Commented 10 years ago2013-12-04 12:56:30 UTC
in journal: #8296Comment #67525
Penguinboy, I should have mentioned that I LOVE abstraction after having the general understanding. And like you said, there is so much to learn so eventually I'm going to have to just take it for granted if I'm going to have any sort of productivity.
Xylem, I have just recently got the goldsource SDK running and able to compile. So far I have only tinkered with it by making Barneys shoot gibs and making it so pressing 'E' teleports the player about 30 feet in the air, complete with green fade and soundfx (Simple and cheesy, but its a start). The sourcecode was intimidating at first but I feel like I'm picking up on it pretty fast.
So what does OpenGL and Direct3D do for you at the lowest level? Do you specify vertices and makes faces or something like that?
The_(c)Striker, yes, there is a library called TVout, and it only requires one wire and 2 resistors to get it up and running. Good library for simple games like pong or tetris.
Commented 10 years ago2013-12-04 04:20:53 UTC
in journal: #8296Comment #67524
Tetsu0, its funny you say that about the calculator because I had just recently stumbled over this blog http://www.benryves.com/journal/page2 where this guy made a Doom-like game on his TI-84 (I think) calculator. This is leaps and bounds beyond me currently, but it is a thrill when you get something up on the screen! Yes math definetely falls in the "If you don't use it, you lose it!" category. Before I used to kick myself in the leg for not remembering formulas and such, but now I'm getting more comfortable with just knowing what can be done. We can always look up the formulas later (Which I had to do several times in this!) I appreciate the feed back from you guys, and DiscoStu, that TV stands in my wife's womancave as a testament to an era gone by. I often retreat there to escape the sounds of "The Vampire Diaries" blaring from the living room TV. (The Mancave has no TV...)
Xylem, I have just recently got the goldsource SDK running and able to compile. So far I have only tinkered with it by making Barneys shoot gibs and making it so pressing 'E' teleports the player about 30 feet in the air, complete with green fade and soundfx (Simple and cheesy, but its a start). The sourcecode was intimidating at first but I feel like I'm picking up on it pretty fast.
So what does OpenGL and Direct3D do for you at the lowest level? Do you specify vertices and makes faces or something like that?
The_(c)Striker, yes, there is a library called TVout, and it only requires one wire and 2 resistors to get it up and running. Good library for simple games like pong or tetris.
Yes math definetely falls in the "If you don't use it, you lose it!" category. Before I used to kick myself in the leg for not remembering formulas and such, but now I'm getting more comfortable with just knowing what can be done. We can always look up the formulas later (Which I had to do several times in this!)
I appreciate the feed back from you guys, and DiscoStu, that TV stands in my wife's womancave as a testament to an era gone by. I often retreat there to escape the sounds of "The Vampire Diaries" blaring from the living room TV. (The Mancave has no TV...)