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Dark GDK / Dark SDK questions

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roujesky
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Posted: 1st Dec 2004 07:15
Well, I said I would buy it, and I just did! I am waiting for my order to be processed so I can download it. A little less than $50 for the freeware version. Not a bad price so that I can use C++, which I am good at, as opposed to DB which I am not

Just a couple of questions:

1. Are we Dark SDK users going to get our own forum?
2. Does my copy of EZRotate and Enhancement pack work with Dark SDK?
3. Can I create a windowed app which is not full screen? Using MFC menus and dialogs?
4. How much will it cost to upgrade from Freeware version to Shareware version?

thanx
Cellbloc Studios
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Posted: 1st Dec 2004 14:27
I´ll give you what I believe....

1. Maybe, they are usually pretty good about things like that.
2. Not yet, but they are working on the Enhancement Pack. EZRotate is from a different company. The Company would have to modify it to work for the SDK, not TGC.
3. No clue, but I don´t see why not.
4. Goto the order page. It tells you how much the upgrade is.

Hope this helps a little.

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 1st Dec 2004 17:03
Quote: "1. Are we Dark SDK users going to get our own forum?"


Yes, today.

Quote: "2. Does my copy of EZRotate and Enhancement pack work with Dark SDK?"


Afraid not. I will make this more clear on the site actually, it does say but you have to read the vs. DBPro page to find it.

Quote: "3. Can I create a windowed app which is not full screen? Using MFC menus and dialogs?"


Well, there is a way - but it's not in the documentation, so the official line is 'no' for now - but we will cover this shortly.

Quote: "4. How much will it cost to upgrade from Freeware version to Shareware version?"


See the web site order page. You don't need to do this until you actually have a shareware ready product (which, no-one will yet!)

Cheers,

Rich

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Dark Angel_1246
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Posted: 1st Dec 2004 17:19
do you need Microsoft Visual C++ 6 or Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 to use dark game sdk if so were can i find them.

Jesse Farr
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Posted: 1st Dec 2004 17:24 Edited at: 1st Dec 2004 17:25
Quote: "do you need Microsoft Visual C++ 6 or Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 to use dark game sdk if so were can i find them"

Yes - you need to buy them. The standard version of .Net 2003 is around £60 which would be around 139 ASD
Or you can wait until the DevC one is done.

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Erick G
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Posted: 1st Dec 2004 17:24
this has been discussed too

VC++ 6.0 ( SP5 ) and .net 2003 is supported.

You can buy them, student licenses are also available
Jeku
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Posted: 1st Dec 2004 17:24
W00t! 10,000th post in the DBP forum

You need to go to http://www.microsoft.com/ to look up the details on ordering any Visual Studio package. So far you need them, but soon you can use the free Dev-C++


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Snaz
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Posted: 1st Dec 2004 19:04
I've got another question: Does DarkSDK increases the CPU usage to 100% like DBPro?
MiR
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Posted: 1st Dec 2004 22:59
Sorry to nick your thread roujesky but I thought that it would be better than creating my own thread.
As I´ve bought DBPro from Amazon does that mean I´m not elegable to the 10% discount? If that´s the case can we have some kind of discount? 9%, 8% maybe?
Please...pretty please with sugar on top?


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Richard Davey
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Posted: 1st Dec 2004 23:35
MiR - start a new thread, this doesn't belong here.

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Jedive
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 04:55 Edited at: 2nd Dec 2004 04:55
Quote: "do you need Microsoft Visual C++ 6 or Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 to use dark game sdk if so were can i find them."
Well, if it does support 6.0 and 2003, it'll probably work with Visual C++ .NET 2005 Express Beta, which is FREE.

It will be disabled in March 2005 or so, where the final verison is supposed to be released. But if TGC confirms that it works, you would use the free VC++2005 until the Dev-C++ version of the SDK is released, hopefully before March.

Or you would always purchase the release version of VC++ 2005 when it comes out. The Standard version of 2003 costs only $90.99 on Amazon.com. I hope 2005 will have a similar price.

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/visualc/default.aspx

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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 05:00 Edited at: 2nd Dec 2004 05:01
If I have time tomorrow, I'll see if 2005 beta is compatible with DarkSDK - unless someone else has got both already.

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Dark Angel_1246
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 06:19
when will the DevC version be completed and how much is DevC, and were can i get DevC

Jesse Farr
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 06:26
is this Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET 2003 Standard Edition the same Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003

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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 06:55
Err ... no. One is Visual Basic and the other is C++

Dev-C++ is free : http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=10639&package_id=12148

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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 07:00
When I went to that site I found out that there is a new version of Dev C++.
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 12:19
It appears that .Net 2005 is not directly compatiable, mainly because it seems that a lot of Windows files and types are missing.
Windows.h is to start with, and various data types like LONGLONG are also not present.

It may work if they are put in a header file, but then again...

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Jedive
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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 19:02
Hi The Coding Area.

Not some Windows files are missing, ALL OF THEM are missing

That's to reduce overall download size, as long as they have the Microsoft Platform SDK available for download also. This SDK provides all the libraries of the Windows API.

You must donwload it separately here: http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate/downlevel.htm
It a bit more than 200 mb.

VC++2005 works perfectly once you have installed the SDK. The IDE already has the include and lib paths defined, so if you install the PlatformSDK on the directory <VisualStudio8Folder>\VC\PlatformSDK, they'll be recognised automatically by VC++ 2005 .

Hope this helps.

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Posted: 2nd Dec 2004 19:14
Fair enough - As I dont use 2005, I didn't bother looking for any further files...

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