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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / What is the sync function?

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DarkBasic Pro Guy
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What is the sync function? What is it for? What does it do? How do I use it?

Thanks in advance

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Posted: 6th Jul 2004 04:51
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Try reading the help files, and looking at the examples. It updates the display, you call it once at the end of the main loop in your program.

I suggest you change your name to something other than "program expert" as its not really applicable.


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DarkBasic Pro Guy
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thanks Could I put my image back in my signature or what?

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Quote: "I suggest you change your name to something other than "program expert" as its not really applicable."


Rob, I was just going to post that.

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Heh Rob with the zinger

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DarkBasic Pro Guy
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@ Zeal
Quote: "Heh Rob with the zinger"
what do you mean?

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Was that the wrong thread or something? It don't make sense to me

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Posted: 6th Jul 2004 10:24 Edited at: 6th Jul 2004 10:25
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Since no-one has given a decent answer I will (although as RobK said, you probably could have looked in the help file)...

SYNC updates the screen. Basically all the drawing operations are executed at once when you use sync. But first you have to set manual syncing on using SYNC ON (once at the top of your code). You can then set the sync/frame rate using SYNC RATE. If you don't use SYNC ON then DBPro will refresh the screen whenever it thinks it should. It's always best to use manual syncing when dealing with 3D graphics. Eg.



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where would that code go in the game that I'm creating right now(all there is are REM lines right now because I'm new to darkbasic and I havn't been working on more then a day)?

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Stop, switch of your PC, get a pen and paper, and sit with the manual looking for commands that you might need. Take a note of each relevant command and how it works.

Then experiment with each command until you know what it does and how.

Then develop your skills by playing around with examples (only saving to a new file when you really want to keep it) - do that until your ready to start a project on your own. The important thing is that your not ready yet, but with a good attitude to learning you could get confident in DB really quickly.


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im starting to smell a 'da codes' copy cat. anyone else think this guy is phony?

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I haven't recieved the dark basic yet so i am going to do that later.

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OK you can still use the help files that come with the demo. They don't have enough examples but it has the commands, a discription, and a syntax. You can then take this newfound knowledge and apply it to the tutorials and examples in the codebase on these forums.

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Thanks Hammish you helped a lot I don't need any thing more except where would I use the sync fnction?

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Inside a DO-Loop, usually near the beginning or the end.


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Posted: 25th Jul 2004 17:44 Edited at: 25th Jul 2004 17:44
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A game consists of three parts.

The beginning bit loads all the stuff it needs to use.

Then it repeats loads of times in the middle, each time checking for any user input and reacting to it. Every cycle in the loop contains a sync command somewhere. Every time the loop comes around to that sync it draws all the graphics to the screen and that counts as one "frame". When people talk about getting 60 frames per second, it means 60 repeats of the loop per second.

And then after that, it's basically a storage area where you cna put any functions, etc.

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wow this dudes overly enthusiastic

good for him

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Posted: 26th Jul 2004 06:56 Edited at: 26th Jul 2004 07:00
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Quote: "What is the sync function? What is it for? What does it do? How do I use it?"


Press F1. Press F1. Press F1. Press F1...er no wait... PRESS ALT F4, pull the CD out of the CDROM, put it back in the box and return it. It's just easier that way. Actually, upgrade to the latest patch first, and tell me if you're still able to use DBP after trying to register it.

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Quote: "where would that code go"


In your main loop somewhere, after you've updated all your graphics and are ready to display them.

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Posted: 27th Jul 2004 12:23
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ok now I am not working on anythinjg right now I just didn't use the sync function but I will next time though

My program looks realy dorky though I'm not selling it.

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speaking of sync i have been trying to lower the cpu usage in my program and sync off in an earlier version made it use less cpu
but on this version it don't so now it looks a little crappy cause i had to lower the frame rate and it is slow now

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Now the question is what kind of game should I create? I'm new so please answer accordingly to the subject: Newcomers first game.

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Posted: 30th Jul 2004 05:06 Edited at: 30th Jul 2004 05:07
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With you level of expertise I would suggest noughts and crosses (tic-tac-toe) using a pen and paper.

Read the manual - learn the commands and then think about writing a computer game.

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ok I will just create a snake nibbles game


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