OT: Anyone want to help me with a small basic program?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Welcome.

Oh, a side note. I've got some untested code in there for automatically adjusting for a larger heightmap than the matrix command will support. Not even sure it works. Shouldn't affect anything.

Uh, does anyone know where I might find the freespace 2 demo?

[ July 15, 2004, 23:01: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by Ed Kolis:
People actually still program in BASIC?

(and I'm not talking Visual Basic, that's diverged so far from BASIC it's not really BASIC anymore )

That didnt surprise me as much as how many of them there are. Seems like every time I talk to someone who uses basic, they are using a different one. Oh well, most of them are fairly inline with the ansi-basic rules and I can still read what they are doing.

Mine isnt as pretty as some of them but it was free and came with the linux OS. It lets me whip out fast scripts or CGI's to do things, it works on my linux and my winxp, compiles, and when I look at it a year later I can still read it.

So far I havent found much of a reason to switch.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

This ones wacky good: http://darkbasic.thegamecreators.com...ase_view&i=135

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
This ones wacky good: http://darkbasic.thegamecreators.com...ase_view&i=135

Seems good. Especially for making games. And its not priced bad.

But there are tons of free ones also. Not quite as focused on game making but good for getting quick work done.

When you get to BETA mode we can bring Shrapnel into the discussion?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Well, that one is just going to be a hiking demo with picturesque landscape. But I am fiddling around with a fantasy-based TBS. No promises though, I'm strictly an amature programmer.

I take it nothing lept out of the code as wrong?
ps: I know I'm not using the most efficient code. I wanted to be able to concentrate on different sections.
Very neat game: http://darkbasicpro.thegamecreators....ase_view&i=221

Taaaaaaaaaaaaaanks: http://darkbasic.thegamecreators.com...ase_view&i=115

[ July 16, 2004, 02:13: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Gandalf Parker]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
I take it nothing lept out of the code as wrong?

In the morning if I look it it I might see something. I do better in the mornings. But it looks like its too "math" for me. Making math do what I want is majorly my weak point. Its why most of my programs are havily into randoms.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Thanks. I guess I'll try the darkbasic forums. Didn't get much of a responce Last time I tried, less than this.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Got a smoothing routine. Doesn't tell me why I'm getting spikes, though.

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=...ew&t=35291&b=1

[Parasite]

Toward the end where you find the min and max of each point around it...

REM cls
REM set cursor 0,0
For tt = 0 To 8

it should be "tt = 1 to 8"

List(0,0) is never filled in and makes your average half your max every time.

Could this be causing the spikeyness???

Edit:
I don't think it steps through the map like you said it should.

[ July 16, 2004, 19:37: Message edited by: Parasite ]

[narf poit chez BOOM]

No, I must have taken that out.

I'll look into the other. Thanks.