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Drew the G
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Posted: 17th Jan 2006 04:40
6 Months...

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Posted: 17th Jan 2006 23:23
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keep it up Explicate
Nice Jeff you have been programming for a very long time I bet you are very experianced


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Posted: 18th Jan 2006 01:31
Started with Spectrum, moved to Turbo Pascal for quite sometime and did my first game there. Stopped for a looooooong time, I believe more than 10 years. Got back to gaming with no will to program 5 years ago and wrote a lot of pseudo-code for programmers, don't know if it counts

Restarted about 7 weeks ago, fresh in C++ and the ultra glorious magnificent and no-words-to-describe DarkGameSDK.

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Posted: 18th Jan 2006 01:58 Edited at: 18th Jan 2006 01:59
But seriously? I programmed for 4-5 months.

I learned how to load in cubes and how to change resolutions.

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Posted: 18th Jan 2006 02:56
Megaton i thought you have programmed for way longer then that


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Posted: 18th Jan 2006 03:38 Edited at: 18th Jan 2006 03:39
No I was horrible. After about 20 minutes of staring at code, I honestly got to the point where I couldn't tell 2 words apart because of a minor spelling difference. I would ask Lawrence on MSN why the following line didn't work

load object "level1.x", 1
load objet "level1_lm.x", 2



But when it comes to 3D stuff - my brain kicks into gear. I can honestly look at a huge mess of thousands of vertex points and make out the shape, while other people get confused when looking at a wireframe-sideview of a box...

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Posted: 18th Jan 2006 03:55 Edited at: 18th Jan 2006 03:56
Quote: "while other people get confused when looking at a wireframe-sideview of a box..."

Hahaha... sorry ur comedian nah ur not comedian

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Posted: 18th Jan 2006 03:58
Which explains why you can make jokes. You use the creative side of your brain for jokes, modelling ect, which is more developed than the side which makes code, and uncreative things.

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Posted: 18th Jan 2006 04:00
Undercover Noob, this is true, but there's some professional modellers that are fixed to their screen and are really, really serious. Jokes are insults for them. That is sad.

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Posted: 18th Jan 2006 09:21
Not that I want to get rid of anyone, but I'm surprised that people still use this site if they don't program.

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Posted: 18th Jan 2006 21:32
Tell that to the people who do nothing but Blog here.

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Posted: 18th Jan 2006 22:16
Do I set the record for complete n00bness, then? All of 3 months in DBP...

Though, I've had possession of a veritable NASA-grade array of digital gadgetry for the last 15 years. Those of you who've heard of "musician's gear lust" will understand! As for just computers, I've been (over the same time period) gaming, building, configuring, networking, markup, scripting & now, finally, programming. So, this is my personal last, great, frontier in computing, so to speak! I suppose it had to happen, sooner or later...


I have an XP3000+, 1.5gb DDR333, a 6600GT and I'm programming 3k text-based exe's?!
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Posted: 18th Jan 2006 22:27
Quote: "but I'm surprised that people still use this site if they don't program"
I've been a bit busy (programming other stuff mainly) for a while, but have always liked this community. Still, I have plans to get back to it, once I get a spare minute or two. I was pretty successful with the ultimate method of programming in VB (ie. in bed), so I may give it a go with DBP one of these nights

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Posted: 19th Jan 2006 00:51
Codelike keep it up

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Quote: "You use the creative side of your brain for jokes, modelling ect, which is more developed than the side which makes code, and uncreative things."

Coding is an art, there is nothing "uncreative" about it.

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Posted: 19th Jan 2006 01:45
I started with the TRS Color Computer back in 1982, IIRC. So, that would put me at programming for 24 years. I did dabble with an Apple ][ earlier than that, but I really wasn't doing more programming than "Hello, world." then.
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Thanks crzy. I certainly hope to. I'd like to end up programming something of use to the world! I did do a bit of BBC/Electron BASIC, at school, (centuries ago... well, circa. 1985, actually!) as well. I don't suppose that really counts though, as I never bothered to actually sit down & memorise it, back then!

I have an XP3000+, 1.5gb DDR333, a 6600GT and I'm programming 3k text-based exe's?!
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lol im the lead programmer for my school we go around to other schools and have little compos like you have 1 hr to make a 2d snake game or stuff like that we use Dark Basic too

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Posted: 19th Jan 2006 02:43 Edited at: 19th Jan 2006 02:45
I am better then you all!!! 15 min, after failing misserably at a hello world I quit.



Mabey not really 15 min :p... I don't remeber when I discovered the hidious Q-Basic... I think it was in the 5th grade, my math book had sample programs in the back...

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any new programmers


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Flindiana Jones
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Posted: 31st Mar 2006 01:50
I've been coding for about 3.5 years. I started off in Q-Basic, moved on to java for a bit (2003), got hooked on Dark Basic(2004), continued on to C++(2004), back to Java(2005), and pretty much at an equilibrium now.(2006)

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Posted: 31st Mar 2006 01:53
started foolin around with dbc about 2 and a half years ago for a school project and have been toying with it and then eventually dbpro ever since.

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Posted: 31st Mar 2006 02:20
I have six years total. I started with VB I think, then Java, then C++, then DarkBASIC. I'm probably missing something.

Not that I'm bragging or anything.
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I started with QBasic, and made text based games with my cousin, probably when we were about 11 or 12, kept fooling with QBasic off and on just for kicks, messed with other game engines like RPG Maker 2000 and Sidescroller Maker, wasn't satisfied after a while because I wanter to do 3d. So I decided to look for a 3d game design tool. I found 3dRad at download.com, messed with that a bit, thought it too hard. Stopped using it for a year. I started using it again and bought it after another year of using the free version. I had that for about 2 years, then I bought DBP. I was still attatched to 3dRad, so I didn't get into DBP until about a year and a half ago. Im 17 now, so roughly 5 or 6 years of coding experience under my belt.

So my list of known and or partially known languages is as follows:
Qbasic, 3dRad Brain Scripting (another basic style language), Some HTML, and DarkBasic Pro.

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Like Zircher, the first personal computer I owned (in 1982) was a TRS Color Computer hooked up to my television. I splurged for the 32K RAM instead of the 4K standard version. Yes, 32K, not 32M. From 1967 until then I had to smuggle time on college mainframes. There was no such thing going on in public schools when I was a teenager: we were actually trained in the use of sliderules, now regarded as archaic analog devices. Since quite a few of you appear to be currently still in public school, I am interested in what type of high level coding languages are being taught. Linear programming, event programming, object programming? You are very lucky indeed to have the opportunity to enter this fascinating world at a young age - an age when your mind grows fast and you can acquire skills rapidly.
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Quote: "How long have you been programming"

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Posted: 31st Mar 2006 19:47
since before there were computers.

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About 2-3 years, mind you, I've never showcased any of my work due to reformatting like 60 odd times, hehe (it's not really 60 I think, just a couple I think, I dunno ) But I promise PROMISE I will showcase some of my work soon .

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Posted: 31st Mar 2006 19:59 Edited at: 31st Mar 2006 20:01
Coding in perl for 3 years, c++ for 2, assembler for 1, dbp for 2 and NO this DOESNT mean ive been programming for 8 years. it means ive been:
Quote: "coding in perl for 3 years, c++ for 2, assembler for 1, dbp for 2"



Coding in Perl is NOTHING like coding in DBP is NOTHING like coding in assembler.

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Finally someone who codes in assembly I just started scratching that surface a couple months ago..

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Posted: 31st Mar 2006 21:09 Edited at: 31st Mar 2006 21:15
5 months

I started with Game Maker, then C++, then DBP. I'm mainly using DBP for games, and Visual Basic for applications.

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Quote: "Finally someone who codes in assembly I just started scratching that surface a couple months ago.."


well... to be honest, my tasm days where when I was in my late teens and was for curious and unconstructive purposes.

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Posted: 31st Mar 2006 22:16
These posts are always interesting to read! I will tell something about my programming-life.

When I was 10 years old I started programming in QBasic, made some text-adventures and games with very (and I mean VERY) simple graphics. It was great fun nonetheless. Around that period I started fooling around with Visual Basic (the version that is included with MS Office). I also started to make some sites in HTML, but it wasn't much, and it's not a programming language.
I think that it was when I was 12 years old that I started learning Delphi. I made some funny applications with it, and for applications I still use Delphi, I really like it.
Later I also learned PHP, and made things like forums, guestbooks and when I'd learned more a CMS too. Like all (I guess) of us here, I noticed Darkbasic at some moment. I think it was when I was like 15 years old, three years ago. I still use it sometimes, but I develop websites for companies and people nowadays, so I'm often too busy...
Well, this was my little story, it's kinda big when I look at what I just have been typing... I hope you don't fall asleep from boriness


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Coding since 1982(ish). First basic on Vic20, then C64 - moved onto ASM on C64. Then Amos on Amiga (plus some ASM - I think I've still got my Amiga Hardware Reference Manual somewhere!). C++ on PC for laughs. Cobol on IBM Mainframe (MVS/TSO) for money. Also did a bit of that dodgy RSTS Basic on the DEC PDP 10 (you're not alone Spooky!) - Those disk drives that looked like washing machines still make me laugh! Been using DB-Pro since it started (right from the first alpha release!), and DBC well before that (used to be Zombi on the old old old db forum). Now I'm mashing it up with a VC++/DB-Pro combo and lovin' it!
Oh yeah... Did a whole load of QBasic (fruit machine, Conrad's artificial intelligence language learner etc.), and GWBasic (work stuff) along the way too... and some ADA at Uni...

EDIT: Just remembered a ton of VBScript and Javascript with HTML for dynamic stuff on web... and some DB2 SQL with the Cobol.

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how long? 33 years, still havent written anything useful.



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lets see
about 3 years
and i started with html then css(same thing though) then used batch files for whatever reason then euphoria and developed some small little apps. then used liberty basic, and finally (drumroll) blitzbasic 2-d and after being so mad at everything because they didn't make exe i tried dbp(from downloads.com) and has loved it since or well until i learned the power of C/C++ and now dbp seems too limited at everything but graphics oh and then i learned asm(for os deving) and then I posted this

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1 year GameMaker (not 3D GameMaker by TGC; not necessarily programming but scripting sort of; www.gamemaker.nl I think)
1 year DBP
1 year Visual Basic .NET, DBP
1 year Visual C#.NET, Visual Basic.NET, Visual C++.NET, Python (Current)
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4 years total

None of the years have been professional programming (still unemployed), but so far it is a great start for a high school student.

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About 3 years web development, 2 year C/C++, and 1 year dbpro.
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Hmm...I'd say...at least 3 years.

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This is my story, its quite funny:
1. I was 12, went to the libary and tookt the C++ books
(3 of them, 1000 pages each), They just looked more cooler than some kind of BASIC. Yeah, I read them all in a week (it was a holiday, and a night)
2. wrote a simple 2d game like windows space screensaver.
3. someone had stolen the cd which was in the book, so I couldnt study directX
4. I learned Visual C++ for a month, it wasnt my thing, so I changed to:
5. Visual Basic becouse my friend used it. It was cool for a while
6. Logo (now we're at the bottom) (it was cool)
7. Found DBP, omg it was cool, after a half year and 10 games, i needed something new.
8. Used Java in mobile phones (J2ME)
9. after making one game I started to miss this community (yesterday)
10. Now Im wondering how to install windows back without overwriting Master boot record and switching back to DBP

I cant make up my mind, can I? (im now 15, quite an adventure)

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Quote: "This is my story, its quite funny:
1. I was 12, went to the libary and tookt the C++ books
(3 of them, 1000 pages each), They just looked more cooler than some kind of BASIC. Yeah, I read them all in a week (it was a holiday, and a night)
2. wrote a simple 2d game like windows space screensaver.
3. someone had stolen the cd which was in the book, so I couldnt study directX
4. I learned Visual C++ for a month, it wasnt my thing, so I changed to:
5. Visual Basic becouse my friend used it. It was cool for a while
6. Logo (now we're at the bottom) (it was cool)
7. Found DBP, omg it was cool, after a half year and 10 games, i needed something new.
8. Used Java in mobile phones (J2ME)
9. after making one game I started to miss this community (yesterday)
10. Now Im wondering how to install windows back without overwriting Master boot record and switching back to DBP

I cant make up my mind, can I? (im now 15, quite an adventure)"


sounds like you have alot of experiance with everything lol


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Or a little experience with a lot of things.

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I started on the C64 when think I was... 10? I typed "make a truck", but that didn't work. Most of my early programs were similar in technical scope and ability.

I finally began to push to create a Zork game that used text to speech with the SID chip. But then my dad got a 286 with VGA graphics and 1 mb of ram. I played the Kings Quest and Ultima Games, getting a lot of my inspiration from them. I used GWBasic and Qbasic, using thousands of If-Then statements and millions of Draw commands to create games. My pinnacle of success was a mini game editor that generated code to create a simple GUI adventure game in Qbasic. I also created an interface similar to King's Quest VI for another game, but it ran too slow in Basic.

Later, I found Visual Studio 6 in Hastings for $60. I think they left off a 0 off of the price because they were dumb, so I bought it and started trying to make my games in that. A lot of my time was spent trying to jack the Ultima Online graphics for my own use.

Then I joined the Army and focused on that for almost 6 years. Near the end, I discovered Dark Basic, and took my time deciding if I'd buy it. Now it seems that I can't stop buying their products.

I want to make games for a living, of course. Be warned - if you work with me in the future, I'm a big jerk. Although, I can be a lot of fun to be around if you aren't dumb.

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Started in 86 with an Oric Atmos coding some text adventure games in Basic. I remember some awesome commands like PING (play a bell sound) or EXPLODE (well, you know what it did...). Then I bought a Amstrad CPC 6128 a really good computer with lots of games, but all my friends owned C64 . After that it was the old good Atari ST with GFA basic on which I've spend looooot of time!! Then I've given up until I bought a PC and DB classic a month after and DBPro a year after (2003)

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Quote: "Started in 86 with an Oric Atmos coding some text adventure games in Basic. I remember some awesome commands like PING (play a bell sound) or EXPLODE (well, you know what it did...). Then I bought a Amstrad CPC 6128 a really good computer with lots of games, but all my friends owned C64 . After that it was the old good Atari ST with GFA basic on which I've spend looooot of time!! Then I've given up until I bought a PC and DB classic a month after and DBPro a year after (2003)"
Iv never heard ov Oric Atoms


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I've been programming since the first world war.


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I programmed the first world war.

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Sorry, re-making the first world war in FPSC doesn't count.


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Quote: "But seriously? I programmed for 4-5 months.

I learned how to load in cubes and how to change resolutions."

Thats all you could learn in 4 or 5 months!?

I have been programming about......two years now, I think.

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25 years.

25 years of programming, and spent about £500 just on books.

Learned speccy basic, c64 basic, assembler, amiga basic, C , amos, DB classic.

Learned about 6 different art packages.

4 different modelling packages.

4 different music packages.

Learned 2 CAD packages, 3 CNC machine languages. 1 robotics language.

Done a lot.

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