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| Submitted on: 12/29/2000 7:31:58 AM
By: Mark van Renswoude
Level: Intermediate
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By 25 Users
Compatibility:VB 5.0, VB 6.0
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| | | This program uses DirectDraw 7 to display sharks swimming around and other stuff (check the screenshot). I created this because I 'discovered' class modules to move sprites around which simplifies the code alot, and allows easy implementation of more sprites. The sprites have been taken from the SNES game 'Donkey Kong Country', that explains the monkey :-). The program runs really great, even on my P133 with 1000 sharks... maybe someone could help me create a screensaver out of this?
As usual, please leave feedback so I know what people think about it...
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12/29/2000 10:32:37 AM:CovertLoop
This has got to be the BEST show of
animation I have ever seen on PSC. If
you vote this program bad, something is
definitely wrong with you. 5 from me.
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12/29/2000 10:42:06 AM:Ackbar
This is great. It's smooth, fast, and
looks cool. Great job. 5 from me as
well.
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12/29/2000 11:17:11 AM:Chris
Ditto...
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12/29/2000 11:26:04 AM:Powersoft Programming
Wow, all the positive votes and
comments for something I though to be
just a simple DirectDraw
test...
Thanks, I really appreciate
it!!
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12/29/2000 3:07:37 PM:Viper Tec.
You should add AI to this. Diddy trys
to avoid the sharks, but if one hits
him, it makes him jump back or
something. That would make this one
cool screensaver.
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12/29/2000 3:24:57 PM:Powersoft Programming
Well, I won't be updating this, since
I'm working on a DirectDraw RPG Engine
(with Map Editor) right now, I just
hope this project helps people starting
with DirectDraw...
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12/29/2000 5:10:39 PM:Simon Price
This is really cool. I say that even
though the first time I tried it, the
program messed up my screen, only
filled one corner and the transparency
didn't work (I could see overlapping
purple rectanges on every sprite). That
was because the program wouldn't change
my display mode to 640 x 480 x 32,
since I only have up to 24 bit color.
So I changed the code to 24 bit color
and it worked brilliantly. Very clever
animation, I think the term is called
parallel perspective that you used on
the bubbles. 5/5 from me. You know what
to do to improve this (just in case...,
enumerate monitor display modes so your
program doesn't mess up on us people
who have cheap monitors!).
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12/30/2000 9:05:06 AM:Nathan Chere
Looks awesome... I'd be glad to send
you a tutorial I made on making screen
savers in VB if you're so inclined. 5
globes from me!
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12/30/2000 9:11:33 AM:Powersoft Programming
I found some really good screensaver
examples here on PSC, and if I get
enough votes for this, I will add the
AI and convert it into a screensaver...
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12/30/2000 2:24:38 PM:iawix
FINALLY! VB animation beats SNES
animation!! 5 Stars! You're the only
one whos been able to do it!
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12/30/2000 3:20:07 PM:Andrew Killer
Excellent, i really must learn DX
someday :D
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12/30/2000 5:14:13 PM:Nathan Chere
I said before that it looks awesome but
when I downloaded it I was far from
impressed. There was no transparency
just purple backgrounds, the window is
obviously only catered for 640x480
displays and it made the rest of the
screen outside that box turn to fuzz,
and it crashes VB whenever I exit from
it. I change my vote to a 2 (I'm gonna
be REAL unpopular around here now).
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12/30/2000 5:16:01 PM:Nathan Chere
Gotta admit though, you did a great job
of ripping the sprites from DKC
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12/30/2000 11:16:10 PM:DarkSkies
I too had the problem with the display
as I had
my resolution set to 16bit
changed it to
32 and no problem. Nice
Job, a big 5 here!
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1/7/2001 11:35:22 PM:HEllRiZZer
What Map Editor r u using? the one u
made by urself or a Advanced Map
Editor/RPG Editor?
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1/8/2001 3:21:27 AM:Powersoft Programming
I'm creating one myself since the maps
will have it's own data format.
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1/9/2001 3:47:50 PM:Robert
This is great, its the first Animation
i've got off PSC thats actually worked
on my ancient p166.
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1/15/2001 3:42:16 AM:Nathan Chere
Hehe... I'm going to be a pain in the
@ss and change my vote AGAIN... but
this time back up to a 5 because while
the actual program was nothing special
it's helped me heaps with learning how
to display 2D stuff in DX.
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1/16/2001 2:38:34 AM:Powersoft Programming
Well, better late than never ;-)
But
seriously, I'm glad this program was
able to help you out.
Btw, thanks
everyone for helping me win the PSC
Coding Contest!!
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1/16/2001 12:15:31 PM:Dustin_00
For those seeing the Magenta (Pink)
boxes:
Take the bmps and turn all
black pixels to (0,0,1) (1 blue), then
turn the (255,0,255) to (0,0,0). Since
the program isn't attaching the
transparency to the color palette to
get it's real value, only Black (and I
think White) are going to work across
all color depths.
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1/28/2001 11:19:17 AM:turb
Tryed it got this error:Run-Time error
"2005532447(887600e1)": Automation
error:I'm not familar with this code so
is it simple? Thanks
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2/21/2001 5:48:39 AM:Rogier
Really nice done! To create a
screensaver of it ren the .exe to .scr
and make it start with the /s param or
options with the /p good luck and keep
up the good work
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2/21/2002 1:02:28 PM:Chase Gale
Very Impressive. Although after looking
through the code, I've reassured myself
to keep my day job doing business apps
=). 5 Globes from me.
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6/9/2002 2:06:53 PM:AML
I changed my colour to 32 and it worked
only the rest of my screen screwed up.
5 globes.
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5/8/2003 1:45:54 PM:A1Programmer
Looks great... But its just 2d
images... nothing special...
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6/12/2003 10:03:46 PM:
Excellent sample program. :) Keep up
the good work.
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