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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: aldo_14 on November 08, 2002, 03:37:54 pm
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Right..well, I've decided I need to brush up on me Java skills - wot with not having used it since last April (if you ever saw me working on routegraph.java, you'd know why...) - but sod knows what I'm actually going to make.
so, anyone got any ideas for a little app? I can't do graphics yet - that's next semester (with 3d texture maps and learning to do phong shading - wohoo!) - bt I can do a bunch of crap regardless (various data structures, parsing files in/out, windowed GUI stuff, graphs (erc) and some other crap I can't think of off hand.
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start out by doing a web poll, that should be fairly easy...
EDIT: Let me clarify: a JAVA web poll
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Originally posted by Stealth
start out by doing a web poll, that should be fairly easy...
Not javascript - Java. No web stuff, just proper programs. i did start doing some specs for a custom tbl builder program, but realised it was pretty redundant (cut and paste?).
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i meant java... a java applet
a web poll applet
if you want to stay away from web stuff then i dunno :)
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How about you do my coursework for me aldo? :p
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How about a really simple app that will display CPU temp, system temp, and CPU fan RPM? I know there are others out there, but what the heck. :p
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Even thought Java is the upcoming popular web programming language of the world, I just got to say this.
I HATE THE JAVA API!!!! IT SUCKS!!!!
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Originally posted by Sandwich
How about a really simple app that will display CPU temp, system temp, and CPU fan RPM? I know there are others out there, but what the heck. :p
Good one....... not sure if it's possible (cos of the JVM abstraction layer) - but I'll have a quick look through the libararies to see if physical hardware can be accessed........
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Originally posted by aldo_14
Good one....... not sure if it's possible (cos of the JVM abstraction layer) - but I'll have a quick look through the libararies to see if physical hardware can be accessed........
My first thought would be - no. :no:
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Originally posted by aldo_14
Not javascript - Java. No web stuff, just proper programs. i did start doing some specs for a custom tbl builder program, but realised it was pretty redundant (cut and paste?).
I was just discussing TBL programs with someone the other day. I think it would be a great idea. Yes, it would be a bunch of cut and paste, but you could also take it a lot farther. You could setup sanity checking on values, template/toolkits for building specialised weapons from generalised ones, etc.
Of course, I'd probably build something like that to get a grasp of how the FS2 TBLs work. :D
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Originally posted by mikhael
I was just discussing TBL programs with someone the other day. I think it would be a great idea. Yes, it would be a bunch of cut and paste, but you could also take it a lot farther. You could setup sanity checking on values, template/toolkits for building specialised weapons from generalised ones, etc.
Of course, I'd probably build something like that to get a grasp of how the FS2 TBLs work. :D
I just couldn't really see a benefit from it...
NB: You can't directly access CPu stats form Java, but you can access a dll that does that for you. i found a neat little site saying how to do this :)
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Originally posted by aldo_14
you can access a dll that does that for you.
*hits self*
I'm missing too many obvious things - I'm going to bed!!!
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Originally posted by mikhael
I was just discussing TBL programs with someone the other day. I think it would be a great idea. Yes, it would be a bunch of cut and paste, but you could also take it a lot farther. You could setup sanity checking on values, template/toolkits for building specialised weapons from generalised ones, etc.
Of course, I'd probably build something like that to get a grasp of how the FS2 TBLs work. :D
Some time ago I spent some fifteen minutes writing a TBL "cleaner" in java. Input is a table file, output is the table file clean of comments and superfluous blank lines and spaces, properly idented (sp?). Can't find the damn thing now, tho. :p :D
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I ALWAYS wanted to learn how to work with Macromedia Shockwave/Flash :(
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Originally posted by Neon
I ALWAYS wanted to learn how to work with Macromedia Shockwave/Flash :(
so why not learn? www.flashkit.com
that's all you need to start :nod: :)
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For nice, beginner, not too shabby stuff, use www.swishzone.com
(I tink thats the link:nervous: )
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That's sWiSH, not Flash...
it's a difference... it's like CoffeeCup Firestarter (which makes custom Flash movies, exported as SWF files). it's not the same thing