Xenko

I've decided to move on from pencil and paper drawing to digital drawing and I just got PaintTool Sai, so I'm looking for an accompanying tablet. I don't have any real preference whether it's complex or basic, so long as it's functional. That being said, if there's any that have functions that make it easier, I'd prefer that. I dunno if they all do it, but something that can also feel or at least mimic what it's like to draw on paper since that's what I'm used to would be nice. So far the only one I've heard of is the Wacom Intuo or something but that just seems to be a brand rather than a specific model. So. Yeah. Any suggestions would be helpful.

So of all the parts, the power supply is the one I know the least about. I'm making a gaming PC for the intent of gaming (of course), but also for making games using Unreal Engine 4. 4K games if that makes a difference. So with that said, what should I aim for when looking for a power supply?

I feel like I've asked this before, but to no avail. In Java's built in library to play .wav files, is there some way to loop to a certain point in the song? Like it loops to 00:15 for example.

I'm trying to reduce how much memory (not memory as in free space on the hard drive, memory as in RAM and CPU) my Java program has since it doesn't run as smoothly on every single computer and I can only surmise it's due to memory consumption. So what are some general tips and tricks that would reduce this regardless of what you're working on? Things to keep in mind as I continue working on it and the like.

I'm trying to use Runtime.totalMemory() and Runtime.freeMemory() to see how much memory my program is using, but how would you use it contextually? I get that it's an instance method so I should use Runtime.getRuntime() but how do I use it after that? I've been on a long hiatus from coding so I'm a little out of practice.

I'm trying to find a universal way to get a game I'm making in Java to scale to every possible monitor resolution without causing problems with the code but that's harder than I thought. So I'm wondering, before I do anything with the code, if there's any way to do this externally. I thought an ini file would help, but it just seems to store values that you'd still need to code for. What would be useful is if I could get the program itself to scale without even touching the code. Is this possible?

Like say I have a paragraph, 5 lines, is it possible to use one echo to type out all 5 lines or do I have to echo each line individually (i.e. echo 1, echo 2, echo 3, etc.)?

I'm trying to get a bunch of methods that only take ints to take doubles (I can't change all the methods directly), and I'm trying to get them to accept doubles but I'm wondering if there's some way to do this without having to convert the doubles to ints. I'm afraid that if I do convert them to ints, it'll cause errors down the line.

What I currently do is have it make the program's width and height the monitor's width and height, but in retrospect I feel the best way to do this would be to have a static width and height (say 100x100) and just stretch it to fit the monitor size. But how would I do this? Are there any better ways of doing this that would basically only affect it aesthetically but not affect like placements and all that so I don't have to figure out how to readjust everything for each monitor size?

I haven't done anything to my code and yet suddenly (literally 3 minutes after successfully running it) it either doesn't run it or runs it at an ungodly slow pace. I have no idea why it's doing this, unless it's my computer, but my computer seems to be fine. I closed Eclipse, restarted my computer, and still it does this. Is there something wrong with the program? How would I even begin to fix it or even find out what the problem is?

The intro to this song sounds so much like a Beatles song, and I haven't been able to get it out of my head. Does anyone else hear it, and if so, which Beatles song does it sound like? Cause I'm almost positive there's a Beatles song with this exact or very similar tune.

https://youtu.be/tWajprtWpf8?t=10s

In my game I use Rectangles for collision detection since they have a built in intersect method, but for the games I wanna make it's pretty limiting. I want to be able to do diagonal and circular collision detection as well and I wouldn't know how to even begin to implement that with a Rectangle.

I'll be building my first PC for gaming and game making in the foreseeable future, and I was heavily recommended a mechanical keyboard. To be honest, I don't actually know why a mechanical keyboard is better. Is it more durable or something? Or is there something special about the keys? In any case, I'd prefer to know what the best mechanical keyboard is as well as the best cost effective ones so I have some cheaper options as well.

I just cannot figure out Dolphin and how to use ISOs. For most of the games I want to play, the ISOs don't even exist or are hard to find. I have a physical gamecube and wii though. All I want to do is to somehow stream my games to someone online via Google Hangouts. So is there some way I can get my monitor to show the games or something? I doubt it, but it's the only thing I can think to do.

What I have is a Map/HashMap that has a <String, String>. I have a getter method to get the key string. What I'm trying to do is assign the value string to where it needs to go as the path. But I don't know how to apply the getter method to this. So in other words, what I want is to type Class.getKey("key") and "key" equals some longer string. Then I have a file thing that demands a string path. How do I use the getter to put the string in the thing? If that makes sense.

What I'm trying to do is assign the longer path string of an audio file I'm using to a shorter string so it's easier to type and also makes more sense as to what I'm using (i.e. the string "music" equals the string "./Audio/music.mp3"). I'm trying to replicate what I saw in a previous audio thing I used but it was premade JARs so I dunno the specifics. However, what it used were Maps. So is it possible to have a Map<String, String>? Like, would that mean "this string" equals "that string"? I can't think of how to assign the strings without Maps otherwise.

In the case of "audio.play().loop()" you have the object audio doing the play method, but then you have the play method doing a loop method. What benefit is there to this? How do you get it to even do that? Or can you stack methods normally? Just curious cause I've seen it but never really learned how to do it.

I'm making a game and I wanna make the play time thing, however I don't know java's time tools. Everything I've found on the topic seems to be for elapsed time, i.e. start time - end time. However, it's not what I'm looking for. I just want something that when the program starts it just adds to a clock (hrs:min) and that's it.

I understand it in concept, just not in practice. What I have now basically uses a row/column system to get sprites based on a grid like system, but the ideal way to do it and one that works with non uniform sprite sheets is you get an x and y position on the sprite sheet then put in the width and height of the specific sprite in question. However, I have no idea how to do that in code and people refuse to even give example code because then people won't learn. I learn through examples and experimenting better than trying to figure it out on my own, especially with my limited knowledge of java.

I technically know how to make it. Export, Jar, etc. But it never opens and it doesn't include the folders I made in the src folder. I tried moving the Jar into my projects but it still wouldn't even open. Usually if the folders aren't included it still opens but it just doesn't show anything, so I'm wondering if I'm missing anything.