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Geek Culture / November Newsletter # 82 is out!

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Mike Johnson
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This one is a bumper issue. Contains information about a free version of DarkBASIC Pro, a brand new model pack available for free and much more. Read it here http://www.thegamecreators.com/data/newsletter/newsletter_issue_82.html
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jrowe
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Posted: 1st Nov 2009 11:53
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Woah free DBpro and a great newsletter as usual. Thanks!

For Fathers and Sons who enjoy wholy spirits.
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Shaun Of The Dead
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Great newsletter

WOOT my entry into the newsletter compo is in there aswell
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kaedroho
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Amazing!! Free DBPro means that my dlls will get more downloads

BlitzTerrain - FREE LOD Terrain plugin for DBPro
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Nickydude
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Posted: 1st Nov 2009 13:56 Edited at: 1st Nov 2009 13:57
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Another great newsletter.

Just to point out to people that the closing date for the BIG FPSC Xmas Comp II is 1st February 2010, not 31st Dec as in the newsletter.



THE ANSWER TO ALL FPSC QUESTIONS!
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French gui
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Great Newsletter as always and great news about the free pack and DBPro (too bad ,I've bought it last month after my DBPro CD been destroyed by my daughter )

The article about seamless planet approach is awesome, I've worked on something like that without success. Please tell us more about it in next newsletters issues.
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thenerd
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me interview is in there!


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puppyofkosh
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lol in the BOTB section, it said "The Warehouse" instead of Canalyst.

Good issue though, and I think I'll download DBP, I've never tried it.
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BMacZero
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Free DBP! That should be awesome . Hopefully we'll see a large influx in the number of awesome projects.

On the downside, my extra copy of DBP is now worth nothing...ah, well.

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Tutelage Systems
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Lots of free stuff. Nice issue

I believe there may be some issues here

Quote: " This pack is free to everyone who has registered a TGC Account"


I do not see this in my order list (Just DPBro, and FPS Creator X10)

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Zeus
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Quote: "On the downside, my extra copy of DBP is now worth nothing...ah, well."


Same here.

Great issue TGC!

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xplosys
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Posted: 1st Nov 2009 16:09
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Super newsletter as always, but packed with more punch this month. Thanks for free stuff... DBP, Smart Packer, and Model Pack 36! Wow!

and the great info as well.

Brian.

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AndrewT
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Posted: 1st Nov 2009 16:10 Edited at: 1st Nov 2009 16:10
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Quote: "Hopefully we'll see a large influx in the number of awesome projects."


Or we'll see the exact opposite... Nevertheless it's still very cool that easy game creation has become so accessible.

i like orange
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dark peanut
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@Tutelage Systems I had the same problem until I realized its not actually in the list on the order history page. Right above the list there is a title in bold letters that says Free Downloads and a link to the download is there.

This was an amazing newsletter!! So chock full of awesomness! (and free stuff )

dark peanut

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KeithC
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Quote: "lol in the BOTB section, it said "The Warehouse" instead of Canalyst."

Yep; I noticed that too. By the way, PoK; could you give me wither proper links for your BOTB images, or send them to me? Yours are dead in the entry on the BOTB thread.

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Insert Name Here
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Awesome edition. Lee's bit was a very interesting read.

Quote: "Right above the list there is a title in bold letters that says Free Downloads"

Not seeing it

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RUCCUS
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Definitely purchasing the Bonanza Deal tonight. $50 for all of that, amazing deal.
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Quote: "By the way, PoK; could you give me wither proper links for your BOTB images"


I put em in the botb discussion thread. Sorry about that.
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Tutelage Systems
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Quote: "@Tutelage Systems I had the same problem until I realized its not actually in the list on the order history page. Right above the list there is a title in bold letters that says Free Downloads and a link to the download is there."


Awkward spot

Thanks

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David R
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Interesting rebuttal to DarkCoder's points... but if I recall correctly, didn't his original post (or one of the posts at least) specifically point out that those features should be possible without workarounds / half-implementations?

I mean, anyone can get language XYZ to do ABC if they force-feed it, but I thought the entire point of his critique is that they should be features available as-is without additional effort

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RUCCUS
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And Lee's point is he agrees DBP does lack these features, but at the same time it is so powerfull in many other aspects. Its 6 one way half a dozen the other. DC and Lee are both right, but for the time being Lee and the rest of TGC clearly don't have the time to solve these issues with all of their other projects going, so Lee has taken the time to give us the best option for the time being, a workaround.
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No doubt adding some of those advanced features would create knock-on bugs this late in the language's life, and should probably be saved for the next full version.


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gordon ramp
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Great Issue and I'm excited to see what the fpsc Variant is like. This is just what I need for my projects.. Thanks TGC for the model pack and congratulations for for the 10 years, I've been around since the beginning (under a couple of different names) and watched it all happen.
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It's been a good week... Unity Indie became free and now DBPro is free

Your bedtime story is scaring everyone
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It's been a good week... Unity Indie became free and now DBPro is free

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thenerd
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Why did you just copy him?


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Why did you just copy him?

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My PC doesn't have an internet connection, can I still get an activation code sent to my email address?
PS Will you send it to my login email address or the one I changed too on my profile? I don't really use the login one any more, is there a way of changing it to the new one?

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can u make strategy games like command and conquer and warcraft and so on ..... with db pro if not i think TGC should make one that would be so cool

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@Mightymilton
Yes, you can make any type of game there is with DarkBASIC...however, you have to learn how to write code for it, DarkBASIC does not make games for you!

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DBPro is a fantastic platform for RTS games like Command and Conquer, easy terrains, objects can be detected with the mouse (using PICK OBJECT), plus the AI plugin - I'm actually quite surprised that more people don't use DBPro for a RTS game.
Check out Fallouts RTS project that never made it, but shows just what DBPro can do with that sort of game:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19bzR3cq520


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