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November 2007
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Try Delphi Cannon: A simple OpenGL game integrated with VCL
David Lock
– Everyone knows that the programmers greatest excuse for slacking off is during compile time. Next time your waiting for your software to build burn a few minutes playing the Delphi Cannon Demo! It's a simple VCL/OpenGL app I wrote in a few short afternoons. By hosting an OpenGL canvas on top ...
July 2007
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.Net String vs StringBuilder
David Lock
– I've always been a little shady on the reason the StringBuilder class was created in dotnet. Obviously it has some advanced string formatting functionality which allow you to create complex composite strings easily, but what else does it provide. The answer to that question came to me ...
June 2007
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Houston, we have Roadmaps!
David Lock
– So with the release of the roadmaps I can finally divulge to you what's been cooking in secret for the upcoming release of Tiburon. For those of you who haven't read the roapmap yet, get ready for a Unicode Delphi. Not only VCL, but also full Unicode RTL support as well. The plan is to upgrade ...
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VCL Feedback Abound
David Lock
– I expected there to be alot of feedback, but man you guys really surprised me. I didn't think anyone really read these things :). The good news is alot of you are putting the same two or three big ticket items as your number one requests. The bad news of course being that theres so much other ...
May 2007
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Assignment: VCL
David Lock
– Well the easy days of working just on internal tooling and processes are over. I've been assigned my first real area which you guys actually touch. Luckily enough I'll have help on this one. I'm to assist Seppy Bloom with VCL, an assignment that I'm diving into with some enthusiasm. It's going ...
September 2006
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Source for TurboMan now posted on Code Central
David Lock
– Hey Everyone, I finally got around to posting the source to Turboman on code central. It includes quite a bit of updates from the last binaries I sent out, including as advertised the David I familiar which helps you in battle. Binaries are included as well as resources so if you just want to play ...
August 2006
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Fight evil side by side with David I!
David Lock
– In response to screen shot requests I've been receiving, heres one of a newly added feature. Now David I's disembodied head flys a propeller cap about and helps TurboMan by assaulting enemies! Go David I go!
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Get Excited for Turbos with TurboMan the Video Game!
David Lock
– Hey Everyone, In a mad rush to be part of the Turbo excitement, I went ahead and coded our very own TurboMan videogame! Go ahead and download it at http://cc.borland.com/Download.aspx?id=24083. Be advised, it is a work in progress. The current version allows for basic movement and ...
May 2006
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Posting Ommisions! When work just won't stop piling up.
David Lock
– Hey everyone, Sorry for the complete and utter lack of post, content, and progress on anything related to Delphi, games, or any combination of the two. Time just gets short when they want you to get real work done in the office (the nerve of those people :) ). However being hard at work ...
March 2006
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SDL Texturing
David Lock
– I've completed another simple component which will be used in the development of my SDL.Net game. While loading and rendering textures is not exactly a complex task, especially with the advantages that .Net provides for the loading of image data, it is none-the-less an important aspect to any ...
February 2006
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What is SDL.net?
David Lock
– Ok, so I had posted that bit about having an SDL framework working, and it wasn't one day before coworkers were knocking on my door asking “but what is sdl?”. I am assuming some of you have similar questions. SDL, or Simple Directmedia Layer, is a multi-platform ...
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SDL.Net, It really does work.
David Lock
– So good news. I've got a general layout (maybe 30-40 lines of code :) ) which is the basecode for whatever game I'd like to put on top of it. So SDL.Net is working. My Delphi.Net SDL app makes a window, draws a triangle; its great. Now to make it do somthing ...
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Delphi grows up, moves out
David Lock
– Ok so putting all gaming fun on hold, So were out of the gates now, into the realm of the unknown. For those of you who havn't heard Borland is trying to spin off the IDE products group, including Delphi, JBuilder, Interbase, and a few others. Whew, I'm nervous. I mean excited nervous, but I mean ...
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Delphi and Gaming: What its about
David Lock
– Welcome to my Delphi Blog, Hey all, I'm David, the newest (at least when this was written) member for the Delphi RnD team. So to make a short story shorter, I decided that I felt like making a blog. However, being the not so industry experienced engineer that I am I had trouble when I spotted the ...
