Actually, ArrayList encapsulates a regular array and copies its contents over to a larger or smaller array as items are added or removed. So no, for processor time it's certainly not more efficient.
-----Original Message----- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of john Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 17:40 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] looking for game programing help/advice Could you give me some more details on that please? Right now I'm just using a 1000000-slot array (which loads a 1000-1000 map max), with a value for each coordinate. Are there large advantages to learning a new class for this (especially in the areas of memory and processer time), or should I just focus on other parts of the code? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Davy Kager" <m...@davykager.nl To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <gamers@audyssey.org Date sent: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 17:26:15 +0200 Subject: Re: [Audyssey] looking for game programing help/advice Standard arrays cannot be resized. You want something like ArrayList or a similar class found in java.util. -----Original Message----- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of john Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 17:21 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] looking for game programing help/advice Alright, I'll take a look at that once I get this thing somewhat off the ground. Would you happen to know of a way that I can use to reset the size of a pre-declared array? I'd like to be able to have the array fit itself to the size of my maps for each level, rather than just being some super-large number I hope I'll never exceed. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Davy Kager" <m...@davykager.nl To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <gamers@audyssey.org Date sent: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 17:03:20 +0200 Subject: Re: [Audyssey] looking for game programing help/advice OpenAL will do what you want, but it might be a bit too complex for simply playing a sound. I'd have a look at the java.sound.sampled package, see if that does what you want: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/javax/sound/sampled/pack age-summary.html -----Original Message----- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of john Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 16:53 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] looking for game programing help/advice Yes, I'm planning to have this be a mostly text-based game (at least for the forseeable future). I would really like to be able to play sounds for certain events though; do you know if that's possible from a console? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Davy Kager" <m...@davykager.nl To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <gamers@audyssey.org Date sent: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 16:48:20 +0200 Subject: Re: [Audyssey] looking for game programing help/advice Are you saying you want textual input and output as well? If you're only trying to capture the arrow keys and a few other keys then something like JInput is a more robust solution. But if you want interactive, textual input the console can certainly be very useful. QuentinC also adapted his screenreader API for Java. You might find that handy as an alternative to the console. -----Original Message----- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of john Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 16:42 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] looking for game programing help/advice As far as input goes, I'm currently using the windows command line and the Scanner class to get data. I'd like to stick with that format as much as possible; I've gotten to a point where I can somewhat make the game do what I want in an accessable manner, and as far as I can tell, not many other options work at all well with screen readers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Davy Kager" <m...@davykager.nl To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <gamers@audyssey.org Date sent: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 16:40:25 +0200 Subject: Re: [Audyssey] looking for game programing help/advice Hi, For sound, there is OpenAL which I found to work quite nicely. Similarly, for input you have JInput. There are also full engines written on top of these frameworks, such as LWJGL. I think some Googling will get you to the right webpages. For distributing your games, I suggest you have a look at launch4j. Keep in mind that even if you create a Windows executable, the end-user will still need a JVM, either preinstalled on their system or provided by your package. Whatever you do, you'll probably want to draw a basic graphical user interface for your game's application, if only to catch user input. SWT is probably the way to go. HTH, Davy -----Original Message----- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of john Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 16:28 To: gamers Subject: [Audyssey] looking for game programing help/advice Hi all, I've recently started trying to begin to program some simple games in java. I'm working from a command line cyntax, and I was wondering if anybody on here would be able to give me some guidance on a few subjects. 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