Tutorial 3

[Phantom]

The third installment of my Game and Graphics Coding tutorial is now online at http://pizza.hvu.nl/~kouwenhs/tech.htm .<br>Enjoy.<br>- Jacco.

[Dan East]

Great info Jacco!<br><br>Dan East

[Malmer]

Jacco, why don't you get a domain of your own?

[Shawn Wineholt]

I will give him a domain name to keep for free and hosting for 3 years if he or anyone else can teach me PocketPC programming!!  PS I live in Los Angeles <br><br>(btw the name in question is GothamGames.com (I like Batman what can I say))

[Moose or Chuck]

Dammit! If only I had spent the last two weeks writing a PocketPC programming tutorial instead of sleeping I could have a free domain name and hosting for 3 years!!!<br>DAMN YOU, SATAN! MY IDLE HANDS WILL NO LONGER BE A TOOL FOR MY DESTRUCTION!

[ShawnWineholt]

You're Hillarious!  Does this mean I need to go read a book instead of trying to get taught this way?  I think that Jonathan Harbour has a good one : Game Programming with Gapi or something like that... any thoughts?

[Moose or Chuck]

<br>This is a good one. . And it's good for more than just game programming, it goes through the entire process, along with teaching you GAPI and everything else gaming related.

[Moose or Chuck]

Does this mean I get a free domain and hosting now? No one would visit my site so it wouldn't take up much bandwidth

[ShawnWineholt]

Yup!! That's exactly the book I meant.  The thing is I have a few years of PHP/Flash/HTML/Director experience but no WIN stuff (i.e. compiling, etc is a mystery).  That is why I thought sitting down with a knowledgeable PocketPC Programmer might be a good thing.  Do you know of any resources or people in Los Angeles where I could go to do just that?<br>

[Moose or Chuck]

Oh, if you have no C++ skills then starting with that book may not be the best idea. Uhm... I don't know anyone in any area that just sits down and teachs you one on one. But I'm sure there are classes at your local college, school, or even library that would be a big help.

[ShawnWineholt]

OK here is a stupid newbie question feel free to edit it out later.... I take it then that c++ is the language you use to program a PocketPC yes?<br><br>I thought it had its own language really... Told you I was new at this.<br><br>Ok then so basically I just look on the web for C++ tutorials then right?<br><br>(btw this is very helpful info thanks)

[Paul]

WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN<br><br>lets see kazaa add da linkz

[Moose or Chuck]

Speaking of which. Paul, did you download the source zip file from my tutorial page and test it out?

[Moose or Chuck]

Yep. WindowsCE uses C++ just like any other OS in the world. But you'll need a special compiler to build apps for the various processors.<br><br>Here you go, download this for free if you've got a phat pipe, or order it for 8$ s&h. Then you can get started. But the PocketPC doesn't have directX, only GAPI, which is quite different. And be sure to use UNICODE.<br><br>(ex: <br>MessageBox(NULL,"Message","TITLE",MB_CANCEL) is bad, it uses strings. On the PocketPC you'd have to write the code like this:<br>MessageBox(NULL,TEXT("Message" ),TEXT("TITLE" ),MB_CANCEL)<br>It's not really a nuissance, but you just have to remember that.)<br><br>Those two things, GAPI and UNICODE, are the only real differences, except some stripped down header files and less functions built in.<br><br>EDIT: Those miserable smilies!

[Paul]

i might have downloaded it, i definitely havent opened it though.