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Avoiding constant IF checks for loops
As an example, I have 3 different loops that are executed in certain conditions.
I want to know if there's any way short of something like this:
if(day)
x++;
else if(night)
y++;
else
z++;
...
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Turn based card game multiplayer: http polling or TCP
I am working on card games for mobile devices. For multiplayer I will be communicating through a central server. For the purpose I sorted out three options:
HTTP polling
TCP
Websocket (client ...
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Game based on Ajax polling for 12 players
I am planning on writing a small browser game.
The webserver is a shared server, with no root / install possible.
I want to use AJAX for client/server communication. There will be 12 players.
So ...
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What is the best way to turn image voting into a game? [closed]
I'm trying to come up with a design for an image voting site that turns the (potentially boring) task of voting on thousands of images into a game. The goal is to get the user to vote on as many image ...
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Recommended Polling Rate
I'm using the XInput API to support gamepads. As XInput is not event-driven, but requires polling, my question is, what is the recommended polling rate (ms) for gamepads or specific, the XBOX 360 ...
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How do I respond to keyboard events which occur between polling?
In my games update loop, which happens on a fixed timestep of 30 times per second, I am checking the current state of several keys to determine how to move the player.
For example:
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Polling vs event driven input
I'm developing a game using polling for the input method. However, now that I'm delving deeper into the game menus and other UI components, I'm finding that I'd probably like to have event driven ...
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Key combinations on poll-based input
So assume you have an input system that is based on polling
void update()
{
if( Keyboard[ 'A' ] )
// A is down
}
Say you want to be able to recognize 3 to 8 length key combinations ...
