Re: [Audyssey] audyssey: Self Destruct

2006-10-29 Thread shaun everiss
This does not happen. One thing you could try is get the vb6sp6 runtimes from ms. These are quite small around 1mb. I'm not sure. At 06:47 AM 10/30/2006, mich verrier wrote: hi all. just a heds up for anyone who has downloaded the self Destruct game that was postid a wile back. it wseems that

Re: [Audyssey] Learning VisualBasic

2006-10-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, I can say from previous experience paperback programming books do not scan well, and do not make it in any sense through the scanning process. It is better to buy the programming books through a online vender like Safari rather than scan them. Jude DaShiell wrote: If you can get a scanner

Re: [Audyssey] Game programming education project.

2006-10-29 Thread AudioGames.net
Hi, Programming an accessible Asteroids game is one thing, but I'm wondering about the *design* of an accessible Asteroids game? Did you already think about that or are you still considering another 'classic' game instead? The reason I ask is because I'm extremely interested in your project

Re: [Audyssey] audyssey: Self Destruct

2006-10-29 Thread mich verrier
hi yes it dus and where would i get those vb things? what web sight would i go to? many thanks. - Original Message - From: shaun everiss [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gamers@audyssey.org Cc: blind gamers blindgamers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey]

Re: [Audyssey] Learning VisualBasic

2006-10-29 Thread x-sight interactive
ok guys you win. i'm still using autoit for now, but i've given up comaudio. it broke on my system and philip bennefall's having problems with it. i can't get it to work at all on mine. i did actually try at one point with msvs.net and the ide was terrible - kept hanging on my system. so all i

Re: [Audyssey] Learning VisualBasic

2006-10-29 Thread x-sight interactive
ya know? i really, really, really admire them people that can understand languages like c. visual basic and autoit are, what, 3 lines, if that, to write a simple hello world program. in c it's 85 lines, half of which i don't have a clue what they all mean, such as: HINSTANCE hInstance,

Re: [Audyssey] Game programming education project.

2006-10-29 Thread Ken the Crazy
sweet! Ken Downey President DreamTechInteractive! And, Coming soon, Blind Comfort! The pleasant way to get a massage--no staring, just caring. - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 4:19 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Game

Re: [Audyssey] Game programming education project.

2006-10-29 Thread K4NKZ SICK Jim
thanks! - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 4:19 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Game programming education project. Hi all, In the interest of everyone who wants to begin learning how to program accessible games I

Re: [Audyssey] Game programming education project.

2006-10-29 Thread shaun everiss
Cool tom. Once xtra addresses my speed issues I will be getting the entire vstudio express. Hope to see you all some time programming things. At 10:19 AM 10/30/2006, Thomas Ward wrote: Hi all, In the interest of everyone who wants to begin learning how to program accessible games I will be

Re: [Audyssey] Game programming education project.

2006-10-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Richard, Those are some good questions, and here are my answers. First, off all of the Asteroids will have flyby sounds associated to them so as you approach one you should hear it in front of you, off to the left, off to the right. I am probably going to go with the DirectSound pan control

Re: [Audyssey] Learning VisualBasic

2006-10-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Damion, Actually, a Hello World type program can be written in C++ in 6 lines as long as you are writing a text program without all the Windows Win32 junk with it. It would look like this. #include iostream int main() { std::cout Hello world! endl; return 0; } So saying you have to have

Re: [Audyssey] Learning VisualBasic

2006-10-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Damion, Snip There are still basic concepts i don't know how to code in vb, like how to make it wait, how to create arrays, how to use timers, position forms... End Snip When you mean make it wait are you waiting on a certain sound to finish, wait for a Windows message cue, or what exactly

Re: [Audyssey] Learning VisualBasic

2006-10-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Damion, Snip i did actually try at one point with msvs.net and the ide was terrible - kept hanging on my system. End Snip Hmmm... Which version of the IDE did you have? Also what versions of Windows are you running, screen reader, and when was the last time your computer has had a good

Re: [Audyssey] Learning VisualBasic

2006-10-29 Thread x-sight interactive
wow, sounds cool. just godda understand it all now. i have this guy trying very hard to teach me c but i just don't get it. i'm not giving up this time ... regards, damien - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent:

Re: [Audyssey] Learning VisualBasic

2006-10-29 Thread x-sight interactive
it wasn't actually my computer i tried it on it was one of the college's that i go to. they run windows xp service pack 2 and supernova (what??? yuck!!! lol) as their screenreader. i don't know what the versions are for the ide and the net stuff, it wasn't 2005 express though they bought a proper

Re: [Audyssey] Learning VisualBasic

2006-10-29 Thread x-sight interactive
waiting for sounds to finish most of the time. i don't know of any other time i'd need to make it wait. but when i say creating forms i'm talking about making general programs also. oh, so a timer is just like a control, i see. in autoit you have the sleep function for it waiting, the TimerInit

Re: [Audyssey] Learning VisualBasic

2006-10-29 Thread shaun everiss
hmm. I did programm structures. Although I havn't seen actual c here is my translation. instance. An instance is the current thing running at that time, and previous instances ofcause. And well commands and interupts. Its not all of it but I did 2 programming courses and I well I have some

Re: [Audyssey] Learning VisualBasic

2006-10-29 Thread shaun everiss
well damon. I will at some point get the entire visual studio express dotnet. I will probably dabble in vc# and probably vwd. I will have everything though and well I'll see How far I will get. At 02:12 PM 10/30/2006, x-sight interactive wrote: ok guys you win. i'm still using autoit for now, but