Space Dodgers
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Ben Ryves stepped over from VB6 to VB.Net and then to C#.net ... Ask him, he'll tell you that VB.Net is propably the better choice. (The pics on his site are from 2003... VS2005 wasn't around back then... ) Don't get me wrong, VB6 is really nice and fast for simple apps, but when it comes to gaming, VB.Net just makes your life a lot easier Ah well, as long as you fun programming, it really doesn't matter what you use I guess
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VB6 isn't properly OO (as has been mentioned).Dragonwarrior333 wrote:Visual Basic 6 is OO and I dont like VB.net because there is no control arrays mainly
VB.NET supports control arrays. They are not in the control toolbox by default, though.
I used VB6, also use VB.NET (7 and 8 ) on occasion. And yes, VB.NET blows the socks off VB6 in every conceivable manner. However, there's nothing actually wrong with using VB6.
Looks good, from what I can tell
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I have decided to give this version out to everyone but the only thing is you cant give it to anyone.
Please note that when you press enter to start the game you must press "d" and makes shure it says "Debug=False" so you can play the game regularly
Download:http://www.freewebs.com/dwarrior333/SpaceDodgers.exe
I have vb.net though and there are some other things like file I/O that changed but maybe after this game i'll give ir a second chance and maybe go Active X
Please note that when you press enter to start the game you must press "d" and makes shure it says "Debug=False" so you can play the game regularly
Download:http://www.freewebs.com/dwarrior333/SpaceDodgers.exe
I have vb.net though and there are some other things like file I/O that changed but maybe after this game i'll give ir a second chance and maybe go Active X
Dragonwarrior333:
You might want to use: this icon? (it's 48x48 and 32x32 and 16x16)
Everything is working properly on my machine, hey!
Some things:
-health power ups shouldn't replace other power ups
-autofire is a way too good (left right left right tactic)
-enemies should explode when you hit them in invicibility
-enemies are difficult to hit (without AF)
-game over should quit to the start screen
-on the start screen there should be a "press enter"
You might want to use: this icon? (it's 48x48 and 32x32 and 16x16)
Everything is working properly on my machine, hey!
Some things:
-health power ups shouldn't replace other power ups
-autofire is a way too good (left right left right tactic)
-enemies should explode when you hit them in invicibility
-enemies are difficult to hit (without AF)
-game over should quit to the start screen
-on the start screen there should be a "press enter"
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Aye, they have changed, but for the better. If you look in the DirectX thread you can see me berating thegamefreak0134 for using VB6 techniques in VB.NETDragonwarrior333 wrote:I have vb.net though and there are some other things like file I/O that changed but maybe after this game i'll give ir a second chance and maybe go Active X
EDIT: Your download link doesn't work for me (bounces me back here, I guess some anti-hotlinking technique).
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My link works I tried it
Do you mind posting your ideas on the guestbook on my site? That is where I willl keep track of my suggestions
-I am very much aware that the health powerup replaces others which I will work on
-I know autofire is way to good maybe a delay or somthing?
-Good idea they should be destroyed
-I also know that enemies are harder to hit but the game will start off with less missles and then when you beat a boss or somthing you get a new weapon and then they are not so hard to hit
-Yes I know the gameover should probably say try again, so I will put that in the next one.
-I havent worked on that screen that much and I am going to put a menu in there
Thankyou for testing it so quickly
Do you mind posting your ideas on the guestbook on my site? That is where I willl keep track of my suggestions
-About the icon MegaSasquatch is working on it. I just needed a quick one to use, but thanks anyway.NanoWar wrote:Dragonwarrior333:
You might want to use: this icon? (it's 48x48 and 32x32 and 16x16)
Everything is working properly on my machine, hey!
Some things:
-health power ups shouldn't replace other power ups
-autofire is a way too good (left right left right tactic)
-enemies should explode when you hit them in invicibility
-enemies are difficult to hit (without AF)
-game over should quit to the start screen
-on the start screen there should be a "press enter"
-I am very much aware that the health powerup replaces others which I will work on
-I know autofire is way to good maybe a delay or somthing?
-Good idea they should be destroyed
-I also know that enemies are harder to hit but the game will start off with less missles and then when you beat a boss or somthing you get a new weapon and then they are not so hard to hit
-Yes I know the gameover should probably say try again, so I will put that in the next one.
-I havent worked on that screen that much and I am going to put a menu in there
Thankyou for testing it so quickly
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You do know that there is a limited time on the powerups so you only get it for a certian ammount of time or maybe that bar only goes down when you shootNanoWar wrote:About autofire:
You can make a power bar which decreases when you shoot and automatically fills with the time. (better than delay)
And Nano War im not shure if you saw the top of my other post but would you mind putting thoes suggestions in my guestbook on the site
Hmm I guess your right try pasting it into your browser: http://www.freewebs.com/dwarrior333/SpaceDodgers.exebenryves wrote:Even right-click save as prompts me to download/save the MaxCoderz 'viewtopic' file, not your EXE.Dragonwarrior333 wrote:My link works I tried it
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Its not it my password does not protect the file and not really the page eitherCompWiz wrote:The link works for me. It could be that it's password protected, and I've already typed the password in.
But it works when you copy and paste
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