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  • Are certain open-source licenses more suitable than others for career growth?

    - by Francisco Garcia
    As a software engineer/programmer myself, I love the possibility to download the code and learn from it. However building software is what brings food to my table. I have doubts regarding the type of license I should use for my own personal projects or when picking up one project to learn from. There are already many questions about licenses on Stackoverflow, but I would like to make this one much more specific. If your main profession and way of living is building software: which type of license do you find more useful for you? And I mean, the license that can benefit you most as a professional because it gives you more freedom to reuse the experience you gain. GPL is a great license to build communities because it forces you to give back your work. However I like BSD licenses because of their extra freedom. I know that if the code I am exploring is BSD licensed, I might be able to expand not only my skills, but also my programmer toolbox. Whenever I am working for a company, I might recall that something similar was done in another project and I will be able to copy or imitate certain part of the code. I know that there are religious wars regarding GPL vs BSD and it is not my intention to start one. Probably many companies already take snipsets from GPL projects anyway. I just want to insist in the factor of professional enrichment. I do not intend to discriminate any license. I said I prefer BSD licenses but I also use Linux because the user base is bigger and also the market demand.

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  • Performance issues in android game

    - by user1446632
    I am making an android game, but however, the game is functioning like it should, but i am experiencing some performance issues. I think it has something to do with the sound. Cause each time i touch the screen, it makes a sound. I am using the standard MediaPlayer. The method is onTouchEvent() and onPlaySound1(). Could you please help me with an alternate solution for playing the sound? Thank you so much in advance! It would be nice if you also came up with some suggestions on how i can improve my code. Take a look at my code here: package com.mycompany.mygame; import java.util.ArrayList; import android.content.Context; import android.content.Intent; import android.graphics.Bitmap; import android.graphics.BitmapFactory; import android.graphics.Canvas; import android.graphics.Color; import android.graphics.Paint; import android.media.MediaPlayer; import android.os.Handler; import android.os.Message; import android.util.Log; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.MenuInflater; import android.view.MenuItem; import android.view.MotionEvent; import android.view.SurfaceHolder; import android.view.SurfaceView; import android.view.View; import android.webkit.WebView; import android.widget.TextView; import android.widget.Toast; public class ExampleView extends SurfaceView implements SurfaceHolder.Callback { class ExampleThread extends Thread { private ArrayList<Parachuter> parachuters; private Bitmap parachuter; private Bitmap background; private Paint black; private boolean running; private SurfaceHolder mSurfaceHolder; private Context mContext; private Context mContext1; private Handler mHandler; private Handler mHandler1; private GameScreenActivity mActivity; private long frameRate; private boolean loading; public float x; public float y; public float x1; public float y1; public MediaPlayer mp1; public MediaPlayer mp2; public int parachuterIndexToResetAndDelete; public int canvasGetWidth; public int canvasGetWidth1; public int canvasGetHeight; public int livesLeftValue; public int levelValue = 1; public int levelValue1; public int parachutersDown; public int difficultySet; public boolean isSpecialAttackAvailible; public ExampleThread(SurfaceHolder sHolder, Context context, Handler handler) { mSurfaceHolder = sHolder; mHandler = handler; mHandler1 = handler; mContext = context; mActivity = (GameScreenActivity) context; parachuters = new ArrayList<Parachuter>(); parachuter = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.parachuteman); black = new Paint(); black.setStyle(Paint.Style.FILL); black.setColor(Color.GRAY); background = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(), R.drawable.gamescreenbackground); running = true; // This equates to 26 frames per second. frameRate = (long) (1000 / 26); loading = true; mp1 = MediaPlayer.create(getContext(), R.raw.bombsound); } @Override public void run() { while (running) { Canvas c = null; try { c = mSurfaceHolder.lockCanvas(); synchronized (mSurfaceHolder) { long start = System.currentTimeMillis(); doDraw(c); long diff = System.currentTimeMillis() - start; if (diff < frameRate) Thread.sleep(frameRate - diff); } } catch (InterruptedException e) { } finally { if (c != null) { mSurfaceHolder.unlockCanvasAndPost(c); } } } } protected void doDraw(Canvas canvas) { canvas.drawRect(0, 0, canvas.getWidth(), canvas.getHeight(), black); //Draw for (int i = 0; i < parachuters.size(); i++) { canvas.drawBitmap(parachuter, parachuters.get(i).getX(), parachuters.get(i).getY(), null); parachuters.get(i).tick(); } //Remove for (int i = 0; i < parachuters.size(); i++) { if (parachuters.get(i).getY() > canvas.getHeight()) { parachuters.remove(i); onPlaySound(); checkLivesLeftValue(); checkAmountOfParachuters(); } else if(parachuters.get(i).isTouched()) { parachuters.remove(i); } else{ //Do nothing } } } public void loadBackground(Canvas canvas) { //Load background canvas.drawBitmap(background, 0, 0, black); } public void checkAmountOfParachuters() { mHandler.post(new Runnable() { @Override public void run() { if(parachuters.isEmpty()) { levelValue = levelValue + 1; Toast.makeText(getContext(), "New level! " + levelValue, 15).show(); if (levelValue == 3) { drawParachutersGroup1(); drawParachutersGroup2(); drawParachutersGroup3(); drawParachutersGroup4(); } else if (levelValue == 5) { drawParachutersGroup1(); drawParachutersGroup2(); drawParachutersGroup3(); drawParachutersGroup4(); drawParachutersGroup5(); } else if (levelValue == 7) { drawParachutersGroup1(); drawParachutersGroup2(); drawParachutersGroup3(); drawParachutersGroup4(); drawParachutersGroup5(); drawParachutersGroup6(); } else if (levelValue == 9) { //Draw 7 groups of parachuters drawParachutersGroup1(); drawParachutersGroup2(); drawParachutersGroup3(); drawParachutersGroup4(); drawParachutersGroup5(); drawParachutersGroup6(); drawParachutersGroup1(); } else if (levelValue > 9) { //Draw 7 groups of parachuters drawParachutersGroup1(); drawParachutersGroup2(); drawParachutersGroup3(); drawParachutersGroup4(); drawParachutersGroup5(); drawParachutersGroup6(); drawParachutersGroup1(); } else { //Draw normal 3 groups of parachuters drawParachutersGroup1(); drawParachutersGroup2(); drawParachutersGroup3(); } } else { //Do nothing } } }); } private void checkLivesLeftValue() { mHandler.post(new Runnable() { @Override public void run() { Log.d("checkLivesLeftValue", "lives = " + livesLeftValue); // TODO Auto-generated method stub if (livesLeftValue == 3) { //Message to display: "You lost! Log.d("checkLivesLeftValue", "calling onMethod now"); parachuters.removeAll(parachuters); onMethod(); } else if (livesLeftValue == 2) { Toast.makeText(getContext(), "Lives left=1", 15).show(); livesLeftValue = livesLeftValue + 1; Log.d("checkLivesLeftValue", "increased lives to " + livesLeftValue); } else if (livesLeftValue == 1) { Toast.makeText(getContext(), "Lives left=2", 15).show(); livesLeftValue = livesLeftValue + 1; Log.d("checkLivesLeftValue", "increased lives to " + livesLeftValue); } else { //Set livesLeftValueText 3 Toast.makeText(getContext(), "Lives left=3", 15).show(); livesLeftValue = livesLeftValue + 1; Log.d("checkLivesLeftValue", "increased lives to " + livesLeftValue); } } }); } public void onMethod() { mHandler.post(new Runnable() { @Override public void run() { try { Toast.makeText(getContext(), "You lost!", 15).show(); livesLeftValue = 0; //Tell the user that he lost: android.content.Context ctx = mContext; Intent i = new Intent(ctx, playerLostMessageActivity.class); i.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK); i.putExtra("KEY","You got to level " + levelValue + " And you shot down " + parachutersDown + " parachuters"); i.putExtra("levelValue", levelValue); ctx.startActivity(i); System.exit(0); } catch (Exception e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); //Exit activity and start playerLostMessageActivity Toast.makeText(getContext(), "You lost!", 15).show(); livesLeftValue = 0; //Tell the user that he lost: android.content.Context ctx = mContext; Intent i = new Intent(ctx, playerLostMessageActivity.class); i.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK); i.putExtra("KEY","You got to level " + levelValue + " And you shot down " + parachutersDown + " parachuters"); i.putExtra("levelValue", levelValue); System.exit(0); ctx.startActivity(i); System.exit(0); } } }); } public void onPlaySound() { try { mp1.start(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); mp1.release(); } } public void onDestroy() { try { parachuters.removeAll(parachuters); mp1.stop(); mp1.release(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } public void onPlaySound1() { try { mp2 = MediaPlayer.create(getContext(), R.raw.airriflesoundeffect); mp2.start(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); mp2.release(); } } public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) { if (event.getAction() != MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN) releaseMediaPlayer(); x1 = event.getX(); y1 = event.getY(); checkAmountOfParachuters(); removeParachuter(); return false; } public void releaseMediaPlayer() { try { mp1.release(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } public void removeParachuter() { try { for (Parachuter p: parachuters) { if (x1 > p.getX() && x1 < p.getX() + parachuter.getWidth() && y1 > p.getY() && y1 < p.getY() + parachuter.getHeight()) { p.setTouched(true); onPlaySound1(); parachutersDown = parachutersDown + 1; p.setTouched(false); } } } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } public void initiateDrawParachuters() { drawParachutersGroup1(); } public void drawParachutersGroup1() { // TODO Auto-generated method stub //Parachuter group nr. 1 //Parachuter nr. 2 x = 75; y = 77; Parachuter p1 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p1); //Parachuter nr.1 x = 14; y = 28; Parachuter p = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p); //Parachuter nr. 3 x = 250; y = 94; Parachuter p3 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p3); //Parachuter nr. 3 x = 275; y = 80; Parachuter p2 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p2); //Parachuter nr. 5 x = 280; y = 163; Parachuter p5 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p5); x = 125; y = 118; Parachuter p4 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p4); //Parachuter nr. 7 x = 126; y = 247; Parachuter p7 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p7); //Parachuter nr. 6 x = 123; y = 77; Parachuter p6 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p6); } public void drawParachutersGroup2() { // TODO Auto-generated method stub //Parachuter group nr. 2 //Parachuter nr. 5 x = 153; y = 166; Parachuter p5 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p5); x = 133; y = 123; Parachuter p4 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p4); //Parachuter nr. 7 x = 170; y = 213; Parachuter p7 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p7); //Parachuter nr. 6 x = 190; y = 121; Parachuter p6 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p6); } public void drawParachutersGroup3() { // TODO Auto-generated method stub //Parachuter group nr. 3 //Parachuter nr. 2 x = 267; y = 115; Parachuter p1 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p1); //Parachuter nr.1 x = 255; y = 183; Parachuter p = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p); //Parachuter nr. 3 x = 170; y = 280; Parachuter p3 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p3); //Parachuter nr. 3 x = 116; y = 80; Parachuter p2 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p2); //Parachuter nr. 5 x = 67; y = 112; Parachuter p5 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p5); x = 260; y = 89; Parachuter p4 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p4); //Parachuter nr. 7 x = 260; y = 113; Parachuter p7 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p7); //Parachuter nr. 6 x = 178; y = 25; Parachuter p6 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p6); } public void drawParachutersGroup4() { // TODO Auto-generated method stub //Parachuter group nr. 1 //Parachuter nr. 2 x = 75; y = 166; Parachuter p1 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p1); //Parachuter nr.1 x = 118; y = 94; Parachuter p = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p); //Parachuter nr. 3 x = 38; y = 55; Parachuter p3 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p3); //Parachuter nr. 3 x = 57; y = 18; Parachuter p2 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p2); //Parachuter nr. 5 x = 67; y = 119; Parachuter p5 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p5); x = 217; y = 113; Parachuter p4 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p4); //Parachuter nr. 7 x = 245; y = 234; Parachuter p7 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p7); //Parachuter nr. 6 x = 239; y = 44; Parachuter p6 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p6); } public void drawParachutersGroup5() { // TODO Auto-generated method stub //Parachuter group nr. 1 //Parachuter nr. 2 x = 59; y = 120; Parachuter p1 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p1); //Parachuter nr.1 x = 210; y = 169; Parachuter p = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p); //Parachuter nr. 3 x = 199; y = 138; Parachuter p3 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p3); //Parachuter nr. 3 x = 22; y = 307; Parachuter p2 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p2); //Parachuter nr. 5 x = 195; y = 22; Parachuter p5 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p5); x = 157; y = 132; Parachuter p4 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p4); //Parachuter nr. 7 x = 150; y = 183; Parachuter p7 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p7); //Parachuter nr. 6 x = 130; y = 20; Parachuter p6 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p6); } public void drawParachutersGroup6() { // TODO Auto-generated method stub //Parachuter group nr. 1 //Parachuter nr. 2 x = 10; y = 10; Parachuter p1 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p1); //Parachuter nr.1 x = 20; y = 20; Parachuter p = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p); //Parachuter nr. 3 x = 30; y = 30; Parachuter p3 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p3); //Parachuter nr. 3 x = 60; y = 60; Parachuter p2 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p2); //Parachuter nr. 5 x = 90; y = 90; Parachuter p5 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p5); x = 120; y = 120; Parachuter p4 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p4); //Parachuter nr. 7 x = 150; y = 150; Parachuter p7 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p7); //Parachuter nr. 6 x = 180; y = 180; Parachuter p6 = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p6); } public void drawParachuters() { Parachuter p = new Parachuter(x, y); parachuters.add(p); Toast.makeText(getContext(), "x=" + x + " y=" + y, 15).show(); } public void setRunning(boolean bRun) { running = bRun; } public boolean getRunning() { return running; } } /** Handle to the application context, used to e.g. fetch Drawables. */ private Context mContext; /** Pointer to the text view to display "Paused.." etc. */ private TextView mStatusText; /** The thread that actually draws the animation */ private ExampleThread eThread; public ExampleView(Context context) { super(context); // register our interest in hearing about changes to our surface SurfaceHolder holder = getHolder(); holder.addCallback(this); // create thread only; it's started in surfaceCreated() eThread = new ExampleThread(holder, context, new Handler() { @Override public void handleMessage(Message m) { // mStatusText.setVisibility(m.getData().getInt("viz")); // mStatusText.setText(m.getData().getString("text")); } }); setFocusable(true); } @Override public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) { return eThread.onTouchEvent(event); } public ExampleThread getThread() { return eThread; } @Override public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder arg0, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub } public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) { if (eThread.getState() == Thread.State.TERMINATED) { eThread = new ExampleThread(getHolder(), getContext(), getHandler()); eThread.start(); } else { eThread.start(); } } @Override public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder holder) { boolean retry = true; eThread.setRunning(false); while (retry) { try { eThread.join(); retry = false; } catch (InterruptedException e) { } } } }

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  • Browser Detection

    - by Jrgns
    What's the best / simplest / most accurate way to detect the browser of a user? Ease of extendability and implementation is a plus. The less technologies used, the better. The solution can be server side, client side, or both. The results should eventually end up at the server, though. The solution can be framework agnostic. The solution will only be used for reporting purposes.

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  • Patching this Code to apply dynamic (iPhone) background position

    - by Brian
    I posted a question previously that got off topic, I'm reposting with better code that I have VERIFIED is compatible with iPhone (it works with mine anyway!) I just want to apply background-position coordinates to the body element and call the script conditionally for iPhone, iPod, & iPad. Here's my conditional call for those devices: var deviceAgent = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(); var agentID = deviceAgent.match(/(iphone|ipod|ipad)/); if (agentID) { // do something } else { //do this } Now, I've found this excellent script that sets the "top: x" dynamically on the basis of scroll position. Everyone has told me (and ALL of the tutorials and Google search results as well) that it's impossible to set scroll position dynamically for iPhone because of the viewport issue. HOWEVER, they are wrong because if you scroll to the bottom of the page and view this javascript demo on iPhone, you can scroll and the <div style="background-position: fixed; top: x (variable)"></div> div DOES stay centered on iPhone. I really hope this question helps alot of people, I thought it was impossible, but it's NOT... I just need help stitching it together! The original code (you can test it on iPhone yourself) is here: http://stevenbenner.com/2010/04/calculate-page-size-and-view-port-position-in-javascript/ So I just need help getting the following code to apply the dynamic "background-position: 0 x" to the BODY tag where x is centered and relative to the viewport position. Also, needs to be nested inside the above code that is conditional for iPhone and similar devices. // Page Size and View Port Dimension Tools // http://stevenbenner.com/2010/04/calculate-page-size-and-view-port-position-in-javascript/ if (!sb_windowTools) { var sb_windowTools = new Object(); }; sb_windowTools = { scrollBarPadding: 17, // padding to assume for scroll bars // EXAMPLE METHODS // center an element in the viewport centerElementOnScreen: function(element) { var pageDimensions = this.updateDimensions(); element.style.top = ((this.pageDimensions.verticalOffset() + this.pageDimensions.windowHeight() / 2) - (this.scrollBarPadding + element.offsetHeight / 2)) + 'px'; element.style.left = ((this.pageDimensions.windowWidth() / 2) - (this.scrollBarPadding + element.offsetWidth / 2)) + 'px'; element.style.position = 'absolute'; }, // INFORMATION GETTERS // load the page size, view port position and vertical scroll offset updateDimensions: function() { this.updatePageSize(); this.updateWindowSize(); this.updateScrollOffset(); }, // load page size information updatePageSize: function() { // document dimensions var viewportWidth, viewportHeight; if (window.innerHeight && window.scrollMaxY) { viewportWidth = document.body.scrollWidth; viewportHeight = window.innerHeight + window.scrollMaxY; } else if (document.body.scrollHeight > document.body.offsetHeight) { // all but explorer mac viewportWidth = document.body.scrollWidth; viewportHeight = document.body.scrollHeight; } else { // explorer mac...would also work in explorer 6 strict, mozilla and safari viewportWidth = document.body.offsetWidth; viewportHeight = document.body.offsetHeight; }; this.pageSize = { viewportWidth: viewportWidth, viewportHeight: viewportHeight }; }, // load window size information updateWindowSize: function() { // view port dimensions var windowWidth, windowHeight; if (self.innerHeight) { // all except explorer windowWidth = self.innerWidth; windowHeight = self.innerHeight; } else if (document.documentElement && document.documentElement.clientHeight) { // explorer 6 strict mode windowWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth; windowHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight; } else if (document.body) { // other explorers windowWidth = document.body.clientWidth; windowHeight = document.body.clientHeight; }; this.windowSize = { windowWidth: windowWidth, windowHeight: windowHeight }; }, // load scroll offset information updateScrollOffset: function() { // viewport vertical scroll offset var horizontalOffset, verticalOffset; if (self.pageYOffset) { horizontalOffset = self.pageXOffset; verticalOffset = self.pageYOffset; } else if (document.documentElement && document.documentElement.scrollTop) { // Explorer 6 Strict horizontalOffset = document.documentElement.scrollLeft; verticalOffset = document.documentElement.scrollTop; } else if (document.body) { // all other Explorers horizontalOffset = document.body.scrollLeft; verticalOffset = document.body.scrollTop; }; this.scrollOffset = { horizontalOffset: horizontalOffset, verticalOffset: verticalOffset }; }, // INFORMATION CONTAINERS // raw data containers pageSize: {}, windowSize: {}, scrollOffset: {}, // combined dimensions object with bounding logic pageDimensions: { pageWidth: function() { return sb_windowTools.pageSize.viewportWidth > sb_windowTools.windowSize.windowWidth ? sb_windowTools.pageSize.viewportWidth : sb_windowTools.windowSize.windowWidth; }, pageHeight: function() { return sb_windowTools.pageSize.viewportHeight > sb_windowTools.windowSize.windowHeight ? sb_windowTools.pageSize.viewportHeight : sb_windowTools.windowSize.windowHeight; }, windowWidth: function() { return sb_windowTools.windowSize.windowWidth; }, windowHeight: function() { return sb_windowTools.windowSize.windowHeight; }, horizontalOffset: function() { return sb_windowTools.scrollOffset.horizontalOffset; }, verticalOffset: function() { return sb_windowTools.scrollOffset.verticalOffset; } } };

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  • PHP Session variable isset(..)=1 after session_start()

    - by Nicsoft
    Hello! I guess I am not understanding the scope of session variables, or the session itself, in PHP, hence this question: This is my code if(!session_id()==""){ echo "Getting rid of session"."</br>"; session_destroy(); } echo "Before session_start(): ".isset($_SESSION["first_date_of_week"])."</br>"; session_start(); echo "After session_start(): ".isset($_SESSION["first_date_of_week"])." ".$_SESSION["first_date_of_week"]->format("Y-m-d")."</br>"; The output is: Before session_start(): After session_start(): 1 2011-01-09 How come that when doing the isset(..) on the session variable it is set directly after starting the session, even though I haven't even used it or set it yet? It does, however, still have the same value as before. Also, session_id()="" since the if-clause is never triggered. I never kill the session, how come it is set to ""? I.e. I refresh the page and expects the session to still be alive. Using the isset(..) function is then pretty useless testing if it has been set already... Thanks in advance! /Niklas

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  • Career Path Choices (Education)

    - by sandy101
    I am in the final year of bca from md university. I am not sure with my career and very confused with the question of should I do MCA or MBA? Can any one help me on this question? I want to know the options available to me, and I also want to know the various colleges which provide MCA and what are the further prospects thereafter!

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  • What is an efficient way to find a non-colliding rectangle nearest to a location

    - by hyn
    For a 2D game I am working on, I am using y axis sorting in a simple rectangle-based collision detection. This is working fine, and now I want to find the nearest empty rectangle at a given location with a given size, efficiently. How can I do this? Is there an algorithm? I could think of a simple brute force grid test (with each grid the size of the empty space we're looking for) but obviously this is slow and not even a complete test.

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  • Actionscript 2.0 Functions problem

    - by Joshua
    I have two problems. The first problem is with the following functions; when I call the function in (enterFrame), it doesn't work: onClipEvent (load) { function failwhale(levelNum) { _root.gotoAndStop("fail"); failFrom = levelNum; } function guardSightCollision(guardName, guardSightName) { if (_root.guardName.guardSightName.hitTest(_x, _y+radius, true)) { failwhale(1); } if (_root.guardName.guardSightName.hitTest(_x, _y-radius, true)) { failwhale(1); } if (_root.guardName.guardSightName.hitTest(_x-radius, _y, true)) { failwhale(1); } if (_root.guardName.guardSightName.hitTest(_x+radius, _y, true)) { failwhale(1); } } } onClipEvent (enterFrame) { guardSightCollision(guard1, guard1Sight); } Why doesn't it work?... The second problem lies in the failFrom variable: function failwhale(levelNum) { _root.gotoAndStop("fail"); failFrom = levelNum; } How do I make failFrom a "global" variable in that it can be accessed anywhere (from actionscript in frames and even movieclips)...Right now, when I try to trace failFrom in a different frame, it is "undefined".

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  • Where to go from PHP?

    - by dabito
    I'm a seasoned PHP programmer and I really like the way it works and find it very fun to work with (performance could be improved and some functions renamed, but nothing too serious). However, I took a java seminar and now Im very interested in using GWT for upcomming projects, although I think the learning curve can be steep. Should I really go through with this change (PHP JAVA)? Where to begin?

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  • Javascript game with css position

    - by newb125505
    I am trying to make a very simple helicopter game in javascript and I'm currently using css positions to move the objects. but I wanted to know if there was a better/other method for moving objects (divs) when a user is pressing a button here's a code i've got so far.. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Game 2 helicopter</title> <script type="text/javascript"> function num(x){ return parseInt(x.replace(/([^0-9]+)/g,'')); } function getPos(x, y){ var inum=Math.floor(Math.random()*(y+1-x)) + x; inum=inum; return inum; } function setTop(x,y){ x.style.top = y+'px'; } function setBot(x,y){ x.style.bottom = y+'px'; } function setLeft(x,y){ x.style.left = y+'px'; } function setRight(x,y){ x.style.right = y+'px'; } function getTop(x){ return num(x.style.top); } function getBot(x){ return num(x.style.bottom); } function getLeft(x){ return num(x.style.left); } function getRight(x){ return num(x.style.right); } function moveLeft(x,y){ var heli = document.getElementById('heli'); var obj = document.getElementById('obj'); var poss = [20,120,350,400]; var r_pos = getPos(1,4); var rand_pos = poss[r_pos]; xleft = getLeft(x)-y; if(xleft>0){ xleft=xleft; } else{ xleft=800; setTop(x,rand_pos); } setLeft(x,xleft); setTimeout(function(){moveLeft(x,y)},10); checkGame(heli,obj); } var heli; var obj; function checkGame(x,y){ var obj_right = getLeft(x) + 100; var yt = getTop(y); var yb = (getTop(y)+100); if(getTop(x) >= yt && getTop(x) <= yb && obj_right==getLeft(y)){ endGame(); } } function func(){ var x = document.getElementById('heli'); var y = document.getElementById('obj'); alert(getTop(x)+' '+getTop(y)+' '+(getTop(y)+200)); } function startGame(e){ document.getElementById('park').style.display='block'; document.getElementById('newgame').style.display='none'; heli = document.getElementById('heli'); obj = document.getElementById('obj'); hp = heli.style.top; op = obj.style.top; setTop(heli,20); setLeft(heli,20); setLeft(obj,800); setTop(obj,20); moveLeft(obj,5); } function newGameLoad(){ document.getElementById('park').style.display='none'; document.getElementById('newgame').style.display='block'; } function gamePos(e){ heli = document.getElementById('heli'); obj = document.getElementById('obj'); var keynum; var keychar; var numcheck; if(window.event){ // IE keynum = e.keyCode; } else if(e.which){ // Netscape/Firefox/Opera keynum = e.which; } keychar = String.fromCharCode(keynum); // up=38 down=40 left=37 right=39 /*if(keynum==37){ //left tl=tl-20; db.style.left = tl + 'px'; } if(keynum==39){ //right //stopPos(); tl=tl+20; db.style.left = tl + 'px'; }*/ curb = getTop(heli); if(keynum==38){ //top setTop(heli,curb-10); //alert(curb+10); } if(keynum==40){ //bottom setTop(heli,curb+10); //alert(curb-10); } } function endGame(){ clearTimeout(); newGameLoad(); } </script> <style type="text/css"> .play{position:absolute;color:#fff;} #heli{background:url(http://classroomclipart.com/images/gallery/Clipart/Transportation/Helicopter/TN_00-helicopter2.jpg);width:150px;height:59px;} #obj{background:red;width:20px;height:200px;} .park{height:550px;border:5px solid brown;border-left:none;border-right:none;} #newgame{display:none;} </style> </head> <body onload="startGame();" onkeydown="gamePos(event);"> <div class="park" id="park"> <div id="heli" class="play"></div> <div id="obj" class="play"></div> </div> <input type="button" id="newgame" style="position:absolute;top:25%;left:25%;" onclick="startGame();" value="New Game" /> </body> </html>

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  • Developing and deploying games for Windows, Mac (& Linux)

    - by nornagon
    I want to write games that run on all the major platforms. I also want people to be able to play them by downloading a file and double clicking it. That means a single .exe/.app file. I'm happy to use OpenGL directly for graphics. What I don't know how to do is show a window, handle mouse/keyboard input and play sounds in a cross-platform manner. I don't really mind what the underlying language is, as long as it isn't C++ or Java. C#, Ruby or Python would be preferable, in that order :) Please, SO, save me from having to write Flash games!

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  • Which jQuery/css menu library for working with ASP.NET TreeView or Menu controls.

    - by ProfK
    I'm looking for a good jQuery or CSS, or combo, library to enance my left side menu in an an intranet application. I don't like the 'hover only' expand/collapse style of the ASP.NET Menu control on its own, and I don't like the 'icon-click only' expand/collapse style of the TreeView control on its own. I plan on trying the CSS Control Adapters, to render the menu with some self-respect, i.e. as nested <ul> or <ol> elements instead of the usual orgy of tables. Beyond that, I need something to give a bit of style and menulike behaviour to these nested lists, and I would prefer a jQuery plugin for this. Which should I use?

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  • How is the "click to view more" function implemented?

    - by bobo
    We often see websites that display first few lines of an article and then append ... [More] so that people who are interested in can click on it to view the full article. To implement this functionality, we first need to find out where the article text should be cut to append the ... [More]. Since there must be some HTML/ CSS coupled with the article text, we must remember to ignore them when calculating the length of the text. But there is something I just can't figure it out, if more than one language is mixed in the first few lines of the article text, the length of the text will be very difficult to calculate since the characters can be of variable length. How should we solve this problem?

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  • Conceptually, how does replay work in a game?

    - by SnOrfus
    I was kind of curious as to how replay might be implemented in a game. Initially, I thought that there would be just a command list of every player/ai action that was taken in the game, and it then 're-plays' the game and lets the engine render as usual. However, I have looked at replays in FPS/RTS games, and upon careful inspection even things like the particles and graphical/audible glitches are consistent (and those glitches are generally *in*consistent). So How does this happen. In fixed camera angle games I though it might just write every frame of the whole scene to a stream that gets stored and then just replays the stream back, but that doesn't seem like enough for games that allow you to pause and move the camera around. You'd have to store the locations of everything in the scene at all points in time (No?). So for things like particles, that's a lot of data to push which seems like a significant draw on the game's performance whilst playing.

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  • How to get colliding effect or bouncy when ball hits the track.

    - by Chandan Shetty SP
    I am using below formula to move the ball circular, where accelX and accelY are the values from accelerometer, it is working fine. But the problem in this code is mRadius (I fixed its value to 50), i need to change mRadius according to accelerometer values and also i need bouncing effect when it touches the track. Currently i am developing code by assuming only one ball is on the board. float degrees = -atan2(accelX, accelY) * 180 / 3.14159; int x = cCentrePoint.x + mRadius * cos(degreesToRadians(degrees)); int y = cCentrePoint.y + mRadius * sin(degreesToRadians(degrees)); Here is the snap of the game i want to develop: Updated: I am sending the updated code... mRadius = 5; mRange = NSMakeRange(0,60); -(void) updateBall: (UIAccelerationValue) accelX withY:(UIAccelerationValue)accelY { float degrees = -atan2(accelX, accelY) * 180 / 3.14159; int x = cCentrePoint.x + mRadius * cos(degreesToRadians(degrees)); int y = cCentrePoint.y + mRadius * sin(degreesToRadians(degrees)); //self.targetRect is rect of ball Object self.targetRect = CGRectMake(newX, newY, 8, 9); self.currentRect = self.targetRect; //http://books.google.co.in/books?id=WV9glgdrrrUC&pg=PA455#v=onepage&q=&f=false static NSDate *lastDrawTime; if(lastDrawTime!=nil) { NSTimeInterval secondsSinceLastDraw = -([lastDrawTime timeIntervalSinceNow]); ballXVelocity = ballXVelocity + (accelX * secondsSinceLastDraw) * [self isTouchedTrack:mRadius andRange:mRange]; ballYVelocity = ballYVelocity + -(accelY * secondsSinceLastDraw) * [self isTouchedTrack:mRadius andRange:mRange]; distXTravelled = distXTravelled + secondsSinceLastDraw * ballXVelocity * 50; distYTravelled = distYTravelled + secondsSinceLastDraw * ballYVelocity * 50; CGRect temp = self.targetRect; temp.origin.x += distXTravelled; temp.origin.y += distYTravelled; int radius = (temp.origin.x - cCentrePoint.x) / cos(degreesToRadians(degrees)); if( !NSLocationInRange(abs(radius),mRange)) { //Colided with the tracks...Need a better logic here ballXVelocity = -ballXVelocity; } else { // Need a better logic here self.targetRect = temp; } //NSLog(@"angle = %f",degrees); } [lastDrawTime release]; lastDrawTime = [ [NSDate alloc] init]; } In the above code i have initialized mRadius and mRange(indicate track) to some constant for testing, i am not getting the moving of the ball as i expected( bouncing effect when Collided with track ) with respect to accelerometer. Help me to recognize where i went wrong or send some code snippets or links which does the similar job. I am searching for better logic than my code, if you found share with me.

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  • How many pages can i add to a new website without going to the google sandbox ?

    - by François
    Hello there, I'm about to open a new website wich have 15.000 pages (ecommerce store). Of course, i will not publish all this pages at the same time, but i'm looking for infos on how much pages should i start with without going to the sandbox. For example, could i start with a 50 pages website or is it too much ? Then, have you an idea (i know there's no precises rules here) what's the frenquency / volume of pages i could add later ? (50 pages / a day is it ok ?) Thank you very much for your advice, and sorry for my english :-)

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  • Would you take a paycut [closed]

    - by arinte
    I make 90K doing JEE5 (it is open I can use any tech I want which is nice) but don't like what I am doing to because it is too hw related. I have an offer for 88K and a bonus that would be 10% (almost assured) that I would guess would be paid in the 4th quarter. It is a j2ee, supposed to be moving to jee5 and there are no hw dependencies (banking type work). I think I would be interested, but I have always been told you do not take a pay cut and don't move laterally (go to another job at the same pay). I have been on other interviews but this is the only one that has panned out. Also with the current job there is 401k match, but with the new one there is 401k also and a pension. What would you do?

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  • How do games move around objects (in general)

    - by user146780
    I'm sure there's not just 1 answer to this but, do game engines actually change the vectors in memory, or use gltransformations? Because pushing and popping the matrix all the time seems inefficient, but if you keep modifying the verticies you cant make use of display lists. So I'm wondering how it's done in general. Thanks

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  • XNA how to organize code with game components (managers)

    - by Johannes
    XNA If I have a button class, and I have a buttonManager class that manages what buttons to be drawn to the screen depending on what the current game state is (main menu, in game, etc), how do I organize my code so that when I click on a button, it takes the user to a different screen. (ex. options menu, ingame). To be more specific, if I were to put the check to see if the user clicks on the button within the buttonManager how would I have the game switch and run the actual game (which is in an entire different class)? Main gameclass buttonManager game component (adds buttons) Button class

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