Computer Science Canada

Etch-A-Sketch

Author:  Matt_872000 [ Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:13 pm ]
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Check this out, I was bored this afternoon and playing around with Turing trying to make a flying spaceship and ended up with this..... lol

PS The controls are in the readme.txt inside the zip file.

EDIT:
Here is the updated version with the window shake and the readme updated, thanx Gandalf!

Author:  Naveg [ Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:55 pm ]
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you should add a wipe-screen feature
otherwise its pretty cool

Author:  Matt_872000 [ Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:14 am ]
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Q to shake the image off the screen.

Author:  [Gandalf] [ Fri Jun 03, 2005 3:09 pm ]
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That particular instruction is not in the readme...

Good program, some suggestions:
1. Look up View.Update and offscreenonly
2. You could have used this cool window shake function which was posted - I think Delos made it. It would make the clear screen thing look more effective.

Author:  Matt_872000 [ Fri Jun 03, 2005 3:21 pm ]
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What would I use View.Update for in the etch-a-sketch?

Author:  illu45 [ Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:04 pm ]
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Nice program, I like the graphic of the etch-a-sketch, and the shake thing is very nice. I'm not sure View.Update is all that useful to you, as I'm guessing you're drawing a line, and not using cls, though I could be wrong.

Author:  [Gandalf] [ Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:12 pm ]
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When clearing the screen. Hold q and you'll see what I mean. Just add a View.Update and it'll look much better.

Author:  Matt_872000 [ Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:19 am ]
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It looks like my laptop overheated.... I may have permanently lost the source code.. Sad If I get it back I'll give you the View.Update version. hehe.

Author:  [Gandalf] [ Mon Jun 06, 2005 3:43 pm ]
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If you permamently lost the source code from your harddrive then why not redownload the source from the forums Confused. There are advantages to uploading your source! Smile.

It shouldn't be too hard to just add View.Update to that code.

Author:  Matt_872000 [ Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:03 am ]
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There wouldnt be a problem if I HAD uploaded my source Razz. Well, It seems my laptop didnt take any permanent damage.. She's just running a little bit slow, but I think I'm going to post the source now... Razz


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