Greetings - Have you ever had an idea that you wish you didnt?

[GR4YB34RDD]

Hi, My name is Daniel, or DD to some people.

Nice little forum going on here.

Anyways. I am not sure why i even tried it. Since i am a total noob at this stuff. That said. I had an idea one day. To make a game...
I can only imagine how refined and slick your attempts at this game would be.

I am interested to see how people approach a specified objective/goal in there own different ways.
What i thought would be something fun to do for shits and giggles actually turned out to be a total fkin nightmare.
That said, It helped me learn some new things. Namely using a for loop to specify control attributes.
This took me so long I tried to streamline as much of the code for this project as i could but in the end, i think i burned out.
I could never find out an easy way to work with spaces in a multiple word hangman. I am sure the answer lies in the Chr function,somewhere...
This was a total ballache to make so before you try it, I wish you goodluck

As i had issues working with spaces within multiple word hangman answers i copped out and used # instead of spaces between each word.
When my head is a little less fuzzy i will try and rethink some of the design attributes and methodologies.
I nearly gave up several times half way through trying to make this fecking game.
I am a total noob so this was actually a great learning curve to turn a task/objective/idea into reality... Well, Sort Of.


Functionality

Pick pre defined word sets that are linked to a combo box.

Load Pre Defined Hangman Answers that are comprised of anything up to 24 characters. Including Spaces or # or whatever and however many words you can fit into 24 character slots.

Letter evaluation and subsequent processes when entering a letter into a Guess Box. Either succesfull letter or hangman stage trigger.

I smashed my head against the wall so many times trying to figure out how to get some of the processing to work and random type mismatch errors and such like.
What seemed like a good idea and something fun to do at the time turned out to be the total opposite...
We live and learn though eh. I got there in the end! Wait there is an end without an If, argghhhhhhhhhhhh. lol

Regards,
DD

 

[Jon]

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[MajP]

@GR4YB34RDD,

am interested to see how people approach a specified objective/goal in there own different ways.

You may find this interesting. This is applying techniques from previous work to take access forms to an extreme non traditional interface.
https://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/threads/scrabble-and-drag-drop-class.333105/

 

[GR4YB34RDD]

Thanks for your reference to the thread. It is really interesting. I am trying to post an in depth reply but it isnt allowing me because it says its spam. Any idea why it is doing that?

Edit: I will see if an edit allows me to post it. Weird i can edit the post then add the in depth response but it wont let me post it as is from a fresh post. Weoooord.

That is a really interesting post. Thanks for sharing. I sort of got bored of the standard access stuff. I am designing a database that a business could use for pretty much every part of a business processes etc. From invoicing to digital image processing and OCR.
However as that project is going to take me some time like yourself i have started to think about looking into making some games as it helps one think outside the box. Excuse the pun. i will definately be digesting what you have on that forum thread so thanks for posting. I have set myself some fun things to do in access that i will alternate between the serious stuff and games.


I have made a list of games that i am going to attempt to make, I started with poker which seems to be going really well. However as it stands i think i am going to have to code it in such a way that i am going to play against the computer. I have a few web domains that i may look at using to try and do some sort of multiplayer. That is for another day though as i am not quite sure how to approach that task, ie. Just have it read from a txt file that supplies the current shuffled deck. The only issue i have here is when the deck is over how to create a new one. I can either use a cron job in the cpanel to wipe the shuffled deck and create a new one using python or such like. or maybe a php doc to generate the text files or even the shuffled decks then parse or use access to link to the new shuffled deck. Or i look into using pre saved multipled shuffle decks so i dont have to attempt to try and create each one on the fly. The other is trying to devise some sort of netcode that interacts with a cron job. I will try various methods when i get round to it. In a few months time. The ideas for games that i am going to do are in the picture. I think if i manage to master creating all the games then i can pretty much do anything that is required for a potential future client or someone that wants something bespoke and professional knocked together. I first started using access when i installed office 2000 many many moons ago and gradually drifted out of dabbling with it. Now i am bored with just going through day to day normalities in my spare time. Wasting time drinking and watching telly i have decided to start using the grey matter again. Thanks again for your reference to the thread. Muchos Gracias

 

[The_Doc_Man]

I am trying to post an in depth reply but it isnt allowing me because it says its spam. Any idea why it is doing that?

Hello, Daniel. I'm a moderator for AWF I'll answer your question and give you some perspective on WHY the answer is what it is..

The forum has automatic blocks on anything that IS or CONTAINS a link. It is based on your number of posts such that if you hang around with us long enough, you get to post things through links - though we DO have rules against advertising a product or service.

That limitation was imposed because of an incredible number of SPAM attempts made on this forum daily. Our site owner, Jon, has automated some filters to block requests from known "hot spots" that persist in their attacks. Some spammers get through and the moderators become a 2nd line of defense against the spammers. The no-links limit that caught you is a 3rd line of defense to block the effectiveness of the spammer who gets through the first two defenses. If we can't keep the spammers out entirely, we can at least frustrate them.

How bad is this spam attack? A couple of months ago, I banished over 100 total spammer accounts - mostly casinos and bookmakers from the Asian east coast area plus a smattering of central Asian sites. This morning I've already banished five gambling sites. You aren't being singled out personally. It is just the huge volume of spam attacks that we get. It's the price we pay for being good enough to attract attention.