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DirectPlay - Now what?
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Hello All
I just read that DirectPlay was depreciated in DirectX 8 - what do most people use now - WinSock?
C++ i'm thinking of rather than .NET XNA.
Thanks for your time,
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Posted December 11, 2009 4:06:42 PM
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How to make a USB doorbell
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Hello All
Maybe this is on par to an "I want to make an MMORPG" thread - I have no idea.
I would like to make a simple USB door bell - press the button and the computer makes a noise.
I my mind this would go one of two ways:
pre... |
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Posted October 17, 2009 5:57:10 PM
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MSVC and Interupts (INT **h)
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Hello All
I have decided after many years to finally learn ASM (just for hobby purposes really :))
When trying to put an interupt into my C++ code, I find that it crashes due to an access exception.
Looking around these forums and Google, I... |
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Posted May 15, 2009 4:49:00 PM
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Are GameDev forum RSS feeds available?
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Hello
Do the forums have corresponding RSS feeds?
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Posted September 19, 2008 5:10:40 AM
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Flag Model over Exception Model
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Hello
I am in a bit of a dilemma. I have a messaging object that has a send method. I am in a few minds as to how to handle this. One is to return in a HRESULT style, like MessageSendResults.Success, .MissingRecipient, .CannotConnectToHos... |
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Posted July 28, 2008 11:20:11 AM
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A story for a 2D side scroller...
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Team name:
No particular name
Project name:
No particular name either
Brief description:
I am in the process of creating a 2D side scrolling game, but I cannot think of a good enough story/game idea to get past my current point in developme... |
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Posted November 5, 2007 8:20:55 AM
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GameDev.net Bug in IE 7
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Not sure if this has been posted, but for a while I have noticed there is a menu bug in IE 7. It occurs when you mouse-out of one of the top 4 menu items.
I get this debug information:
Line 106: Invalid Argument <== This only occur... |
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Posted September 18, 2007 11:15:44 AM
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How truly unique is a Guid?
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Hello
Here I am specifically speaking of System.Guid in the .NET framework.
I am using this to uniquely identify objects that will be accessed by upwards of 10,000 users at any one time. This will be called on the same server, but not... |
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Posted July 3, 2007 4:39:35 AM
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A quick regex hand...
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Hello
I am having a little bit of trouble with my regex.
Here is what I have so far:
(?<Token>%.*%)
This is very simple, as you could probably guess my goal already.
I need to find tokens in a string. The above regex does work, e... |
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Posted June 27, 2007 4:25:36 AM
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whoo Yeah 2-2
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Yup, England are winning. Cracking shot! Go Cole [grin]
(England V Sweden)
[Edited by - rpg_code_master on June 20, 2006 5:09:59 PM] |
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Posted June 20, 2006 3:37:25 PM
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How to make a USB doorbell
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I do love the idea of using a mouse - but then I wont be able to use one at the same time :/
The USB button sounds like a cool idea - maybe if I fail...
Quote:Original post by benryves
*snip*
(Of course, if this is intended to be a lea... |
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Posted October 18, 2009 12:00:13 PM
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How to make a USB doorbell
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Quote:Original post by benryves
Using the serial port is an easier route to take; a switch could be connected to the DCD, CTS or DSR pins. When these pins change state, an event can be triggered. If you absolutely must have USB (eg due to a lack of... |
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Posted October 18, 2009 3:34:26 AM
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C# Applcation fails to start on Application.Restart()
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Looking around the web about this issue seems to indicate that a common problem is with code in the Form_Close event.
Do you have any code in there, or any threads that need closing? Sometimes the main app will try to close but not leave enough ti... |
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Posted June 4, 2009 9:11:11 AM
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What would I need to start an online multiplayer browser-based game?
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For a good example of what can be done, have a look at what is already created. There are many games that are made in Flash, many are made in Java using their 3D API. There are even some which are based on normal postback HTTP methods. Have a hu... |
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Posted June 1, 2009 1:38:16 PM
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XNA vs C++
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Quote:Original post by ahung89
How realistic would it be to try to learn both C# and C++ at the same time? I still feel like it's really important that I know C++ by the time I graduate. I could work mostly on the C# and take an online cou... |
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Posted June 1, 2009 1:35:49 PM
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How To Convert Managed String To Value Or Value To Managed String In Visual C++ .Net
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Quote:Original post by dfx_slayer
txtItemPrice->Text=reader->GetDecimal(2);
This would look like:
txtItemPrice->Text=reader->GetDecimal(2)->ToString();
If you want to convert a string into an actual value:
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Posted May 19, 2009 12:05:25 PM
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Assembly in C++
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Quote:Original post by Matt_D
you pass a pointer via the DWORD. the DWORD's value is then the address of the struct.
im not going to paste code, you need to figure it out :) this sort of thing is fundamental to how the CPU actually works. you... |
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Posted May 19, 2009 11:45:06 AM
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MSVC and Interupts (INT **h)
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OK, that makes sence. Thanks for that. I was wondering why I could do those things when I assembled an app using MASM and run from DOS but not MSVC.
I shall look into those things.
Thanks guys! :) |
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Posted May 15, 2009 5:48:20 PM
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Where to start?
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Quote:Original post by audacious
However, I can also program in VB.NET, so I'm wondering whether this would be a good place to start for windows game programming (XNA?)
That sounds like a good idea. XNA is a simple way to get into Windows game p... |
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Posted April 20, 2009 4:58:37 PM
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Torque Engine and General Questions
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I have a few questions. Some friends and I have plans on making a game for the next 10 years or so. We all just started college and haven't gotten into our majors yet to learn what we need to know about making games. Here are some questions I ha... |
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Posted April 20, 2009 4:51:55 PM
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