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[TMac3000]

Bet you guys thought this was vaporware by now
Check here for the latest on my QuickBasic helicopter simulation.

The attachment posted is not a beta, or even really an alpha. It's just a small preview of what the sim will look like. There are no weapons yet, but there is a sonar system. The green line indicates the true bearing and intensity of a detected signal. There's a submarine decoy out there somewhere. See if you can find it

The flight model has a "rails" feeling because I don't have a joystick, but I tried to make it at least somewhat realistic. There is rotor torque, ground effect, autorotation and retreating blade stall.

The graphics consist of see-through wire-frame meshes, because I'm not very advanced at 3D graphics yet. There is also a funny sort of "fish-eye" effect I haven't figured out how to eliminate yet.

Controls as follows:
w/s: Collective up/down
a/d: Rudder left/Rudder Right
i/j/k/l: Cyclic
bracket keys: select waypoint
-/=: TACAN freq up/down
Backspace: select TACAN band X or Y
;/': TACAN bearing up/down

As you can see, I still have a looooooooooooong way to go, but I fell it looks pretty sweet for a thirty-year-old programming language.

The program SHOULD work on Windows XP, but I make no promises about Vista or Win7.

Please discuss. I live for feedback

 

[Jarvitä]

Does not work on 64 bit windows OSes at all.

 

[TMac3000]

Being Vista or Win7. Yes, I know You could try DosBox, but it would run very slowly. I can almost guarantee it will run in XP tho

 

[Jarvitä]

Being Vista or Win7. Yes, I know You could try DosBox, but it would run very slowly. I can almost guarantee it will run in XP tho

Have you tested it on x86_64 windows XP?

 

[Keatah]

I clicked on it and it doesn't work.

 

[TMac3000]

Have you tested it on x86_64 windows XP?

No, only on my system with XP Home 2002, which I assume is 32 bit. On 64-bit Win7 or Vista, no way. On 64-bit XP, I'm honestly not sure:shrug: But on 32-bit XP, definitely

---------- Post added at 06:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:03 PM ----------

I clicked on it and it doesn't work.

What happened when you tried to run it?

If all else fails, I can post the source code, and you guys would have to download MS QuickBasic to run it. It's easy to get

I'm not really crazy about posting the source before the project is finished tho:shifty:

 

[Hielor]

Why are you doing this in QuickBasic? Why wouldn't you use a more modern language that people can actually run on their computers nowadays?

 

[TMac3000]

Because QuickBasic is what I know, and it has graphics commands already built in.
I'm going to try and get you guys a screenshot or two

 

[Keatah]

I got a black box that said "Input run-time module path:"
I could type stuff there but I have no idea what it should be.
So I closed it and figured I better ask here before I blow something up!

 

[Ripley]

"Black box" here too.

"Input run-time module path:"...and then??

 

[TMac3000]

I got a black box that said "Input run-time module path:"
I could type stuff there but I have no idea what it should be.
So I closed it and figured I better ask here before I blow something up!

"Black box" here too.

"Input run-time module path:"...and then??

What OS are you guys running?

---------- Post added at 06:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:36 PM ----------

First screenshot!

 

[Keatah]

I'm using XP-sp3

 

[TMac3000]

Okay, I think I figured out what I did wrong. Forgot one important button when compiling:facepalm:

This package should work on XP.

 

[Keatah]

Cool. that worked. Interesting little demo. I recall doing something like this back in my Apple II days.

I got it to go left and right and up, but when jamming on the "S" key to descend. The program crashed. Something about an illegal function call or illegal quantity error. It flashed so fast I couldn't really read the whole thing.

 

[TMac3000]

The keys work in steps: don't hold them down
To get into a nice cruise:
Tap w, a, w, a about four times
Tap i about 8 times to pitch down and accelerate to 100 knots

---------- Post added at 07:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:27 PM ----------

And remember to add rudder when climbing or decending