, told press at E3 that, "We've actually reached a point where we can probably release [GT5] anytime, except …
[ATTACH=RIGHT]16400[/ATTACH]Today [URL="http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=59530"]University of Washington researchers scored a triumph[/URL] in the ongoing battle for domination of the planet by demonstrating that sometimes humans are better at video games. The announcement came from David Baker, a biologist at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Zoran Popovic and Seth Cooper, computer scientists at …
[ATTACH=RIGHT]16768[/ATTACH]Last year World Cyber Games brought us a television reality show that crowned the best all-around video gamer [URL="http://wcgultimategamer.com/"]WCG’s Ultimate Gamer[/URL]. Tonight WCG UG Season 2 starts on SyFy and promises bigger challenges, a faster pace, new games and more drama. The winner gets $100,000 cash, a complete Samsung electronics …
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