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America's Army => General Chat => Topic started by: TheEnd on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 15:54:51 PM

Title: Looking TO Help, not FOR Help
Post by: TheEnd on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 15:54:51 PM
Hey, I was big into AA a long time ago, and now that I have my degree in software design, I would like to see what I could do in my spare time (which I have a lot of at the moment) to help out with this project.  Thank you for your time.

TheEnd
Title: Re: Looking TO Help, not FOR Help
Post by: Spanky on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 16:10:10 PM
Assist is written in RealBasic but Pit has interest in porting it to C++. Just a FYI :)
Title: Re: Looking TO Help, not FOR Help
Post by: TheEnd on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 16:20:14 PM
Actually, most of my experience is with Java, I've been using it on and off for 4 years.  But I'm trying to find something to focus my effort on and expand my knowledge set.  I've tried to just follow some textbooks, but I've been doing that for a while now, and it would be nice to concentrate on something that matters.
Title: Re: Looking TO Help, not FOR Help
Post by: pit-23 on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 17:06:00 PM
Assist is written in RealBasic [...]

You shouldn't talk about it in public Spanky, it might get some lawyers going after us ;-P.
Title: Re: Looking TO Help, not FOR Help
Post by: Spanky on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 17:24:12 PM
You're insinuating more with your comment than I am with mine.
Title: Re: Looking TO Help, not FOR Help
Post by: eKC0mm on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 17:44:32 PM
ewwwy c++, go Java!
Title: Re: Looking TO Help, not FOR Help
Post by: Spanky on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 17:54:45 PM
ewwwy c++, go Java!

You might be forgetting that a lot of AA players have shit computers. IMO, Assist shouldn't run on a code base that is well known to be CPU intensive.
Title: Re: Looking TO Help, not FOR Help
Post by: TheEnd on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 18:06:17 PM
You might be forgetting that a lot of AA players have shit computers.

There aren't a lot of people that understand that more than me.  When I first started playing AA v2.1, it was on my dad's hand-me-down computer that had like a 1.5 MHz Processor and less than 2GB RAM at an average of 17 fps.  From what I understand, both C++ and Java are CPU hogs, but you have to work with what you're dealt.
Title: Re: Looking TO Help, not FOR Help
Post by: Spanky on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 18:09:22 PM
Hmm, I never knew C++ to be a hog, I always thought it was decent & fast, that's why it's popular. I've never coded with either though, just making subjective observations :) Feel free to ignore my thoughts.
Title: Re: Looking TO Help, not FOR Help
Post by: eKC0mm on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 18:11:10 PM
Im still in school for this stuff. So im no expert, but isn't c++ only real plus side that its closer to the hardware. Java is pretty much the same thing except it runs through the java platform, as well as better cross platform from what i have read.

correct me plz if im wrong here.
Title: Re: Looking TO Help, not FOR Help
Post by: pit-23 on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 18:13:31 PM
both C++ and Java are CPU hogs

LOL, no :-D.
Title: Re: Looking TO Help, not FOR Help
Post by: TheEnd on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 18:20:01 PM
Anyways...  Back on topic... LoL.  I was just wondering if you guys might need a hand working on a component, need help get something put together. 
Title: Re: Looking TO Help, not FOR Help
Post by: TheBlackGinger on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 18:24:43 PM
C/C++ CPU hogs? facepalm...do you know that Windows/Linux/(woot els?) are mainly written in those languages?

And since in the future Assist should be more "secure", it's easier to disassemble (and understand) a java compiled program than a C compiled one. Etc etc Java sucks etc etc...

Good luck with the crashes/exceptions since you're coming from Java hihihihihii
Title: Re: Looking TO Help, not FOR Help
Post by: Koden on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 18:38:16 PM
Im still in school for this stuff. So im no expert, but isn't c++ only real plus side that its closer to the hardware. Java is pretty much the same thing except it runs through the java platform, as well as better cross platform from what i have read.

correct me plz if im wrong here.

It's just a virtual machine, the jvm so as far as you have the right jvm for the os you need to run it on...

cool beans, as ginger correctly says:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10533903/is-obfuscated-c-sharp-or-java-easier-to-decompile-than-c-because-of-stack-machin

Anyway, Jonnym used to release the Assist source, so...
Title: Re: Looking TO Help, not FOR Help
Post by: Jared on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 19:12:35 PM
Java blows.

I have been dealing with enterprise software using java and I want to tommy gun the office of these fucktards. Its not the fucking 90's people update your shit. :wanker:


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