Execution of games

hi i'm using windows 7 and i can't run any game on my laptop whenever i install any game and run it a windows error message occur same as when a software crash during execution game(name of file ) has stopped working i have install my windows twice i have
visual studio 2005, 2008 my directx is properly working and i have not any problem with any other software if someone can help me then do it please

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Thanks.
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.7)

the MacBook is hampered by a low-end graphics solution that relies on shared RAM instead of its own VRAM (although it has 64MB VRAM). About the only improvement you can make is to max-out your RAM to 2GB. Even then, you may not be very pleased, and many games may not work at all. Check the specs on the games to see how they handle the Intel GMA 950. Upgrading to 2GB is not cheap and (IMHO) not worth the $ just to get better gaming performance. The MacBook will never be adequate for that purpose.
Good luck!
MacBook,G5 iMac,15PB,G4 iMac, G4 QS, AX, 3G iPod, Shffl, nano,shffl Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Although javascript is enabled zoo paradise game tells me to enable it

i am trying to play the game zoo paradise on Facebook. it doesn't start and it tells me "if you have the latest flash but still see this message,please make sure javascript in enabled on your browser." Javascript on my Firefox is enabled and i downloaded the latest flash version and still is not working.
== This happened ==
Just once or twice
== i am trying to play a game on facebook

You sure seem to have both plugins, and latest versions.
For testing that Javascript is working correctly, you can find test links and info in this article: [[Using the Java plugin with Firefox]].
For testing Flash, we have the support article [[Managing the Flash plugin]].
If either of these fail, look for help in the articles and/or let us know what results you get so we can provide further assistance for getting it fixed.
If all seems to be in working order with both, you may have some extension blocking that particular page or application. I would recommend trying to start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] and test the FB application again - if this works out, you can try enabling your extensions (from menu Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) one by one to see which one causes the problem. If it still fails in Safe Mode, this strongly suggests that an external application is blocking execution - most likely a security application of some sort.
Please let us know how above works out, and if we can be of further assistance. :-)

Can I let my xfi card automatically switch to different modi when starting games/my musicplayer,e

Question says all
I got x-fi extreme gamer.
thx in advance

By programming a startup script to call the feature mode functions. This shouldn't be hard to do even no experience on programming. Just use VBS as for an example (by searching ".vbs" here you should get some example code).
Here's pseudo code for what the script should do:
needed definitions
call the mode switching program to change the feature mode to game/entertainment/creation
call/run the software (audio, game, etc.)
(reser the feature mode to default (if you have set certain mode to be a default))
Then the startup shortcut for software just needs to be changed to call the certain script instead of original .exe.
jutapa
EDIT: Here's the base command you'll need.
<div class="section">object<div class="section">?<div class="section">WshShell object.
<div class="section">?<div class="section"><span class="parameter">strCommand?
String value indicating the command line you want to run. You must include any parameters you want to pass to the executable file.
<div class="section"><span class="parameter">intWindowStyle<div class="section">?Optional. Integer value indicating the appearance of the program's window. Note that not all programs make use of this information.
bWaitOnReturn?
Optional. Boolean value indicating whether the script should wait for the program to finish executing before continuing to the next statement in your script. If set to true, script execution halts until the program finishes, and Run returns any error code returned by the program. If set to false (the default), the Run method returns immediately after starting the program, automatically returning 0 (not to be interpreted as an error code).
<div class="section">?
The Run method returns an integer. The Run method starts a program running in a new Windows process. You can have your script wait for the program to finish execution before continuing. This allows you to run scripts and programs synchronously. Environment variables within the argument <span class="parameter">strCommand are automatically expanded. If a file type has been properly registered to a particular program, calling run on a file of that type executes the program. For example, if Word is installed on your computer system, calling Run on a *.doc file starts Word and loads the document. The following table lists the available settings for <span class="parameter">intWindowStyle.
<div class="tableSection">?<div class="tableSection">intWindowStyle <div class="tableSection">?<div class="tableSection">Description <div class="tableSection">0 Hides the window and activates another window.
Activates and displays a window. If the window is minimized or maximized, the system restores it to its original size and position. An application should specify this flag when displaying the window for the first time.
2 Activates the window and displays it as a minimized window.
3 Activates the window and displays it as a maximized window.
4 Displays a window in its most recent size and position. The acti've window remains acti've.
5 Activates the window and displays it in its current size and position.
6 Minimizes the specified window and activates the next top-level window in the Z order.
7 Displays the window as a minimized window. The acti've window remains acti've.
8 Displays the window in its current state. The acti've window remains acti've.
9 Activates and displays the window. If the window is minimized or maximized, the system restores it to its original size and position. An application should specify this flag when restoring a minimized window.
0 Sets the show-state based on the state of the program that started the application.
Example
<div class="section">The following VBScript code opens a copy of the currently running script with Notepad.
<div class="code">?<div class="code"><div class="code"><div class="code"><pre>Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "%windir%\notepad " & WScript.ScriptFullName</pre>The following VBScript code does the same thing, except it specifies the window type, waits for Notepad to be shut down by the user, and saves the error code returned from Notepad when it is shut down.
<div class="code">?<div class="code">?
<div class="code"><pre>Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Return = WshShell.Run("notepad " & WScript.ScriptFullName, , true)</pre>?
Example 2
<pre>Dim oShell
Set oShell = WScript.CreateObject ("WSCript.shell")
oShell.run "cmd /K CD C:\ & Dir"
Set oShell = Nothing</pre><div class="section">The following VBScript code opens a command window, changes to the path to C:\ , and executes the DIR command.
Message Edited by jutapa on 04-06-2008 05:2 PM

How to pause program execution?

I'm developing a board game. It has the Board class, Coin class and Dice class.
The dice class has an animation to show the dice rolling. The coin class also has an animation to show the coin moving from start square to end square.
When user clicks on the dice the sequence of steps that take place are -
getRandomNumber();
dice.roll();
coin.move();
But the problem I'm facing is even before the dice rolling animation stops, the coin moving animation begins.
How can I pause the program execution so I can move to next line in program only when the animation in the previous is stopped?
or How can I change the logic so that it goes as desired.

Timelines (well, actually KeyFrames) have an action variable, where you can put a function doing whatever you need to do at the end of the key frame.
So, you can make your coin to move at the end of the dice animation (ie. calling coinAnimation.play() in the action of the last key frame of diceAnimation).

Game programming

I am new to game programming and J2ME. how can i integrate animated clips and application using J2ME>

Well thats kinda general... In my opinion java is a great language. Just not for games usually. Also what kind of game? 2d or 3d? I would recommend checking out unity for 3D games. I have used it and it is a great tool for people looking to make 3D games without as much work. Plus it supports execution in a browser like an applet kindof. For 2D i usually use flash as it greatly simplifies the process. If your hearts set on Java start off with this- http://www.tutorialized.com/view/tutorial/2D-Java-Platform-Game/10145

My game exhausts the CPU..

Hi, I'm writing a game (Not open source, so it will be a little tough to help, but I can give bits and pieces of the code) and it runs nicely and all.. In game. But there are issues here and there.. When my game is idle (For example: Starting screen, "Game over" screen, or "You win" screen.), the pressing of buttons, the clicking of text fields, and worst of all, the exiting of the program - it's all VERY slow. I don't know why this is, can anyone suggest some potential problems, so I can give pieces of code that may be diagnosed? Thanks.

Have you looked for loops (for, while, etc.) that test for certain conditions, and if true/false, continue looping? Such loops might reside on separate threads from the main execution thread.
A simpler way would be to run you game with a profiler such as JProfiler or OptimizeIt (I find JProfiler easier to set up). They can show you in which part of the codes, down to method level, the CPU is spending the most time on. These profilers can be downloaded on evaluation. If they work for you, get your boss to buy them! Saves time and money.

Using GameInput adds big Timer event overhead to AIR app execution

When using GameInput by merely referencing GameInput.numDevices, an overhead of about 38ms for internal Timer event execution is added to Flash player once every second.
I have a "sandbox" AIR 3.8 Flash project that does nothing other than trace some properties to the console. Execution of this sandbox in Adobe Scout (with a non-debug SWF, using advanced-telemetry, and with all unnecesary options disabled to avoid overhead) looks like this:
It's all well and good. However, the mere addition of trace(GameInput.numDevices) once changes the execution radically. The result is this:
Every second, there's a ~38ms event overhead. Apparently, after the first reference to numDevices, the player starts checking for device addition/removal once per second, but it takes some time to do so (again, no other code is being executed).
To be fair, I'm not sure exactly of the impact of that in actual execution. Apparently, it's only adding 6ms to the time it takes to go from ENTER_FRAME to EXIT_FRAME. But even if that's the case, with a budget of ~17ms per frame, that's considerable overhead.
This was tested on a PC with Windows 7. Player/Air version was WIN 11,8,800,88. No devices were actually attached to the computer.
I haven't tested with Android/OUYA. I know GameInput works, but I haven't been able to test if the overhead is there.
I can provide more details, but it should be easy to reproduce on its own. All you need is a reference to GameInput.numDevices.
My question is: is this expected or is it part of something that's still being worked? The addition of the GameInput API to the desktop version of AIR is most welcomed, but a potential 223% execution budget overhead on a frame once every second is potentially disastrous for games since it'd mean constantly skipping frames.

As of FP 12.0.0.44 the problem is back again.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16044357/scout_gameinput_again.png
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16044357/scout_gameinput_again_2.png
On top of that, it's not even recognizing all the devices I have installed properly. But that's another discussion I suppose.
I'm trying to be optimistic, but GameInput really needs some love. Not to add features, but to make it work like it's supposed to. I don't think it has ever been the case, except under very specific circumstances.

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