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07-20-2005, 02:24 PM
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| Software Developer  Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: University of Waterloo
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| Just a random project Basically it sets up the DOS window so you have an 80x50 area (or 80x100 if you use the block character trick that I used for rendering the bitmaps) for rendering text to a buffer and swapping it to the screen really fast (I achieved about 900 fps on some computers with it in realtime mode). I've added support for a mouse and such, and I've done a couple random things, like print out an ASCII reference table. The cool thing I just finished though is a bitmap renderer using my Image Express library...it can load a bitmap and print it to the screen (using the available 16 colors) and does a somewhat decent job of it. Here's a screeny and some apps for you to play with. If you want code, feel free to ask and I'll post it. I might be doing a little tutorial thing on my site about this stuff, as it's fun to dabble with. These two attachments need to be renamed to .zip to be opened. Note: ImageLoader quits when you press a key, the ASCII table one has a + for the cursor. If you go in to full-screen (alt-enter) it works best. Last edited by jverkoey; 07-20-2005 at 02:26 PM. |
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07-20-2005, 02:24 PM
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| Screeny of the rendered bitmaps: |
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07-20-2005, 02:41 PM
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| Just added functionality for moving the bitmap on the screen and rolling the graphics around. I threw in a sin and cos wave to make it move around cool. I haven't efficienized it whatsoever, mind you, so it might run slow, but I used a Sleep function for really rudimentary frame limiting so it shouldn't go faster than what I tested it with, I know that for sure. It could go slower though if you have a computer worse than this crap one I'm using (667mhz). |
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07-20-2005, 03:15 PM
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| lol you got way too much free time on your hands... this could be usefull for something i had in mind but never bother doing.. |
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07-20-2005, 03:17 PM
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| It's called work, which oddly enough means free time. That's also the cool thing about working in an over-staffed computer help desk area as an intern.  |
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07-20-2005, 04:41 PM
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| nice work 
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07-20-2005, 06:56 PM
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| Looks very interesting, if and when you get articles/tutorials/give out code on your site, post about it/PM me 
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