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Programming word games?
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Oct 22, 2003 @ 3:31pmby egarayblas
I'm actually considering a simple word game in my spare time while working on a bigger project.
I was just wondering, what's the best method to store all those words that I will use in my game? Will I be better off learning ADO CE and storing everything in a database? Or use a resource file? Or just use a plain "external" text file? Any advice from those who have experience working w/ these kinds of games?
Thanks in advance!
Erick
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Oct 22, 2003 @ 4:33pmby Dan East
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Oct 22, 2003 @ 4:38pmby andyclap
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Oct 22, 2003 @ 11:47pmby mlepage
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Oct 23, 2003 @ 3:26amby egarayblas
Dan: Thanks for the tip. You're right, I think I'm better off just using my own format.
Andyclap: What you mentioned is very interesting. I'll try to research on that from the net. Got any quick links where I can start with btw? Thanks!
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Oct 23, 2003 @ 7:29amby okku
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Oct 23, 2003 @ 10:32amby andyclap
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Oct 23, 2003 @ 12:26pmby refractor
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Oct 23, 2003 @ 4:30pmby mlepage
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Oct 23, 2003 @ 4:37pmby refractor
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Oct 23, 2003 @ 4:52pmby mlepage
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Oct 25, 2003 @ 2:01amby egarayblas
Guys, in line with this topic, how do you efficiently parse a short word into separate letters? For example I have a TCHAR variable containing the word "BOY", how do I parse it such that I can have it like my_char[0] = "B", my_char[1] = "O", my_char[2] = "Y"? Mine is working but I'm not sure I'm doing it right and there maybe a simpler way to go about this. Thanks!
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Oct 25, 2003 @ 4:03amby mlepage
I would just use std::basic_string<_TCHAR>.
Then, str[0] is the first _TCHAR, str[1] is the second, and so on.
Further, you have all the standard string algorithms (like searching and replacing) at your disposal.
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Oct 27, 2003 @ 8:42amby mlepage