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Jman
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Posted: 27th Apr 2006 08:10
I'm working on a 3d pong type game, and I got the basics down except for a simple computer AI. This is what I have so far, its in DBC:



Sorry about the random colors, I'm just testing out some lighting and fog effects. Another problem I'm having is that I want to use a texture for the matrix, but once I load a bitmap, get the image, and apply it to the matrix, the text in the upper left corner disappears. I tried using the command that brings 2d above 3d, but to no avail. Any help would be greatly appreiciated!

-Jman
smallg
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Posted: 27th Apr 2006 12:15 Edited at: 27th Apr 2006 12:25
this game is looking rather good, hard and easy to play, i edited it a little bit to make it slightly easier though, because the computer was simply always in the right place....


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ok just wanted to try the texture and spotted what was making it so easy for the computer.... the ball has a random speed

anyway here's the updated code... mine works with texture, just replace the texture name with ur own (think this is what u wanted)

also u should look into changing the speed of the ball and computer based on difficulty settings

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TDK
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Posted: 28th Apr 2006 00:20
Quote: "once I load a bitmap, get the image, and apply it to the matrix, the text in the upper left corner disappears"


The Sync command simply updates the 3D screen - overwriting any 2D text on the screen.

Move the Text command lines to AFTER the Sync line.

TDK_Man

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Posted: 28th Apr 2006 01:17
Quote: "Move the Text command lines to AFTER the Sync line."


I don't think that would help at all. Smallg's solution is the way to do it.
Jman
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Posted: 28th Apr 2006 05:53
thanks smallg, I got it working now, and I got decent AI going. So now I face my next fundamental problem, which is winning. Right now I've added 2 sub routines that should exit the main loop, but for some reason when I print "Computer Wins" or "Player Wins" on screen, and then immediatly after place the wait key command, the text just flashes on the screen for a split second. Any suggestions for how I can make it stay on screen?



p.s. - you have to put a texture in.
TDK
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Posted: 28th Apr 2006 19:54
Jman:

Did you read my post?

Did you try it?

Did it help?

!!!

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Jman
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Posted: 29th Apr 2006 08:29
TDK_Man:

Yes

No, I used smallg's suggestion

Thankyou for helping though, I appreciate it. Unfortunatly, as far as my latest problem is conserned, yes, the text commands are outside of the sync, as well as the main loop all together.

!!!

-Jman
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Posted: 30th Apr 2006 16:02 Edited at: 30th Apr 2006 16:06
the best.... i didn't move and it went to 14 all... then i lost anyway... i'll try to fix it now, lol

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here u go


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