VB.NET

[Tobias]

I'm in Computer Programming 1 at my school, which teaches VB.NET.
Sort of like hell for me, cause I picked it up pretty quickly, but anyway.

The  teacher said that we couldn't play computer games in class, except for the ones we make. So guess what! I'm making a game.
I'm hoping to have it be Zelda-esque, like "Link To The Past" from SNES with sprites and such. I thought I'd share and see what others thought and get any ideas they had.

[Kahless]

nice, its an easy language to make games in

[Blink]

kahless said:

nice, its an easy language to make games in

Not really, once you have more then one game screen it gets really hard. The form switching doesn't work right unless you have complicated code and will leave the game running even after you close it.

It also doesn't support transparency at all. So its really worthless for any advanced game.

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Goodluck on your game Pumpkin Pie. And I've been through the same experience of being in a class way to easy... somehow they always manage to still give you crappy marks though.

Just forum browse instead of play games, even if you're not allowed alt+tab can save you.

[Tobias]

blink said:

kahless said:

nice, its an easy language to make games in

Not really, once you have more then one game screen it gets really hard. The form switching doesn't work right unless you have complicated code and will leave the game running even after you close it.

It also doesn't support transparency at all. So its really worthless for any advanced game.

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Goodluck on your game Pumpkin Pie. And I've been through the same experience of being in a class way to easy... somehow they always manage to still give you crappy marks though.

Just forum browse instead of play games, even if you're not allowed alt+tab can save you.

It's Toby. xD I'm using Pumpkin Pie cause it's Thanksgiving.

And actually, I'm having no trouble with transparency. o_0
Transparent .Gif + Picturebox + Picturebox.BackColor = Color.Transparent
= Yay
Anyhoo. I also have a 99.2 and am frequently asked to go to the front and walk the class through the code, so I guess I've got a good teacher, then. xD

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Current Game Status:
Motion Controls: Complete, could use tweaking
Area Clipping: Complete
Player Mask for going behind objects: Complete, need to speed up algorithm
Maps: Easy loading implemented, swtiching and scrolling ideas complete, not implemented
Player Sprites: Several ideas, none implemented
Storyline: None

[Blink]

tobias said:

blink said:

Not really, once you have more then one game screen it gets really hard. The form switching doesn't work right unless you have complicated code and will leave the game running even after you close it.

It also doesn't support transparency at all. So its really worthless for any advanced game.

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Goodluck on your game Pumpkin Pie. And I've been through the same experience of being in a class way to easy... somehow they always manage to still give you crappy marks though.

Just forum browse instead of play games, even if you're not allowed alt+tab can save you.

It's Toby. xD I'm using Pumpkin Pie cause it's Thanksgiving.

And actually, I'm having no trouble with transparency. o_0
Transparent .Gif + Picturebox + Picturebox.BackColor = Color.Transparent
= Yay

Sorry about the name issue  

About the transparency, it will look like it works when you do that, but it's only transparent to the back of the form. If you put it on top of another label say, the transparency won't show the label it's on, it will only the show the background of the form.

You may not understand what I wrote, but if you are using transparency and sprites you will quickly see for yourself.

[Tobias]

I tried it, it still works fine.
I told you, I got it all sorted out. There aren't any problems with the way I tried it, try it yourself. You just have to set the picturebox.background = color.transparent, by default it uses color.control, or whatever the current form background color is.

[Blink]

tobias said:

I tried it, it still works fine.
I told you, I got it all sorted out. There aren't any problems with the way I tried it, try it yourself. You just have to set the picturebox.background = color.transparent, by default it uses color.control, or whatever the current form background color is.

We must be using different version or something. I was never able to get the transparency to work right, along with my teacher and the rest of the class.

[Kahless]

nah Blink, it worked, I had it going, she just ignored me in class so no one got the answer, its a little odd how it works but it does eventually

[Tobias]

I hate it when teachers do that.

[Tobias]

Anyone have any experience with the DirectX Sprite Class?