Difficult programming question
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But as a complete noob, how does one know what libraries are available, how to use them, or even what libraries are? I'm sure it's possible to do, but I think that the learning curve from complete noob to "look at my first game" is going to be significantly higher in C++. Also, there's still the point that if one is making indie games, c++ probably isn't the language of choice these days, so why start with it?
Any engine he uses to build his game is going to have a learning curve. C++ has been around for a very long time and the number resources available are incredible.
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To piggy back onto that, you can make some very enjoyable game content without much technical knowledge by making a mod for Skyrim or Fallout New Vegas. All the tools and documentation and community is there and you're more likely to get someone to play the damn thing if you spend 1000 hours making a cool dungeon in Skyrim/FNV than if you spend 1000 making a piece of shit game.
If you're not sure if you even would enjoy making games I'd start out with that. Even though I love programming I'd hate to actually make a real game (As in, doing art, sound, maps, writing, quests etc).
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Hijacking this thread because I can't find a "General Purpose Programming" question thread. So am going to try to crowd source this.
Doing a side project at work that involves inventory of devices for about 1,200 different locations spread across 6 different OpCos. Each opco has their own Excel inventory workbook.
These inventory books are organized, basically, by each tab representing a different device type. So there are tabs for "Routers," "Switches," "Servers," and so forth that are common across all workbooks. Each device tab has a number of columns like "install date," "warranty date," "model" and many more. Not all tabs contain the same columns or in the same order.
Devices are organized on each tab by a unique key representing a physical location. So a tab for "Switches" would read something like:
Location is unique across all tabs. So I want to run a script or something to organize all this info by Location instead of Device.
It just isn't useful to me to organize this by device type. I'd much rather have each tab represent a site or some export that just represents the devices at Location X in a table with a few of the important columns I need.... like Model and Manufacturer.
Tried Pivot tables but can't really get there, so started digging in to more on the lookup and offset side of the house, then some VB stuff... Anyways, not really important but thought I'd throw it out there. Maybe I can pay someone $20 on one of those websites to write me something.
Doing a side project at work that involves inventory of devices for about 1,200 different locations spread across 6 different OpCos. Each opco has their own Excel inventory workbook.
These inventory books are organized, basically, by each tab representing a different device type. So there are tabs for "Routers," "Switches," "Servers," and so forth that are common across all workbooks. Each device tab has a number of columns like "install date," "warranty date," "model" and many more. Not all tabs contain the same columns or in the same order.
Devices are organized on each tab by a unique key representing a physical location. So a tab for "Switches" would read something like:
Code:
Install Date Model Manufacturer Warranty
Location 1
Location 2
Location 3
______________________________________________________________
\Switches/Location is unique across all tabs. So I want to run a script or something to organize all this info by Location instead of Device.
It just isn't useful to me to organize this by device type. I'd much rather have each tab represent a site or some export that just represents the devices at Location X in a table with a few of the important columns I need.... like Model and Manufacturer.
Tried Pivot tables but can't really get there, so started digging in to more on the lookup and offset side of the house, then some VB stuff... Anyways, not really important but thought I'd throw it out there. Maybe I can pay someone $20 on one of those websites to write me something.
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I started with Applesoft Basic and 6502 Machine Language (hand assembling opcodes and such). Pre internet, info was hard to find as an 8th grader.
Probably go with C++ and also learn assembly for whatever machine you are using. If you can do that, you'll learn a lot of things that will help you later. Perhaps try Java at that point once you have a handle on how computers work at a low level.
Probably go with C++ and also learn assembly for whatever machine you are using. If you can do that, you'll learn a lot of things that will help you later. Perhaps try Java at that point once you have a handle on how computers work at a low level.
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Was wondering why I suddenly got a notification someone worfed a post of mine from almost 9 years ago...
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Actually, yes. Shifted from online mmo to tabletop rpg though. A bit more realistic for a small team with day jobs
. After several years of tossing around basic concepts and assembling a team, we started on the project in earnest in the summer of 2018. I'm in the final testing phase now. Testing will be done before the end of the year and then I'll produce a demo copy for marketing.Even though it's technically a pnp game, I built it with the intent to have a pretty robust digital companion in the form of a character builder/tracker and battle map. The roleplaying elements will feel pretty much like any tabletop RPG, but the character building and battle components will feel more like a turn-based game like Divinity or XCOM.
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Python or PowerShell.
I've used this PS module dfinke/ImportExcel to do some spreadsheet stuff before.
I've used this PS module dfinke/ImportExcel to do some spreadsheet stuff before.
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If the formating of each workbook is the same, or close to it, power query will be super easy. There's going to be a better tutorial than this, but you'll get the idea
support.microsoft.com
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Combine files in a folder with Combine Binaries (Power Query)
Use Excel's Get & Transform (Power Query) experience to combine multiple files, which have the same schema, from a single folder into a single table.