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DarkBASIC Discussion / Is dark basic a good option for me.

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TBUCKET
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Posted: 4th Sep 2007 01:24 Edited at: 4th Sep 2007 15:18
Im an aspiring game designer looking for a program to make a good sirst person shooter. Ive always had the question in the back of my mind, how do they do it. The first first person shooter ive ever played was Time Splitters 2. When I first played Halo 2 I went crazy thinking how the made it.

I first made a video game using RPG Maker XP and thought that it was way to easy to use and I wan't to step it up. I first heard aboutDark Basic Profesional from Google. Im xx and I'm wandering if its in my skill range. I want to eventually get into game design And im wandering if this is a good thing to start a carreer on.

Also, I was wandering if my computer can support World of Warcraft, Counter Strike, and RPG Maker XP at the same time, will it be able to support Darkbasic Profesional if I delete those three.

HArd work can kill but I'll take my chances.
Pixelator
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Posted: 4th Sep 2007 01:51
@TBUCKET

1. DONT POST YOUR AGE!!!!! i am forgetting it now.

hominyhominyhominy
LOLLY-POLLY-JUNGLEPANTS

now then...

2. who am i?

3. Age is not a prerequisite of talent!!!

4. at your ability level i would suggest FPS creator, but that involves no programming. If you want programming start out with DBC, as the main difference with DBP and DBC is price and expandibility. DBP has the higher price but more expandibility. For you go with DBC.

Tuesday is applesauce day

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Quote: "Also, I was wandering if my computer can support World of Warcraft, Counter Strike, and RPG Maker XP at the same time, will it be able to support Darkbasic Profesional if I delete those three."

OF COURSE!!!!!!

Lucifer
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Posted: 4th Sep 2007 02:01
Quote: "Also, I was wandering if my computer can support World of Warcraft, Counter Strike, and RPG Maker XP at the same time, will it be able to support Darkbasic Profesional if I delete those three."


umm, you do understand you could have all those games in your computer AND use darkbasic pro without having to have to delete everything?


oh praise the lord, praise furry jesus
Libervurto
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Posted: 4th Sep 2007 02:04
Hi TBucket, welcome to the forums
If you want to start programming games then DBC (Dark Basic Classic) or DBPro is a good choice. There is also FPS Creator but that is probably much the same as RPG Maker.

Quote: "Im 14 and I'm wandering if its in my skill range"

There are people of all ages using DB, even younger than you!
It doesn't matter how much you know now, even if you know nothing at all about programming. DB is easy to learn, and as long as you work through tutorials and learn how to write programs efficiently, you'll be making games in relatively little time.

Quote: "I want to eventually get into game design And im wandering if this is a good thing to start a carreer on."

Definitely, the next step up from DB is Dark GDK, which I don't know a lot about but it incorporates C which is the language used by most professional game developers.

Quote: "Also, I was wandering if my computer can support World of Warcraft, Counter Strike, and RPG Maker XP at the same time, will it be able to support Darkbasic Profesional if I delete those three."

I don't think you would have to delete anything for DBC/DBP to work.

Quote: "When I first played Halo 2 I went crazy thinking how they made it."

The key word here is they, no matter how good you get you will never be able to make a game like Halo on your own. Too many noobs set their sights on MMORPGs or games like Halo, and the reality is they will never complete those game.
Don't rush yourself and always try to learn more, you will often find that instead of wasting 3hrs trying to get something to work, there is a DB command that does this for you, or a piece of code you've written that is 1000 lines long could have written in 20.
By all means play around with the language, but if you get stuck on something or find yourself writing similar lines of code over and over, try to find a better way of doing it. If you can't work it out on your own there's always plenty of people on here looking to help.

How's that for a Star Wars speech

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Crazy Programmer
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Posted: 4th Sep 2007 02:08
How many more of these threads will there be?


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Libervurto
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Posted: 4th Sep 2007 02:10
@CP
I was thinking the same thing
That's why I wrote a long speech so next time I'll just copy and paste it

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Pixelator
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Posted: 4th Sep 2007 02:11 Edited at: 4th Sep 2007 15:18
Quote: "How many more of these threads will there be?"

39.347526

[Mod Edit] The number screwed the page width up for everyone


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Libervurto
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Posted: 4th Sep 2007 02:18
So 39 then

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TBUCKET
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Posted: 4th Sep 2007 02:21
[quote]"The key word here is they, no matter how good you get you will never be able to make a game like Halo on your own. Too many noobs set their sights on MMORPGs or games like Halo, and the reality is they will never complete those game.
Don't rush yourself and always try to learn more, you will often find that instead of wasting 3hrs trying to get something to work, there is a DB command that does this for you, or a piece of code you've written that is 1000 lines long could have written in 20.
By all means play around with the language, but if you get stuck on something or find yourself writing similar lines of code over and over, try to find a better way of doing it. If you can't work it out on your own there's always plenty of people on here looking to help."

Believe me I will never think I can make a game as good as that. Im using it as a refrence point.

HArd work can kill but I'll take my chances.
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Posted: 4th Sep 2007 02:38
Pixelator.. you have made the thread hard to read with that looong number..

Windsept
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Posted: 4th Sep 2007 02:40 Edited at: 4th Sep 2007 02:42
@TBUCKET

Welcome to the forums!!

Quote: "I'm wandering if its in my skill range"

Of course you are. Three years ago I bought DBC as a complete noob at programming in any language. Presently I now know DBC, DBP, Python, C++, and C#. I am not a expert at any of those languages but hope I will be someday. The important thing is I learn something new every time I program.

To sum it all up, yes you can program in DBC or DBP if you are willing to work at it.

Hope I helped

Windsept?

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Posted: 4th Sep 2007 03:44 Edited at: 4th Sep 2007 03:45
Quote: "How many more of these threads will there be?"


I have a dream that someday us professionals will come together and destroy the n00bs of these forums!

Put that in your sig to be crazy.

Libervurto
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Posted: 4th Sep 2007 03:48
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So when you die, you want to take DB down with you?

This is TCG: noobs WANTED

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Posted: 4th Sep 2007 04:12
Everyone is a noob at sometime really. That's like killing of a generation of children because they're kids and adults should rule the world!
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Posted: 4th Sep 2007 04:28
No it isn't that, n00bs took over...

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