UDP Socket Programming
Okay, so I’m going over the deep end and I’m going to create a client/server setup in UDP (or TCP but i think dropped packets won’t be an issue) so I can get the...
Monthly Archive: February 2008
PLEX Source Code Version 0.06
Total Time – 8 hours I’ve fixed scrolling. The board now scrolls without a problem. To simplify things I’m currently working on selecting and moving blocks from only the top two levels. Another thing...
Useful Allegro Functions
/*********** * Purpose: draw the buffer behind an image * Precondition: image to use * Postcondition: returns the image with the buffer behind it ***********/ BITMAP *blitBigger(BITMAP *image) { clear(buffer); //clear the buffer (or...
Learning PHP (Part 2)
In part 1, I talked about requirements for php, creating a file, variables, and if-else statements. Now on to harder concepts. Else-If Statements Before we covered the if-else statement. In an if-else statement if...
Plex Source Code Version 0.05
Okay, I spent another two hours working on the movement problems I was having in Plex. After printing the moves out in my debugger I figured out the reason why movement wasn’t working was...
Text-Based Role Playing Games
Role playing games are one of the biggest hits on the internet. Every day a new free message board site pops up giving people of all ages the chance to setup their very own...
Plex Source Code Version 0.04
Total Time – 4 hours So I have the board scrolling now without a problem. However when I check character movement to see if the character is moving to a valid block it doesn’t...
PLEX Character Puzzles
Total Time – 2 hours. I would have spent more time working on my code but it seems that my laptop has died and I have to go get it fixed. Joy… For each...
PLEX Loading Maps From A File
Total Time – 6 hours. Okay, so I finally got a map to load from a file. I had a few problems I had to deal with. Reading the file in I had issues...
Learning PHP (Part 1)
When the Internet exploded in the .com age people were just starting to realize the potential of online programming languages. PHP, or Hypertext Preprocessing, is one of my favorite programming languages. One of the...
