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by DarkDragon
Sat Oct 25, 2025 1:55 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Curiosity : RandomSeed(Random(1000))
Replies: 10
Views: 516

Re: Curiosity : RandomSeed(Random(1000))

Pseudo random number generators (PRNGs) are state machines and the seed sets that state. You're setting the state randomly based on the previous random state. Some PRNG algorithms use the previous random number directly as state.
by DarkDragon
Sun Oct 12, 2025 3:13 pm
Forum: Coding Questions
Topic: For loops: Step 1 is not mandatory, but Step -1 is
Replies: 10
Views: 702

Re: For loops: Step 1 is not mandatory, but Step -1 is

If you had a changing step depending on the order of start/end values you would have to add "Step 1" for the case when your end value potentially overflows the integer space.

Hence an implicit change of behavior depending on the begin/end values would lead to the question "why is the for loop ...
by DarkDragon
Sun Aug 10, 2025 11:48 am
Forum: Coding Questions
Topic: Accented Characters (French)
Replies: 3
Views: 265

Re: Accented Characters (French)

CSV has no encoding information. You need to choose the correct encoding in libreoffice, manually, too.
by DarkDragon
Mon Jul 28, 2025 11:21 am
Forum: Coding Questions
Topic: Issue with converting tiny classifier routine into a macro
Replies: 17
Views: 1390

Re: Issue with converting tiny classifier routine into a macro

HeX0R wrote: Sun Jul 27, 2025 11:39 pm My Italian is very poor, but
Il tuo modo invadente di voler sempre fare battute che non sono divertenti è FASTIDIOSO
Absolutely. It's not the first time.
by DarkDragon
Mon Jul 21, 2025 8:15 pm
Forum: 3D Programming
Topic: Texture for cliffs question
Replies: 2
Views: 984

Re: Texture for cliffs question

You can solve it by different UV coordinates or multitexturing & shaders, ... it's all upon you.
by DarkDragon
Mon May 26, 2025 10:27 am
Forum: The PureBasic Editor
Topic: Source language lexer
Replies: 7
Views: 2614

Re: Source language lexer

JFlex & GrammarKit EBNF if you prefer this.
by DarkDragon
Fri May 23, 2025 5:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Can't access this forum outside EU
Replies: 32
Views: 4062

Re: Can't access this forum outside EU

Cyllceaux wrote: Fri May 23, 2025 5:42 am I'm in Germany and I can't visit this site with my Huawei P40. My Huwai P20 has no problem.
they use the same browser, same WiFi and same DNS.
What are the user agent strings of both phones?
https://www.whatismybrowser.com/detect/ ... ser-agent/
by DarkDragon
Sun Mar 30, 2025 7:05 am
Forum: Coding Questions
Topic: Thread parameter W/WO asterisk
Replies: 6
Views: 346

Re: Thread parameter W/WO asterisk

A pointer is an integer pointing to an address in memory. If you just need an integer value you can also decide to just pass an integer. If you need a memory address you would use a pointer (with asterisk).

Integer (.i) and pointers (*) have the same size.
by DarkDragon
Sat Mar 29, 2025 7:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: coordinates of text
Replies: 4
Views: 1631

Re: coordinates of text

k3pto wrote: Sun Mar 23, 2025 10:52 pm Is there a way to get the x and y coordinates of individual lines of text within a gadget?
Which OS? This will be highly OS specific.
by DarkDragon
Sun Mar 16, 2025 7:57 am
Forum: Coding Questions
Topic: Open a generated text file in Notepad++
Replies: 9
Views: 686

Re: Open a generated text file in Notepad++



EnableExplicit
#ASSOCSTR_EXECUTABLE = 2
#ASSOCF_VERIFY = $40

Procedure.s AssocExe(Ext$, *Act)
Protected Size, OutRes.s
AssocQueryString_(#ASSOCF_VERIFY, #ASSOCSTR_EXECUTABLE, @Ext$, *Act, 0, @Size)
OutRes = Space(Size)
If AssocQueryString_(#ASSOCF_VERIFY, #ASSOCSTR_EXECUTABLE, @Ext$, *Act ...
by DarkDragon
Sat Mar 08, 2025 5:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Linux Environment Variables
Replies: 6
Views: 1529

Re: Linux Environment Variables

Permanently setting environment variables:


For systemd daemons/services

https://serverfault.com/a/413408


For init.d you have a starter script reacting to start/stop commands usually which can be edited.


For login shells use .bashrc/.profile/... as usual.
by DarkDragon
Tue Feb 25, 2025 6:29 am
Forum: Feature Requests and Wishlists
Topic: Add MSet() function to string library
Replies: 22
Views: 2175

Re: Add Set() function to string library

Set() could be confused with a set data structure.
by DarkDragon
Tue Feb 11, 2025 5:48 am
Forum: 3D Programming
Topic: I hope this is some ogre3d optimization engine xD
Replies: 10
Views: 2471

Re: I hope this is some ogre3d optimization engine xD

miso wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2025 5:42 am I only use code to create materials...
Material scripts are code. Checkmate! :mrgreen:
by DarkDragon
Tue Feb 11, 2025 5:28 am
Forum: 3D Programming
Topic: I hope this is some ogre3d optimization engine xD
Replies: 10
Views: 2471

Re: I hope this is some ogre3d optimization engine xD

You can turn mipmapping off in the material script.

https://ogrecave.github.io/ogre/api/1.1 ... ml#texture
(numMipMaps)

However, mipmapping is used to reduce aliasing artifacts. It's not just a speed thing.
by DarkDragon
Sat Feb 01, 2025 5:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: PB on Steam
Replies: 4
Views: 4746

Re: PB on Steam

You don't need the dll for steam overlay. The steam overlay is on every hardware accelerated rendering context. You can even add games outside of steam and it will show the overlay.