Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-30 Thread Jim Kitchen

Hi Willem,

I debug as I go.  That is I write a couple of lines of code or a new section 
and I press the f5 key to test run the program.  So I know right away if the 
code was written and works the way that I wanted it to.  That is one reason 
that I like to work right in the VB6 IDE.

BFN

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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-30 Thread Jim Kitchen

Hi Ken,

I am sorry, but my tag line program is written to work with my Email program.  
That is the Email program that I wrote for myself.  So the tag line program 
would not work with any commercial Email programs.

Sorry about that.

BFN

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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-30 Thread Trouble

That is also why it has no real power in programming.

At 07:53 AM 1/29/2011, you wrote:
all I can say is, oh well.  one thing I like about autoit is that 
I'm not forced to specify variable types. That's also true for vb or purebasic.


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Hi Jim,

It is not extra work or waisted time/energy. It is generally
recommended that you declare variables using the proper data type like
integer, string, character, boolean, etc as it will improve memory
usage and CPU usage. Every time you declare a variable without
specifying its data type you force the runtime environment to
interpret your code, and as a result you end up waisting your system
resources on runtime interpretation of your code. So it really does
not pay to be a lazy programmer. Which is exactly what you are when
you don't declare and properly initialize variables.

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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-30 Thread Willem

Hi Jim.
I also program like that, but sometimes a bug don't give an error. That is 
where coding standards helps me to avoid some easy to make mistakes. and 
save some time.
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Hi Willem,

I debug as I go.  That is I write a couple of lines of code or a new 
section and I press the f5 key to test run the program.  So I know right 
away if the code was written and works the way that I wanted it to.  That 
is one reason that I like to work right in the VB6 IDE.


BFN

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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-30 Thread Ken the Crazy

Ah, that's right--I should have remembered.  Oh well, it makes you unique!
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download



Hi Ken,

I am sorry, but my tag line program is written to work with my Email 
program.  That is the Email program that I wrote for myself.  So the tag 
line program would not work with any commercial Email programs.


Sorry about that.

BFN

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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ken,

In my experience as a programmer languages that don't enforce explicit
variable declarations always lead to mistakes and poor programming.
For example, when writing scripts in Python I've made simple typos
that Python accepted without complaint and it was only after running
the program/script I discovered it wasn't working right. A quick look
at the code revealed I misspelled a variable and Python created a new
variable on the stack not knowing that it was a mistake, and thus I
unintentionally wrote buggy code.

It is things like that which has turned me against languages that
don't enforce explicit variable and function declarations. Its both
sloppy coding and can lead to unnecessary mistakes. When given the
choice I'd always prefer to have a language like C++, Java, etc  that
enforces strict capitalization rules and explicit variable
declarations.

Cheers!




On 1/28/11, Ken the Crazy kenwdow...@neo.rr.com wrote:
 Ok, for example, in coding for 3d you have to write something like
 heli3d.setposition 5, 0, 5, ds3d_immediate
 Well, I came across three different variants I hadn't realized were even
 there.  First I had ds3d - immediate,
 in another place I had ds3d_imeediate
 and somewhere else I had d3d_immediate.
 The option explicit made me see all those problems and fix them.
 I am using NVDA, and wordpad to do the programming, so the punctuation
 wasn't spoken--and it would drive me nuts if it were, so I missed all that.
 The option explicit is like a net.  Yeah, having to declare variables is a
 pain, but I think it saves some time in the long run.
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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Jim,

Well, there are a number of ways you can run into errors by not using
an explicit variable declaration.Usually, caused by accidental typos
and things like that.

For example, you are writing a Blackjack or Poker game. You have a
variable called myCard. Of course, there are a lot of variations on
that like MyCard, my_card, mycard, etc. If you are typing along and
forget the exact way it was written earlier Visual Basic 6, Python,
and various other languages won't flag the misspelled variable and
will simply create a new variable on the stack. Not cool as this can
lead to runtime errors.

The other issue is simply memory leaks. If you use explicit variable
declarations like integer, double, float, boolean, etc it sets aside a
specified amount of memory for that specific variable. If you don't
declare your variables you are waisting memory left and right. If
every single developer did that a 3 GHZ system would run like a 300
MHZ system just because the computer would have to interpret every
single variable, in every single program, and waiste CPU power and ram
doing so. While not an error per say it is still a very nasty habit to
get into because it will eventually result in a reduction in system
performance. It is just not very good coding practice is what I'm
telling you.


HTH


On 1/28/11, Jim Kitchen j...@kitchensinc.net wrote:
 Hi Ken,

 The first thing that I did when I started writing in VB6 was to get rid of
 the option explicit.  I had never needed to declare variables in any Basic
 before and I did not want to start.

 May I ask what you mean by you'll slip by with bad errors if you do not use
 the option explicit?

 Thanks.

 BFN

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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-29 Thread Pitermach
all I can say is, oh well.  one thing I like about autoit is that I'm not 
forced to specify variable types. That's also true for vb or purebasic.


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Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 8:47 AM
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Hi Jim,

It is not extra work or waisted time/energy. It is generally
recommended that you declare variables using the proper data type like
integer, string, character, boolean, etc as it will improve memory
usage and CPU usage. Every time you declare a variable without
specifying its data type you force the runtime environment to
interpret your code, and as a result you end up waisting your system
resources on runtime interpretation of your code. So it really does
not pay to be a lazy programmer. Which is exactly what you are when
you don't declare and properly initialize variables.

Cheers!




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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi,

Well, I'm sure you know my opinion of AutoIt. To be canded the
language is absolute trash. It was never designed to do vidio games,
and isn't worth using for even generic programming let alone anything
as safisticated like a high quality vidio game.

Cheers!


On 1/29/11, Pitermach piterm...@gmail.com wrote:
 all I can say is, oh well.  one thing I like about autoit is that I'm not
 forced to specify variable types. That's also true for vb or purebasic.

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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-29 Thread Shiny protector

Auto it is rubbish. It can't do advanced programming.
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To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download


all I can say is, oh well.  one thing I like about autoit is that I'm not 
forced to specify variable types. That's also true for vb or purebasic.


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To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 8:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download



Hi Jim,

It is not extra work or waisted time/energy. It is generally
recommended that you declare variables using the proper data type like
integer, string, character, boolean, etc as it will improve memory
usage and CPU usage. Every time you declare a variable without
specifying its data type you force the runtime environment to
interpret your code, and as a result you end up waisting your system
resources on runtime interpretation of your code. So it really does
not pay to be a lazy programmer. Which is exactly what you are when
you don't declare and properly initialize variables.

Cheers!




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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-29 Thread Hayden Presley
Hi,
I'm not sure what the whole ruckess is about declaring variables. It just
takes a few more keystrokes. It's like we're telling you to program a new
wrapper each time you use DirectX.

Best Regards,
Hayden

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Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 7:25 AM
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Auto it is rubbish. It can't do advanced programming.
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From: Pitermach piterm...@gmail.com
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download


 all I can say is, oh well.  one thing I like about autoit is that I'm not 
 forced to specify variable types. That's also true for vb or purebasic.

 - Original Message - 
 From: Thomas Ward thomasward1...@gmail.com
 To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
 Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 8:47 AM
 Subject: Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download


 Hi Jim,

 It is not extra work or waisted time/energy. It is generally
 recommended that you declare variables using the proper data type like
 integer, string, character, boolean, etc as it will improve memory
 usage and CPU usage. Every time you declare a variable without
 specifying its data type you force the runtime environment to
 interpret your code, and as a result you end up waisting your system
 resources on runtime interpretation of your code. So it really does
 not pay to be a lazy programmer. Which is exactly what you are when
 you don't declare and properly initialize variables.

 Cheers!



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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-29 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Hayden,

To be honest I just think some people are lazy. They dont want to take
the time to do
  int myVariable = 0;
which would properly initialize an integer variable in most C-style
languages and would rather just create a variable on the fly like
  myVariable = 0
rather than taking the extra time to properly initialize it. I've been
programming long enough now that declaring my variables is like second
nature. I don't even think about not doing it.

Smile.


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 Hi,
 I'm not sure what the whole ruckess is about declaring variables. It just
 takes a few more keystrokes. It's like we're telling you to program a new
 wrapper each time you use DirectX.

 Best Regards,
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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-29 Thread Hayden Presley
Hi,
Could someone do an Audio Review for Heli? I thought I had it figured out
but I'm obviously missing something somewhere.

Best Regards,
Hayden


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Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 1:17 AM
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Well Jim, I think you do wonderfully.  I'm not a fan of the option explicit 
myself, but since this is the first 3d audio game I've ever made, much less 
seen code for, it helped to figure out what I was doing wrong.  Also, I 
learned another valuable lesson: don't load your directx components in the 
form load sub.  If you do, you won't be able to move the listener.
By the way, the newest Heli is on its way.  Just added wind speed, so if 
you're going fast you hear it as it passes through the wind.  Not so 
realistic for a toy helicopter, but cool anyway, and if I make a full-on 
helicopter sim sometime I'll have the code handy.

Ken Downey
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And,
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The pleasant way to experience massage!
It's the Caring
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To: Ken the Crazy Gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download


 Hi Ken,

 Ok, I can see how the option explicit might come in handy for making sure 
 that you do not miss name variable names.  And I can not say that I have 
 not been frustrated a few times when I have miss typed a variable name a 
 time or a thousand over the years, but I still do not plan to use option 
 explicit in my programming.

 Kind of wonder which, would have or, has wasted more time.  Trying to 
 figure out a missed named variable, or doing all of the declaring all and 
 every single variable in every project over the years.

 You know I admire all of your games and projects, so this is just a bit of

 personal preference programming style.  Or something like that.

 TGIF and BFN

 Jim

 A choice is always possible, even without any options.

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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-28 Thread Jim Kitchen

Hi Ken,

The first thing that I did when I started writing in VB6 was to get rid of the 
option explicit.  I had never needed to declare variables in any Basic before 
and I did not want to start.

May I ask what you mean by you'll slip by with bad errors if you do not use the 
option explicit?

Thanks.

BFN

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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-28 Thread Hayden Presley
Hi,
Hmmm...I'm not really sure why you are so against optionExplicit.

Best Regards,
Hayden


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Hi Ken,

The first thing that I did when I started writing in VB6 was to get rid of
the option explicit.  I had never needed to declare variables in any Basic
before and I did not want to start.

May I ask what you mean by you'll slip by with bad errors if you do not use
the option explicit?

Thanks.

BFN

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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-28 Thread Ken the Crazy

Ok, for example, in coding for 3d you have to write something like
heli3d.setposition 5, 0, 5, ds3d_immediate
Well, I came across three different variants I hadn't realized were even 
there.  First I had ds3d - immediate,

in another place I had ds3d_imeediate
and somewhere else I had d3d_immediate.
The option explicit made me see all those problems and fix them.
I am using NVDA, and wordpad to do the programming, so the punctuation 
wasn't spoken--and it would drive me nuts if it were, so I missed all that. 
The option explicit is like a net.  Yeah, having to declare variables is a 
pain, but I think it saves some time in the long run.

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Hi Ken,

The first thing that I did when I started writing in VB6 was to get rid of 
the option explicit.  I had never needed to declare variables in any Basic 
before and I did not want to start.


May I ask what you mean by you'll slip by with bad errors if you do not 
use the option explicit?


Thanks.

BFN

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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-28 Thread Jim Kitchen

Hi Hayden,

I guess that I am so against option Explicit because to me it is just extra 
work and extra code and extra space for something that to me is just that.

More later to Ken.

TGIF and BFN

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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-28 Thread Jim Kitchen

Hi Ken,

Ok, I can see how the option explicit might come in handy for making sure that 
you do not miss name variable names.  And I can not say that I have not been 
frustrated a few times when I have miss typed a variable name a time or a 
thousand over the years, but I still do not plan to use option explicit in my 
programming.

Kind of wonder which, would have or, has wasted more time.  Trying to figure 
out a missed named variable, or doing all of the declaring all and every single 
variable in every project over the years.

You know I admire all of your games and projects, so this is just a bit of 
personal preference programming style.  Or something like that.

TGIF and BFN

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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-28 Thread Willem

Hi Jim.
For me, debugging is usually the part of programming that takes the most 
time.
I don't use visual basic, but I understand why you would rather be safe than 
sorry, especially considering how easy it is to make a typo.
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Hi Ken,

Ok, I can see how the option explicit might come in handy for making sure 
that you do not miss name variable names.  And I can not say that I have 
not been frustrated a few times when I have miss typed a variable name a 
time or a thousand over the years, but I still do not plan to use option 
explicit in my programming.


Kind of wonder which, would have or, has wasted more time.  Trying to 
figure out a missed named variable, or doing all of the declaring all and 
every single variable in every project over the years.


You know I admire all of your games and projects, so this is just a bit of 
personal preference programming style.  Or something like that.


TGIF and BFN

Jim

A choice is always possible, even without any options.

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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-28 Thread Ken the Crazy
Well Jim, I think you do wonderfully.  I'm not a fan of the option explicit 
myself, but since this is the first 3d audio game I've ever made, much less 
seen code for, it helped to figure out what I was doing wrong.  Also, I 
learned another valuable lesson: don't load your directx components in the 
form load sub.  If you do, you won't be able to move the listener.
By the way, the newest Heli is on its way.  Just added wind speed, so if 
you're going fast you hear it as it passes through the wind.  Not so 
realistic for a toy helicopter, but cool anyway, and if I make a full-on 
helicopter sim sometime I'll have the code handy.


Ken Downey
President
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And,
Blind Comfort!
The pleasant way to experience massage!
It's the Caring
without the Staring!

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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download



Hi Ken,

Ok, I can see how the option explicit might come in handy for making sure 
that you do not miss name variable names.  And I can not say that I have 
not been frustrated a few times when I have miss typed a variable name a 
time or a thousand over the years, but I still do not plan to use option 
explicit in my programming.


Kind of wonder which, would have or, has wasted more time.  Trying to 
figure out a missed named variable, or doing all of the declaring all and 
every single variable in every project over the years.


You know I admire all of your games and projects, so this is just a bit of 
personal preference programming style.  Or something like that.


TGIF and BFN

Jim

A choice is always possible, even without any options.

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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-28 Thread Ken the Crazy
Hey, I love those tag lines!  Could you make the program you created for 
those available?

Ken Downey
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The pleasant way to experience massage!
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Hi Ken,

Ok, I can see how the option explicit might come in handy for making sure 
that you do not miss name variable names.  And I can not say that I have 
not been frustrated a few times when I have miss typed a variable name a 
time or a thousand over the years, but I still do not plan to use option 
explicit in my programming.


Kind of wonder which, would have or, has wasted more time.  Trying to 
figure out a missed named variable, or doing all of the declaring all and 
every single variable in every project over the years.


You know I admire all of your games and projects, so this is just a bit of 
personal preference programming style.  Or something like that.


TGIF and BFN

Jim

A choice is always possible, even without any options.

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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-28 Thread Mich
Hey Ken. what's the websight for Dreamtech Interactive? many thanks. from 
Mich.
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Hey, I love those tag lines!  Could you make the program you created for 
those available?

Ken Downey
President
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And,
Blind Comfort!
The pleasant way to experience massage!
It's the Caring
without the Staring!

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To: Ken the Crazy Gamers@audyssey.org
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download



Hi Ken,

Ok, I can see how the option explicit might come in handy for making sure 
that you do not miss name variable names.  And I can not say that I have 
not been frustrated a few times when I have miss typed a variable name a 
time or a thousand over the years, but I still do not plan to use option 
explicit in my programming.


Kind of wonder which, would have or, has wasted more time.  Trying to 
figure out a missed named variable, or doing all of the declaring all and 
every single variable in every project over the years.


You know I admire all of your games and projects, so this is just a bit 
of personal preference programming style.  Or something like that.


TGIF and BFN

Jim

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Re: [Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-28 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Jim,

It is not extra work or waisted time/energy. It is generally
recommended that you declare variables using the proper data type like
integer, string, character, boolean, etc as it will improve memory
usage and CPU usage. Every time you declare a variable without
specifying its data type you force the runtime environment to
interpret your code, and as a result you end up waisting your system
resources on runtime interpretation of your code. So it really does
not pay to be a lazy programmer. Which is exactly what you are when
you don't declare and properly initialize variables.

Cheers!


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 Hi Hayden,

 I guess that I am so against option Explicit because to me it is just extra
 work and extra code and extra space for something that to me is just that.

 More later to Ken.

 TGIF and BFN

  Jim

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[Audyssey] New Heli available for download

2011-01-27 Thread Ken the Crazy
OK, the next Heli is here.  Go to
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13071564/heli.zip
Now, you get hit by the fan blades if you're too close, no matter what key you 
are pressing.  You can actually smash the light bulb.

Now, you can press the P key and change your point of view.  Default is still 
external, but now you can fly from within Heli.  Sure, it's unrealistic, but 
very cool.
Fixed a lot of big and small errors.  (If you're gonna program in VB6, always 
write option explicit as your first line of code, or you'll slip by with bad 
errors.)
Still struggling to get Doppler working.  Sometimes, it does and sometimes 
not--I don't understand at all.  
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