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car race vb8

arjen17 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:32:24 GMT

hello guys im a newbie in vb. i just want to how can i make layout like a super car race by Ashwani Kumar in vb 8 because there some toolbar that are different from vb 6 to vb 8..plsss i need help..

solitaire games

chriszy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:06:04 GMT

[font=Comic Sans MS][size=5][b]Hi everyone!! ahmm....is there anyone who can help me in solving a solitaire game?
i mean is there anyone here who knows how to move, or drag those cards with a score and gametimer...? coz honestly im just a beginner...and im not that expert in this field...but i want to learn more about this matter..and i want to learn what are the functions to be used to have a solitaire game..[/b][/size][/font]

Game-ready model shops

Tinlau — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:17:15 GMT

I'm making a list of game-ready model shops, if you know another ones please tell me ^^ here's what I've found so far:
(alphabetically sorted)

3dbud.com

(fantasy characters - animals - monters) - <they have just updated new monsters and characters>
http://3dbud.com

3drt.com

(fantasy - scifi characters - animals - monters) <new zombie pack>
http://3drt.com

adenfall.com

(game objects)
http://adenfall.com

arteria-gaming.com

(game objects)
http://arteria-gaming.com

cubixstudio.com

(fantasy - scifi characters)
http://cubixstudio.com

dexsoft-games.com

(game objects - fantasy - scifi characters) <new cool fantasy characters>
http://dexsoft-games.com

frogames.net

(game objects - fantasy - scifi characters) <mmorpg character pack>
http://frogames.net

gamebeep.com

(game objects - fantasy - scifi characters)
http://gamebeep.com

game-stuff.com

(game objects - game levels)
http://game-stuff.com

animation help needed

flyhigh427 — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:47:33 GMT

hi ive got a problem in this program everything animates fine until i change (antnum to 11)

the animation stops could some one tell me why?

im attaching zip file

thanks

10 year old wants to make a video game

Saprobic — Mon, 29 May 2006 10:39:25 GMT

Hello everyone.

My 10 year old nephew has asked me to teach him to make a video game and being the super keen uncle that I am said that I would without the first idea of how to make one. I do have a reasonable knowledge of Visual Basic and so thought I would use that to make something super simple at first and figure he and I can work on improvements from there. When I was a kid they had these books of code that you could just copy onto the computer and you had a simple working game and as you learned more you could alter these and build on the. Does anyone know of anything like that for VB or even C++? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you all in advance

Illumination in 3D

bytelogik — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:19:19 GMT

Hi,

If you like 3D Graphics programming, I have some interesting code which deals with adding light to a 3D scene.

http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=72519&lngWId=1

Hope it is informative.

Regards.

HSC program

MichaelBui — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:55:14 GMT

Well, what I thought I would do is a carnival of games, so far I've created a shooting game and a darts game. I've just started on a falling bricks game and i'm having trouble, i've done the images and the bricks are falling randomly and can move the person, now i need some help on the collision again.
I also have a game on whack a mole but havnen't started that one so any tips on beginning this would be helpful. Thanks in advace

Star Trek RPG Game

KTC_88 — Thu, 29 May 2008 18:38:01 GMT

Hello, I am working on a Star Trek RPG based off of the Star Trek RPG by Decipher.

The game is taking a while to make (one person can only do so much), and I am not experianced with the more advanced form of VB Programming, if anyone would like to be involved in creating a Star Trek RPG please reply to this thread.

I also have a question, I am trying to make a bounding box for the buildings on the maps I'm using, how do I do that?

I have a Star Trek Community web site that I'm putting together for those interested in Star Trek, the main reason I built the site is so Star Trek Game designers have a place to meet.

I am going to post my game there for people to test, I am also going to make it so othe people can do the same with thier games as well.

If you are interested check out startrekcommunity.net

Hello, help with DirectDraw

Wolfstrike — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:51:04 GMT

Greetings,

i've been programming with Bitblt (VB6) for a while and i'm trying to learn DirectDraw7.

I'm trying to use BltFast to convert this background into a tiled map.

actually, i was sucessfull of making tiles, but when the sprites run over the background i get visual errors,

so it seems i'm having problems with refreshing the background.

here's the unedited code i started with.

my question is, what do i have to change to make this a tiled map in BltFast?

Option Explicit
Option Base 0

'Windows API functions and structures
Private Declare Function GetTickCount _
Lib "kernel32" () As Long

'program constants
Const SCREENWIDTH As Long = 640
Const SCREENHEIGHT As Long = 480
Const MAXFRAMERATE As Long = 100
Const NUMSPRITES As Long = 30

'program controls
Dim WithEvents Picture1 As PictureBox

'DirectDraw variables
Dim objDX As DirectX7
Dim ddraw As DirectDraw7
Dim objDDClip As DirectDrawClipper
Private ddcKey As DDCOLORKEY

'primary display surface variables
Dim ddScreen As DirectDrawSurface7
Private ddsdScreen As DDSURFACEDESC2
Private rScreen As RECT

'double buffer variables
Dim ddBackBuffer As DirectDrawSurface7
Private ddsdBackBuffer As DDSURFACEDESC2
Dim rBackBuffer As RECT

'background image variables
Dim ddBackground As DirectDrawSurface7
Private ddsdBackground As DDSURFACEDESC2
Dim rBackground As RECT

'sprite variables
Dim ddSprites(NUMSPRITES) As DirectDrawSurface7
Dim SpriteX(NUMSPRITES) As Long
Dim SpriteY(NUMSPRITES) As Long
Dim SpeedX(NUMSPRITES) As Long
Dim SpeedY(NUMSPRITES) As Long
Private ddsdSprite As DDSURFACEDESC2
Dim rSprite As RECT

'program variables
Dim rTemp As RECT
Dim bRunning As Boolean
Dim n As Long

Private Sub Form_Load()
Static lStartTime As Long
Static lCounter As Long
Static lNewTime As Long

bRunning = True
Randomize GetTickCount

'set up the main form
With Form1
.Width = SCREENWIDTH * Screen.TwipsPerPixelX
.Height = SCREENHEIGHT * Screen.TwipsPerPixelY
.AutoRedraw = False
.ClipControls = False
.KeyPreview = True
.ScaleMode = 3
.BorderStyle = 1
.Show
End With

'create the PictureBox control
Set Picture1 = Controls.Add("VB.PictureBox", "Picture1")
With Picture1
.AutoRedraw = False
.BorderStyle = 1
.ClipControls = False
.ScaleMode = 3
.BackColor = RGB(0, 0, 0)
.Left = 0
.Top = 0
.Width = Form1.ScaleWidth
.Height = Form1.ScaleHeight
.Visible = True
End With

'create the DirectX object
Set objDX = New DirectX7

'create the DirectDraw object
Set ddraw = objDX.DirectDrawCreate("")

'set up primary display surface
ddraw.SetCooperativeLevel Picture1.hWnd, DDSCL_NORMAL
ddsdScreen.lFlags = DDSD_CAPS
ddsdScreen.ddsCaps.lCaps = DDSCAPS_PRIMARYSURFACE
ddsdScreen.lWidth = SCREENWIDTH
ddsdScreen.lHeight = SCREENHEIGHT
Set ddScreen = ddraw.CreateSurface(ddsdScreen)

'set surface rectangle
rScreen.Bottom = ddsdScreen.lHeight
rScreen.Right = ddsdScreen.lWidth

'create the clipper object
Set objDDClip = ddraw.CreateClipper(0)
objDDClip.SetHWnd Picture1.hWnd
ddScreen.SetClipper objDDClip

'create the back buffer
ddsdBackBuffer.lFlags = DDSD_CAPS Or DDSD_WIDTH Or DDSD_HEIGHT
ddsdBackBuffer.ddsCaps.lCaps = DDSCAPS_OFFSCREENPLAIN
ddsdBackBuffer.lWidth = SCREENWIDTH
ddsdBackBuffer.lHeight = SCREENHEIGHT
Set ddBackBuffer = ddraw.CreateSurface(ddsdBackBuffer)
rBackBuffer.Bottom = ddsdBackBuffer.lHeight
rBackBuffer.Right = ddsdBackBuffer.lWidth

'load the background image
ddsdBackground.lFlags = DDSD_CAPS Or DDSD_WIDTH Or DDSD_HEIGHT
ddsdBackground.ddsCaps.lCaps = DDSCAPS_OFFSCREENPLAIN
ddsdBackground.lWidth = SCREENWIDTH
ddsdBackground.lHeight = SCREENHEIGHT
Set ddBackground = ddraw.CreateSurfaceFromFile(App.Path & _
"\blueyellow.bmp", ddsdBackground)
rBackground.Bottom = ddsdBackground.lHeight
rBackground.Right = ddsdBackground.lWidth
ddBackBuffer.BltFast 0, 0, ddBackground, rBackground, _
DDBLTFAST_WAIT

'set up the sprite information
ddsdSprite.lFlags = DDSD_CAPS Or DDSD_WIDTH Or DDSD_HEIGHT
ddsdSprite.ddsCaps.lCaps = DDSCAPS_OFFSCREENPLAIN
ddsdSprite.lWidth = 64
ddsdSprite.lHeight = 64
ddcKey.low = 0
ddcKey.high = 0

'load the sprites
For n = 0 To NUMSPRITES
Set ddSprites(n) = ddraw.CreateSurfaceFromFile(App.Path & _
"\directx.bmp", ddsdSprite)
rSprite.Bottom = ddsdSprite.lHeight
rSprite.Right = ddsdSprite.lWidth
SpriteX(n) = Random(SCREENWIDTH - ddsdSprite.lWidth)
SpriteY(n) = Random(SCREENHEIGHT - ddsdSprite.lHeight)
Do Until SpeedX(n) <> 0
SpeedX(n) = Random(6) - 3
Loop
Do Until SpeedY(n) <> 0
SpeedY(n) = Random(6) - 3
Loop
ddSprites(n).SetColorKey DDCKEY_SRCBLT, ddcKey
Next n

'main game loop
Do While bRunning
lCounter = GetTickCount - lStartTime
If lCounter > lNewTime Then
'update game display
Game_Update lCounter
'update frame count
lNewTime = lCounter + 1000 / MAXFRAMERATE
End If
DoEvents
Loop

End Sub

Private Sub Form_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
If KeyCode = 27 Then Shutdown
End Sub

Private Sub Form_QueryUnload(Cancel As Integer, UnloadMode As Integer)
Shutdown
End Sub

Private Sub Form1_Click()
Shutdown
End Sub

Private Sub Picture1_Click()
Shutdown
End Sub

Private Sub Shutdown()
bRunning = False
Form1.Hide
ddraw.RestoreDisplayMode
ddraw.SetCooperativeLevel Picture1.hWnd, DDSCL_NORMAL
Set ddraw = Nothing
Set objDX = Nothing
End
End Sub

Public Function Random(ByVal lNum As Long) As Long
Random = CLng(lNum * Rnd)
End Function

Public Sub Game_Update(ByVal MS As Long)
Static lTimer As Long
Static lStart As Long
Static lCounter As Long

'start counting draw time
lStart = GetTickCount

'erase sprites
For n = 0 To NUMSPRITES
rTemp.Left = SpriteX(n)
rTemp.Top = SpriteY(n)
rTemp.Right = rTemp.Left + ddsdSprite.lWidth
rTemp.Bottom = rTemp.Top + ddsdSprite.lHeight
ddBackBuffer.BltFast SpriteX(n), SpriteY(n), ddBackground, _
rTemp, DDBLTFAST_WAIT
Next n

'move and draw the sprites
For n = 0 To NUMSPRITES
'update X position
SpriteX(n) = SpriteX(n) + SpeedX(n)
If SpriteX(n) < 1 Then
SpeedX(n) = -SpeedX(n)
SpriteX(n) = 1
ElseIf SpriteX(n) + ddsdSprite.lWidth > SCREENWIDTH Then
SpeedX(n) = -SpeedX(n)
SpriteX(n) = SCREENWIDTH - ddsdSprite.lWidth - 1
End If

'update Y position
SpriteY(n) = SpriteY(n) + SpeedY(n)
If SpriteY(n) < 1 Then
SpeedY(n) = -SpeedY(n)
SpriteY(n) = 1
ElseIf SpriteY(n) + ddsdSprite.lHeight > SCREENHEIGHT Then
SpeedY(n) = -SpeedY(n)
SpriteY(n) = SCREENHEIGHT - ddsdSprite.lHeight - 1
End If

'draw the sprite
rTemp.Left = SpriteX(n)
rTemp.Top = SpriteY(n)
rTemp.Right = SpriteX(n) + ddsdSprite.lWidth
rTemp.Bottom = SpriteY(n) + ddsdSprite.lHeight
ddBackBuffer.Blt rTemp, ddSprites(n), rSprite, _
DDBLT_WAIT Or DDBLT_KEYSRC
Next n

'copy double buffer to the screen
objDX.GetWindowRect Picture1.hWnd, rScreen
ddScreen.Blt rScreen, ddBackBuffer, rBackBuffer, DDBLT_WAIT

'count the frames per second
If MS > lTimer + 1000 Then
lStart = GetTickCount - lStart
Form1.Caption = "FPS = " & lCounter & ", MS = " & lStart
lTimer = MS
lCounter = 0
Else
lCounter = lCounter + 1
End If
End Sub

VB 2008, multiple choice quiz!

lax87 — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:49:25 GMT

I'm a College student and im making a project right now for my VB class.

It's going to be a multiple choice programm, with 13 catagories and in each catagory 10 questions.

I'm quite new to VB and codes/programing, if anyone has anything helpful to share, that would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

MEMORY GAME

imkoala — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:13:11 GMT

how can i show the pictures for 5 seconds then flip it back to show the back part of the card to continue on the game proper.
i managed to use 2 timers but the second timer did not run as I want.

here are the codes:
Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
Image1.Visible = True
Image2.Visible = True
Image3.Visible = True
Image4.Visible = True
Image5.Visible = True
Image6.Visible = True
End Sub

Private Sub Timer2_Timer()
Picture1.Visible = True
Picture2.Visible = True
Picture3.Visible = True
Picture4.Visible = True
Picture5.Visible = True
Picture6.Visible = True
Timer2.Enabled = once
End Sub

ANOTHER PROBLEM:
how can I make the two pictures stay if they matched then flip back if they don't?
by using tags? how?

PS

I'm using VB 6 just as our computer teacher asked us.
Please tell me what's wrong with what I did.

Help me please!

8 number puzzle game in vb6

funkmaster24 — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:06:51 GMT

please help me with my project in 8 number puzzle game
please help me with the code

my question about???

vikas — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:39:59 GMT

It has to do with the same old story I've posted weeks ago..... and I'm so angry about VB. Net (1.1) ....

Someone solve me this one, please:
----------------------------------------
Public Class Thinger

Private arrThings As ArrayList

Public Sub New()
Me.arrThings = New ArrayList()
End Sub

Public Sub AddThing(String thingId)
Dim x As New Thing(thingId)
Me.arrThings.Add(x)
End Sub

Public Function GetThings() As Thing()
Return CType(Me.arrThings.ToArray(?#@!?), Thing())
End Function

End Class

My picture is showing white

DevinM — Tue, 01 May 2007 09:13:20 GMT

I have imported a picture (JPEG) for a game and where it should be transparent it shows white. So it would help if you could tell me how to fix it.

controls

austinst — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:30:04 GMT

hey im making (or trying to) a game and i want to know how to make the person go diagnal and also be able to shoot

and walls and gravity(im new to vb)

and my parents dont let me download so...(can you PLEASE just put the code for the things)

Whack a mole game

Fent00zler — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 23:22:20 GMT

can someone help me out? or like... send me a step by step so I can not fail and be happy and prospherous? thanks :]

image rotation around x-axis(x-rotation)

riazulhaq — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:49:24 GMT

I am developing a graphic application for album creation in vb.net 2005.

I have to rotate image around x-axis(x-rotation).

Anyone have idea how can i do that?

Playing a video on a surface

kazamamakoto — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:28:08 GMT

Hi all. If you havent realized by now lol, I want to play a video on a DirectDrawSurface in DirectX7. Is this possible? If not, is there an alternative method of playing videos that wont make my DirectX fullscreen window minimize? I'm using the ActiveMovie Control Type Library which unfortunately makes my app minimize every time I want to play something (a video). Also, it obviously wont allow me to have a video play in the background and have my other surfaces move around in the foreground or something cool like that XD. Any ideas? Thanks

How to send email

TheProgrammer — Wed, 28 May 2008 03:14:30 GMT

I want to how to send an email to a known address using vb

softwares needed to do game programming...???

harrylennox — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:40:30 GMT

Hi....

ex: I want to create a counter strike game.....

What are the softwares need to install to do game programming....???
and
What would be the minimum system requirements????

somebody....????

card game help

melkor — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:56:09 GMT

i need to make a way to get the cards in a memory card game in a random order each time. i can get the cards in a random order however i do not no how 2 get the cards to appear in pairs in the random order.

Screen size and Computer Resolution

KTC_88 — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:49:33 GMT

Hi, I'm trying to create an RPG using Visual Basic 2005.

This is my second time for trying to make a game on this scale, the first game I tried to make had a problem with the screen size, when I played it on a smaller screen resolution part of the screen was hidden.

What size should I make my screen or what can I do to make my game workable on full screen for all screen resolutions?

Does gaming need a widescreen

chaky — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:58:40 GMT

I am buying a new pc mainly for gaming and just wondering if I really need a widescren lcd monitor?
Does a widescreen monitor make any difference for games or should i save myself around €500 by keeping my current 19inch lcd which seems to be in fine condition? I plan to have a 768MB nVidia GeForce 8800 GTX graphics card if that makes any difference to the subject.

Xtremely Important DirectX Real-Time Character Animation

vbinterface — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:46:59 GMT

Hi to all Visual Basic-DirectX Programmers,

I am developing a character animation program just like Poser in DirectX 8.1. I know that it is possible to animate the frames in .X files by parsing the .X file and manipulate the frames in run-time. Although, the route to it seems to be very long instead of direct frame trasformation.

If anyone of you have directly transformed the Frame Rotation matrix in runtime please help me in writing similar code.

I expect the process in following steps:

1) Loading .X file into program ..................(done)
2) Loading SkinMesh Information.
3) Transforming Frame Matrix.
4) Updating Frames
5) Display Skinned Mesh.

I have read most of skinned mesh documents, but I still find them confusing.

What I want just is rotate a character body part in run-time using Frame Transformation Matrix.

Thanks in advance.

Hex Editing or something like it.

Oblivion_Of_Pain — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:06:09 GMT

I'm using VB 6.0 and I'm trying to make an editor for an old playstation game. I'm using CDmage to extract files off of the CD. I can use a hex editor to edit the files, but I want to us VB to automate the process and make it more user friendly. I'm not a total newb with VB but what I'm looking to do, I might as well be. I've looked at over 100 pages here of code and programs looking for something that I can use to build on. I found one good hex editor, but it's quite complex for me and the author wrote it with almost no comments so I'm not making heads or tails of it. I'm hoping that someone can help me with some simple coding to edit in hex, I don't actually want to display the hex at all, just have it so users can select something out of a list box and have my program change the file I'm editing. I'm not sure I'm making myself clear but any help would be much appreciated.

Using Dance Pad (Mad Catz USB) within VB6

GAITman — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 09:02:20 GMT

I am looking for help (sample code) for working with dance pads, am trying to develop excersice program for CP kids that easy to tailor to kids ablity. How do I open the device in VB and does anyone know data sequence when pad is stepped on, it appears to be a 10 button input (game controller) device after it is installed with some information on X and Y location with some data on rotation.

drawImage problems

BTowal — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:03:25 GMT

Hi, i'm completely new to VB but not at all new to programming. I'm trying to create a very basic first program with Visual Basic .Net 2005 but keep getting an error that I have no idea how to handle.

My code:

Public Class Form1

Private mImage As Image

Private Sub Panel1_Paint(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.PaintEventArgs) Handles Panel1.Paint

mImage = Bitmap.FromFile("C:\valve2.bmp")

e.Graphics.DrawImage(mImage, 5, 5)

End Sub

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

End Sub

End Class

My error:

Request for the permission of type 'System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' failed.

This error targets line 4, the "mImage = ..." part. The image exists and is located where I declare it to be. I have a form and a panel in design view. I don't know what else is wrong, but the troubleshooting tells me to use "isolated storage" (no idea what that is) or obtain/follow security permissions. Can anyone help?

(When i strip the program down to just that line --the mImage assignment line-- i get the error even then)

How to move a sprite with DirectX 7?

kazamamakoto — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:10:41 GMT

Yo ppl =P I've tried several times to learn directX but this time I actually got it lol (^_^) anywayz, Im trying to expand my knowledge step by step, and the next step for me is to gain the power to set the .left and .top values of the objects I load as DirectDrawSurfaces and thus be able to move them around the screen (I can use both windowed mode and full screen mode, so it doesnt matter which approach u have used) and well, anyone who can give me a hand in accomplishing this task I shall bestow my thanks and blessings upon lol.

Making An Object do a circle

halo2ring — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:54:01 GMT

how do i make a object to move in a curve or a circle..........so far my object can move up down , left right etc diagonal but not in a circle or a curve how do i make it do a circle? thanks

Rotating a picture or shape

DevinM — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:39:34 GMT

I was wondering if it was possible to rotate or flip a picture or shape during run time.

how can i set a program to keep pressting 1 key

teha908 — Wed, 16 May 2007 11:50:01 GMT

hi,, hwo can i make a program to keep hitting enter

My Frogger Game

DevinM — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:10:08 GMT

' This is my first real game and I decided that the best thing to do would
' be frogger but There is two things that are making it hard
' I have used adobe photoshop to make my characters but the parts of the
' pictures that are supposed to be transparent ( I think it might be because
' I used a bitmap but the other is my speed of the cars, please help.
' I haven't made the collision detection yet though.

Option Explicit
Dim level As Integer
Public x As Integer
Dim win As Boolean
Dim speed(1 To 4) As Integer
Dim car As Integer
Dim lives As Integer

Private Sub Form_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
Select Case KeyCode
Case vbKeyLeft
shpman.Left = shpman.Left - 200
Case vbKeyRight
shpman.Left = shpman.Left + 200
Case vbKeyUp
shpman.Top = shpman.Top - 490
Case vbKeyDown
shpman.Top = shpman.Top + 490
End Select

If shpman.Top < 255 Then
MsgBox "You win!"
shpman.Top = 2650
shpman.Left = 2040
win = True
Else
win = False
End If

If win = True Then
For x = 1 To 4
speed(x) = Int((level * 2) * 15 * Rnd)
Next x
End If

End Sub

Private Sub form_load()
frminfo.Show
tmrcommove.Enabled = True
frmgame.Hide

tmrcommove.Interval = 4

For x = 1 To 4
speed(x) = Int((level * 2) * 15 * Rnd)
Next x
End Sub

Private Sub tmrcommove_Timer() ' when this timer goes of it make the cars move
tmrcommove.Interval = 4

For x = 1 To 2
shpcar(x).Left = shpcar(x).Left - speed(1) ' these are the cars going left
Next x

For x = 3 To 4
shpcar(x).Left = shpcar(x).Left - speed(2) ' these are other cars going left
Next x ' but at different speed

For x = 1 To 4
shpcar(x).Left = shpcar(x).Left + speed(3) ' cars going right as different speed
Next x

For x = 7 To 8
shpcar(x).Left = shpcar(x).Left + speed(2)' cars going right different speed
Next x
End Sub

' something isn't letting the cars move, they just stay in the same place and flash

' repeatedly so I am really stumped

using ip addresses

DevinM — Wed, 16 May 2007 09:04:26 GMT

I was wondering how to use an ip address to play two player games and just type it in and go, is it hard? or simple, and to do that will I need to make a separate form for each player (sending and recieving)?

I would like to be able to make a decent game with graphics for the first time.

DevinM — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:18:05 GMT

I am a newby, I started two months ago, I wish to make some games. I have looked at some source codes but I am still clueless. So it would help so much if any one could tell me how to use vbkey controls and use the registry for high scores.

Coding a Game Character

Link — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:42:16 GMT

I know this has been asked before but I didn't get a clear enough answer. How do you code a character to move around a screen? I also want to know some good websites that have code snippets I believe there called, for rpg types of games. I've looked hours on the internet but I can't find websites that tell you these types of things.

Tips And Tricks To Making GAmes For The First Time

DevinM — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:56:05 GMT

I have looked all over for game making instruction a I've only found samples and source codes, nothing that can or will teach what every thing means and how to use the commands and keywords.

For all game programmers

Im confused2321 — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:30:26 GMT

I'm creating a game right now and time and time again, i come across the problem of needing an artist. Does anyone know if there are any free sites that allow you to get free pictures that others have donated?? weapon pictures (for my rpg)... a space ship for a shooter that i'm making .. i don't know where to stop. Now yes, i have created my own pictures and designed my own levels . But i'm spending more time on the actual pictures that the game itself.

Please does anyone know of a site that will free me of all this art work and so I can concentrate on Programming?

Thirteen card game

kazamamakoto — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 01:54:07 GMT

As my sub and desc implies, i am trying to create the 'thirteen' card game with VB. It has been going great until i got up 2 making the computer opponent AI, which is proving to be very difficult. If anyone out there has successfully made the 13 card game, could u please send it to me at jasonlovessaori@hotmail.com? Thank u very much

Does someone wants to build "Reversi" with me?

talika_g — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:43:09 GMT

Well. Im new on this forum. so first of all hello everybody.

I want to build with someone a game called "Reversi". I guess you know this game, but if not:
-all about reversi: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversi
-play reversi: http://www.darkfish.com/turncoat/Turncoat.html

Acually, I want to build it 1 On 1 (2 players), and not player VS computer.
But how do you want, I don't really care...

So, if someone wants to build it with me he could just post here and give here ICQ or Messenger or whatever...
Thanks on time.

Some More Question to be solved.....

Manku_D — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:48:49 GMT

Hello to all of u, Manku_D here

Since my want to make some games but there r some problem and i m struck in that and cannot find the solution plz help me.

01. How to make player shoot (by gun or simple).

02. What is the theory of X and Y coordinates plz tell me this (urgent)

03. How to save and Load game.

04. If any one can tell me simple gravity.

05. How to make any thing like picture box (solid).

06. How to make an image moving in random direction.

07. How to run Gif files ( for my enemy and player)

There r some other question too but i will ask them later.

If u know any one of the problems solution then plz tell me.

Do not reply telling that there is a example on the net i have searched and i cannot find how to do these tasks.

One more thing is that don't mind my language because my english is not very good.

Thanks for each and every help.