Re: Developing PBEM in VB

From: Michael Hodgson <mkh100@york.ac.uk>

Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000

On 23 Oct 1998, EricSum wrote:

> >Anybody started a PBEM game in VB? strategy in particular and version 5 of
> >VB in particular.
>
> The space opera game that I am currently coding is written in VB 5.0. The
> package comes with some great tools for interacting with databases, and of
> course BASIC has always been great for working with strings and outputting text
> to files. Since the host program does not have to be distributed, the minor hit
> on speed that you get using VB instead of C or C++ is not really a factor.
>

I've just started looking at a version of Galaxy in VB, running on the
front end of an access database.  I would agree with what Eric says, and
if speed is not an issue it's an excellent choice.  I would prefer java so
that if any other people wanted to run the game, they wouldn't be tied to
windows, but unfortunately the easy of VB programming won me over :)

One question I do have is how to automate things using VB/Windows.
Galaxy is gretly enhanced by turn checking, and I would like to make this
a feature of my game.  I would also like to make the game runnable from a
decktop PC, connected to the internet only via a Modem, as I feel there
are many budding GM's out there who do not have access to machine with
'live' net connections all the time.  Idealy, it would dial-up say once an
hour, retrive and filter it's mail.  Process or check it and then mail out
the results...

This does not seem like it should be a difficult problem, but I need the
equivalent of a cron demon, under a windows environment...
Am I going to have to code this in myself, or does such a thing exist?
Any hints/tips appreciated.

-Michael

References

Developing PBEM in VB
"Jake B" <jakeB@iName.com>
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Developing PBEM in VB
ericsum@aol.com (EricSum)
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Developing PBEM in VB
"Jake B" <jakeB@iName.com>
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Developing PBEM in VB
ericsum@aol.com (EricSum)
Fri, 23 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000