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flickenmaste
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 00:11
I see a lot of people use use barkBASIC pro have their own engine..is that what darkbasic lets you do is have your own engine to make the games?

If this is so..is it possible that you can release the engine so that other people could use??

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dark coder
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 00:24 Edited at: 3rd Jun 2008 00:24
An engine is just the code used to run all aspects of your game, like map loading, character handling, items, score etc. Obviously more useful engines have scripting languages and lack code for a specific game or map(hardcoded things) and so are more versatile so you can use them for more maps, but they are all engines.

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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 00:24
Darkbasic pro sort of is an engine, in itself.

If you're looking for something where you can easily make your own game, you might want to look into fpsc.

DBP, though pretty much a full featured engine, is pretty hard to use if you don't know any programming.

If you want to learn, check out the some of the books tgc offers in their store


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flickenmaste
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 00:30
I have FPSC...it just sounded like thye could make their own engine in DBP

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 01:38
FPSC is a game engine, DBP is a programming language built based on top of Basic and Direct X, in order to deliver direct X power to your games and applications.

FPSC was actually made in DBP, so you can program game engines in it, though they're not easy to do and you need to know what your way around DBP first.

Game Engines can make the process of making a game easier or more convenient - keeping the game elements in one place.

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flickenmaste
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 01:48
i know..im looking for a good MMORPG or and RPG engine

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 02:07 Edited at: 3rd Jun 2008 02:08
MMORPG...well they're very difficult to program and take a long time to do and a lot of effort - you're probably not going to find a good MMORPG engine out of the box, or at least nobody would be willing to give you a good one cheaply. Realm Crafter is the obvious one to mention, but I hear it isn't very flexible. For the Torque Game Engine, networking is brilliant in that - quite difficult to understand and use (the scripting language is confusing) but it has been converted to an MMORPG engine and you can buy that as a Starter Pack.

RPGs, well there are plenty of 2D ones out there, the obvious one being RPGMaker, of course The Games Factory 2 and Multimedia Fusion 2 are also brilliant for that. But 3D you won't find many ones specific for RPGs, Torque Game Engine again, but unless you have good C++ or advanced scripting knowledge, then you'd be better off programming your own in DBP attaching the LUA scripting language to it (via the Unity plugin). But hark, there is the NeoAxis engine - I like it, it shows promise and once you've learned it (there's a free non-commercial version) it might prove useful in producing an RPG. There are plenty of other game engines out there that can do the job (DX Studio, Visual3D, A6 Game Studio...)

Or you have that Odyssey creator's program, XQuad which is sold on the TGC website, which was programmed by our very own forumite, Freddix in DBP - I've not tried it though, it has a demo, that might be worth looking at.

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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 02:08
I haven't used it, but the video looks good:
http://www.rgenmedia.com/R3D_Download.htm

you're not going to find a MMORPG engine for free, at least, one simple enough just to use.

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i know about rgenmedia!

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Sid Sinister
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 04:31
I know Roxas has his Flare engine. It looks pretty nice, maybe he'll make his debut?

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the person who is making geisha house is making an engine too

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Silvester
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 08:35
Yes, thats an RPG engine, but it will not be released soon... He wants to finish his game first. And THEN see if he releases it.

Technically, everyone making a game is making an engine.
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 14:04 Edited at: 3rd Jun 2008 14:05
I've given you a list of some of the best possible solutions - most people's engines here are incomplete and unreleased, except for Freddix's, which has a demo on this website and can also be purchased. Try the demo and see if you like it...otherwise check out the other engines I've mentioned.

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@seppuka Arts- where do i find freddixs engines?

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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 20:31


Here you go, an engine.


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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 21:26
http://darkbasicpro.thegamecreators.com/?f=xquadeditor

X-Quad Editor, by Freddix.

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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 21:32
looks pretty nice

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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 23:15
Oh yea, I forgot about Cash Curtis's too. I haven't heard much from him lately. Where is he?

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Posted: 3rd Jun 2008 23:48
Quote: "

Here you go, an engine"

Oh. My. God.

Can someone loan me their guts? I broke mine.

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Quote: "Oh yea, I forgot about Cash Curtis's too. I haven't heard much from him lately. Where is he?"

Working on his game, amongst other things.

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Posted: 9th Jun 2008 01:47
or maybe working on his engine

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