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• How do you ensure consistent experience across multiple graphics cards (or even driver versions)?

  - by Grigory Javadyan

  So I was writing a simple 2D game with OpenGL and SDL and had this problem when there was awful tearing when running in windowed mode (even though I explicitly asked SDL_SetVideoMode to use double buffering). Didn't worry about it all too much because most of the time the game grabs the entire screen, windowed mode is just for debugging. Anyway, yesterday I updated my nVidia drivers and tearing disappeared, the game runs smooth and looks nice in windowed mode too. I can see how the problem may be in the graphics driver, but this leads to a question. Obviously, professional game developers have to deal with a lot of different hardware/software configurations. What are the techniques they use to make sure the game looks the roughly the same on different graphics cards or even the same model of graphics card, but with different driver versions?

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• Is it ok to run with unknown video device?

  - by JTex

  I'm new to linux and just starting to learn. From what I've read and experimented with there's no more support for older ati mobility cards. I resolved a few boot issues with my first install of Ubuntu 12.10(now on clean install #3) and my system seems to function ok with video unknown. Picture quality is good and no issues with video playback. It functions for my purposes. Should I leave it as is......or will this cause problems I'm not aware of? Thanks

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• Observer Pattern Implementation

  - by user17028

  To teach myself basic game programming, I am going to program a clone of Pong. I will use the Observer design pattern, with an interface between the input and the game engine. However, I'm not sure what the interface should do. One idea I had was for the input interface to tell the game engine that (e.g.) the screen was clicked, then to let the game engine decide what to do with that information (shoot a bullet, for example). Another idea I had was for the input interface, having caught the mouse click, to tell the game engine to shoot a bullet. Which method would be better for me to use?

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• XNA stopped compiling my model x files

  - by HuseyinUslu

  So I've a 3d game project I'm working on and I'm using 2 model files (SkyBlock.x and AimedBlock.x). So until now everything was all good and my models files were compiled all okay and I was able to use them within my game. With the latest changes (which I don't know what caused it really) - XNA stopped compiling my model files and instead only outputs files; AimedBlockxnb - 1kb SkyDome.xnb - 1kb SkyDomeTexture.xnb - 1389 kb SkyDomeTexture_0.xnb - 419 kb So I created a test XNA game project and moved all my asset's to new solution content project's and tried compiling them and saw that they're all good. AimedBlockxnb - 2kb SkyDome.xnb - 13kb SkyDomeTexture.xnb - 4097 kb SkyDomeTexture_0.xnb - 683 kb So I guess my main project sucks there but I couldn't came with a solution. I even tried overwriting my game's content project with new game's content project (which was all okay) but it didn't work. Anybody had similar issues?

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• Google se lance encore un peu plus dans la voix sur IP et la vidéo-conférence, au moment où Skype so

  Mise à jour du 19/05/10 Google se lance dans la voix sur IP et la vidéo-conférence Au moment où Skype sort la nouvelle version de son application Les deux faits ne sont pas liés, mais ils montrent que la voix sur Internet (VoIP) au sens large est un secteur en plein devenir. Après Gizmo5 (lire ci-avant), Google vient en effet de lancer une Offre Publique d'Achat (OPA) sur une société norvégienne spécialisée dans la « transmission du son et de la vidéo en temps réel » sur Internet. La définition d'une technologie qui fait furieusement penser à Skype. La direction de Global IP Solutions a d'ores et déjà annoncé qu'...

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• In some games, we just let the main() loop be the Player object or Table object?

  - by ????

  I was thinking that let's say if there is a game of Blackjack or MasterMind, then we should have a class called Dealer or ComputerPal, which is how the computer interact with us (as a dealer for Blackjack or as the person giving hints for MasterMind). And then there should be a Player object, and the way to play one game is aPlayer.playGame but I noticed that a book was just using the main() loop to act as the player (or as the Controller of the game), calling the Dealer methods to dealer the cards, ask for player's action, etc... 1) Is this just a lazy way to model all the proper objects? 2) If more objects are to be added, who should call the aDealer.dealCards and then ask for aPlayer.askForAction? (because it is strange to let the Player handle all the logical steps). Should there be a Table object that handle all these logic and then to play one round of game, use aTable.playGame? What is a good object design for such game?

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• getting Null pointer exception

  - by Abhijeet

  Hi I am getting this message on emulator when I run my android project: The application MediaPlayerDemo_Video.java (process com.android.MediaPlayerDemo_Video) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again I am trying to run the MediaPlayerDemo_Video.java given in ApiDemos in the Samples given on developer.android.com. The code is : package com.android.MediaPlayerDemo_Video; import android.app.Activity; import android.media.AudioManager; import android.media.MediaPlayer; import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnBufferingUpdateListener; import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener; import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener; import android.media.MediaPlayer.OnVideoSizeChangedListener; import android.os.Bundle; import android.util.Log; import android.view.SurfaceHolder; import android.view.SurfaceView; import android.widget.Toast; public class MediaPlayerDemo_Video extends Activity implements OnBufferingUpdateListener, OnCompletionListener, OnPreparedListener, OnVideoSizeChangedListener, SurfaceHolder.Callback { private static final String TAG = "MediaPlayerDemo"; private int mVideoWidth; private int mVideoHeight; private MediaPlayer mMediaPlayer; private SurfaceView mPreview; private SurfaceHolder holder; private String path; private Bundle extras; private static final String MEDIA = "media"; // private static final int LOCAL_AUDIO = 1; // private static final int STREAM_AUDIO = 2; // private static final int RESOURCES_AUDIO = 3; private static final int LOCAL_VIDEO = 4; private static final int STREAM_VIDEO = 5; private boolean mIsVideoSizeKnown = false; private boolean mIsVideoReadyToBePlayed = false; /** * * Called when the activity is first created. */ @Override public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) { super.onCreate(icicle); setContentView(R.layout.mediaplayer_2); mPreview = (SurfaceView) findViewById(R.id.surface); holder = mPreview.getHolder(); holder.addCallback(this); holder.setType(SurfaceHolder.SURFACE_TYPE_PUSH_BUFFERS); extras = getIntent().getExtras(); } private void playVideo(Integer Media) { doCleanUp(); try { switch (Media) { case LOCAL_VIDEO: // Set the path variable to a local media file path. path = ""; if (path == "") { // Tell the user to provide a media file URL. Toast .makeText( MediaPlayerDemo_Video.this, "Please edit MediaPlayerDemo_Video Activity, " + "and set the path variable to your media file path." + " Your media file must be stored on sdcard.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } break; case STREAM_VIDEO: /* * Set path variable to progressive streamable mp4 or * 3gpp format URL. Http protocol should be used. * Mediaplayer can only play "progressive streamable * contents" which basically means: 1. the movie atom has to * precede all the media data atoms. 2. The clip has to be * reasonably interleaved. * */ path = ""; if (path == "") { // Tell the user to provide a media file URL. Toast .makeText( MediaPlayerDemo_Video.this, "Please edit MediaPlayerDemo_Video Activity," + " and set the path variable to your media file URL.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); } break; } // Create a new media player and set the listeners mMediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer(); mMediaPlayer.setDataSource(path); mMediaPlayer.setDisplay(holder); mMediaPlayer.prepare(); mMediaPlayer.setOnBufferingUpdateListener(this); mMediaPlayer.setOnCompletionListener(this); mMediaPlayer.setOnPreparedListener(this); mMediaPlayer.setOnVideoSizeChangedListener(this); mMediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC); } catch (Exception e) { Log.e(TAG, "error: " + e.getMessage(), e); } } public void onBufferingUpdate(MediaPlayer arg0, int percent) { Log.d(TAG, "onBufferingUpdate percent:" + percent); } public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer arg0) { Log.d(TAG, "onCompletion called"); } public void onVideoSizeChanged(MediaPlayer mp, int width, int height) { Log.v(TAG, "onVideoSizeChanged called"); if (width == 0 || height == 0) { Log.e(TAG, "invalid video width(" + width + ") or height(" + height + ")"); return; } mIsVideoSizeKnown = true; mVideoWidth = width; mVideoHeight = height; if (mIsVideoReadyToBePlayed && mIsVideoSizeKnown) { startVideoPlayback(); } } public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mediaplayer) { Log.d(TAG, "onPrepared called"); mIsVideoReadyToBePlayed = true; if (mIsVideoReadyToBePlayed && mIsVideoSizeKnown) { startVideoPlayback(); } } public void surfaceChanged(SurfaceHolder surfaceholder, int i, int j, int k) { Log.d(TAG, "surfaceChanged called"); } public void surfaceDestroyed(SurfaceHolder surfaceholder) { Log.d(TAG, "surfaceDestroyed called"); } public void surfaceCreated(SurfaceHolder holder) { Log.d(TAG, "surfaceCreated called"); playVideo(extras.getInt(MEDIA)); } @Override protected void onPause() { super.onPause(); releaseMediaPlayer(); doCleanUp(); } @Override protected void onDestroy() { super.onDestroy(); releaseMediaPlayer(); doCleanUp(); } private void releaseMediaPlayer() { if (mMediaPlayer != null) { mMediaPlayer.release(); mMediaPlayer = null; } } private void doCleanUp() { mVideoWidth = 0; mVideoHeight = 0; mIsVideoReadyToBePlayed = false; mIsVideoSizeKnown = false; } private void startVideoPlayback() { Log.v(TAG, "startVideoPlayback"); holder.setFixedSize(mVideoWidth, mVideoHeight); mMediaPlayer.start(); } } I think the above message is due to Null pointer exception , however I may be false. I am unable to find where the error is . So , Please someone help me out .

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• Xuggler errors as soon as you import git

  - by user3241507

  I downloaded the Git straight into Eclipse for Xuggler (Here is the git). But as soon as it loads, there are so many errors I don't know what to do. Most of the errors are "cannot be resolved" type errors. Description Resource Path Location Type The import org.junit cannot be resolved AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 22 Java Problem The import junit cannot be resolved AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 28 Java Problem TestCase cannot be resolved to a type AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 30 Java Problem The import org.slf4j cannot be resolved AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 23 Java Problem The import org.slf4j cannot be resolved AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 24 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 94 Java Problem Test cannot be resolved to a type AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 97 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 102 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 103 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 86 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 89 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 90 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 93 Java Problem Test cannot be resolved to a type AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com /xuggle/ferry line 114 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 120 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 125 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 126 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 106 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 107 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 110 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 111 Java Problem The method assertTrue(String, boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 53 Java Problem The method assertTrue(String, boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 49 Java Problem Ignore cannot be resolved to a type AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 57 Java Problem Test cannot be resolved to a type AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 56 Java Problem Before cannot be resolved to a type AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 37 Java Problem LoggerFactory cannot be resolved AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 32 Java Problem Test cannot be resolved to a type AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 44 Java Problem The method getName() is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 40 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 81 Java Problem Test cannot be resolved to a type AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 75 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 85 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 82 Java Problem Test cannot be resolved to a type AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 64 Java Problem The method assertTrue(String, boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 61 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 72 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 69 Java Problem NameAwareTestClassRunner cannot be resolved BufferTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 44 Java Problem The method assertTrue(String, boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 167 Java Problem The method debug(String, int, String) in the type Logger is not applicable for the arguments (String, int) AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 166 Java Problem The method fail(String) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 163 Java Problem After cannot be resolved to a type BufferTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 47 Java Problem NameAwareTestClassRunner cannot be resolved to a type BufferTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 35 Java Problem The method debug(String, int, String) in the type Logger is not applicable for the arguments (String) AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 162 Java Problem Test cannot be resolved to a type AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 135 Java Problem Before cannot be resolved to a type BufferTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 41 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 131 Java Problem LoggerFactory cannot be resolved BufferTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 38 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AtomicIntegerTest AtomicIntegerTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/ferry line 130 Java Problem The import org.junit cannot be resolved AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 22 Java Problem The import org.slf4j cannot be resolved AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 23 Java Problem The import org.slf4j cannot be resolved AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test /src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 24 Java Problem The import junit cannot be resolved AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 31 Java Problem TestCase cannot be resolved to a type AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 33 Java Problem Logger cannot be resolved to a type AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 35 Java Problem The method assertTrue(String, boolean) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 82 Java Problem The method assertTrue(String, boolean) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 80 Java Problem Logger cannot be resolved to a type AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 89 Java Problem Logger cannot be resolved to a type AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 84 Java Problem The method assertTrue(String, boolean) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 94 Java Problem Logger cannot be resolved to a type AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 93 Java Problem Test cannot be resolved to a type AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 99 Java Problem The method assertTrue(String, boolean) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 96 Java Problem Before cannot be resolved to a type AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 37 Java Problem LoggerFactory cannot be resolved AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 35 Java Problem The method getName() is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 40 Java Problem Logger cannot be resolved to a type AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 40 Java Problem The method assertTrue(String, boolean) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 60 Java Problem Test cannot be resolved to a type AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 43 Java Problem The method assertTrue(String, boolean) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 67 Java Problem The method assertTrue(String, boolean) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 62 Java Problem The method assertTrue(String, boolean) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 157 Java Problem Test cannot be resolved to a type AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 161 Java Problem Logger cannot be resolved to a type AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 154 Java Problem The method assertTrue(String, boolean) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 155 Java Problem The method assertEquals(int, long) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 172 Java Problem The method assertEquals(long, long) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 173 Java Problem The method assertNotNull(IAudioSamples) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 168 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 171 Java Problem The method assertTrue(String, boolean) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 124 Java Problem The method assertNotNull(IAudioSamples) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 129 Java Problem The method assertTrue(String, boolean) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 117 Java Problem The method assertTrue(String, boolean) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 119 Java Problem Logger cannot be resolved to a type AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 145 Java Problem Logger cannot be resolved to a type AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 150 Java Problem The method assertTrue(String, boolean) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 141 Java Problem The method assertTrue(String, boolean) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 143 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 216 Java Problem The method assertEquals(IBuffer.Type, IBuffer.Type) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 212 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 208 Java Problem The method assertNotNull(IAudioSamples) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 204 Java Problem The method assertEquals(IBuffer.Type, IBuffer.Type) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 218 Java Problem The method assertEquals(int, long) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 187 Java Problem The method assertTrue(boolean) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 186 Java Problem The method assertNotNull(IAudioSamples) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 183 Java Problem Test cannot be resolved to a type AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 176 Java Problem Test cannot be resolved to a type AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 197 Java Problem The method assertEquals(long, long) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 192 Java Problem The method assertEquals(long, long) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 191 Java Problem The method assertEquals(long, long) is undefined for the type AudioSamplesTest AudioSamplesTest.java /xuggle-xuggler-main/test/src/com/xuggle/xuggler line 188 Java Problem For a school project, I would like to build a simple live video stream program (final year in high school) like skype, except not as complicated. Can anyone help me solve these errors? or Is there another platform I can use that would be better/easier?

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• NSXMLParser & memory leaks

  - by HBR

  Hi, I am parsing an XML file using a custom class that instanciates & uses NSXMLParser. On the first call everything is fine but on the second, third and later calls Instruments show tens of memory leaks on certain lines inside didEndElement, didEndElement and foundCharacters functions. I googled it and found some people having this issue, but I didn't find anything that could really help me. My Parser class looks like this : Parser.h @interface XMLParser : NSObject { NSMutableArray *data; NSMutableString *currentValue; NSArray *xml; NSMutableArray *videos; NSMutableArray *photos; NSXMLParser *parser; NSURLConnection *feedConnection; NSMutableData *downloadedData; Content *content; Video *video; BOOL nowPhoto; BOOL nowVideo; BOOL finished; BOOL webTV; } -(void)parseXML:(NSURL*)xmlURL; -(int)getCount; -(NSArray*)getData; //- (void)handleError:(NSError *)error; //@property(nonatomic, retain) NSMutableString *currentValue; @property(nonatomic, retain) NSURLConnection *feedConnection; @property(nonatomic, retain) NSMutableData *downloadedData; @property(nonatomic, retain) NSArray *xml; @property(nonatomic, retain) NSXMLParser *parser; @property(nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *data; @property(nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *photos; @property(nonatomic, retain) NSMutableArray *videos; @property(nonatomic, retain) Content *content; @property(nonatomic, retain) Video *video; @property(nonatomic) BOOL finished; @property(nonatomic) BOOL nowPhoto; @property(nonatomic) BOOL nowVideo; @property(nonatomic) BOOL webTV; @end Parser.m #import "Content.h" #import "Video.h" #import "Parser.h" #import <CFNetwork/CFNetwork.h> @implementation XMLParser @synthesize xml, parser, finished, nowPhoto, nowVideo, webTV; @synthesize feedConnection, downloadedData, data, content, photos, videos, video; -(void)parseXML:(NSURL*)xmlURL { /* NSURLRequest *req = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:xmlURL]; self.feedConnection = [[[NSURLConnection alloc] initWithRequest:req delegate:self] autorelease]; [UIApplication sharedApplication].networkActivityIndicatorVisible = YES; */ [[NSURLCache sharedURLCache] setMemoryCapacity:0]; [[NSURLCache sharedURLCache] setDiskCapacity:0]; NSXMLParser *feedParser = [[NSXMLParser alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:xmlURL]; //NSXMLParser *feedParser = [[NSXMLParser alloc] initWithData:theXML]; [self setParser:feedParser]; [feedParser release]; [[self parser] setDelegate:self]; [[self parser] setShouldResolveExternalEntities:YES]; [[self parser] parse]; } - (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didStartElement:(NSString *)elementName namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qualifiedName attributes:(NSDictionary *)attributeDict { if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"articles"]) { self.finished = NO; self.nowPhoto = NO; self.nowVideo = NO; self.webTV = NO; if (!data) { NSMutableArray *tmp = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; [self setData:tmp]; [tmp release]; return ; } } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"WebTV"]) { self.finished = NO; self.nowPhoto = NO; self.nowVideo = NO; self.webTV = YES; if (!data) { NSMutableArray *tmp = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; [self setData:tmp]; [tmp release]; return ; } } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"photos"]) { if (!photos) { NSMutableArray *tmp = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; [self setPhotos:tmp]; [tmp release]; return; } } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"videos"]) { if (!videos) { NSMutableArray *tmp = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init]; [self setVideos:tmp]; [tmp release]; return; } } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"photo"]) { self.nowPhoto = YES; self.nowVideo = NO; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"video"]) { self.nowPhoto = NO; self.nowVideo = YES; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"WebTVItem"]) { if (!video) { Video *tmp = [[Video alloc] init]; [self setVideo:tmp]; [tmp release]; } NSString *videoId = [attributeDict objectForKey:@"id"]; [[self video] setVideoId:[videoId intValue]]; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"article"]) { if (!content) { Content *tmp = [[Content alloc] init]; [self setContent:tmp]; [tmp release]; } NSString *contentId = [attributeDict objectForKey:@"id"]; [[self content] setContentId:[contentId intValue]]; return; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"category"]) { NSString *categoryId = [attributeDict objectForKey:@"id"]; NSString *parentId = [attributeDict objectForKey:@"parent"]; [[self content] setCategoryId:[categoryId intValue]]; [[self content] setParentId:[parentId intValue]]; categoryId = nil; parentId = nil; return; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"vCategory"]) { NSString *categoryId = [attributeDict objectForKey:@"id"]; NSString *parentId = [attributeDict objectForKey:@"parent"]; [[self video] setCategoryId:[categoryId intValue]]; [[self video] setParentId:[parentId intValue]]; categoryId = nil; parentId = nil; return; } } - (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser foundCharacters:(NSString *)string { if (!currentValue) { currentValue = [[NSMutableString alloc] initWithCapacity:1000]; } if (currentValue != @"\n") [currentValue appendString:string]; } - (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didEndElement:(NSString *)elementName namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName { NSString *cleanValue = [currentValue stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"\n" withString:@""] ; if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"articles"]) { self.finished = YES; //[content release]; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"article"]) { [[self data] addObject:[self content]]; [self setContent:nil]; [self setPhotos:nil]; [self setVideos:nil]; /* [content release]; content = nil; [videos release]; videos = nil; [photos release]; photos = nil; */ } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"WebTVItem"]) { [[self data] addObject:[self video]]; [self setVideo:nil]; //[video release]; //video = nil; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"title"]) { //NSLog(@"Tit: %@",cleanValue); [[self content] setTitle:cleanValue]; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"vTitle"]) { [[self video] setTitle:cleanValue]; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"link"]) { //NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:cleanValue] ; [[self content] setUrl:[NSURL URLWithString:cleanValue]]; [[self content] setLink: cleanValue]; //[url release]; //url = nil; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"vLink"]) { [[self video] setLink:cleanValue]; [[self video] setUrl:[NSURL URLWithString:cleanValue]]; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"teaser"]) { NSString *tmp = [cleanValue stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"##BREAK##" withString:@"\n"]; [[self content] setTeaser:tmp]; tmp = nil; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"content"]) { NSString *tmp = [cleanValue stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"##BREAK##" withString:@"\n"]; [[self content] setContent:tmp]; tmp = nil; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"category"]) { [[self content] setCategory:cleanValue]; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"vCategory"]) { [[self video] setCategory:cleanValue]; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"date"]) { [[self content] setDate:cleanValue]; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"vDate"]) { [[self video] setDate:cleanValue]; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"thumbnail"]) { [[self content] setThumbnail:[NSURL URLWithString:cleanValue]]; [[self content] setThumbnailURL:cleanValue]; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"vThumbnail"]) { [[self video] setThumbnailURL:cleanValue]; [[self video] setThumbnail:[NSURL URLWithString:cleanValue]]; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"vDirectLink"]){ [[self video] setDirectLink: cleanValue]; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"preview"]){ [[self video] setPreview: cleanValue]; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"thumbnail_position"]){ [[self content] setThumbnailPosition: cleanValue]; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"url"]) { if (self.nowPhoto == YES) { [[self photos] addObject:cleanValue]; } else if (self.nowVideo == YES) { [[self videos] addObject:cleanValue]; } } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"photos"]) { [[self content] setPhotos:[self photos]]; //[photos release]; //photos = nil; self.nowPhoto = NO; } if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"videos"]) { [[self content] setVideos:[self videos]]; //[videos release]; //videos = nil; self.nowVideo = NO; } //[cleanValue release]; //cleanValue = nil; [currentValue release]; currentValue = nil; } - (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser parseErrorOccurred:(NSError *)parseError { UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:nil message:@"Error" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil]; [alert show]; [alert release]; } -(NSArray*)getData { return data; } -(int)getCount { return [data count]; } - (void)dealloc { [parser release]; //[data release]; //[photos release]; //[videos release]; //[video release]; //[content release]; [currentValue release]; [super dealloc]; } @end Somewhere in my code, I create an instance of this class : XMLParser* feed = [[XMLParser alloc] init]; [self setRssParser:feed]; [feed release]; // Parse feed NSString *url = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"MyXMLURL"]; [[self rssParser] parseXML:[NSURL URLWithString:url]]; Now the problem is that after the first (which has zero leaks), instruments shows leaks in too many parts like this one (they are too much to enumerate them all, but all the calls look the same, I made the leaking line bold) : in didEndElement : if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"link"]) { // THIS LINE IS LEAKING => INSTRUMENTS SAYS IT IS A NSCFString LEAK [self content] setUrl:[NSURL URLWithString:cleanValue]]; [[self content] setLink: cleanValue]; } Any idea how to fix this pealse ? Could this be the same problem as the one mentioned (as an apple bug) by Lee Amtrong here :http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1598928/nsxmlparser-leaking

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• Javascript storing properties and functions in variables

  - by richard

  Hello, I'm having trouble with my programming style and I hope to get some feedback here. I recently bought Javascript: The Good Parts and while I find this a big help, I'm still having trouble designing this application. Especially when it comes to writing function and methods. Example: I have a function that let's the user switches games in my app. This function updates game-specific information in the current view. var games = { active: Titanium.App.Properties.getString('active_game'), gameswitcher_positions: { 'Game 1': 0, 'Game 2': 1, 'Game 3': 2, 'Game 4': 3, 'Game 5': 4 }, change: function(game) { if (active_game !== game) { gameswitcher.children[this.gameswitcher_positions[this.active]].backgroundImage = gameswitcher.children[this.gameswitcher_positions[this.active]].backgroundImage.replace('_selected', ''); gameswitcher.children[this.gameswitcher_positions[game]].backgroundImage = gameswitcher.children[this.gameswitcher_positions[game]].backgroundImage.replace('.png', '_selected.png'); events.update(game); this.active = game; } }, init: function() { gameswitcher.children[this.gameswitcher_positions[this.active]].backgroundImage = gameswitcher.children[this.gameswitcher_positions[this.active]].backgroundImage.replace('.png', '_selected.png'); events.update(this.active); } }; gameswitcher is a container view which contains buttons to switch games. I am not satisfied with this approach but I cannot think of a better one. Should I place the gameswitcher_positions outside of the variable in a seperate variable instead of as a property? And what about the active game? Please give me feedback, what am I doing wrong?

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• Java applet loading images from external jars

  - by Mathias

  I have a jar on a server, and users should be able to develop extensions for it. Therefore the jars main class should be extended and some resources should be added to a second user created jar which will be loaded from another server or locally. Now I have problems accessing the resources (images) from the user loaded jars. Heres is the structure: My Server: game.jar containing game.class images.class ... image1.png (...) Local: user.jar containing: user.class extends game userimage.png The extension is loaded via Greasemonkey, it modifies the "archive" attribute to "/home/username/user.jar, game.jar" and the "code" attribute to "user.class". The user should be able to overwrite already defined images. If the image does not exist in game.jar, it is loaded correctly from user.jar. But the images loaded early in the game are always loaded from the game.jar, others seem to be overwritten correctly by the user. Is there a way to make sure they are always loaded in the correct order? This might be because of some caching mechanism. Because Greasemonkey removes the game from the page, changes the archive and code and reinsert it, the game is loaded without a mod for a brief second. In that time, images are loaded as expected from game jar, but those are the ones not being overwritable by the user. But how to avoid it? Another thing: If I overwrite the "run" method in user.class, the game is unable to load any image at all. Not from the user.jar and not from the game.jar. Java doesn't find the image, as the URL object "getClass().getResource(imagename)" returns with null. I tried to overwrite the image.class, but that doesn't fix the problem, unless I overwrite every class from game.class involved into calling the image.class

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• Three ways to upload/post/convert iMovie to YouTube

  - by user44251

  For Mac users, iMovie is probably a convenient tool for making, editing their own home movies so as to upload to YouTube for sharing with more people. However, uploading iMovie files to YouTube can't be always a smooth run, I did notice many people complaining about it. This article is delivered for guiding those who are haunted by the nightmare by providing three common ways to upload iMovie files to YouTube. YouTube and iMovie YouTube is the most popular video sharing website for users to upload, share and view videos. It empowers anyone with an Internet connection the ability to upload video clips and share them with friends, family and the world. Users are invited to leave comments, pick favourites, send messages to each other and watch videos sorted into subjects and channels. YouTube accepts videos uploaded in most container formats, including WMV (Windows Media Video), 3GP (Cell Phones), AVI (Windows), MOV (Mac), MP4 (iPod/PSP), FLV (Adobe Flash), MKV (H.264). These include video codecs such as MP4, MPEG and WMV. iMovie is a common video editing software application comes with every Mac for users to edit their own home movies. It imports video footage to the Mac using either the Firewire interface on most MiniDV format digital video cameras, the USB port, or by importing the files from a hard drive where users can edit the video clips, add titles, and add music. Since 1999, eight versions of iMovie have been released by Apple, each with its own functions and characteristic, and each of them deal with videos in a way more or less different. But the most common formats handled with iMovie if specialty discarded as far as to my research are MOV, DV, HDV, MPEG-4. Three ways for successful upload iMovie files to YouTube Solution one and solution two suitable for those who are 100 certainty with their iMovie files which are fully compatible with YouTube. For smooth uploading, you are required to get a YouTube account first. Solution 1: Directly upload iMovie to YouTube Step 1: Launch iMovie, select the project you want to upload in YouTube. Step 2: Go to the file menu, click Share, select Export Movie Step 3: Specify the output file name and directory and then type the video type and video size. Solution 2: Post iMovie to YouTube straightly Step 1: Launch iMovie, choose the project you want to post in YouTube Step 2: From the Share menu, choose YouTube Step 3: In the pop-up YouTube windows, specify the name of your YouTube account, the password, choose the Category and fill in the description and tags of the project. Tick Make this movie more private on the bottom of the window, if possible, to limit those who can view the project. Click Next, and then click Publish. iMovie will automatically export and upload the movie to YouTube. Step 4: Click Tell a Friend to email friends and your family about your film. You are also allowed to copy the URL from Tell a Friend window and paste it into an email you created in your favourite email application if you like. Anyone you send to email to will be able to follow the URL directly to your movie. Note: Videos uploaded to YouTube are limited to ten minutes in length and a file size of 2GB. Solution 3: Upload to iMovie after conversion If neither of the above mentioned method works, there is still a third way to turn to. Sometimes, your iMovie files may not be recognized by YouTube due to the versions of iMovie (settings and functions may varies among versions), video itself (video format difference because of file extension, resolution, video size and length), compatibility (videos that are completely incompatible with YouTube). In this circumstance, the best and reliable method is to convert your iMovie files to YouTube accepted files, iMovie to YouTube converter will be inevitably the ideal choice. iMovie to YouTube converter is an elaborately designed tool for convert iMovie files to YouTube workable WMV, 3GP, AVI, MOV, MP4, FLV, MKV for smooth uploading with hard-to-believe conversion speed and second to none output quality. It can also convert between almost all popular popular file formats like AVI, WMV, MPG, MOV, VOB, DV, MP4, FLV, 3GP, RM, ASF, SWF, MP3, AAC, AC3, AIFF, AMR, WAV, WMA etc so as to put on various portable devices, import to video editing software or play on vast amount video players. iMovie to YouTube converter can also served as an excellent video editing tool to meet your specific program requirements. For example, you can cut your video files to a certain length, or split your video files to smaller ones and select the proper resolution suitable for demands of YouTube by Clip or Settings separately. Crop allows you to cut off unwanted black edges from your videos. Besides, you can also have a good command of the whole process or snapshot your favourite pictures from the preview window. More can be expected if you have a try.

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• Three ways to upload/post/convert iMovie to YouTube [closed]

  - by alexyu2010

  For Mac users, iMovie is probably a convenient tool for making, editing their own home movies so as to upload to YouTube for sharing with more people. However, uploading iMovie files to YouTube can't be always a smooth run, I did notice many people complaining about it. This article is delivered for guiding those who are haunted by the nightmare by providing three common ways to upload iMovie files to YouTube. YouTube and iMovie YouTube is the most popular video sharing website for users to upload, share and view videos. It empowers anyone with an Internet connection the ability to upload video clips and share them with friends, family and the world. Users are invited to leave comments, pick favourites, send messages to each other and watch videos sorted into subjects and channels. YouTube accepts videos uploaded in most container formats, including WMV (Windows Media Video), 3GP (Cell Phones), AVI (Windows), MOV (Mac), MP4 (iPod/PSP), FLV (Adobe Flash), MKV (H.264). These include video codecs such as MP4, MPEG and WMV. iMovie is a common video editing software application comes with every Mac for users to edit their own home movies. It imports video footage to the Mac using either the Firewire interface on most MiniDV format digital video cameras, the USB port, or by importing the files from a hard drive where users can edit the video clips, add titles, and add music. Since 1999, eight versions of iMovie have been released by Apple, each with its own functions and characteristic, and each of them deal with videos in a way more or less different. But the most common formats handled with iMovie if specialty discarded as far as to my research are MOV, DV, HDV, MPEG-4. Three ways for successful upload iMovie files to YouTube Solution one and solution two suitable for those who are 100 certainty with their iMovie files which are fully compatible with YouTube. For smooth uploading, you are required to get a YouTube account first. Solution 1: Directly upload iMovie to YouTube Step 1: Launch iMovie, select the project you want to upload in YouTube. Step 2: Go to the file menu, click Share, select Export Movie Step 3: Specify the output file name and directory and then type the video type and video size. Solution 2: Post iMovie to YouTube straightly Step 1: Launch iMovie, choose the project you want to post in YouTube Step 2: From the Share menu, choose YouTube Step 3: In the pop-up YouTube windows, specify the name of your YouTube account, the password, choose the Category and fill in the description and tags of the project. Tick Make this movie more private on the bottom of the window, if possible, to limit those who can view the project. Click Next, and then click Publish. iMovie will automatically export and upload the movie to YouTube. Step 4: Click Tell a Friend to email friends and your family about your film. You are also allowed to copy the URL from Tell a Friend window and paste it into an email you created in your favourite email application if you like. Anyone you send to email to will be able to follow the URL directly to your movie. Note: Videos uploaded to YouTube are limited to ten minutes in length and a file size of 2GB. Solution 3: Upload to iMovie after conversion If neither of the above mentioned method works, there is still a third way to turn to. Sometimes, your iMovie files may not be recognized by YouTube due to the versions of iMovie (settings and functions may varies among versions), video itself (video format difference because of file extension, resolution, video size and length), compatibility (videos that are completely incompatible with YouTube). In this circumstance, the best and reliable method is to convert your iMovie files to YouTube accepted files, iMovie to YouTube converter will be inevitably the ideal choice. iMovie to YouTube converter is an elaborately designed tool for convert iMovie files to YouTube workable WMV, 3GP, AVI, MOV, MP4, FLV, MKV for smooth uploading with hard-to-believe conversion speed and second to none output quality. It can also convert between almost all popular popular file formats like AVI, WMV, MPG, MOV, VOB, DV, MP4, FLV, 3GP, RM, ASF, SWF, MP3, AAC, AC3, AIFF, AMR, WAV, WMA etc so as to put on various portable devices, import to video editing software or play on vast amount video players. iMovie to YouTube converter can also served as an excellent video editing tool to meet your specific program requirements. For example, you can cut your video files to a certain length, or split your video files to smaller ones and select the proper resolution suitable for demands of YouTube by Clip or Settings separately. Crop allows you to cut off unwanted black edges from your videos. Besides, you can also have a good command of the whole process or snapshot your favourite pictures from the preview window. More can be expected if you have a try.

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• Should I continue reading Frank Luna's Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 11 book after D3DX and XNA Math Library have been deprecated? [on hold]

  - by milindsrivastava1997

  I recently started learning DirectX 11 (C++) by reading Frank Luna's Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DirectX 11. In that the author uses D3DX and XNA Math Library. Since they have been deprecated should I continue using that book? If yes, should I use the deprecated libraries or should I switch some other libraries? If no, which book should I consult for up-to-date content with no use of deprecated library? Thanks!

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• Online scoreboard in Python?

  - by CorundumGames

  So my friend and I are working on an arcade-style game in Python and Pygame. We're beginning to look at the feasibility of an online leaderboard, given our current programming backgrounds. Such a leaderboard would have the following requirements/features; The ability to search through demographics like region, country, platform, game mode, recentness ("best scores this month") and difficulty. (e.g. to make it possible for someone to say "I'm the best player in Italy!" or "I'm the best Linux player in South America!") Our game will not have online multiplayer, so no need to worry about that. We don't expect the game to be a million-dollar hit. We want the scores to be accessible both from in-game and the website. We would like some semblance of security to make sure no one plugs fake scores into the system. This is our present situation; Neither I nor my friend have any network programming background. All I really know is that sockets are low-level, HTTP is high-level. I happen to know that the Google App Engine might be useful for something like this, and I'm really thinking about going with that. We're not sure how we would store all the high score data. Our game will be free and open source (though we might keep the components that submit the high scores closed-source). Aside from all of this, we don't really have any idea where to begin. Any thoughts?

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• General directions on developing a server side control system for JS/Canvas Action RPG

  - by Billy Ninja

  Well, yesterday I asked on anti-cheat JS, and confirmed what I kind of already knew that it's just not possible. Now I wanna measure roughly how hard it is to implement a server side checking that is agnostic to client input, that does not mess with the game experience so much. I don't wanna waste to much resource on this matter, since it's going to be initially a single player game, that I may or would like to introduce some kind of ranking, trading system later on. I'd rather deliver better more cool game features instead. I don't wanna have to guarantee super fast server response to keep the game going lag free. I'd rather go with more loose discrete control of key variables and instances. Like store user's action on a fifo buffer on the client, and push that actions to the server gradually. I'd love to see a elegant, generic solution that I could plug into my client game logic root (not having to scatter treatments everywhere in my client js) - and have few classes on Node.js server that could handle that - without having to mirror/describe all of my game entities a second time on the server.

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• How do I properly use String literals for loading content?

  - by Dave Voyles

  I've been using verbatim string literals for some time now, and never quite thought about using a regular string literal until I started to come across them in Microsoft provided XNA samples. With that said, I'm trying to implement a new AudioManager class from the Net Rumble sample. I have two (2) issues here: Question 1: In my code for my GameplayScreen screen I have a folder location written as the following, and it works fine: menuButton = content.Load<SoundEffect>(@"sfx/menuButton"); menuClose = content.Load<SoundEffect>(@"sfx/menuClose"); If you notice, you'll see that I'm using a verbatim string, with a forward slash "/". In the AudioManager class, they use a regular string literal, but with two backslashes "\". I understand that one is used as an escape, but why are they BACK instead of FORWARD? (See below) soundList[soundName] = game.Content.Load<SoundEffect>("audio\\wav\\"+ soundName); Question 2: I seem to be doing everything correctly in my AudioManager class, but I'm not sure of what this line means: audioFileList = audioFolder.GetFiles("*.xnb"); I suppose that the *xnb means look for everything BUT files that end in *xnb? I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong with my file locations, as the sound effects are not playing. My code is not much different from what I've linked to above. private AudioManager(Game game, DirectoryInfo audioDirectory) : base(game) { try { audioFolder = audioDirectory; audioFileList = audioFolder.GetFiles("*.mp3"); soundList = new Dictionary<string, SoundEffect>(); for (int i = 0; i < audioFileList.Length; i++) { string soundName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(audioFileList[i].Name); soundList[soundName] = game.Content.Load<SoundEffect>(@"sfx\" + soundName); soundList[soundName].Name = soundName; } // Plays this track while the GameplayScreen is active soundtrack = game.Content.Load<Song>("boomer"); } catch (NoAudioHardwareException) { // silently fall back to silence } }

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• Error instantiating Texture2D in MonoGame for Windows 8 Metro Apps

  - by JimmyBoh

  I have an game which builds for WindowsGL and Windows8. The WindowsGL works fine, but the Windows8 build throws an error when trying to instantiate a new Texture2D. The Code: var texture = new Texture2D(CurrentGame.SpriteBatch.GraphicsDevice, width, 1); // Error thrown here... texture.setData(FunctionThatReturnsColors()); You can find the rest of the code on Github. The Error: SharpDX.SharpDXException was unhandled by user code HResult=-2147024809 Message=HRESULT: [0x80070057], Module: [Unknown], ApiCode: [Unknown/Unknown], Message: The parameter is incorrect. Source=SharpDX StackTrace: at SharpDX.Result.CheckError() at SharpDX.Direct3D11.Device.CreateTexture2D(Texture2DDescription& descRef, DataBox[] initialDataRef, Texture2D texture2DOut) at SharpDX.Direct3D11.Texture2D..ctor(Device device, Texture2DDescription description) at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.Texture2D..ctor(GraphicsDevice graphicsDevice, Int32 width, Int32 height, Boolean mipmap, SurfaceFormat format, Boolean renderTarget) at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics.Texture2D..ctor(GraphicsDevice graphicsDevice, Int32 width, Int32 height) at BrewmasterEngine.Graphics.Content.Gradient.CreateHorizontal(Int32 width, Color left, Color right) in c:\Projects\Personal\GitHub\BrewmasterEngine\BrewmasterEngine\Graphics\Content\Gradient.cs:line 16 at SampleGame.Menu.Widgets.GradientBackground.UpdateBounds(Object sender, EventArgs args) in c:\Projects\Personal\GitHub\BrewmasterEngine\SampleGame\Menu\Widgets\GradientBackground.cs:line 39 at SampleGame.Menu.Widgets.GradientBackground..ctor(Color start, Color stop, Int32 scrollamount, Single scrollspeed, Boolean horizontal) in c:\Projects\Personal\GitHub\BrewmasterEngine\SampleGame\Menu\Widgets\GradientBackground.cs:line 25 at SampleGame.Scenes.IntroScene.Load(Action done) in c:\Projects\Personal\GitHub\BrewmasterEngine\SampleGame\Scenes\IntroScene.cs:line 23 at BrewmasterEngine.Scenes.Scene.LoadScene(Action`1 callback) in c:\Projects\Personal\GitHub\BrewmasterEngine\BrewmasterEngine\Scenes\Scene.cs:line 89 at BrewmasterEngine.Scenes.SceneManager.Load(String sceneName, Action`1 callback) in c:\Projects\Personal\GitHub\BrewmasterEngine\BrewmasterEngine\Scenes\SceneManager.cs:line 69 at BrewmasterEngine.Scenes.SceneManager.LoadDefaultScene(Action`1 callback) in c:\Projects\Personal\GitHub\BrewmasterEngine\BrewmasterEngine\Scenes\SceneManager.cs:line 83 at BrewmasterEngine.Framework.Game2D.LoadContent() in c:\Projects\Personal\GitHub\BrewmasterEngine\BrewmasterEngine\Framework\Game2D.cs:line 117 at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Initialize() at BrewmasterEngine.Framework.Game2D.Initialize() in c:\Projects\Personal\GitHub\BrewmasterEngine\BrewmasterEngine\Framework\Game2D.cs:line 105 at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.DoInitialize() at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Run(GameRunBehavior runBehavior) at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.Run() at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.MetroFrameworkView`1.Run() InnerException: Is this an error that needs to be solved in MonoGame, or is there something that I need to do differently in my engine and game?

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• Scene graphs and spatial partitioning structures: What do you really need?

  - by tapirath

  I've been fiddling with 2D games for awhile and I'm trying to go into 3D game development. I thought I should get my basics right first. From what I read scene graphs hold your game objects/entities and their relation to each other like 'a tire' would be the child of 'a vehicle'. It's mainly used for frustum/occlusion culling and minimizing the collision checks between the objects. Spatial partitioning structures on the other hand are used to divide a big game object (like the map) to smaller parts so that you can gain performance by only drawing the relevant polygons and again minimizing the collision checks to those polygons only. Also a spatial partitioning data structure can be used as a node in a scene graph. But... I've been reading about both subjects and I've seen a lot of "scene graphs are useless" and "BSP performance gain is irrelevant with modern hardware" kind of articles. Also some of the game engines I've checked like gameplay3d and jmonkeyengine are only using a scene graph (That also may be because they don't want to limit the developers). Whereas games like Quake and Half-Life only use spatial partitioning. I'm aware that the usage of these structures very much depend on the type of the game you're developing so for the sake of clarity let's assume the game is a FPS like Counter-Strike with some better outdoor environment capabilities (like a terrain). The obvious question is which one is needed and why (considering the modern hardware capabilities). Thank you.

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• Is ActionScript 3 used by Serious Indie Developers?

  - by Puedes

  This question is for dedicated independent game developers: My dream is to be a game developer. I am a senior in high school who has taken Computer Science for all four years. I have used Java the whole time, but last year I started using PHP and ActionScript 3 (with Flixel). I also used Game Maker for a brief period. I apologize for this, I wanted to get that out of the way and clarify the fact that I have experience of some kind with game development. I am stuck at the moment because I don't quite know what language to use to develop games at a professional level. I am seriously interested in becoming a dedicated game developer, but this issue is really bothering me. I would like to know what the best option would be for my case, based on your experiences. Any advice is appreciated. Things to consider: I am only interested in making 2D games (I am not worried about 3D support) It would be ideal to use something that can be ported to multiple platforms (so as not to run into this problem later) I can't seem to figure out what the industry likes to use So far, this is what I have: I can't decide if it would be wise to stick with ActionScript 3, or move to C++ I know Flash would be for browser games, but what if I want to make a downloadable game, like Plants Vs. Zombies or Super Crate Box? Would Flash be a smart choice for standalone games, or did they use something else? Thank you for reading this, as I would like to stop worrying about this and make some games! Also, I hope this wasn't all over the place :) tl;dr Should I move ahead with AS3 or use something else i.e. C++

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• Is it considered poor programming to do this with xna components?

  - by Rob

  I created my own Menu System that is event driven. In order to have a loading screen and multithreaded loading to work, I devised this sort of implementation: //Let's check if the game is done loading. if (_game != null) { _gameLoaded = _game.DoneLoading; } //This means the game is loading still, //therefore the loading screen should be active. if (!_gameLoaded && _gameActive) { _gameScreenList[2].UpdateMenu(); } //The loading screen was selected. if (_gameScreenList[2].CurrentState == GameScreen.State.Shown && !_gameActive) { Components.Add(_game = new ParadoxGame(this)); _game.Initialize(); //Initializes the Game so that the loading can begin. _gameActive = true; } In the XNA Game Component that contains the actual game, in the LoadContent method I simply created a new Thread that calls another method ThreadLoad that has all the actual loading. I also have a boolean variable called DoneLoading in the XNA Game Component that is set to true at the end of the ThreadLoad. I am wondering if this is a poor implementation.

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• Scrolling though objects then creating a new instace of this object

  - by gopgop

  In my game when pressing the right mouse button you will place an object on the ground. all objects have the same super class (GameObject). I have a field called selected and will be equal to one certain gameobject at a time. when clicking the right mouse button it checks whats the instance of selected and that how it determines which object to place on the ground. code exapmle: t is the "slot" for which the object will go to. if (selected instanceof MapleTree) { t = new MapleTree(game,highLight); } else if (selected instanceof OakTree) { t = new OakTree(game,highLight); } Now it has to be a "new" instance of the object. Eventually my game will have hundreds of GameObjects and I don't want to have a huge if else statement. How would I make it so it scrolls though the possible kinds of objects and if its the correct type then create a new instance of it...? When pressing E it will switch the type of selected and is an if else statement as well. How would I do it for this too? here is a code example: if (selected instanceof MapleTree) { selected = new OakTree(game); } else if (selected instanceof OakTree) { selected = new MapleTree(game); }

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• Cry Engine 3 vs UDK

  - by Daniele Riccardelli

  I'm new here and I hope that other people may find this question interesting. Me and a bunch of guys from my University are thinking about getting started in game development, but, even though the game design is kind of ready, we are stucked at the point "which Engine should we choose". At first, we were thinking about Unity3D Free, in particular because we are pretty familiar with C# and, even better, it's completely free, but on the other hand there are some cons like no dynamic shadowing that make the realization of our game kinda hard. So, we are thinking about moving either to UDK or Cry Engine, since they are not as expensive as Unity3D Pro (at least before the game deployment) . The thing we are worried the most, though, is that we are kind of scared about the support for team work(i mean, that we might find it hard to coordinate our efforts without software support), since in Unity3D the team features are part of purchasable content, and we are not interested in paying that much for a project we are not even sure we can complete. So, finally, I hope one of you knows the mentioned engines enough to give us a tip telling which one offers better team features and is advisable for guys that have barely worked before on videogames but have good object oriented programming skills. Probably might be helpful for your suggestion, if i say that our game is an exploration game. Thanks to anybody who's going to answer.

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• XNA - Inconsistent accessibility: parameter type is less accessible than method

  - by DijkeMark

  I have a level class in which I make a new turret. I give the turret the level class as parameter. So far so good. Then in the Update function of the Turret I call a function Shoot(), which has that level parameter it got at the moment I created it. But from that moment it gives the following error: Inconsistent accessibility: parameter type 'Space_Game.Level' is less accessible than method 'Space_Game.GameObject.Shoot(Space_Game.Level, string)' All I know it has something to do with not thr right protection level or something like that. The level class: public Level(Game game, Viewport viewport) { _game = game; _viewport = viewport; _turret = new Turret(_game, "blue", this); _turret.SetPosition((_viewport.Width / 2).ToString(), (_viewport.Height / 2).ToString()); } The Turret Class: public Turret(Game game, String team, Level level) :base(game) { _team = team; _level = level; switch (_team) { case "blue": _texture = LoadResources._blue_turret.Texture; _rows = LoadResources._blue_turret.Rows; _columns = LoadResources._blue_turret.Columns; _maxFrameCounter = 10; break; default: break; } _frameCounter = 0; _currentFrame = 0; _currentFrameMultiplier = 1; } public override void Update() { base.Update(); SetRotation(); Shoot(_level, "turret"); } The Shoot Function (Which is in GameObject class. The Turret Class inherited the GameObject Class. (Am I saying that right?)): protected void Shoot(Level level, String type) { MouseState mouse = Mouse.GetState(); if (mouse.LeftButton == ButtonState.Pressed) { switch (_team) { case "blue": switch (type) { case "turret": TurretBullet _turretBullet = new TurretBullet(_game, _team); level.AddProjectile(_turretBullet); break; default: break; } break; default: break; } } } Thanks in Advance, Mark Dijkema

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• Using ImpactJS: How to set a publicly available variable

  - by Dave Voyles

  I'm trying to get an entity (a bullet, a grenade, and an explosive) from my player player. Specifically, I want the shootingRate of my bullet (how frequently it can be fired). How can I do this without having to call getEntityByType each time I fire this projectile? There has got to be a cleaner way from what I'm doing right now.... // Shooting var isShooting = ig.input.state('shoot'); if (isShooting && this.lastShootTimer.delta() > 0) { switch (this.activeWeapon) { case("EntityBullet"): ig.game.spawnEntity(this.activeWeapon, this.pos.x, this.pos.y - 10); var equipedWeap = ig.game.getEntitiesByType(EntityBullet); this.lastShootTimer.set(equippedWeap.shootingRate); console.log(equipedWeap.shootingRate); break; case("EntityGrenade"): ig.game.spawnEntity(this.activeWeapon, this.pos.x, this.pos.y +5); var equipedWeap = ig.game.getEntitiesByType(EntityGrenade); this.lastShootTimer.set(equipedWeap.shootingRate); console.log(EquipedWeap.shootingRate); break; case("EntityExplosiveBomb"): ig.game.spawnEntity(this.activeWeapon, this.pos.x, this.pos.y +5 ); var equipedWeap = ig.game.getEntitiesByType(EntityExplosiveBomb)[0]; this.lastShootTimer.set(equipedWeap.shootingRate); console.log(equipedWeap.shootingRate); break; } }

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