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Problems with PHP module dependencies.

Here’s a short note on how to solve it while I still remember. Dependency issues between PHP modules often arise, where some modules cannot be installed with certain versions of PHP after updating or downgrading (especially the latter). It’s helpful when it’s specified which module is causing the dependency issue (for example, complaining about php-common — it was the case for me — when I downgraded from php 8.0 to 7.4 since all engines refused to work on the new, still untested PHP).

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Drawing the level and loading screen in our strategy game — Strategy.

The general description of the game and the game archive can be found on the «How to create strategy game — Visual Basic 6» and «General description of the game and the economy in the game» pages.
Now let’s take a look at how the simplest levels are generated in my game. In my case, the selected level texture is simply filled in across the game area.
It looks like this at first:

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General description of the game and the economy in the game

In this article I want to describe the essence of the game and the economy — what I was guided by, where the elements were taken from. And I will tell a little more about myself and about how much time and for how long I have been inventing all this.

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How to create strategy game — Visual Basic 6

Starting from this article, I will publish a serie of articles on creating your own game in the style of the best strategies of 1990–2000: Dune, Total Annihilation, Supreme Commander, StarCraft or, for example, Warhammer 40 000. It will have something in common with everyone the above games, but of course it will be a little easier. And of course this game will be in full 2D. Although this did not prevent Dune from becoming one of the best strategies ever released.

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