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• Overloading framework methods in objective-c, or retaining local changes with framework updates.

  - by Jeff B

  I am using cocos2d to build an iPhone game. It's mostly done, but along the way I came across some things that I would like to handle better. I am fairly new to Objective C, and honestly I do more Perl scripting in my day-to-day job than anything, so my C skills are a little rusty. One of them is the fact that I have modified cocos2d files for some specific cases in my game. However, when I update to a new version, I have to manually pull my changes forward. So, the question is, what is the best way to deal with this? Some options I have thought of: Overload/redefine the cocos2d classes. I was under the impression that I cannot overload existing class functions, so I don't think this will work. Create patches that I re-apply after library updates. I don't think this will work as the new files won't necessarily be the same as the old ones, and if they were, I could just copy the whole file forward. Turn in my changes to Cocos2d. Not an option as my changes are very specific to my application. Am I missing something obvious? UPDATE: I will explain what I am doing to be more clear. Cocos2d has a CCNode object, which can contain children, etc. I added a shadow, which is very similar to a child, but handled a little differently. The shadow has an offset from the parent, and translates with it's parent, rotates around it's own center when the parent rotates, etc. The shadow is not included as a true child, however, so given the correct z-index, the shadows can render under ALL other objects, but still move with the parent. To do this I added addShadow functions to CCNode, and modified the setPosition and setRotate functions to move the shadowSprite: CCNode.m: -(id) init { if ((self=[super init]) ) { ... shadowSprite_ = nil; ... } } ... -(BOOL) addShadow: (CCNode*) child offset: (CGPoint) offset { shadowSprite_ = child; shadowSprite_.position = CGPointMake(position_.x+offset.x, position_.y+offset.y); return YES; } ... -(void) setRotation: (float)newRotation { rotation_ = newRotation; isTransformDirty_ = isInverseDirty_ = YES; if(shadowSprite_) { [shadowSprite_ setRotation: newRotation]; } } There is more, of course, including the prototypes in the .h file, but that is the basics. I don't think I need shadowSprite to be a property, because I don't need to access it after it has been added.

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• How do we know when we know the language well enough?

  - by tushar

  I have recently finished understanding the basics of C++ and I was wondering how I can be assured that I have reached the level I want to reach. Is there any site where one can take tests to know if he knows enough?

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• Learning to write organized and modular programs

  - by Peter

  I'm a computer science student, and I'm just starting to write relatively larger programs for my coursework (between 750 - 1500 lines). Up until now, it's been possible to get by with any reasonable level of modularization and object oriented design. However, now that I'm writing more complex code for my assignments I'd like to learn to write better code. Can anyone point me in the direction of some resources for learning about what sort of things to look for when designing your program's architecture so that you can make it as modularized as possible?

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• Which parts of Graphics Pipelines are done using CPU & GPU?

  - by afriza

  Which parts of pipelines are done using CPU and which are done using GPU? Reading Wikipedia on Graphics Pipeline, maybe my question does not precisely represent what I am asking. Referring to this question, which "steps" are done in CPU and which are done in GPU? Edit: My question is more into which parts of logical high level steps needed to display terrain+3D models are using CPU/GPU instead of which functions.

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• Getting logging.debug() to work on Google App Engine/Python

  - by brainjam

  I'm just getting started on building a Python app for Google App Engine. In the localhost environment I'm trying to send debug info to the GoogleAppEngineLauncher Log Console via logging.debug(), but it isn't showing up. However, anything sent through, say, logging.info() or logging.error() does show up. I've tried a logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG) before the logging.debug(), but to no avail. What am I missing?

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• Optimising movement on hex grid

  - by Mloren

  I am making a turn based hex-grid game. The player selects units and moves them across the hex grid. Each tile in the grid is of a particular terrain type (eg desert, hills, mountains, etc) and each unit type has different abilities when it comes to moving over the terrain (e.g. some can move over mountains easily, some with difficulty and some not at all). Each unit has a movement value and each tile takes a certain amount of movement based on its terrain type and the unit type. E.g it costs a tank 1 to move over desert, 4 over swamp and cant move at all over mountains. Where as a flying unit moves over everything at a cost of 1. The issue I have is that when a unit is selected, I want to highlight an area around it showing where it can move, this means working out all the possible paths through the surrounding hexes, how much movement each path will take and lighting up the tiles based on that information. I got this working with a recursive function and found it took too long to calculate, I moved the function into a thread so that it didn't block the game but still it takes around 2 seconds for the thread to calculate the moveable area for a unit with a move of 8. Its over a million recursions which obviously is problematic. I'm wondering if anyone has an clever ideas on how I can optimize this problem. Here's the recursive function I'm currently using (its C# btw): private void CalcMoveGridRecursive(int nCenterIndex, int nMoveRemaining) { //List of the 6 tiles adjacent to the center tile int[] anAdjacentTiles = m_ThreadData.m_aHexData[nCenterIndex].m_anAdjacentTiles; foreach(int tileIndex in anAdjacentTiles) { //make sure this adjacent tile exists if(tileIndex == -1) continue; //How much would it cost the unit to move onto this adjacent tile int nMoveCost = m_ThreadData.m_anTerrainMoveCost[(int)m_ThreadData.m_aHexData[tileIndex].m_eTileType]; if(nMoveCost != -1 && nMoveCost <= nMoveRemaining) { //Make sure the adjacent tile isnt already in our list. if(!m_ThreadData.m_lPassableTiles.Contains(tileIndex)) m_ThreadData.m_lPassableTiles.Add(tileIndex); //Now check the 6 tiles surrounding the adjacent tile we just checked (it becomes the new center). CalcMoveGridRecursive(tileIndex, nMoveRemaining - nMoveCost); } } } At the end of the recursion, m_lPassableTiles contains a list of the indexes of all the tiles that the unit can possibly reach and they are made to glow. This all works, it just takes too long. Does anyone know a better approach to this?

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• Tool to validate HTTP responses?

  - by Earlz

  Hello, I'm going to be messing with some stuff at the raw HTTP level during the next few days and I'd like to make sure I'm following the standard as close as possible. Are there any tools out there to validate the HTTP responses that my server puts out to make sure they conform to the specification?

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• Can anyone recommend a decent tool for optimizing images other than Photoshop

  - by toomanyairmiles

  Can anyone recommend a decent tool for optimising images other than adobe photoshop, the gimp etc? I'm looking to optimise images for the web preferably online and free. Basically I have a client who can't install additional software on their work PC but needs to optimise photographs and other images for their website and is presently uploading 1 or 2 Mb files. On a personal level I'm interested to see what other people are using...

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• How easy is it to write a Flash app and what tools are needed?

  - by J Lynch

  I have been wanting to learn to write a Flash app so that it can be embedded inside a webpage. But is it hard to write one, say, just to show a circle bouncing around the walls of the 4 sides of the Flash window (no gravity, but just like the dot in the game "Pong"), and what tools are needed (and are they free?). Thanks very much.

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• How can I specify how many levels deep the timespan() function in Codeigniter should go?

  - by Shamoon

  I'm using Codeigniter's "timespan()" function to give a human readable phrase of how much time has elapsed since an event: "5 days, 3 hours, 12 minutes, 1 second", but I don't need to go down to the minute or second level. Is there any way to turn that off?

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• Change the background image in cocos2d

  - by Viral

  Hi all, I am making a game using cocos2d. in that I want to change the background after each second of time. I don't know how to do this in cocos2d. I am having 15 different images and one by one each image will be shown, i.e. after1 second next image will appear. I am new to cocos2d so, If any one can help me??? thank you in advance to all.

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• ArgumentError: Error #1063: Argument count mismatch on com.flashden::MenuItem(). Expected 1, got 0.

  - by Suzanne

  I keep getting the below error only in firefox ArgumentError: Error #1063: Argument count mismatch on com.flashden::MenuItem(). Expected 1, got 0. at flash.display::Sprite/constructChildren() at flash.display::Sprite() at flash.display::MovieClip() at com.flashden::Preview() Below is my menu script: package com.flashden { import flash.display.MovieClip; import flash.text.; import flash.events.MouseEvent; import flash.events.; import flash.net.URLRequest; import flash.display.Loader; public class MenuItem extends MovieClip { private var scope; public var closedX :Number public static const OPEN_MENU = "openMenu"; function callLink(event:MouseEvent):void { public function MenuItem(scope) { // set scope to talk back to -------------------------------// this.scope = scope; // disable all items not to be clickable -------------------// txt_label.mouseEnabled = false; menuItemShine.mouseEnabled = false; menuItemArrow.mouseEnabled = false; // make background clip the item to be clicked (button) ----// menuItemBG.buttonMode = true; // add click event listener to the header background -------// menuItemBG.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler); } private function clickHandler (e:MouseEvent) { scope.openMenuItem(this); } public function loadContent (contentURL:String) { var loader:Loader = new Loader(); configureListeners(loader.contentLoaderInfo); var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(contentURL); loader.load(request); // place x position of content at the bottom of the header so the top is not cut off ----// loader.x = 35; // we add the content at level 1, because the background clip is at level 0 ----// addChildAt(loader, 0); } private function configureListeners(dispatcher:IEventDispatcher):void { dispatcher.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler); dispatcher.addEventListener(HTTPStatusEvent.HTTP_STATUS, httpStatusHandler); dispatcher.addEventListener(Event.INIT, initHandler); dispatcher.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioErrorHandler); dispatcher.addEventListener(Event.OPEN, openHandler); dispatcher.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, progressHandler); dispatcher.addEventListener(Event.UNLOAD, unLoadHandler); } private function completeHandler(event:Event):void { //trace("completeHandler: " + event); // remove loader animation ----------------// removeChild(getChildByName("mc_preloader")); } private function httpStatusHandler(event:HTTPStatusEvent):void { // trace("httpStatusHandler: " + event); } private function initHandler(event:Event):void { //trace("initHandler: " + event); } private function ioErrorHandler(event:IOErrorEvent):void { //trace("ioErrorHandler: " + event); } private function openHandler(event:Event):void { //trace("openHandler: " + event); } private function progressHandler(event:ProgressEvent):void { //trace("progressHandler: bytesLoaded=" + event.bytesLoaded + " bytesTotal=" + event.bytesTotal); } private function unLoadHandler(event:Event):void { //trace("unLoadHandler: " + event); } } } Any idea why this is happening?

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• Can i use jmonkeyengine on android?

  - by Rafael

  Hi, i', trying to make a simple 3d game for android, and i want to use jmonkeyengine, Can i do this? How can i do it? Someboy can show me an example? thanks!!!

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• JavaScript Encapsulation / JQuery

  - by Chris

  I am trying to figure out how to keep my page variables in my application from being defined globally. I've come up with a few methods but am wondering if there is a general standard approach people use. I've got my plugin design pattern down using this approach: http://www.virgentech.com/blog/2009/10/building-object-oriented-jquery-plugin.html. But I'm just not sure how to handle my page level encapsulation.

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• C++ 2d Array Class Function Call Help

  - by johnny-conrad

  I hope this question takes a simple fix, and I am just missing something very small. I am in my second semester of C++ in college, and we are just getting into OOP. This is my first OOP program, and it is causing me a little problem. Here are the errors I am getting: Member function must be called or its address taken in function displayGrid(int,Cell ( *)[20]) Member function must be called or its address taken in function Turn(int,int,Cell ( *)[20]) Member function must be called or its address taken in function Turn(int,int,Cell ( *)[20]) Warning: Parameter 'grid' is never used in function displayGrid(int,Cell ( *)[20]) Here is all of my code. I am aware It is much more code than necessary, sorry if it makes it more difficult. I was worried that I might accidentally delete something. const int MAX=20; //Struct Cell holds player and their symbol. class Cell { private: int Player; char Symbol; public: Cell(void); void setPlayer(int); void setSymbol(char); int getPlayer(void); char getSymbol(void); }; Cell::Cell(void) { Symbol ='-'; } void Cell::setPlayer(int player_num) { Player = player_num; } void Cell::setSymbol(char rps) { Symbol = rps; } int Cell::getPlayer(void) { return Player; } char Cell::getSymbol(void) { return Symbol; } void Turn(int, int, Cell[MAX][MAX]); void displayGrid(int, Cell[MAX][MAX]); void main(void) { int size; cout << "How big would you like the grid to be: "; cin >> size; //Checks to see valid grid size while(size>MAX || size<3) { cout << "Grid size must between 20 and 3." << endl; cout << "Please re-enter the grid size: "; cin >> size; } int cnt=1; int full; Cell grid[MAX][MAX]; //I use full to detect when the game is over by squaring size. full = size*size; cout << "Starting a new game." << endl; //Exits loop when cnt reaches full. while(cnt<full+1) { displayGrid(size, grid); //calls function to display grid if(cnt%2==0) //if cnt is even then it's 2nd players turn cout << "Player 2's turn." << endl; else cout << "Player 1's turn" << endl; Turn(size, cnt, grid); //calls Turn do each players turn cnt++; } cout << endl; cout << "Board is full... Game Over" << endl; } void displayGrid(int size, Cell grid[MAX][MAX]) { cout << endl; cout << " "; for(int x=1; x<size+1; x++) // prints first row cout << setw(3) << x; // of numbers. cout << endl; //Nested-For prints the grid. for(int i=1; i<size+1; i++) { cout << setw(2) << i; for(int c=1; c<size+1; c++) { cout << setw(3) << grid[i][c].getSymbol; } cout << endl; } cout << endl; } void Turn(int size, int cnt, Cell grid[MAX][MAX]) { char temp; char choice; int row=0; int column=0; cout << "Enter the Row: "; cin >> row; cout << "Enter the Column: "; cin >> column; //puts what is in the current cell in "temp" temp = grid[row][column].getSymbol; //Checks to see if temp is occupied or not while(temp!='-') { cout << "Cell space is Occupied..." << endl; cout << "Enter the Row: "; cin >> row; cout << "Enter the Column: "; cin >> column; temp = grid[row][column].getSymbol; //exits loop when finally correct } if(cnt%2==0) //if cnt is even then its player 2's turn { cout << "Enter your Symbol R, P, or S (Capitals): "; cin >> choice; grid[row][column].setPlayer(1); in >> choice; } //officially sets choice to grid cell grid[row][column].setSymbol(choice); } else //if cnt is odd then its player 1's turn { cout << "Enter your Symbol r, p, or s (Lower-Case): "; cin >> choice; grid[row][column].setPlayer(2); //checks for valid input by user1 while(choice!= 'r' && choice!='p' && choice!='s') { cout << "Invalid Symbol... Please Re-Enter: "; cin >> choice; } //officially sets choice to grid cell. grid[row][column].setSymbol(choice); } cout << endl; } Thanks alot for your help!

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• Basic Hibernate Caching Question

  - by manyxcxi

  Doe Hibernate use cache (second level or otherwise) if all I am doing is batch inserts? No entities are being requested from the database, and no generators are used. Also, would StatelessSession vs Session change the answer? What if I was using a Session with a JDBC batch size of 50? The cache I will be using is Ehcache

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• Alternative for ZAM 3D editor for Windows 7

  - by drasto

  I'm looking for some 3D editor that allows to create 3D objects and export them to XAML format. Because I'm under Windows Seven ZAM 3D editor is no option for me. I need to create relatively simple(but good looking) 3D objects, no game animations. I prefer simple and intuitive GUI, so Blender is no option for me... It would be good if the program had free trial. Any ides what might help me ? Thank you

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• Windows azure: Security Concerns

  - by veda

  I am concern about the security of the data and application on Windows Azure... I read in a book that The windows azure provides security through service-level agreement. Can anyone tell me about the What kind of authentication mechanisms used to protect my data. How Microsoft provides these securities...

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• CKEDITOR removing only asp.net tags problem

  - by Orkun Balkanci

  In controller level i used [ValidateInput(false)] and ValidateRequest="false" in the view. Everything is fine except CKEDITOR removing <% % tags. Is there any other configuration i am missing?

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• flash's "useHandCursor = true" not working for Chrome on Mac

  - by fucrate

  I'm developing a flash game using the default SimpleButton object for my buttons and the hand cursor is working just fine on PC Chrome and Firefox and Safari for Mac, but Chrome on Mac is not letting me swap the default cursor for the hand cursor. I've even set useHandCursor to true for every button I add a click event to and am still getting nothing. We've got no other rollover events, so it's important that the cursor switch. Anyone else run into this and have a lil-fixy / workaround?

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• How do you get motivation to finish your code?

  - by M28

  Most of the time, I make 50% of a game, then I stop, because it is not playable yet and I don't have motivation to continue.

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• Eclipse getResourceAsStream returning null

  - by Chris

  I cannot get getResourceAsStream to find a file. I have put the file in the top level dir, target dir, etc, etc and have tried it with a "/" in front as well. Everytime it returns null. Any suggestions ? Thanks. public class T { public static final void main(String[] args) { InputStream propertiesIS = T.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("test.txt"); System.out.println("Break"); } }

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• Transaction Isolation on select, insert, delete

  - by Bradford

  What could possibly go wrong with the following transaction if executed by concurrent users in the default isolation level of READ COMMITTED? BEGIN TRANSACTION SELECT * FROM t WHERE pid = 10 and r between 40 and 60 -- ... this returns tid = 1, 3, 5 -- ... process returned data ... DELETE FROM t WHERE tid in (1, 3, 5) INSERT INTO t (tid, pid, r) VALUES (77, 10, 35) INSERT INTO t (tid, pid, r) VALUES (78, 10, 37) INSERT INTO t (tid, pid, r) VALUES (79, 11, 39) COMMIT

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• Why is go language so slow?

  - by oraz

  As we can see from The Computer Language Benchmarks Game: go is in average 10x slower then C go is 3x slower then Java !? How it can be bearing in mind that go compiler produces native code for execution? Immature compilers for go? Or there is some intrinsic problem with the go language?

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• Div tags, how to create rows with them

  - by Daniel

  How to you define a row in div tags High level example in pseudo code: [DIV TAGS LEFT] [DIV TAGS CENTER] [DIV TAGS RIGHT] [WHAT GOES HERE?????] [DIV TAGS LEFT] [DIV TAGS CENTER] [DIV TAGS RIGHT] [WHAT GOES HERE?????] [DIV TAGS LEFT] [DIV TAGS CENTER] [DIV TAGS RIGHT]

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