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Newcomers DBPro Corner / What Should I Use?

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Rwilson
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Posted: 20th May 2003 08:02
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What I'm asking is, what programs should I use in programming a game. At this time, I have 140 dollars set aside. 100 dollars is going to buying Darkbasic Pro, but here's where the first question comes in. On realgametools.com, they say there giving away a program called CharacterFX that does chracter animations. Is this a good program? and do I still need a program to actually make the 3-d objects and textures, or does it do that to? If not, what should I use?
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Rwilson
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Posted: 20th May 2003 08:06
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Also, I forgot to mention this, but I was also thinking on buying Cartography Shop through the Darkbasic page to put together the maps. Is it worth the money?

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indi
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Posted: 20th May 2003 10:05
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Id invest this way
buy DBP from RGT with the CFX bundle


save the rest for milkshape which is around $20.

I heard it was on a uk mag so that might be even cheaper to provide as a solution.

MS and CFX go hand in hand with the compatability and tranfer of model data between the two programs.


to save money for the 2d image editing u can use these freeware programs

canvas 6 not 3d canvas
zonerdraw 3
photoplus 5
paint shop pro (latter versions are free v4)

as for audio applications thers a few freeware programs that allow editing of the sound byte and one great one but only runs on faster machines is protools.

its more geared towards composition so u may have to tie it in with say soundforge or cakewalk etc...

http://www.lunarpixel.com

http://www.lunarpixel.com/dt/
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Rwilson
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Posted: 20th May 2003 15:26
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Thank you VERY much! I know it was a bit odd of me to post something like this, but I'm a moneypincher at all times, so I like to be sure I'm buying exactly what I need, especially when I'm spending 100$ and up.

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ozak
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Posted: 26th May 2003 17:02
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If you're not a great artist, I'd definately recommend Cartography Shop for levels. It's nice to have lightmaps + entity information. That way you can use it as level editor as well.

Regards

Ozak

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