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[Core Xii]

Incidentally, anyone who does a lot of programming should seriously consider using an editor that can map any operation across multiple lines. The easiest way in most editors is to use a macro. Go to the start of the first line, start recording, do whatever it is, move to the start of the next line, then stop recording. Now replaying the macro will get your task done. (Start, stop and replay should be bound to single keystrokes.)

Notepad++ does have macros, but I don't find any use for it. The only multi-line operation I usually have to do is indenting.

[Chris Z]

Incidentally, anyone who does a lot of programming should seriously consider using an editor that can map any operation across multiple lines. The easiest way in most editors is to use a macro. Go to the start of the first line, start recording, do whatever it is, move to the start of the next line, then stop recording. Now replaying the macro will get your task done. (Start, stop and replay should be bound to single keystrokes.)

gVIM! 

[Kekskiller]

I discovered the useful aspects of templated one-structure-lists! Now I can make the most weird list handlings ever in the world! Oh shit, I love C++.

Code:

template<class D> struct item
{
  item<D>* nxt;
  item<D>* prv;
  D data;
  
  item<D> ();
  item<D> (D d);
  item<D> (item<D>* p, item<D>* n);
  item<D> (item<D>* p, item<D>* n, D d);
  itemtype type();
  void cut();
  void tear();
};

I wonder why I haven't used that before...

[nihilocrat]

Congrats all 'round to all ye programmers who have participated in the Cockpit Compo!

Revel in the ability to spend your spare time /playing/ games instead of having to /work on/ them.

[Chris Z]

Congrats all 'round to all ye programmers who have participated in the Cockpit Compo!

Revel in the ability to spend your spare time /playing/ games instead of having to /work on/ them.

Tell me about it!  Can't wait to get home and play SF4 and WoW all night.

Personally, I think this community is incredible for just pumping out so many games.  A few people weren't in their comfort zone with 3D but still jumped on this competition.  I'm relatively new to TIGS but I already love it sooo much better than a certain other site (rhymes with "mainsev.met") where all they do is talk technique and theory and have ego battles.  People really get their hands dirty here and produce some quality stuff.

 

[genericuser]

Today, I finally gave up trying to use PyGame for doing MP3s, and started using (compressed) WAVs instead.

It didn't affect the size of my game that much, and I don't have to worry about Python dependencies any more! 

[Core Xii]

Today, I finally gave up trying to use PyGame for doing MP3s, and started using (compressed) WAVs instead.

MP3 is compressed WAV, so I wonder what you're using now.

[Zaknafein]

He probably meant ADPCM or other cheap lossless compression inside WAV containers...

As for me, I'm happy that the Xbox 360 GPU is ridiculously fast compared to PCs I tested.

[Business Bear]

gVIM!

[genericuser]

Today, I finally gave up trying to use PyGame for doing MP3s, and started using (compressed) WAVs instead.

MP3 is compressed WAV, so I wonder what you're using now.

Oops, meant lower-quality WAVs (i.e. not 44khz stereo) 

[Gold Cray]

I laid out all of my classes for this game before I started making them instead of just coming up with things as I go like I normally do. I've only just started implementing them, but I can already tell that things are going to go more quickly and smoothly than normal, and it's really nice having some idea of how everything will fit together before I start. I am a happy programmer.

[Cymon]

I laid out all of my classes for this game before I started making them instead of just coming up with things as I go like I normally do. I've only just started implementing them, but I can already tell that things are going to go more quickly and smoothly than normal, and it's really nice having some idea of how everything will fit together before I start. I am a happy programmer.

I know that's the way it's supposed to be done, but I've never managed to pull it off. Should have for ASCIIpOrtal, I did enough planning, but I still didn't. Ah well.

[Business Bear]

Using UML to describe your programs can be very helpful!  I like to make class diagrams that show high level interactions first, and then get started programming.

Once the "framework" code comes together, I'll go back and create some more detailed class diagrams for each of the components.

[bigbossSNK]

Bear, care to give us a suggestion on a program you use for UML?

[Business Bear]

Sure!  I'm using OmniGraffle Pro at the moment, which I believe is Mac only.

Back when I was a Windows user, I used Microsoft Visio.

I'm currently looking for something open source for Linux, but I haven't really looked that hard yet.

[David Pittman]

I finally got my AI behavior trees to a state where there's a real playable combat loop. It's not quite fun yet, but it works well and is a decent "straw man" to test and improve upon.

[Alex May]

Sometimes you get on to a task and it takes ages because you engineered it badly in the first place and the thought of reprogramming it makes you gag. Other times, like tonight, you can just write loads of code and it all flows naturally and easily, and you can get nice things done quickly. I think a big part of it is focus, you have to be in the right frame of mind as well as have code you are familiar with and that isn't all hacked together.

[TeaAndBiscuits]

I love the way this forum embraces OOP and modern programming techniques like scriptin and markup languages.

I salute you. One and all.
 

-T&B

[Alex2x]

Perhaps programming trends are cyclical, and in 20 years everyone will code procedurally once again

[increpare]

I love the way this forum embraces OOP and modern programming techniques like scriptin and markup languages.

And how we're simultaneously open to more old-school languages, right?

[planning on having a lispy week here next week, and thoroughly looking forward to it ]