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OK...new Useless Sock version .20 is out now - adosorken - 01-22-2004
http://www.nodtveidt.net/archives/useless_20.zip
Wasn't sure where to post this, so...I posted it here.
Admins: don't you think it'd be good to have a "New Releases" forum?
OK...new Useless Sock version .20 is out now - Zack - 01-22-2004
o.O
I'll be testing this out...
One problem...at the end of DEMO.EXE, the screen just went blank, and my moniter power light started blinking (which usually means the computer is off and the moniter is on, but obviously that's not the problem), and I had to hit the space key several times in rapid succession for Windows to come back up...I'm on XP, and a super-crappy Intel Extreme Integrated vidcard.
OK...new Useless Sock version .20 is out now - adosorken - 01-22-2004
Part of DEMO.EXE demonstrates the 640x400 VGA tweak...maybe your video card can't handle that, or your monitor can't handle the refresh rate it uses. Just some thoughts.
OK...new Useless Sock version .20 is out now - whitetiger0990 - 01-22-2004
AHH giant eyes!!!
anyway... cool
OK...new Useless Sock version .20 is out now - relsoft - 01-22-2004
Holy smoke!!! This is cool!!!!
OK...new Useless Sock version .20 is out now - Dav - 01-22-2004
* agrees with Rel *
Very cool LIB adosorken!
I'm gonna make something with this.
New Releases forum...hmm...
- Dav
OK...new Useless Sock version .20 is out now - Neo - 01-22-2004
I'll take a look at it.
Dav, perhaps there could be a forum for completed programs
OK...new Useless Sock version .20 is out now - oracle - 01-23-2004
A forum for releases would be like the download forums at qbasic.tk, since you'd have to have a download link to prove you'd released anything
Hmm, we could compare the ratio of threads in "projects" to the threads in "releases" and get an idea of how idealistic the qmunity is :lol:
OK...new Useless Sock version .20 is out now - RST - 01-23-2004
I don't have time to check it out now, but if I remember correctly, the older version wouldn't let you set a background color for the WriteCharacter() or whatever, despite what the documentation said. Was this fixed?
Also, how much interest has there been in your compo? I have the beginnings of a game, but don't want to invest too much time in an ASCII game without a good reason.
The older version of Useless was great; can't wait to see what this one has!
OK...new Useless Sock version .20 is out now - adosorken - 01-23-2004
A ton of things were fixed in this newer version...and actually, that old bug was squashed in v.10b, I do believe. I think interest in my compo went down the toilet when qbtk's roguelike compo started up though
but who knows...This new version added a bunch of new things as well, some undemonstrated coz I was too sick to code them into the demo at the time. Among other things, it includes the 512 character mode (courtesy of na_th_an), 132 column mode (the elusive VESA text modes), a new sprite routine, a new BMP routine, and working palette access for VGA cards. I also fixed critical errors in USgetElement (was only working in 80 column mode, now works in all modes) and USloadBMP (which was renamed from USloadBMPtoScreen), and now the library works with offscreen buffers as well, so all the plotting functions have had minor prototype changes. Also, I ditched the heavy Word document manual and opted for a simple text one, and I also ditched the crappy library builder coz it sucked.
