trevor
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**Ahem**
I have come to a sordof dead end in my little "VC learning experience." I know enough to make cheesey little demos and the like, but I can't really progress beyond that point. For example, I'm trying to make a Megaman clone as a little side project simply to see if I can pull it off. I went to look at h@tchet's mannux vc code for reference to a sidescroller engine. I can "see" how it works, but I don't really "understand." I know that sounds terribly esoteric, but it's the only way I think I can say it.
BullDadda aside, is there any tutorials out there that describe some more "advanced" aspects of VC like switches, etc?
Posted on 2001-01-15 17:55:31
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Feyr
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I'm assuming you mean switches as in the switch/case logical construct. I can't recall seeing any V2 tutorials that covered the basics of control flow in VC...if you happened to find a copy of my old V1 tutorial, you'll find what I'm told is a decent treatment of the subject. Unfortunately, I no longer have it, and I've lost the link to the only site that is likely to be hosting it (Bobbit's Castle)...on the other hand, VC is strongly based on standard C, as far as control structures go, anyway. You should be able to find tutorials all over the place on program logic in general, and game logic in particular. Here are a few sites that I turned up in 10 minutes of searching:
http://www.eastcoastgames.com/
Adequate articles, but no more than that...none discuss the switch statement, but rely on multiple if...else if...else if... constructs.
http://www.knowledgehound.com/topics/gameprog.htm
Links to various programming tutorials. You might check the one on programming in C for DOS first.
http://www.gamedev.net/reference/list.asp?categoryid=45
Several articles on game programming issues, from Game Programming 101 through examples of vectoring code for 3d actors. Nothing really germane to your question on switches, but you'll find a lot of advanced reading here, and in the other sections of the site.
If you don't find what you need on any of those pages, and can't find anything to help you on the rest of the net, you can wait until I finish my V2 tutorial ;) I'm working on VC logic right now, in between college and other obligations.
--Feyr
Posted on 2001-01-16 03:28:16
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