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Want a real challenge? Write the A* algo in qb. It can be done!
Have a little graphic demonstration of it finding paths around objects. Just a little challenge I thought up since I haven't been to this site in quit a while.

Welcome back!!!

excuse my ignorance, but what is an A* algorithm?

http://www.geocities.com/jheyesjones/astar.html
http://theory.stanford.edu/~amitp/GameProgramming/

Quote:excuse my ignorance, but what is an A* algorithm?

the algorithm that will piss you off most when trying to make one.

yay! i finnally did it! it may me crappy and really messed up but it works (i think)!


http://mywebpages.comcast.net/whitetiger.../ASTAR.TXT


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Quote:the algorithm that will piss you off most when trying to make one.

you got that right

The A* algorithm is one the most dirty algorithms ever created.

Yeah, it is. That's why it is one of the most used search algorithms.

People like being tortured by such algorithms.

Quote:People like being tortured by such algorithms.

it took me several hours to get it. hey... since only I entered do I win something? =P