Report, edit, etc...Posted by Donut_Ninja( on 2005-02-01 at 11:48:38
I was just wondering how was starforge made? Iv always wondered how to make programs. 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Clokr_ on 2005-02-01 at 11:57:13
There are programs that make programs 
Basically, there are the so called "programming languages", wich are "languages" that a program (compiler) understands and compiles them into the .exe programs.
Each programming language has its own compilers, some of them are free and other ones cost money. Also each programming language has diferent features.
StarForge was made using 'C++' for the dll (wich is its core) and 'Visual Basic' for the GUI (Graphical User Interface, the windows and buttons and such).
Basically, there are the so called "programming languages", wich are "languages" that a program (compiler) understands and compiles them into the .exe programs.
Each programming language has its own compilers, some of them are free and other ones cost money. Also each programming language has diferent features.
StarForge was made using 'C++' for the dll (wich is its core) and 'Visual Basic' for the GUI (Graphical User Interface, the windows and buttons and such).
Report, edit, etc...Posted by DT_Battlekruser on 2005-02-01 at 18:45:03
Like Clokr_ said it was made using C++. What it does is it opens the CHK of a map (raw data) and it converts it into what you see. First step I suggest for you: find youself a teacher and learn C++
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Clokr_ on 2005-02-01 at 18:49:23
If you want to teach yourself C++ (wich is not really easy, but it is powerful and free): www.cplusplus.com
Report, edit, etc...Posted by BeeR_KeG on 2005-02-01 at 19:36:12
An Offtopic question about C++ and all those programing languages.
So once you know the language, how do you implement it? I mean like where do you start writing up all that code and stuff?
So once you know the language, how do you implement it? I mean like where do you start writing up all that code and stuff?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by DT_Battlekruser on 2005-02-01 at 19:41:58
There are programs you download for such things.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Heimdal on 2005-02-01 at 19:57:43
I use visual studio, but that's prohibitively expensive for most people. You really can just start writing C++ in notepad and then run a free command-line compiler on it. That's pretty much what my professors in college expect us to do.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by chuiu on 2005-02-01 at 22:04:48
There are many free/open source compilers out there. One of the ones I really liked was:
http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/
http://www.bloodshed.net/dev/
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Donut_Ninja( on 2005-02-02 at 00:31:38
...holy crap! 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by JohnnyHazardous on 2005-02-02 at 22:53:02
Man these languages are always so hard to learn. I guess I should start trying to teach myself.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Yoshi da Sniper on 2005-02-03 at 11:42:31
They are, actually. I'm programming robots in C 
Report, edit, etc...Posted by AqoTrooper on 2005-02-03 at 12:32:51
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I'm programming robots in C
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You can't do that in C, C only acceses everything on your hard drive, but it can't be used to program things outside it.
Maybe you meant pictures running on your screen that look like robots...
And not all languages are hard, Visual Basic and C are actually very easy ones, and when you finish off learning C, C++ is ez as hell, just replace printf(" with cout<<" and scanf with cin<<" for start, use different libreries, different group definations and some more extras.
You can do everything in C, C++ is just an easier version to make things faster.
Anyhow, here is another link, you can get here the Borland C++ Builder which is the best thing after Visual Studios 6.1 (that costs money): http://www.borland.com/products/downloads/...d_cbuilder.html
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Clokr_ on 2005-02-03 at 14:37:47
QUOTE(AqoTrooper @ Feb 3 2005, 06:32 PM)
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You can't do that in C, C only acceses everything on your hard drive, but it can't be used to program things outside it.
Maybe you meant pictures running on your screen that look like robots...
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You can't do that in C, C only acceses everything on your hard drive, but it can't be used to program things outside it.
Maybe you meant pictures running on your screen that look like robots...
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Lots of robots (yeah robots) are programmed in C++. You connect them to the computer and you program them. In fact, C++ cannot access your harddrive, what it does is call the OS, and it is what access the HD.