WTF is a Source Code

Craze

Spaceman
Really what is it? :p

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There's No Point In Ho's If You Can't Share 'Em With Your Bro's :p
 
I'm not quite sure, but i think i can help...

A source code is the coding for a game. Basically a whole bunch of 1's and 0's (I think, i know it's hex code...)

The source code determines ship values, game engines, hitpoints, hardpoints, etc, etc...

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"Your job is not to die for your country, your job is to make some poor dumb bastard die for his!"- Patton
 
Ok... I'll assume you're serious.
Source code is what a program (game, application, whatever) looks like before it is compiled into an EXE file. The best comparison that I can think of at this time (yes, I am hungry
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Tooner: Nope, the source code is actually understandable. It's usually written in a 3rd level language, which means that it consists of various commands, etc. It only turns into 1s and 0s when you compile it into an EXE file.

Come on, haven't you guys even used Basic?
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Ah, the reason I ask is because my friend, who I'll just call the "Spotted Owl" is making his own little RPG game and he needed to download the Source Code Program

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There's No Point In Ho's If You Can't Share 'Em With Your Bro's :p
 
Wow... I'm even more confused than I was at the beggining of this thread. It sounds like his friend wants to download the source code of a game and make an RPG?

TC

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CAG of the Blacklance HQ
"Canadian and proud of it"-TC
 
EVERYBODY, LISTEN UP AND LISTEN GOOD. DAMN IT, HE'S ALREADY DOWNLOADED THE GAME MAKER AND HAS JUST ABOUT FINISHED IT AND HE NEEDS TO PUT IT ON THE INTERNET SO PEOPLE CAN ENJOY BUT HE NEED'S TO DOWNLOAD THE SOURCE CODE PROGRAM. NOT THE SOURCE CODE FROM ANOTHER GAME JUDT THE PROGRAM....DAMN NOW I CONFUSED MYSELF!!!!!!!

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There's No Point In Ho's If You Can't Share 'Em With Your Bro's :p
 
AND WHAT I MEAN BY IT, I MEAN THE GAME HE MADE.

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There's No Point In Ho's If You Can't Share 'Em With Your Bro's :p
 
Ummm... I don't think there is such a thing as a source code program
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. Perhaps you mean a compiler. Oh and I think you're a tad confused because if he's using a game maker then he is not writer source code.

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The lily is my favorite.
 
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Y'see, that proves just how little I know about programming!
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Well, I'm glad you all replied quickly before he went and took my advice!

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"Your job is not to die for your country, your job is to make some poor dumb bastard die for his!"- Patton
 
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and Craze remove your Caps lock key before I do it for you.

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Robert "Meson" Stukowski

Wing Commander is more than just a game. It is a lifestyle.
 
Heh. I think he's just irritated by all-caps messages. Can't blame 'im
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How do two people who know nothing about programming make a game??

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Mess with the best, die like the rest.
 
There are things that are 'game makers' (I believe Clik n' Play was one such program) that make it easy to make a game, but hard to make anything good.

TC

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"Canadian and proud of it"-TC
 
Ah bite me, WAS THAT A TREAT MESON. But I'm nice I won't use em

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There's No Point In Ho's If You Can't Share 'Em With Your Bro's :p
 
maybe maybe not. Like Quarto said, I have seem too many all-caps posts. I hate people who yell for no reason.

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Robert "Meson" Stukowski

Wing Commander is more than just a game. It is a lifestyle.

[This message has been edited by Meson (edited May 17, 2000).]
 
Who said I'm yelling.

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There's No Point In Ho's If You Can't Share 'Em With Your Bro's :p
 
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