Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007

2008-01-29 Thread Valiant (on laptop)
barrels. - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007 > Hi Charles, > Oh, I see. Yeah, to an

Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007

2008-01-29 Thread Valiant (on laptop)
me too, took me a while to notice it - Original Message - From: "Yohandy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 11:34 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007 > Lol! This happens

Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007

2008-01-28 Thread Yohandy
Lol! This happens to me too so don't beat your self over it *grin* - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Gam

Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007

2008-01-28 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Yohandy, Ok, I really feel stupid. Lol! I just found said check box on my new laptop and turned the Welcome Center off, but when I installed Vista on my old laptop I searched all over for a check box and couldn't find one so I disabled it through the registry. I wonder how I missed it before.

Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007

2008-01-28 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi John, I was reading some documentation on java.sun.com on Java 6, and according to the Sun docs on Java 6 an application is either cold started or warm started according to when it is launched. A cold startup is called a cold startup when an application is first run. The first time a Java app

[Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007

2008-01-28 Thread John Bannick
Thomas, What means "warm started" re FreeTTS? I just invoke it when it's needed. Therefore, there is a delay the first time it is called. Have you some magic to share? John --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can

Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007

2008-01-27 Thread Yohandy
January 27, 2008 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007 > Hi Charles, > Oh, I see. Yeah, to an outsider the registry might seam pretty > complicated and mysterious. However, I've been working with it for about > three months and I now have

Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007

2008-01-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Oh, I see. Yeah, to an outsider the registry might seam pretty complicated and mysterious. However, I've been working with it for about three months and I now have a pretty good grasp of how every thing is organized, and how to manually add, change, and remove keys. It really actual

Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007

2008-01-27 Thread Charles Rivard
stand in front of them! - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007 > Hi, > The Windows registry

Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007

2008-01-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, The Windows registry? What could we possably have to talk about that involves the registry? It is nothing more than a place where settings and other application data is stored as keys. Charles Rivard wrote: > Makes perfect sense. Now for something more fun--let's tackle the Windows > regis

Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007

2008-01-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Cara, Yes. Not only that, but more universal languages like Java are more centralized arounda common framework and code base than are Microsoft's .NET languages. A game written in Java may only require the Sun JRE to run provided you haven't tied into OpenAL, DirectX, or some other third-par

Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007

2008-01-27 Thread Charles Rivard
o: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 9:36 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007 > Hi Charles, > On the contrary reusing code is not cheating. It is actually one of the > core principles behind object oriented languages

Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007

2008-01-27 Thread Cara Quinn
Agreed, and I think it's a very good decision to move to a more universal language so to speak.and that's not because I'm on a Mac! lol! the idea of reusable code is a very important feature of OOP languages in general, so it's not only not cheating, but also accepted practice

Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007

2008-01-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Yes, exactly. I realise I have a lot of work ahead of me but it gives me a chanse to improve upon my earlier code ideas and fix things I missed along the way. Perhaps put in more error trapping, error logging, etc so the new engine is more stable. Not only that but the Java language seams e

Re: [Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007

2008-01-27 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, On the contrary reusing code is not cheating. It is actually one of the core principles behind object oriented languages like Java, Python, and C# .NET. Code reuse is one of the major principles, foundations, drilled into new programming students heads when they enter a tech school o

[Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007

2008-01-27 Thread John Bannick
Charles, It's not really cheating. In fact, reusable code is the Holy Grail of commercial programming. When I finished the first version of our stuff, my late wife asked me, "How much of it is reusable?" I responded, "None of it." She opined, "Then you've failed." So I rewrote it. And am gra

[Audyssey] reused code - Re: Accessible Game releases, 2007

2008-01-27 Thread Charles Rivard
How is using your previously written code in several programs cheatin'? I would figure, heck. I wrote it, I'll put it to good use. --- If you don't stand behind our troops, please, feel free ... to stand in front of them! - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To