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[Slydog43]

Added $50 more here. (I already gave earlier too). This is really an exciting endeavor, keep up the great work

Louizou, do you have a complete table script yet so that authors can compare so that they can get a jump on creating tables for this?

I believe that this is still just a work in progress just to see if it is possible to run a pinball simulator with Engine and FP editor. I think Louizou is still far away from having a complete script.


Not really at liberty to say that, but I think it way too early to have authors creating tables for this.

[Doc000]

another 50 dollars down

[Syco54645]

Added $50 more here. (I already gave earlier too). This is really an exciting endeavor, keep up the great work

Louizou, do you have a complete table script yet so that authors can compare so that they can get a jump on creating tables for this?

I believe that this is still just a work in progress just to see if it is possible to run a pinball simulator with Engine and FP editor. I think Louizou is still far away from having a complete script.


Not really at liberty to say that, but I think it way too early to have authors creating tables for this.

i believe he posted a portion of the script before. forget what page it is on.

[Glxb]

Added $50 more here. (I already gave earlier too). This is really an exciting endeavor, keep up the great work

Louizou, do you have a complete table script yet so that authors can compare so that they can get a jump on creating tables for this?

I believe that this is still just a work in progress just to see if it is possible to run a pinball simulator with Engine and FP editor. I think Louizou is still far away from having a complete script.


Not really at liberty to say that, but I think it way too early to have authors creating tables for this.

i believe he posted a portion of the script before. forget what page it is on.

But we ARE already making tables, all the recreations in FP can be ported over.

GLXB

[Syco54645]

Added $50 more here. (I already gave earlier too). This is really an exciting endeavor, keep up the great work

Louizou, do you have a complete table script yet so that authors can compare so that they can get a jump on creating tables for this?

I believe that this is still just a work in progress just to see if it is possible to run a pinball simulator with Engine and FP editor. I think Louizou is still far away from having a complete script.


Not really at liberty to say that, but I think it way too early to have authors creating tables for this.

i believe he posted a portion of the script before. forget what page it is on.

But we ARE already making tables, all the recreations in FP can be ported over.

GLXB

Still need scripted though

[louizou]

hi guys , and thanks a lot to all new donators

I'm sorry i was not there for some days....

You can find an example of table script in this thread (page 17 ).

It's not definitive and may change in the future .

As glxb said, the aim of this project is to handle every table made with fp , so you can start to draw some nice ones .

Now it's time for me to go back to action

[Themer]

Did you every wrote a script Syco54645? If so, you would have to know that the most important part of scripting is testing. This is impossible without the platform louizou is constructing. And it's too early to release that platform, because things are continuously changing in this stage of the project. I think no table author is willing to change scripts over and over, other than those who do so for testing purposes (at the moment only louizou himself).

[Syco54645]

Did you every wrote a script Syco54645? If so, you would have to know that the most important part of scripting is testing. This is impossible without the platform louizou is constructing. And it's too early to release that platform, because things are continuously changing in this stage of the project. I think no table author is willing to change scripts over and over, other than those who do so for testing purposes (at the moment only louizou himself).

I did not say for them to write a script now but i thought they would to familiarize themselves with c#. That was my logic of thinking, nothing else. Looking at the script it doesn't look much different than the current vp scripts.

Edited by Syco54645, 20 April 2012 - 04:31 PM.

[destruk]

I would say the "GREEK" scripting for this is identical in every way to the "GREEK" we use now.

[Syco54645]

I would say the "GREEK" scripting for this is identical in every way to the "GREEK" we use now.

yeah i thought he had said the scripting would be based in c# instead of vbs

[TedB]

Donated 50$. Looking forward to trying this out on my mini-cab. Thanks louizou!

[Themer]

It will be based on C#. What I think Destruk wants to say, is that programming languages look like each other. When you know a certain language it is (with most modern languages) not very hard to learn a different one, only the syntax may be a little different. Getting used to a syntax is done by using it, not by looking at it. And what's there to learn when we don't know the functions and their properties yet? You don't have to learn them out of your head anyway, because every language or library comes along with a language reference, otherwise it would be impossible to make use of it in an advanced way.

[Syco54645]

It will be based on C#. What I think Destruk wants to say, is that programming languages look like each other. When you know a certain language it is (with most modern languages) not very hard to learn a different one, only the syntax may be a little different. Getting used to a syntax is done by using it, not by looking at it. And what's there to learn when we don't know the functions and their properties yet? You don't have to learn them out of your head anyway, because every language or library comes along with a language reference, otherwise it would be impossible to make use of it in an advanced way.

Making a jump from vb to c# you cannot say that modern language look similar.

basic
for i=1 to 10 step 1
'some code
next i

c#
for(int i = 0; i<10; i++){
//some code
}

even the logic is different (sure they could start at 1 and have i<=10 but who does that?). arrays will start at 0 rather than 1. i think they start at one in vbs. i forget. i was not suggesting that they start programming at all, more just so that they could begin looking at code structure in c# and be familiar with it. honestly no harm was meant by my comment. if it was taken that way then i am sorry. i am not trying to say "these lazy table builders need to get in gear" but rather as a developer myself I like to see stuff as early as possible. I guess part of it was my own curiosity.

And what destruk says is true, except in extreme cases of java. hahahaha.

[destruk]

I was trying to make a joke in that it looks "Greek" to me, and all "Greek" looks the same - confusing...

[Tracera]

Just sent 30 Dollars... Hope it helps getting the ball rolling!

[destruk]

We have reached our goal of $1500 !
Thanks to everyone who donated - I've kept track of who donated what and when, so now we just need Louizou to complete the coding part.

[chinzman93]

That's great news! I am really looking forward to this.

[Themer]

That really is great news indeed! Thanks to all the people who donated and made this possible!

@Syco54645: I guess a little miscommunication has occured. First of all I didn't mean to attack you, although I agree that my first post may be interpreted as such. What I wanted to make clear are my own experiences switching from one language to another. As I've already said, syntax is (in my opinion) a matter of learning by doing. You get the hang of it by using it. Looking at code allows you to understand how to use the syntax, but that's all it does and looking these syntaxes up on the internet is just a matter of seconds. I'm sure that table builders will get used to the new syntax relatively quickly. What will be harder is the use of the functions, which is fully dependend on what louizou is creating for us.

About your code, you're comparing two different loops. Although the number of steps is the same, the value of i is different. To compare two loops which are exactly the same, you can start at position 0 using the Visual Basic script. Whether you do this or not is mostly dependend on the context:

CODE

For i As Integer = 0 To 9 Step 1
   'Some code
Next

You can add the counter (i) behind "Next", but in most cases this isn't required.

CODE

for(int i = 0; i <= 9; i++){
   //Some code
}

//This is the same as

for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++){
   //Some code
}

Edited by Themer, 21 April 2012 - 08:18 AM.

[louizou]

OMG !! I can't beleive it !!

This has been done so quickly !!

You have been faster than me , dear donators

I have so many things to do to finish it ....

OMG ! my poor heart is beating at gabber's tempo !!

The pressure is on my shoulders now

[destruk]

I think we want you to complete what you started - do it right, and put up a demo of some sort when it's closer to completion (working multiball for Class of 1812, reliable Black Knight 2000, an overview of scripting syntax documentation) - once the money is used to pay for the license, they don't give out refunds of the purchase, so... for now you can rest assured when you have those requirements filled, the money isn't anything you need to worry yourself about now.