Code For A Moving Background For A Game?
May 10, 2012Need code for a moving background for a game
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Game Programming :: Game With Jumping While Moving And Sensing Colour
Feb 4, 2011So here is my problem. I have a vb game with animated sprites and all, and the character even jumps. However it only works in the y direction. So if i'm moving, he stops in place and jumps, instead of jumping forward. I was wondering if someone knew how to make him move at the same speed forward during the jump.
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Checkers Game - Moving In All Squares?
May 12, 2008I have been working on a checker game. So far I have code that allows all the white checkers to move properly. The only problem is that this code is about 5000 lines long. I am sure there is a quicker and easier way to do it.
Here is the code for one checker to move in all squares possible for it to go into:
elect Case str1
Case 1
If picCheckers1.Location.X < 271 And picCheckers1.Location.Y > 114 And Open5 = True Then
picCheckers1.Location = square5
str1 = 5
Open1 = True
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The case is the square that the checker is currently in. I also will attach a zip file of the game so that you can understand it more. There are no errors and everything is working fine but I am trying to find a quicker way to code that doesn't take another 5000 lines of code
Attached File(s)
The_Checkers_Game.zip (430.85K)
Number of downloads: 1266
Game Programming :: Moving Around A Circle Board?
Mar 18, 2009I am making a variation of the board game Trivial Pursuit. I am having trouble moving my piece around the board. The board is a circle divided into 32 squares, that are coloured. I am wondering how to get the players pawn to move around the board if it is a circle. They have to move according the the number they role on the dice. I have the dice rolling and finding numbers, but its the moving i'm having trouble with
View 1 RepliesRepeat Cards Showing Up In Game And Win Evaluating Code For Poker Game?
Jul 2, 2009I am working on a poker game and I have the game setup the way I want it in terms of graphics and I have the code programed to deal the cards out exactly how I want them. Granted, the code is very simplistic, but functional for a new programmer like myself. I'm sure there are other more efficient ways to code my game, but I like mine so far because I can at least understand the majority of it. With that being said, here are a few problems and questions that I have.
1. How come when all 12 cards are dealt out I have some cards repeating in the game? For example, I get queen of diamonds in more than one picture box when I only want the card to be dealt once and then removed until the next game.
2. I was hoping to have a button 3 to clear all the boxes, basically resetting the game to the next game. When I hit button 3 it only clears the contents of picturebox 10 and 12.Other notes: I have the deal down the way I want it. It deals the first 10 picture boxes and a second button deals the 11 and 12 picture boxes.
3. I know this is my next step so I want to post it with the code I currently have. I want to start taking my project one step further by evalutating each of the three rows of cards (3 rows of 3 cards each - I'm not worried about the dealers hand (picture box 10, 11, 12 yet). So I want to evaluate a row of pictureboxes against a "pay scale" and display the win in a text box or label next to the 3 card hand. For example, Q of diamonds, Q of Clubs, Q of spades would win 15, etc. ( have a weird feeling I may have to change the names of the cards (I have them named card1, card2, etc. right now) to something that identifies them in order to evaluate the hands.
Here is the code that I currently have. I'm using visual basic.
Public Class Form1
Dim Rndm As New Random
Dim myPB(11) As PictureBox
Dim HiddenCards As New List(Of String)
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2D Platform Game Physics - Game Development | Dream.In.Code?
Mar 11, 2010I'm trying to make a 2D platform game and I'm pretty inexperienced at programming. I've coded the player to move left and right and jump, but I can't figure out how to prevent multiple jumps while the player is in the air. Anyone know how to do this?
View 8 RepliesGame Of 21 Card Game, Code For Checking Score Is Not Working?
Jan 13, 2012Check Score: The winner is the one with the highest score less than or equal to 21If both scores(player total and computer total) are over 21, or if both are equal but under 21, the game is declared a draw.
There is something wrong with this line:
If intPlayerCardTotal < intScore And intComputerTotal < intScore Then
MsgBox "Draw"
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Interface And Graphics :: Moving Buttons And Background Images?
Oct 7, 2009My app allows the user to set a new button on a tabpage, move it and resize it. They will do this over a background image so the buttons line up with images in the background.Without the background image, the buttons move smoothly and quickly. With the image turned on, the buttons want to move sloooowly and they drag. I made up this code just to show the basic function of what I am trying to accomplish.
Code:
Public Class Form1
Public finalshape As Region
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Game Programming :: Code For 3 Of A Kind In Yahtzee Game
Apr 18, 2010im struggling to work out the code for 3 of a kind in my yahtzee game, i think that if i can work this out i can sort my everest of the full house code!
can someone tell me where ive gone astray?
code:
Game Programming :: Snake Game - Get The Code To Get Longer
Jun 6, 2011I just finished my own snake game, and I need some recommendations on how to make this game better.If you see a problem, please tell me.The only problem with this game is that I can't get the code to get longer, other then that its good.EDIT: Sorry I meant : The only problem with this game is that I can't get the SNAKE to get longer, other then that its good.
View 4 RepliesVS 2010 - Create A Small Game In VB2010 - Creating A GIF And Placing It In The Picturebox And Moving It
Aug 9, 2011I'm trying to create a small game in VB2010. The gameplay is as follows:
civilians would walk/stand in a room/street and suddenly an evil character would pop from the ground/wall. This evil character would suddenly vanishes too. So, the player has to shoot it to kill the character. The evil character, civilians, etc. would be random. Also, there would be sound effects too. That is the popping up of the evil character, it's voice, the civilians voice, etc. I'm trying to make it as simple as possible but without degrading the quality of the game play. I think, I could somewhat create the graphics for the characters, scenes, etc. and can get the sound effects recorded.
So, the difficult part is,[ ] how could I make it a smoother for playing the game ?
[ ] what would be the best way to do animations ?
[ ] Creating a GIF and placing it in the picturebox and moving it ?
[x]how to play the music in background and at the same time play sound effects on certain instance ?
Game Is Slow With Background Image
Feb 13, 2011The background is 61KB JPG format and it really makes my game slow in VBB?? Without the background it's perfect.
Can't I use background image then?
Add A Song In Background While Person Is Playing Game?
Feb 16, 2009I made a game, i wanna know how can i add a song in the background, while the person is playing game, or if its possible, on every level, it plays defferent song.
View 1 RepliesGuess The Number Game - Background Color
Sep 21, 2009I need to make a "Guess The Number Game." It needs to choose a random number between 1 to 1000. I need to change the color of the background to red if the number guessed gets closer to the correct answer. And if you are farther away the background color changes to blue. Basically hot if you are close and cold if you are far away. I also need to know what the default color of the background is so that when I press the start game or if I get the number correct the background color changes back to the default color. I though that the default color was WhiteSmoke but it is off a little bit.
Also, if I get the correct number the text box needs to be disabled. Then, when I press the start game button the text box needs to be enabled. I can't get the Hot and Cold part to work. I was just going to use something like if the number was either 50 off of the random number the background color would turn red. All other number would make it turn blue. Then when the correct number is entered the background color would change to Green.
Below is the code that I have.
Public Class Form1
Dim randomGenerator As New Random
Dim number As Integer
Private Sub exitButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles exitButton.Click
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Game Programming :: Different Ways To Get The Background To Move With The Character
Jul 5, 2010I have been working on an rpg for a while now and iv been experimenting with different ways to get the background to move with the character. I dont have any directx experience at all so im trying to stay away from using it so my question is, if i design a 2d background in photoshop is there any way id be able to insert the entire picture in a picture box and have the character always remain in the center of the screen as the background follows him. my one idea is to make the background image bigger than the picture box and have the picture box some how follow the character.
View 4 RepliesGame Programming :: Paint Images Asynchronously Using A Background Worker
Dec 15, 2010All my paint calls are under OnPaint event of the form. my game is getting laggy so i was wondering if theres a way to paint images asynchronously using a background worker.
View 8 RepliesMoving A Picture Box, Created In Code?
Jan 3, 2009I am writing a game tenetivly labeled Code Invaders. It is similar to space invaders in which a space ship shoots out lasers at the incoming enemies. My problem is the lasers exiting the space ship. I can create them except they won't move...
Public Class frmMainInvasion
Dim activationCheck As Boolean = False
Private Sub frmMainInvasion_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing
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Moving VBA Project Into Compiled Code?
Jun 9, 2011i am a Microsoft Word developer and I sell Microsoft Office solutions, to companies. I am beginning to be concerned that my solutions are being copied - which is fairly easy.I am hoping someone can give me some advice about the best way to do this.I don't really have much of an understanding outside of Office VBA development - but have dabbled in .NET and VB in the past. Should I be buying Visual Studio - if so, does it matter if I buy Visual Studio 2008 or 2010 - I will initially need to convert some Word 2007. I have previously downloaded the .NET framework, and not sure how this relates to Visual Studio.
View 3 RepliesMoving Lines In Code Of A Program While Running
Oct 27, 2011I want to go back to the input line in the four places in the code that say something like strinputmessage = strnegative or strinputmessage = strnonnumeric.I need to be able to go back to where you input the data so that the index does not increase.I tried using a GoTo <23> to go back up to the line i needed but then it gave me all these weird errors about the End and Next were missing.[code]
View 3 RepliesSimple Code For Moving And Renaming An Image File?
Sep 15, 2010Does anyone have a simple code for Moving and Renaming a Image File?
Here is an example of exactly what I need to do.
Ok let's presume the end user is Editing a Record named Mick's Milktart, the DataBase Table Field named ID (Primary Key) has a value of 237.The user clicks a button to add an Image to that Record.
An OpenFileDialog opened and an Image File named "NewImage.png" is selected by the user from "MyPictures".[code]...
(VB 2008) Moving Strings / Cannot Make The Code Work When It Gets To Consonants
Apr 11, 2009I cannot make the code work when it gets to consonants. I cannot get the consonant part correct.
Code:
'Date of last Modification: 4/11/2009
'Pig Latin Converter: Takes and English words and converts it to Pig Latin
'Rules stated in comments within calButton click event procedure
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Executing An External Program In Powerpoint And Waiting For It To Finish Before Moving On To More Code?
Nov 23, 2011I would like to execute an external program within powerpoint after the presentation has loaded so i can see if its working. In short my overall objective is to execute the external program which will open up the command prompt and use the sendkeys method to sendkeys to command prompt which help it to run a script at the correct time (which is after presentation is loaded).
View 9 RepliesGame Of Pig Code Assistance
Feb 14, 2012I need assistance with a program we have to do in programming class. It is due soon and I am stuck on how to code it and if the extra button is necessary or not. The game is called the Pig Game where each turn, a player repeatedly rolls a die until either a 1 is rolled or the player holds and scores the sum of the rolls (i.e. the turn total). At any time during a player's turn, the player is faced with two options:roll - If the player rolls a
1- the player scores nothing and it becomes the next player's turn.
2 -the number is added to the player's turn total and the player's turn continues.hold - The turn total is added to the player's score and it becomes the next player's turn.The first player to score 100 or more points wins. More info is here: url...
I have no idea where to go from my current position. I think I coded most of it though. I will attach the files in a zip folder for all to see my form and code.The main problem here is: I just need the code to be fixed, so it works and so I don't fail the class. Attaching the new version in a zip file would be nice but you don't have to do that, or you could just tell me the code and form layout directly on here!
Code Running In The Background?
Apr 24, 2010Is it possible to have code running in the background and still be able to use other parts of the program (i.e. firing other events).For example I have a instant messaging chat in my program and when the user has a new message then the display flashes from green to red as seen below
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But I still want to be able to continue using the other functions in my program despite having this code running in the background (which highlights to the user that he has a new instant message by changing the display background colour)How can I overcome this?
Having Code Execute In The Background?
Jan 26, 2009how to run code "in the background".As a form is loaded into memory I have the following code filling a listbox from a database table with this sub.I read in one of the documents about making code efficient that I could make this execute in the background.The list box is not needed immediately.
Private Sub getReleaseChoices()
Dim da As New OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter()
Dim cn As New OleDb.OleDbConnection(gCnRefString)
Dim ds As New DataSet()
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Complete Some Mastermind Game Code?
Apr 15, 2012I have an assignment which is asking me to complete some Mastermind game code
Private Function createColourString(ByVal gb As GroupBox) As String
'
' For the groupbox gb, which must be one of the guess
' groupboxes or the master groupbox, create a string
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VS2008/VB: Moving Subclass VB Code To Inherited Base Class - Where Should Variables/objects Be Declared
Jun 3, 2009In re-engineering a windows forms application, I find that a lot of code-behind in the various form classes is duplicative and I'm trying to centralize as many procedures as possible into a base class which can be inherited and used by the subclassed forms.
This process seems to be going well and is making the code in my subclasses much simpler and hopefully easier to maintain, but I'm not sure where to draw the line between leaving code in the subclasses and engineering for generic resusability and moving it to the base class.
Specifically, in some subclasses I have code which manipulates variables and objects specific to the subclass, and although I could move the code-behind into the base class, the base class code references specific objects which are needed to compile. For example, each subclass manipulates a databound datagridview and form detail controls which allows the user to select between multi-record and detailed single-record views of a datatable.
In Visual Basic 2008 do I need to declare dummy data objects in the base class so that the base class will compile? Or is there a way to indicate that the data objects will be provided by the subclass?
How To Optionally Run Some Code On Background Thread
Aug 28, 2011I'm looking for a configurable way to run some code on a background thread and I'm not too sure what the "best practice" would be. Currently I have something along the lines of:
Dim sendEmails = Sub()
Dim emailToSend As New SendEmailRequest()
TransferCommonValuesTo(emailToSend, request, sendingUser)
usersToSendEmailTo.ForEach(Sub(u)
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Is this a good way of implementing my requirement? This will be called from an ASP.NET front-end (although others are possible) and I am using Framework 3.5.
Make Background Blur With Code?
Jan 16, 2010How can I make background window blur with code.just like when you open regedit in Vista or seven all background changes to black except the prompt window.I want to mimic this behavior but instead of just color black I want it to be the image of the background in blur view. How can I do this in VB 2008?
View 1 RepliesVS 2008 Code Running In Background?
Jun 6, 2009the user of my application is able to run a diagnostic tool which is part of my application. This diagnostic tool searches every file on the computer, logs the names, and if the my program is able to then the file will be read.
My program has other uses as well. If the user wants to do something else in my program then i want the diagnostic code to run in the background. I don't want this code to prevent users from using other features of my application since the diagnostic search does take time.
How do i do this? Threading? A background worker? If the anwser is Threading which i am pretty sure it is, how do i set up a thread? My computer has 4 GB of RAM - 2GB & 2GB so i know i am able to do this smoothly.