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[PJay]

I drew a picture of a car by using "PlotOn" function in AFX 2.0+ ( in Basic Programming Mode ) . But the draw speed of it was very slow !
Can I solve this problem ?
Thanks

[huhn_m]

No not at all. All basic functions are VERY slow in basic. Suggestion: Try programming asm/c this is the only
way to fix it

[Roeoender]

Before the Asm was possible on AFX I made some games in Basic (hadn't link cable then, so they're gone) and one of the game called "Trabant rally" used a box (4points coinnected by 4lines, isn't it familiar to something? ) to represent a car, I used 2D rotation math to niecely rotate this car and tested its "bumpers" before drawing it to test collision, it worked quite fast and quite realistic. Someone could make such a game.
Anyway plotting bigger sprites (more than 5x5) in Basic is pointless.
Roeoender.

[CrimsonCasio]

hmm, that sounds exactly like your race game...

[PJay]

one of the game called "Trabant rally"  used a box (4points coinnected by 4lines, isn't it familiar to something?   ) to represent a car

Box and Car NO ! I don't want it !
I think that I must use asm/c programming ! Yes ?

[PJay]

As you see above, that's the only way to make fast grafical Games.
So you better learn ASM/C. 

How I learn ASM/C ?

[betoe]

The only way to learn a programmation language is practicing it on your PC. Try first to learn C (not for the calculator), there are a lot of tutorials on the web. When you dominate it try to learn C for the AFX.

[Andy.Davies]

is knowing C++ okay for this? as we learn C++ at college

[huhn_m]

I'm not sure but as far as know you should better only use c since c++ might use some 386+ instructions.
To prevent this you can also select the compiler to compile 80186 Code (or 80286). Don not use progs like
MS Visual C++ since they only compile windows code.

[CrimsonCasio]

learned that the hard way...
C and C++ are nearly identical, I've been in my advanced C class 3 weeks and I still haven't learned anything new.

[Roeoender]

C is a subset of C++ (I don't know why they didn't told you this ).
First C++ implemetations (called CFront) were just a shell scripts that translated C++ code to normal C code and then compiled it with normal c compiler.
You surely don't have to worry that C++ will put some 386 instroctions, C++ is as suitable as C for the calc programming because it tends to generate larger and slower progams (unless you try hard). Moreover making a C++ program needs more planning (deciding classes and it's tasks) which is not necessary for small programs like those that are made for the calcs (BTW <{GNULINUX}> kernel was written in C not C++).
Roeoender.

[Andy.Davies]

nice replys, just not quite what i meant. what i mean is that altough i learn C++ at college, (i prefer VB tho) i will program the AFX with C, i was just wondering if the languages were roughly the same, or different (like Java and Javascript, not being very simaler at all)

[PJay]

If I draw it in CP 300 in Basic mode, then do my problem solve or no ?

[CrimsonCasio]

a little, with the classpad it is much easyer to send variables with your program, so if you what you can draw a picture by hand and package it with your program.