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DeveloperX · Last edited by DeveloperX on Thu Nov 18, 2004 11:32 pm; edited 1 time in total

I've started writing some more articles for my site (and other's sites it seems lately) if you're interested, or just plain curious, go read em on my site.

http://ccps.rpgdx.net <-- main URL

Articles list page direct link:

http://ccps.rpgdx.net/index.php?pageID=articles.php

and for those that are lazy. the articles themselves:

http://ccps.rpgdx.net/index.php?pageID=articles/article_agps_p1.php
http://ccps.rpgdx.net/index.php?pageID=articles/article_agps_p2.php
http://ccps.rpgdx.net/index.php?pageID=articles/article_agps_p3.php

I figure as long as I'm figuring all this stuff out, I should 'document' it so that others don't have to struggle like I have.
Any feedback would be great.
Thanks.
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Bjorn · Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2004 3:34 pm Post subject:

That's not articles, that's example programs... :-)

Btw, you probably don't want to write your paths like that or the program will only ever work on Windows. Allegro is a cross platform library after all.

DeveloperX · Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2004 3:37 pm Post subject:

Mousie_kebabs · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:58 pm Post subject:

Hello.

I was using these articles, and they were great up to article 3... where I had problems. I am using C, Allegro and DJGPP RHIDE to compile, make and build. Well, when I finished writing all the code and fixed some of the errors I had (typing mistakes) I saved the map file, and ran it. When the map loaded it was just a green map with the brick tile in the top left corner (0,0). I checked all the for's and if's and stuff. And I did find some mistakes, but it still did the same thing. The only reason I can think why it does this is because it isn't reading the map file properly. I will have to take a look at that.

But apart from that, they have helped me alot! I only got Allegro installed a few days ago. :D

Mousie.

DeveloperX · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:30 am Post subject:

Mousie_kebabs · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:38 pm Post subject:

Wow! That is really good! Instead of reading from test.dat I just loaded the map like in article 2.

If I used Dev-Cpp instead of DJGPP, could that be in a window and not just in a fullscreen DOS program?

Now, I think I will have a play around and make it scroll when the player moves 1 square instead of having to move right to the edge.

Thanks again for helping me out.

DeveloperX · Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 6:42 am Post subject:

DrV · Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:54 pm Post subject:

DJGPP is almost always updated for new releases of gcc and other GNU tools before mingw... not sure how that could be called 'out-of-date'.
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DeveloperX · Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:52 pm Post subject:

white_wolf · Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 11:19 pm Post subject:

DeveloperX,
I'm also trying to check out your articles and they seem to be very helpful. However, I'd like to compile and play around with the code instead of just reading it.

I don't know how to save the map as a 2d array in Mappy like you did (i.e. map[][]). Can you please help with this? I see the .mar option, and when I choose it, it saves as an Access shortcut. When I double-click it, nothing, just Access opens and that's it.

p.s. I realize this is a really old thread; but I desperately need help with that part.

EDIT:
Also, are there any downloadable files to go with these tutorials? Part 3 provided a link but it's a broken one?

DeveloperX · Posted: Sun Dec 10, 2006 8:06 am Post subject: