http://www.darkbasicpro.com/apollo/view.php?t=12813&b=7
Here are the rules for the newcommer's section folks.I think I've seen about 10 posts today with the title "HELP ME!!!!!".Please, some of us around here have been reading these kinds of posts for 3 straight months, and it doesn't make it very fun to reply to.Especially when you can do a lot of the research yourself.
Here is a tutorial on making a good game, along with some dbp commands.
http://www.darkbasic.com/create/bm_tutorials/
Here's another good tutorial
http://www.darkbasic.com/create.php?f=3d_tutorials_index.php
And here is the guide to just about every command in DBP
http://www.realgametools.net/glossary/index.php3?theme=1&level=2&document_id_select=3
Remeber, if you're new, just try to at least go through these tutorials, experiment on your own before you ask for help.
Also, here is a list of my recommended tools.
3D- wings3d (free) ([href]wings3d.com[/href])
milkshape ($20) (
http://www.swissquake.ch/chumbalum-soft/ms3d/index.html)
Truespace 3.2 (free) (
http://download.com.com/3000-2186-10187913.html)
animation specific-Character FX
http://www.insanesoftware.de/
2D- ms paint, yup that's right, it'll due for some things
Paint shop Pro-
http://www.jasc.com/
mapeditors-valve hammer editor
http://www.valve-erc.com/
Quark
http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~quark/
Cartography shopt
http://www.darkbasic.com/c.php?f=cartographyshop1
misc.-deep exploration(file converter)
http://www.righthemisphere.com/products/dexp/
Here's another list of tools by RPGamer(many tools repeated), but these ones here are mostly all FREE!
3D Model Creating
Anim8or www.anim8or.com
Wings3D www.wings3d.com
2D Stuff
MS Paint (uh, comes with your comp.)
World Making
MatEdit www.matedit.com
Textures
www.darkbasic.com
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/texture/ (lots of em )
UV Mapping
Lithium Unwrap [get it from Simples Site]
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/toneth/lithunwrap.zip
Extra Tools
http://www.darkforge.co.uk/ [I think]
http://www.andrewvanbeck.btinternet.co.uk/ [Van B Creations - Good]
More links available from www.darkbasic.com and www.darkbasicpro.com
http://www.uwdesign.50megs.com/
Tutorials
www.dbheaven.com
www.darkbasic.com
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/toneth/
More Good Stuff
http://www.darkbasiccodebase.co.uk/
http://www.darkbasicplanet.com/
http://www.realgametools.com/
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F.A.Q
1- Q.What are my limitations with db/Dbp?
A.Your imagination, and how much time and effort you give into it.
2- Q.Recommended software?
A.Look a few sentances up.
3- Q.Does db support multiplayer?
A.No, but if you buy the enhancement pack it will, and dbpalso has built in multiplayer support.
4. Q.How many people can dbp support
A.I believe 256 max.
5- Q.How many polygons can db/dbp handle?
A.Too many for you to be concered about.(It's in the 100millions)
6- Q.Where are some tutorials?
A.I listed some above.
7- Q.Why won't my textures show on my characters/objects/etc.?
A.Make sure your char./object/etc. is in the proper format that is accepted by db/dbp.Usually .x is recommended.I've provided a link to Deep Exploration which can convert most objects into that format, and truespace 3.2 also does many of the common ones.You also must make sure that your textures are in the same directory as your model.
8- Q.Is there a forum search?
A. Yes,
http://www.quikly.com/dbsearch/
9- Q.What's the difference between DBP,DBC,and db enhanhced?Which is better?
Okay, DBC was the first dark basic.It's been around longer, and is pretty stable, although it is no longer being worked on.Db enhanced is like an expansion pack to dbc.It adds more commands, mainly giving support for multiplayer games.DBP, is the newest, and the most powerful of the three.It has built in multiplayer support, along with tons of other new commmands that dbc simply does now offer.
10- Q.Which of those three should I buy?
A.Well, to get db enhanced you'd first have to buy dbc.If you want a faster, more powerful language then go with dbp.Try out the demo for dbc and dbp here.
http://www.darkbasic.com/download.php
http://www.darkbasicpro.com/trial.php
Note: If this f.a.q doesn't help you then please post, and I will make them even more specific.
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Other things to keep in mind
1-Don't bring back dead posts.If a post is really near to the bottom,
or no one has replied in nearly a month, please don't post there.
2-Don't type your WHOLE post in all bold,itlaics,or all in uppercase,
because it is rude.
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Please, please, please, although this is the newcomer's section, I'm still warning everyone not to ask for pay,offer pay, say there gonna make a mmorpg/rpg/huge rts/next quake 3 in the team request section.
Also, please do your best to put threads in the right forum.
I'm only writing this, so that hopefully more people will let this get out to them, and if it does, there won't be many problems around here.
Thanks for reading.
I'll edit this post later, to add more info.
Yellow:Wanna publish my game microsoft, cuz i no u rich so...Can I have my bag of money now?
Microsoft: *snicker* Tip of the month-Microsoft will never(probebly) publish your game.
