Coding Forum for use WanaBe Coders

[LordDrake]

I was thinking it would be cool to add a Coding/Programing forum on here.  The developers could post some of their more annoying bits of code issues and some of the community could help/watch other help  

Also, it would be a great opportunity for some of us less experienced programmers to see the code w/o having to dig through the whole source code.

[Vengeance]

I\'m confused... what would you like us to post here?

[LordDrake]

Sorry if the Subject line confused you, it was meant to say Coding Forum for us WanaBe Coders, not use.  But to clarify a bit, I think it would be cool if there were a forum where coders/scripters/programers who are working on the project could share with us, the community, some of their work and even bring some of the things to us that they are having trouble with.  I duno, just a place that we could be introduced to the programming in a less drastic way as opening up the actual source code.

[Tornado]

Its a good idea, but i only understnd c++ so all of the c stuff wud be completely new to me. Anyone no where i can find a tutorial about using graphics on ms visual c++??

[Link]

Use a search engine to find stuff, we aren\'t your personal searchers. But, There are plenty of coding forums out there, just search on the internet and find some. The Planeshift developers wouldn\'t post anything here anyways, They are to busy to waste their time here. And also, It is imposible to get a new board here anyways, they should close this board seeing as it is obviously good for nothing.

[Snodgrass]

Try 3D Game Programming With C++ By John De Goes. ISBN 1-883577-70-5
It has all the code you need to get in to it.

http://HTTP://crystal.sourceforge.net They have a system that has good docs.

 http://www.opengl.org The standard in video acceleration.
Hope it helps.

[LordDrake]

OK, so, back on to topic.  As far as my idea, I meant it would be helpful for coders/programmers who are interested in this particular project.  It would be a way for us to get a glimpse/introduction and see if we can grasp the code without having to go so into it that we can get lost (something that is very easy to do in large programs if you haven\'t been working on them).  Oh, and if you know c++ then you know c, since c is a subset of c++...you\'d only have to find out what isn\'t in c so that you don\'t acidentaly use it.  Finally, I think it would help the developers as well.  They could post portions of code with a brief description of what it should do, especially if they are having a hard time getting it to acctually do it.  Fresh perspectives when it comes to code is a wonderful and magical thing often times.

[Link]

Why don\'t you download the source and check for yourself, I believe it is open source if I\'m not mistaken, and as was said before, The developers are much to busy to be here.

[MatzeB]

All people that want to contribute code to planeshift simply check this out: (It\'s mentioned somewhere on the help us page, but most people don\'t see it)

           http://planeshift.sf.net/wiki

[Tiraid]

LordDrake,
I agree with you completely. It would be nice if there was a forum for wannabe developers. It would also be nice if current developers could stop in and answer questions just to keep up moving along, but I understand that they are busy. Just the way they should be! I think the real advantage to a wannabe developer forum would be that we could talk to eachother; help eachother out if possible. That way we could learn the code and hopefully become productive members of planeshift without bothering the developers too much. MatzeB\'s link to the wiki web was nice. I have downloaded and compiled the code, and am working on hacking it to see if it is something I can help out with. My problem is that they didn\'t include the world file in CVS, so I have to find a substitute. It was mentionted that the flarge map in CS should work, but I get errors when I try to load it.  Have you found an answer to this?

Anyway, to sum up, I think many wannabes would be very greatful if we could have a developers forum. I would definately be. LordDrake, I would be happy to answer any questions I can for you. I hope you would be willing to do the same.

[Jamiro]

Well, I don\'t mean to sound offensive, I believe the idea is a good one.  However, I suggest a different approach.  Rather than having the devs spend their time to create a teaching forum which would take a lot of their time.. I think it would be possible to have the kind of help you want if you drive it yourself.  

Basically, just get the source code, and post questions about the parts of the code you don\'t understand.  People with coding experience (not necessarily the devs) could answer your questions.

I think this would work because this is an opensource project, so you would not be discouraged by the devs.  

I would suggest that if you have hundreds of questions just post them one at a time about pieces of code that aren\'t too big.

This might not seem immediately what you want, but if other people get involved they will probably contribute to asking questions that will result in all the answers you need.