Pocket Burning Sand (Open Source)

[neilnapier]

What I was hoping to achieve was the ability to see the pixels as soon as you made it. I forgot that this would not be needed so yes you are right, it wouldn't be necissary.

When I move the code and dlls to the original file it works apart from the fact that it is very very slow and flickers a lot. Do you knwo what i am doing wrong?

Also where is it in that code where you set the colour? It used to use cYellow didn't it but now I can't find it?

It also would be good to have it work on a computer but that is not the main priority so does not need to be worked on until a satble ppc version is released.

EDIT: Oops... i get why it was taking so slow... I had made amistake in the timer.

[colin9876]

Neil, Ive just seen how uve merged the two codes - not efficient because its doing all the processing for pensize, drawing lines etc in the loop thats moving the pixels. I'll merge the code, u work on the dll?


do u have Visual C# 2008 compiler, Express edition is free from Microsoft, if not can u download it because then u can maintain the dll library?

To get rid of those stray pixels I need an extra line in the C# routine

If u can be the C# guy on this we wont have to keep asking Agraham to bail us out?

[neilnapier]

I could do it but I know no C# whatsoever. So as long as you give me code then I will do it.

EDIT: I have Visual C++ 2005 Express edition... will that do?

[RandomCoder]

Neil, I was just checking out your open source code to see how your getting on but it's not possible without the images. Can you please upload the image file zipped or if you prefer PM me a copy so that I may take a look.

Thanks,
RandomCoder

[neilnapier]

OK here it is... just paste the img folder. It reads from inside the img folder in the program.

Also I don't undertand all that stuff in the dll. There is like 30 folders in it!

[agraham]

I've found time to look at this again. The previous dll versions were quick and dirty and the loop ends and indexing weren't quite right as I hadn't bothered too much, also it left pixels behind.

Here's what should be a clean version with bounds limiting so it won't error and won't leave pixels behind. Note that there are changes in bstest.sbp. At pixel creation you were effectively indexing from base1 - it is now base 0 and your bounds checking is gone.

Visual C++ 2005 Express edition might do for the desktop as I believe that you can create managed assemblies with it - but I have never used it. However none of the Express editions can compile for a device. You need Visual Studio or SharpDevelop for that or roll your own at the command line with the free Microsoft SDK.

[neilnapier]

That is amazingly fast!!!

Well done. I wish I was of some help as it is my project but you guys are supreme compared to my simple knowledge of the language.

[colin9876]

Neil - ur interface is nice, & ur an enthusiastic project manager!

Free Expess edition - no dlls .. shame - I knew it was too good to be true!

[agraham]

Originally Posted by neilnapier

Could you change it so that there is a variable in the code or in the dll so that you can change the colour of the pixels.

Look at it closely Neil But its all or nothing I'm afraid. You could always pass the colours in as another array like in this version!

[agraham]

Originally Posted by colin9876

Free Expess edition - no dlls .. shame - I knew it was too good to be true!

Dlls yes : so you could do libraries for Basic4PPC but only for the desktop.