a program maker?

[drifter7]

how could i make my own program? i want to but i don't know what i need to do, sorry if this sould be somewhere else.

 

[TurboSmoke]

the most common way is to use some form of BASIC...

dark basic or MS Visual Basic, that type thing. this way you can make you own windows programs and applications..

 

[drifter7]

where can i get these things and are they free? i need something free

 

[GilesGuthrie]

Well, if you need free, you want the GNU C Compiler.

Do you know what you want?
Do you have any programming skills?

It sounds like you have a vague notion of the possible presence of an idea. You need to solidify this. Programming is logic distilled, and it's only viable if you know exactly what you want.

 

[drifter7]

i have an idea of what i want but i have no programming background

 

[Spock]

then learn c/c++, or basic, if you think thats easyer,

 

[drifter7]

ok what i want to do is make a program so you can input settings for gt3 and then it changes them well it's hard to explain but i want to be able to choose from a list of different things then have the program show up with the settings i know it would take a long time but i wanna do this.

i want a jamella/shadowmaster type thing (if anyone has heard of them) but not to use as a hack program just a layout like that

 

[Spock]

so you wanna have a program that aids you in steting up your gt3 settings?

 

[emad]

Python may be a better place to start than C/C++ - it's an easier language to work with and I have seen some crazy things done with it. A few semi-major games have had many major functions based around Python (I think Eve was one of them). There is also OpenRPG which allows for players to go online and play D&D - also Python coded. Another great bit 'bout the language is that it's not too hard to port over to other OSes.

C is good, but idunno, it may be a bit complex. You could also consider Java programming. Asp is structured somewhat similarly to Basic so it may also be useful for you.

 

[HIGH ON LIFE]

hmmm i'll tell my friend to tell u what to do hes smart with computers cause hes in computers and technology class or something like that and he knows everything about computers.

 

[azndrifter318]

Visual Basic and C++, it all depends on what you really wanna build. Building a game, AI, bot go with C++. Just want a proggie that dispays text that you want shown, visual basic.

 

[hanker]

If you have no experience in computer programming at all you might want to take a course in it. It's could be quite difficult to just "learn" how to make programs.

 

[drifter7]

Originally posted by spock
so you wanna have a program that aids you in steting up your gt3 settings?

not exactly i want to make a program so that people choose from a dropdown list what they want their car to be like and then the program chooses the best set ups

 

[hanker]

Originally posted by drifter7
not exactly i want to make a program so that people choose from a dropdown list what they want their car to be like and then the program chooses the best set ups

Dude I hope to burst your fantasy bubble, but if you have no experience whats so ever in porgramming, this will be next to impossible for ya.

 

[drifter7]

lol ok but i'm still messing around with visual basic but it's not going anywhere

 

[the_cobbinator]

Here's a little program I wrote just now. Just copy and paste it into the code window.

Option Explicit
Private Sub Command1_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
Command1.Visible = False
Command1.Enabled = False
Command2.Visible = True
Command2.Enabled = True
End Sub
Private Sub Command2_MouseMove(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
Command1.Visible = True
Command1.Enabled = True
Command2.Visible = False
Command2.Enabled = False
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Load()
Form1.Caption = "Meaning of Life"
Form1.BorderStyle = 1
Command2.Visible = False
Command2.Enabled = False
End Sub
Private Sub mnuExit_Click()
Unload Me
End Sub

See what you can pick out of it.

edit: I typed it up, so mine looks a little cleaner.

 

[hanker]

Originally posted by drifter7
lol ok but i'm still messing around with visual basic but it's not going anywhere

Thats because you need to know how to write programming code!!