Pete's QBASIC Site

I'm reviving the dead!!!

I recently remembered one game I heard it in!
Anyone remember the King's Quest series? Whenever you died, you would hear that music that I want! I need the PLAY code for it! I MUST HAVE IT! (starts foaming at the mouth)

OMFG... That is such a NOOBish mistake... I am sorry. Nathan is right. QB always has row then column. So it should be LOCATE Y,X.
Guess I have been graphing on coordinate planes in Algebra too much...

Basically, you need to have a computer running a sending program, and the other running a recieving program. Sending program (sends key strokes) 'PQBC Serial Link Terminal WHILE KEY$ <> CHR$(27) 'Terminates on ESC KEY$ = "" WHILE KEY$ = "" KEY$=INKEY$ WEND OUT(&037F,ASC(KEY$)...

Theophage wrote:You young whippersnappers and your speedy code! Why in my day, we used code that let us come back a couple of days later to see if it was done or not, and we liked it!

Now, GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

Get into the 21st century. People don't keep track of who's on who's lawn... Oh, you mean the code...

Thats what DOS emulation does for you. (because Windows NT based-OSes are not based on DOS, but the NT kernel.)

OK peeps, listen up. I am going to start learning C++ (got a couple books from the public library). Anything I should know before starting? (I know about having to declare ALL your variables, extreme case-sensitivity, etc.) Don't worry. I won't leave the QB scene. It has too great of a QB-mmunity. :...

I had not thought about that...

Moneo, you always have the best bug-fixes. People can sure learn alot from you...

I liked FF9, but I HIGHLY reccommend FF8 instead. Believe me.

Try this. ' Quick LOG generator Print "Type in EOF at the end of your explanation." A = FREEFILE OPEN "Filename.log" FOR APPEND AS #A Print #A, "System date: "+DATE$ Print #A, "System time: "+TIME$ WHILE NOT INSTR(LCASE$(Explan$), "eof") INPUT Explan...

I hate to say this, but WINDOWS XP DOS emulation is better than DOSBox's. If you must use the IDE, just click your QBASIC icon. Otherwise, if you don't need the IDE, just use BC (Compiler that comes with QB) or use FreeBASIC.

To group 800 the old program took 32 hours. See how mine's better?

New: 3 hours
Old: 32 hours.

lurah wrote:PowerBASIC has PCOPY on concole, FB dont
sorry, couldnt resist..

Which is the main reason I don't use FreeBASIC for my *bigger* projects. Heck, my SCREEN 0 windowing routine (hand coded) uses PCOPY to "remove" windows.........

OK, I just finished a diagnostic on my new code. To group 800, the program takes: 10771 seconds (about 3 hours.) I have yet to try the old code with 800 as the maximum number, however I will start it and tell you the results on Monday. (if it's done by then )



*-just started-*

In fact, that analogy is very close. Here is an example using it. FIRST CODE: 1. Draws a random number. 2. Asks 'Have I used this number before?' 3. If not, add it to the list. 4. Put the number back in the hat. (every time) 5. Repeat. SECOND CODE: 1. Get 2 hats. (One with numbers, one empty) 2. Dra...

That's what it was originally made for.

A quick overview: Both codes generate random numbers in a random order and store them in L GROUP. However, none of the numbers ever repeat. Differences: First code: Generates a random number, checks if it exists in the list already. If it doesn't, it adds the number to the list. Second code: I'll do...

lurah wrote:Its linux compatible

YAY! I'll add $100(USD) to your account. Try to cash it and I'll KILL you!

A powerful, stable OS Anything is 'powerful'. Stable: Linux with Universal Binary Compatiblity Windows is the closest, since most programs that come precompiled are for Windows. no need to build anything from source(unless you choose yourself) Any OS except Linux (being general). But, not all Linux...

Guess what I like most about FreeBASIC?

$100(USD) to the first person to get the correct answer!