the Yool-blog

Java checkboxlist

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:12:00 +0000

Hi all, long time no see.

Lately I've been wondering how I could do this with Java. With .NET's WPF it is easy,

All you need is to add this markup to the window-element

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The sprity stuff

Sat, 06 Aug 2011 08:42:00 +0000

Last time I introduced the drawing-queue. Now is time to make use of it. But first, let's think how our sprites and other drawables are formed.

Sprites...

What should the engine be able to do (and in some cases, how)?

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:09:00 +0000

On the bottom we have the SFML-library. As you hopefully know, The SFML is just a simple graphics api, not a 2D engine, so we have to abstract some logic in between the game and the SFML.

What do we hope this engine to be capable of?...

MERPG-Engine rewrite

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 17:05:00 +0000

I got the computer parts I've spoken of before and built a my computer without getting any ingredients to a good text, so I didn't write one.

But, speaking of the title, I managed to write the MEMAPPER, the MERPG's map-making software to a stage where it can save valid map files. I tried writing opening procedures for these files, but...

Small update

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:15:00 +0000

The computer parts I mentioned in the last post have now been rotting in the shop's warehouse for half a month or so. Since the old watercoolant-thingie-on-the-processor (is the waterblock a correct translation?) is compatible only with LGA775, and my new Core i5 2500k is a 1155, I had to buy a new waterblock for it, and the shop is currently...

New computer

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:09:00 +0000

Because I have written about different projects in each post this far, I see no reason to break the pattern.

To begin with, happy independence day to you people living in america. Today is also the tenth birthday of my lovely sister. This being, we here in finland tell a story about a whole continent of yours flagging for my sister's special...

Month passed

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:37:00 +0000

I promised to bring my attention to the Pr�ng, my own website/-community/-thingie, in July. So, I'll write the MEMAPPER to its Beta 1 - stage and publish it - maybe even here.

But let's focus on this website I'm supposed to rewrite this month. Its core functionality is to hold "Funny phrases" (best words to describe the...

The introduction

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:32:00 +0000

As I previously mentioned, I have projects (mainly MERPG and its relatives), I have a finnish blog about these projects, and I wanted to write about these projects to a wider audience (for improving my english skills... and for fun of course ...