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Black Winter 2: Final Assault
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10/21/2006 4:24:10 PM |
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Wong Yat Seng
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Black Winter 2 (BW2) is the second space shooter in its series, featuring many main weapons, side weapons, special weapons, variety of enemies, and its regular end-of-level bosses. The game uses 24-bit graphics, image masking(bltblt), sound effects, background music, and realistic explosions. The game is written in well commented codes, a tutorial guide to help programmers to build a basic space shooter, and a printer-friendly user manual for gamers who wants quick reference on weapons and ship statistics.
Players are welcome to send to me their highscore files and up-to-date pilot standings will be published here. Votes for this submission are much appreciated.
<p/>Top 10 Pilots:
<br/>1. jzthealien (131220 - Killed LastBoss)
<br/>2. Ryan Catling (118260 - Killed LastBoss)
<br/>3. Nafees Ahmad (116200 - Killed LastBoss)
<br/>4. Blaster Master (113435 - Killed LastBoss)
<br/>5. David Albrecht (105905 - Killed LastBoss)
<br/>6. tt_Hydra (105635 - Killed LastBoss)
<br/>7. Ronald Borla (105520 - Killed LastBoss)
<br/>8. Alejandro Villarreal (103195)
<br/>9. Ryan Catling (102665 - Killed LastBoss)
<br/>10. Gert Eising (98680)
<p/>Rename msdxm.oc_ to msdxm.ocx, if that doesnt work you can download a public copy from http://freeware.it-mate.co.uk/?Cat=OCX_Files
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 1/1/2003 9:25:37 PM: Adam Lane
Well done Wong Yat Seng, this is a big inprovement since BW1. It is a lot better with the image lists. 5 Globes from me buddy, keep up the good work.
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1/1/2003 10:00:04 PM:
Well done, Wong Yat Seng! Great improvement from the previous version. I'll make sure my friends vote it!
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1/2/2003 5:36:56 AM:
havent seen stuff these great since tyrian or raptor
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1/2/2003 5:50:09 AM: 1stCoder
Bwahaha... dun wurry Seng! All your classmate is going to download BW2. I'll spread the word. Bwahaha...
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1/2/2003 10:15:47 AM: James W. Manning
I haven't even downloaded it yet, and I'm giving ya five globes!!
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1/2/2003 10:28:43 AM: Emily83
Oh dear... i've known u so well to know that u'll come up with something like this one day. Well, i guess all the money u've spent in arcade shooters over the years has finally paid off huh?
hehe... dun wurry, u'll get my vote, Seng!
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1/2/2003 12:01:01 PM: lagware
This is simply amazing work! 5 globes!
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1/2/2003 12:08:45 PM: Jason Liang
Hey it's me. Nice game! I thought you were gonna post it as ^Black Winter 2 so i kept lookin on the first page and now i searched :D. 5 Stars/Globes/whatever.
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1/2/2003 4:22:25 PM: Matias A. Villagarcia
Totally Cool! that's all i have to say
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1/2/2003 8:54:20 PM: FoxHound
Hmm, the last boss is kinda hard to kill. There's just way too many annoying small ships coming. Are you sure anyone has kill that before?
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1/2/2003 10:37:13 PM:
This is great! I really need something like this. five globes from me.
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1/3/2003 1:38:47 AM: laracroft
Pulse Ring SG doesn't seem to work on the left side or top of the screen, same goes for Plasma Wave MG. Anyhow, 5 globes from me =) A job well done!
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1/3/2003 1:53:57 AM:
i like ur music, but your weapons kinda lack sounds. why dont you put in additional .wav for your weapons?
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1/3/2003 3:03:14 AM: dafhi
this is pretty amazing. the objects size compared with the screen size makes the game feel crowded
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1/3/2003 3:23:32 AM: dafhi
also, enemy bullets sometimes 'collide' where there is empty space - possibly a sign of quick rect test. and sometimes player ship does not move after it gets hit with .. something .. definitely another ship. seems like an unusual element in a space shooter
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1/3/2003 3:27:01 AM: dafhi
like the propane at the end of round 1!
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1/3/2003 3:43:06 AM: dafhi
The Side Gun "Pulse Ring" disappears at the left side of the game field.
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1/3/2003 3:50:25 AM: Wong Yat Seng
Hehe... pulse ring is one weapon that i dint foresee to include in my game. The bitmap is too big and painting it outside the boundary of the picturebox will cause an error. the only way to avoid the error is to disable it if its border exceeds the left boundary of the picbox. sorry bout that.
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1/3/2003 6:29:38 AM: dafhi
couldn't you just disable one of the images
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1/3/2003 6:48:09 AM: James Beer
Code of the Month material for sure!, Talk about unloading the big guns when it comes to trying to win.
I'm definetly giving a 5 for this!
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1/3/2003 10:36:59 AM: James2002
Well done 5 from me ,Yat Seng!
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1/3/2003 11:10:41 AM: Wong Yat Seng
um... i can't just 'disable' one of the balls of the pulse ring. The actual Pulse Ring is made of a big 3 bitmap images of a a bunch of circles. I just rotate these 3 pictures, kinda making them look like spinning.
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1/3/2003 11:20:53 AM: BattleStorm
For the audience you were looking for in this submission, I would have to say this is simply amazing. Your comments and code explanations are wonderful and the code is pretty tight. This would make an awesome DirectX or BitBlt project. Definitely a learning experience for the beginner and even the advanced VB coder. I can go on about what I like about this code but I'll just keep it to the fact that I like the whole thing. I spent about 15 minutes perusing the code and was amazed at the amount of work that went into this. Excellent job! 5 globes from me..
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1/3/2003 2:44:17 PM: Dude2
nice! 5 balls
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1/3/2003 4:37:32 PM: Vlad Vissoultchev
this get incredibly difficult at some point!!! hint: put an Exit Sub in the beginning of Minor_HIT if want to see the BLACK DISC boss ;-))
Cheers,
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1/3/2003 10:47:19 PM:
yo buddy seems like everyone likes this game of yours
i'm passing the word round...
make sure u win the code of the month award YEAH
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1/3/2003 11:26:25 PM: Stu.
Full screen and 5 lives please.
I'm too old for this and keep dying! :(
5*
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1/3/2003 11:37:43 PM:
I heard from OCH about this......he sent me the 1st version too.....hehe.....i hope you know who he is......I'll vote for ya definitely........
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1/4/2003 12:39:00 PM:
Crazy is d word! to describe dis Nice graphics... 5gs
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1/5/2003 9:27:46 PM: Wong Yat Seng
hmm... so far only one person send me his HiScore.txt file. i wonder why....
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1/6/2003 12:54:39 AM: Nate Divine
Hey, great gob. For an intermediate space shooter this is very nice. Seems like your going to win the code of the month also.. good luck. Hope the vote I give ya helps. Keep up the good work.
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1/7/2003 1:30:27 AM: Abrian Stemmet
This game is amazing! I downloaded the game a week ago and couldn't stop playing it! Stunning code, very neatly done! This is why I love programming! For guys who have a pation for coding! Not just sloppy code all over the place! Keep up the good work! 5 globes from me!
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1/7/2003 2:06:51 PM: Coding Genius
Personally I don't see what's all that great about this. For example: 14 media player controls. This is nothing short of ridiculus. Not to mention all the image lists. And not a single API call or anything? I find it very slow (compare the 30fps this does on my system with the 400 (with delay too) I can achieve with bitblt in a similar game). Also, because of the lack of bitblt, it tends to flicker slightly. Once the game starts to heat up int he slightest, thee game flickers so badly it renders the game unplayable. As for the loading/unloading time...games this simple shoul load and unload almost instantaneously. Also definetly not impressed by the 32Mb RAM it takes up (2x explorer.exe [Windows XP]). I find the code poorly structured too, you should be using classes and split the code into modules. It's not good to add thousands of lines into one form. There is lots more I noticed too, but that's all I'm going to mention. I think you get the idea.
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1/7/2003 2:08:02 PM: Coding Genius
Now, the graphics are great and the game itself is fun - I think that's what all these votes and comments are for - but I must say, I hate your code :P It would be very nice if done right (i.e. all resources in a resource file and loaded to RAM. Everything done by fast API. No controls on form at all. No timers - tight fast game loop etc etc etc). I would give the game 10+, but the coding behind it..pretty low.
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1/7/2003 11:02:13 PM: Daniel Keep
Coding Genius, some good points there, although you must admit that writing a game with media controls and image strips must be just as difficult :D Wong Yat Seng, your game looks fantastic. It's definetly a great effort, but like Coding Genius said, perhaps you should focus your energies on writing a technically 'better' game for the next one: perhaps DX8? You can check out http://www.directx4vb.com/ for some tutorials on the matter.
Lastly, Coding Genius, correct if I'm wrong, but aren't VB classes the SLOWEST way of doing something like this since they're just COM objects?
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1/8/2003 2:09:55 AM: Wong Yat Seng
dear Mister Coding Genius, i understand that my codings are unsatisfactory to your standards, but i felt that it has greatly improved since BW1 (which was horrible). I did not want to do such complex codings and reference any API calls as this is an intermediate submission meant for a space shooter tutorial. If programmers have trouble understanding the basic constructs of the game engine, they wont get to learn much from the tutorial itself. Anyhow, i appreciate your suggestions and comments and will produce a better submission for BW3 in the coming months.
Anyhow i hoped everyone enjoyed their game.
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1/8/2003 2:53:28 AM: Sprout182
The coding standards could be commented but i believe the whole program is great! I believe much effort has been made this into a complete game. Other space shooters in PSC never came close to a complete game. This submission has great entertaining value.
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1/9/2003 12:32:59 AM:
I liked the game and the tutorial is also good, 5 globes
Now I can do my own shooter ^_^ (hope it works hehe)
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1/9/2003 11:10:47 AM:
Great! I'm making a top-down aircraft-game on my own and your code gave me some good ideas on how to make it better :)
In the tutorial you mention that the game originally should have been made using DirctDraw - it would be really neat if you made that version!
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1/12/2003 5:53:15 PM: Jason Liang
wow... your game sure is great... it's attracted more people in like 6 days then my game in a month... lol
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1/13/2003 2:18:58 AM: Trevor Lewis
Wow, I had no idea that vb was capable of rendering graphics that quickly. This is indeed a job very well done.
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1/13/2003 10:32:30 PM: Peter Wilson
Glad to see you didn't use API's or DirectDraw. It's always great to see what can be done without them. I must admit to being surprised by the number of controls on the form, and the 1700 lines of code in a single procedure; that's just too much! Ignore the "genius" that told you to use classes - they are just too slow - stick with Arrays. Although I would only give you 3/5 for the code, I did give you 5/5 for the game which had a very well rounded finish to it, including scores and documentation. Keep up the good work.
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1/14/2003 5:14:40 AM:
wow, this program is really great... your so good! keep it up
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1/14/2003 5:15:59 AM:
I believe that you are very good in programming or may be an expert... hope you can teach me too--marlon ogsila
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1/14/2003 11:28:12 PM:
Can I distribute the source code and compiled version of your game on my new web site. www.freebits.us is where you can read all the information about the site and service. THANKS A LOT!
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1/18/2003 4:27:38 AM:
What the hell...your so excellent.
5 Globes
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1/18/2003 7:26:41 AM: Scorpion King
Excellent!!!
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1/22/2003 12:12:45 PM:
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1/22/2003 12:14:08 PM:
Pretty addictive little game!!! Seems complex enough for me and I like all the options you can choose to play the game (weapons and all). Good code. Keep doing good work.
u deserve 5 globes :)
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1/23/2003 10:26:53 PM:
Good God
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1/26/2003 4:26:54 AM:
Woah! Why can't I make sumthing this good? Ok, don't answer that!It's coz I am a beginner :P It looks really great man! You get 5 globes/stars/green little ball thingies from me!! I just thought I'd make it 70 users who gave you 5 globes
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1/26/2003 2:04:56 PM: Zach O''Brien
You should use Madules for your Sub's, will speed up the game. Also, when you get hit the map flashes.
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1/26/2003 2:04:57 PM: Zach O''Brien
You should use Modules for your Sub's, will speed up the game. Also, when you get hit the map flashes.
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1/26/2003 10:14:13 PM:
I can't figure out how to use the imagelist.draw. It doesn't not give me an error. Nothing shows up on the screen when I run it. Any ideas?
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1/26/2003 11:04:14 PM: Wong Yat Seng
To Zach:
Actually, i intentionally made the screen flash when u get a critical hit. But i guess my critical effect wasnt that good and most people thought it's a bug instead.
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1/27/2003 3:49:00 AM: Wong Yat Seng
I've made a simple tutorial on how to use the Draw function of an ImageList:
http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=42 727&lngWId=1
This should (hopefully) solve all your problems regarding the use of Imagelists.
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1/28/2003 6:02:44 PM:
Woohoo
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1/31/2003 10:02:30 AM:
Incredable! 5 Globes and worth more! Simply The Best
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3/2/2003 9:21:46 PM: Derek Skeba
Way to hard, should ba able to move faster. also make it fullscreen, and change their resolution. otherwise good game. got a website?
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3/3/2003 3:57:44 PM: Carson Stoffels
Nice job, i like the element of leveling up your weapons.. adds a lot of value to the game. I suggest for BW3 you do it in DX7. It would make it much better.
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4/25/2003 6:32:08 PM:
I submitted my high score and i was wondering where the list was. Anyways 5 stars.
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5/9/2003 9:08:00 AM: Bram Pelgrom
Based on the comments of all people I am thankful for supporting the open-source community :) without even taking a look at the code, I think you deserve 5 globes from me :) Keep up the good job! Thanks mate!
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9/4/2003 4:37:01 AM:
I've just submitted my high score- but I can't find the list. I just got an e-mail reply from Yat Seng saying that I had the 5th highest score. Can ne1 help me find the list?
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9/20/2003 4:34:46 PM: Yehia Muhsen
The least I can say about his game is that it's so AMMMAZING. If I didn't see that code, I wouldn't believe that such a wondeful game can be programmed using VB. 5 globles Wong, and keep up the good work.
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10/5/2003 10:21:33 PM:
5 GLOBES FROM ME. I THINK IT WAS SUPERB AND EXCELLENT
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11/13/2003 5:21:34 PM: Jason Liang
dude u won? that's hot. did they actually send u stuff??
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2/16/2004 9:24:41 AM: James (Lycaon)
Most of the comments I had have already been made, so I won't repeat them again. 5/5 for a good concept and effort, as well as being functional :) Any plans to move this to DirectX? Also, I can whip up/host an ASP page really quick for high scores if you want, as well as perhaps providing a routine to automatically upload the high score to the site (or on click of a 'Submit High Score' button).
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2/17/2004 8:00:09 AM:
If only I could give you 6 globes instead of 5!
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2/20/2004 1:29:33 PM: Wong Yat Seng
thanks but i'm no longer updating BW2
since more than a year ago. well, the
good news is BW3 will be out, hopefully
this year. the bad news is tat it will
be released under vb.net instead of
6.0, because only the .net platform
supports directx9, which provides much
of the special effects used.
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8/15/2005 3:46:35 AM: Wong Yat Seng
ignore the ruby83@starpulse email in the attached readme, its no longer valid. you can just click on my profile page and mail me from there.
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10/16/2006 4:21:19 AM: T Jackson
I have seen your earlier versions of this. Arguably, I think, one of the best 'pure VB' games around. While I do agree that it's not such a good idea to place all the code under one form, I think you've done extremely well considering the outright sheer complexity of such a game. However, it runs rough and very inconsistently. Take a look at my current submission ‘Developing VB Games’. It features a brief discussion about speed regulation and compensation for system latency. Fixed delays will never allow for that ‘smooth’ arcade like play.
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10/19/2006 1:53:48 AM: Graham J. Fisher
Very Nice
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10/19/2006 9:13:19 PM: Wong Yat Seng
haha, its funny. i posted this almost 4 years ago and there is still ppl playing and sending me highscores. i still remember that BW2 took my 14 days to complete, during my semester break. but i'm glad it gave you some entertainment value.
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10/20/2006 8:39:23 AM: Ronald Borla
HAHAH!!!
Just found myself a CHEAT for this game...
Mind you, it's not a way of changing the codes... Real Cheat...ü.. But I'm not telling, you have to figure out yourself..
:p...
Anyways...Really cool game.. There are some effects flaws though.. The pulse ring won't work on the left side.. Same with that Beam thing... That super powerful main weapon...Heheheh...
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7/27/2007 7:58:15 AM: jasonh
Doesnt work under winxp, doesnt even load, produces errors about opening a file.
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7/27/2007 12:29:12 PM: Yat Seng
This works in winxp too. You are probably getting the error because you dont have the .ocx file, which PSC intentionally removed from all downloads.
All you need to do is close the project. Get a copy of "msdxm.ocx" from this website "http://freeware.it-mate.co.uk/?Cat=OCX_Files", put that file into the project folder, then reload the vbp file again. Let me know if you have further difficulties.
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