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richardneail
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Hi,

The docs are currently in the process of being changed to bring them upto date, easier to read and to correct a number of errors.

Please be patient while this is done.

How do I know this well because I am doing the changes

Rich I am sure you wont mind me putting this up here it might get rid of a few unnecessary bug reports

Any chance of making the post sticky too so it stays at the top ?

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Make sure the copy bitmap command parameters aren't so confusing


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Also please sort out the help for these 2 commands:
SET PARTICLE SPEED
"This command will set the number of seconds that are to pass each frame within the particles object. This
controls whether the particles move very quickly, or very slowly. The default seconds per frame value is 0.005."

SET PARTICLE VELOCITY
"This command will set the velocity of particles within the particles object. This controls the velocity at
which the particles will move once emitted, and reflect the amount of energy expelled from the particles object."

The help implies these commands do the same thing, which surely isn't correct??
It really needs some examples in the help text, and not crammed away with 20 other commands in a Usage/Showcase example so you can't tell what's happening.

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Posted: 14th Oct 2003 15:41
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Hi,

All things will be addressed as I work through the help files.

If anyone else has any changes or ideas then let me know.

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Are you still working on the docs updates?

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Yes I am working on them still, I have to do this in my spare time as I also have a full time job and other commitments but I will get it done

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DISABLE OBJECT ZREAD appears to be undocumented (probably the ENABLE flavor of the same command too) in the online help, but DISABLE/ENABLE OBJECT ZDEPTH appear to be there.

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Both DISABLE OBJECT ZREAD and ENABLE OBJECT ZREAD show up here - do you have the latest version of the IDE?


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Just to keep everyone informed I emailed Lee at the weekend with the first stage changes to the help files.

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Not sure if this applies but the last bitmap loaded is the current bitmap. Having this in the help files would have saved me a lot of frustration with debugging.
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the help for `light type ` has wrong parameter
correct is:
1: directional
2: point
3: spot light

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make memblock from mesh is wrong

DBP isn't using FVF 338 now for a very long time. Vertex Color isn't in.


ghost object on

There are a lot of 2nd parameters missing as the DBO specs show up (DBO specs give 5 different parameters for ghost object on, while DBP help only has 2 ...)

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DBP actually uses FVF 338 with Vertex Colors enabled.
I don't know which version you are using.

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It's been 274 for internal object since Update 4



Putting the line 'convert object fvf 1,338' after creating the object switches it to 338 format.

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is it just me or is the overall help system in DBP not as good as the help in DBC ?

its not so musch the description of the commands ( although some definatley need re-describing )
but its the examples of how they are used, showcase & usage ?
to me , they are utterly pointless, and if you can get any helpful info about the cammand in quiery then you are lucky!

I know it would be a BIG job, but wouldnt it be good to have a lil snippet of code for each command, an example of what that command does, not mixed up with others in a larger uneeded bit of code ?

I know that some commands you cannot do a snippet for, ie core commands - but they are straight forward anyway, but commands like the MP commands, you need several of the commands to get a result.

anyway, I hope you see what I`m trying to get at there

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Shouldn't the make memblock from file command be under memblocks?


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Posted: 3rd Jan 2004 03:31 Edited at: 3rd Jan 2004 03:32
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"its the examples of how they are used, showcase & usage ? to me , they are utterly pointless"

lol i know, how is running a bunch of commands at random supposed to demonstrate anything besides a coder's inability to code?

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Quote: "Not sure if this applies but the last bitmap loaded is the current bitmap. Having this in the help files would have saved me a lot of frustration with debugging. "


It should be carved in the box cover !

2) set object texture 1,3,0

The help says second parameter can be 0,1 or 2. The example program uses 3.

pls refer my post in "bug reports"

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Philip
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In the book Clone Object is correctly stated to be Object Number, Source Number. In the online help it is wrongly stated to be vice versa.

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I don't know if this was mentioned, but it might be a good idea to have the index be in alphabetical order.

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My personal favourite candidate is

Set Object

And all those commands with a march band of arguments following... The help file has each argument described but as a sentence one next to the other. It would be best in a bullet list. IMHO.

Also what's the score with the examples? it seems there is always the same example going around many commands.

All we need is in the same page a section with the simplest form of a call.

e.g. for the add to stack array(0) which i find it a bit tricky to figure out:

Quote: "
dim myarray(0) as int
...
add to stack myarray()
myarray = 10
...
"


Also, I've done this before with other projects and I might as well do it now. If you wish me to do any writting of sections and parts of the help file I'm happy to do so. Just let me know.

It would be an Idea to have an online form with the current help text and the new suggestion of registered users, those of us with knowledge of HTML should be able to make something better out of it but the form could also force the html standards you keep.

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! Correction !

Quote: "
dim myarray(0) as int
...
add to stack myarray()
myarray() = 10
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Were the current changes included in Update 5.4? If not what is the current status?
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Is this still in progress? I think the biggest benefit to the DarkBasic Pro Community would be a much improved Help system. What good is an all-powerful development application if people can't figure out how to use it? Especially noobs. It seems DB Classic has more support, tutorials and help then the Pro version. On top of that these supposed upcoming help files and the knowledge base haven't been updated in almost a year. That doesn't bring much in consumer confidence if you ask me.
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Add some more help for the shader commands.
For example, cartoon shading expects an edge and shade image. I still don't have a clue how those images should look like.
Maybe if you add a few small "example" images, people would understand it.



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just look at the date of the original post. Even back then the help files were badly outdated.


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And can an example show how to texture a matrix with multiple tiles...? It sounds so easy and yet I can't work it out for the life of me.
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the parameters for glue object to limb are wrong. and sevral commands do not explicitly state that they need light 0 to operate correctly
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Here's my suggestion:
For the usage/showcase examples you should ask the entire DB community to submit examples for every command. The best ones would be selected and included in the next version, perhaps with the programmer's name for credit (some motivation to write good examples). Because lets face it, the examples are pathetic, the worst for any compiler I've seen yet.

Let me know what you think.
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I've seen no progress on this in 2 years. Where are these updated docs supposed to be?


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Ya, what's up with these files? Are they being forgotten?!

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Not by us it seems.

Why not have a monthly competition for the best set of help texts and examples for a nominated set of commands?

Judging by the complaints and numerous helps and examples on this and other sites there ought to be no shortage of applicants.

I really don't see why we have to wait for a complete revision of all the helps (a seemingly impossible task, judging by the evidence). After all, we manage with regular piecemeal updates of the compiler and commands.

[Edit 11 May 9:12am Please ignore this post. Something that meets the need is already up and running - see Jessticular's on-line Help system on the main DBP list. Looks like more could be added to it though ...]
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Thanks for the mention there

For anyone else that's interested, the link is;
http://jessticular.dbspot.com/?nav=dbhelp

If anyone wants to make some suggestions, tell me to go to hell, or just wants to be part of my "cool person" club, then post it up in;
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=53011&b=1

There's still alot to do, but my busy Uni schedule's takeing up all my time atm, so updates are sparce.

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As an update,
You can check the site again, as I have completely uploaded all commands in DBP ( with exception to those in Expansion packs )!

More info can be found at the link posted above, as well as the News sections of the website

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As this thread is over 1 and half years old. I have a question.
Quote: "The docs are currently in the process of being changed to bring them upto date, easier to read and to correct a number of errors.

Please be patient while this is done."

Been patient.... Any updates as to when?

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the help files dont explain that there are flags 2-5 as well as 1 and 0, for SET OBJECT TRANSPARENCY

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The context help doesn't work for #Constant
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I've personally officially given up on this topic. I'm acttually the point Jess reached a while back. Now when I need more info I ask in the forum and If I get an answer I post it to the DBHelp site if Jess or someone else doesn't put it there first. The context help issue isn't a problem context issues can be fixed by updating your ini your self by adding the missing data in notepad or making your own ini. The help files will be one of my concerns with my editor. I decided to do it, becuase I want TGC to able to have more time for compiler bugs rather than documentation updates.

P.S. Look at any of Jessticular's post for a link to the new community help site.

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it's getting a bit beyond a joke now doc wise, as it has been going on what seems like centuries, i'm sure everyone would appreciate it coming with patch 6 *hint* *hint*


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I would say after patch 6. I don't want to wait 6 months before getting it while waiting on them to do docs.

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are you going to do an updated keywords file as well?

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Clicking on the following two things gives an error in the help file. They aren't found.
Quote: "
APPEND OBJECT ANIMATION
ATTACH OBJECT TO STATIC
"


Anyway, why not have the entire file out there somewhere, and everyone just add on to it, like a wikipedia, and once everything is working right, include that in an update.

Anyone feel like creating a wikipedia and hosting it somewhere? It'd be the most efficient way to do things, and the software is free.

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There's already 3...

Mine: dbp.tgchelp.com (Being revamped at the mo' )
Then another person's who actually uses a Wiki rather than a custom built system like mine.
And, finally, there's the German community's help file thingo

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@ Rich,


rem CSG Commands
PERFORM CSG UNION TargetObject, BrushObject
PERFORM CSG DIFFERENCE TargetObject, BrushObject
PERFORM CSG INTERSECTION TargetObject, BrushObject
PERFORM CSG UNION ON VERTEXDATA BrushMesh
PERFORM CSG DIFFERENCE ON VERTEXDATA BrushMesh
PERFORM CSG INTERSECTION ON VERTEXDATA BrushMesh

rem New Object Commands
SET GLOBAL OBJECT CREATION SharedVBMode

can these be included in the DBPro normal help files pls...

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At the moment these commands are unsupported, and added to aid the compiling of the FPSC engine which uses CSG in this way. We have yet to decide whether to maintain these commands as they are something of a one trick pony at the moment. To build them up to fully dynamic, multi-purpose commands would take a good deal of extra coding, ergo, there current state. Hopefully simply having access to some CSG tricks is better than having to write your own, and they are free

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What are CSG commands for, what do they do? Just a quick replay, plz.
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CSG commands
Constructive solid geometry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive_solid_geometry
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MOVE OBJECT

This command will move the specified 3D object in 3D space. The command uses the current direction of the object and moves it using the specified step value. In order to see your 3D object, you must ensure the camera is pointing in the right direction and that both camera and 3D object are within 5000 units from each other. The object number should be specified using an integer value. The step value should be specified using a real number.

Syntax
MOVE OBJECT Object Number, Speed


Related Information
BASIC3D Commands Menu
Index


Example Code
View Showcase Example
View Usage Example
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it's Speed is Speed or Step ???
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pcRaider: Good example of troubled help files. It should be step. It moves the object by that distance *each call*, not *each second* (speed is units/second)

The latest community discussion of how to improve the help files seems to be at http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=110744&b=1

And thanks for continuing to include the undocumented commands, Lee. I agree with Duffer; even if they aren't perfect, most undocumented commands are good enough to keep and have help files for. Having half a command is still infinitely better than having no command.

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Thank you for a reply.
I corrected helpfile.

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