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Apocalypse
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Hi, I'm a newb still but I know quite a lot of Basic (From the old BasicA). Just what are matrix's though. I've read tutorials and manuals over and over but still don't understand what matrix's are and how to use them? Can anyone please give me a good description of this?
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A matrix can be thought of as a grib landscape with individual tiles that can be textured, raised and lowered to create a wide variety of surfaces.

One way you use matrices is to make the land for an outdoor game.

A lot of people make their own matrix editor to mold your matrix by clicking or setting an area height. Of course, there are also some other great editors out there. One being the infamous MatEDIT, which you make your matrix and texture it, then it writes the DB code FOR YOU

www.matedit.com

Hope this helps

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wellllll...there are 2 kinds of matricies, the mathematical kind or the dark basic object kind. In basic and math a matrix is a 2d array of numbers in rectangular form. Like:
[[1,2,3,4]
[5,6,7,8]]
that matrix is 2by4, 2 rows 4 columns. You can access numbers by naming it then using (row,column) to retrive values.

The matrix more comonly used in dark basic is a plain that is divided up into rectangles (well technically triangles), each of which you can raise, lower and angle. All of the rectangles are connected to each other, so there are never gaps. If you texture it and randomize the heights of the matrix (command randomize matrix matrix #,random height extreme ) then it will look remotely like a terrainy surface.

You make a matrix with the command make matrix and look in the help files for the other required inputs. Actually, you really should have started with the help files, because their examples page is very very handy. Go look at that.
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Ya I got my def. out of the Dark Basic Users Manual. Thought it might be a better way to describe it from there

Good job QTR

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ok let's see... Could someone help me make a Matrix? One with color or a texture?

Code of the Week: Moving an object back.
If Downkey()=1 then Move object x,-10
x=Object Number
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could you convert an ascii to a db matrix?

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Skyone:

Load image "mytexture.bmp",1

make matrix 1,100,100,10,10
prepare matrix texture 1,1,1,1




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Ok cool. Thx for the descriptions you two... just in short cos i didn't understand a certain bit whats each of these?
make matrix ?,?,?,?,?
prepare matrix texture ?,?,?,?

Sorry that these are noob questions. Only one way to learn though
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Make Matrix MATRIX NUMBER, PIXELS WIDE, PIXELS DEEP, XSEGMENTED, ZSEGMENTED

Prepare Matrix Texture MATRIX NUMBER, IMAGE VALUE (number),ACROSS, DOWN

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help files you lazy bastard!
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heyheyhey........

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-help files you lazy bastard!

Why not just make that your sig! It would save you an awful lot of typing! I feel like saying that just about every post!!

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EDIT: I just updated my profile, with a kinder way of saying it Waiting for the forums to update my sig now

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"help files you lazy bastard!"

Hmmm, QuothTheRaven you git, what do you think I've looked at first?!
They just don't give a description (atleast not that I found) on the XSEGMENTED and ZSEGMENTED parameters.
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how many segments are on the x coordinants...
how many segments are on the z coordinants...?

The "examples" section does wonders on people looking for information. It tells you everything you need to know!
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Ok Thx... I started making basic 3d stuff from your help thx QTR and RPGamer
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