----------------------------------- gamer Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:09 pm starfield/space screensaver ----------------------------------- ok if u rightclick desktop n go select the starfield screensaver, n yea this is the one i wish to make. but problem is, i hav no idea as to how to start, can anyone please guide me some steps to make this...if u want u can post the codes , but i would kinda prefer you just teachin me the steps to getting this screensaver thankyou for ya time ----------------------------------- Paul Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:43 pm ----------------------------------- maybe this would help u, I found it using search http://www.compsci.ca/v2/viewtopic.php?t=2760&highlight=star ----------------------------------- gamer Wed Apr 14, 2004 9:56 pm ----------------------------------- thnx paul bian for the link but however their program only hav stars just simply goin across the screen....which is just way too simple n not wut i wanted wut i wish to make is kinda like imagining urself travelling through the space, like keep zooming in (if u wanna kno wut i reli mean just select "startfield" at the screensaver setup) i just dun understand how to make that kind of "zooming" from small to big thingy if anyone knows plz share....thnx ----------------------------------- gamer Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:14 pm ----------------------------------- can ANYONE plz help me?? u guys dont hav ta gimme the exact codes (but if u hav them plz do), all i need is just steps as to how i can get to makin it...pleassse ----------------------------------- recneps Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:16 pm ----------------------------------- well you could have the dots bein drawn near the middle and out towards the edge.. and then they would move down the screen and to the outside of screen... i think thats how it works ----------------------------------- gamer Thu Apr 15, 2004 4:16 pm ----------------------------------- ok sry maybe im just dumb but i reli confused n stuff i guess i reli need some codes if anyone is nice enough to kinda make it plzz do (like just the beginnin or sumthin) ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:46 pm ----------------------------------- View.Set ("offscreenonly") colorback (7) cls type StarType : record X, Y, Size, Vx, Vy : real end record var Stars : array 1 .. 100 of StarType for rep : 1 .. 100 Stars (rep).X := maxx div 2 Stars (rep).Y := maxy div 2 Stars (rep).Size := 1 if Rand.Int (0, 1) = 0 then Stars (rep).Vx := Rand.Real * 3 else Stars (rep).Vx := Rand.Real * 3 * -1 end if if Rand.Int (0, 1) = 0 then Stars (rep).Vy := Rand.Real * 3 else Stars (rep).Vy := Rand.Real * 3 * -1 end if end for loop for rep : 1 .. 100 drawfilloval (round (Stars (rep).X), round (Stars (rep).Y), round (Stars (rep).Size), round (Stars (rep).Size), white) end for View.Update cls for rep : 1 .. 100 Stars (rep).X += Stars (rep).Vx Stars (rep).Y += Stars (rep).Vy Stars (rep).Size := abs (Stars (rep).X - maxx div 2) / 100 if Stars (rep).X < 0 or Stars (rep).X > maxx or Stars (rep).Y < 0 or Stars (rep).Y > maxy then Stars (rep).X := maxx div 2 Stars (rep).Y := maxy div 2 Stars (rep).Size := 1 end if end for end loop it's not that good, but I have a compsci and guitar test tomorrow, so I couldn't spend too much time on it. But this is basicly what you could do. ----------------------------------- gamer Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:57 pm ----------------------------------- wow man thnx alot, however....... damn im still a newb n i hardly kno any of the codes :cry: is it possible to make it with simplier codes?? or if u hav time, can ya kinda explain them??plzzz ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:15 pm ----------------------------------- basicly, I created a star "object", where it has it's position and speed. Read up on records first. I increase the x and y coordinate of a star by their speed, then I change the size accoding to the x coord. It gets bigger as it gets near the edge of the screen. Then draw everything, View.Update it. ----------------------------------- gamer Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:06 pm ----------------------------------- thnx alot ----------------------------------- gamer Thu Apr 15, 2004 8:56 pm ----------------------------------- but wut exactly are type n record for?? is it posible if i use somethin else instead?? also, wuts withe the (rep) thing?? lol cuz ive never seen the command "Stars (rep).X" maybe im just too dumb for this btw how come it seems theres this black rectangle with a dot in the middle??