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Hello,

I'v a few questions to ask before i buy DarkBasic.
Here goes:

1. Should i also buy the DarkMatter Bundle? (From amazon £24.98)

2. Should i also buy the Beginners Guide to DarkBasic Game Programming?

3. I need explaining to how a 3d world is created eg. The game 1nsane by codemasters has an open world to drive around in. How would this be created in DarkBasic (would you use a program like a map/level editor?)

Thats all!

Thanks }:>

Well, if your not good at 3d modeling, then I would suggest Dark Matter if you have the cash. I think the begginners manual is overpriced in my opinion, haven't seen it yet. And a 3d world is created starting out with a matrix which is a simple landscape without objects (you can either do the code or use a matrix editor such as matedit) and then you must place objects using code or a world editor. This may sound like a lot, but it becomes simple after a few weeks of coding in DB. enjoy
mason

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1..if you buy DB classic then yes, buy Darkmatter, but if you intend to buy Pro then (IMO) Darkmatter isn`t worth the money just for the models, it`s only worth the cash if you want to upgrade classic with some more features like memblocks and multiplayer.

2..yes, the manual has one "not very good" tutorial, and is realy for reference more than explaining the commands, so if you don`t have any experience of programming in basic then buy the book.

3..you could do it with a map level editor, or you could code the game to make your levels intelligently from a set of rules, you could also hardcode the levels with load/position object commands, but thats too much work for no advantage, so either use a editor or the BSP maps in pro, or get your program to create levels for you

hope that some help, plenty of others will have ideas, cheers.

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