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Francesco
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Posted: 11th May 2004 19:25
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Last evening I was thinking...DB is not really the best language to write 2d games with...right?
What do you think?
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Posted: 11th May 2004 19:28
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Well, it was specify to design 3D game but you can make 2D games as well(pong,space invader,pac-man,i'm making one,ect..)

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Francesco
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Posted: 11th May 2004 19:38
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Yeah, you can, but my 2d games with lots of sprites (more than 15) run very slow and the collision detection gets really weird...dunno maybe my problem.
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oh yes, sprites are slow.

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Posted: 11th May 2004 20:35
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No, sprites aren't slow - dealing with images is slow.


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Posted: 11th May 2004 21:06 Edited at: 11th May 2004 21:07
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Quote: "No, sprites aren't slow - dealing with images is slow."

Dealing with images???

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the_winch
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Posted: 11th May 2004 23:23
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In dbc sprites are slow, just 3d planes instead and get a massive speed increase or use dbpro.

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In DBPro sprites are just 3D plains - in DB 'Classic' they are, I believe proper sprites (at least not 3D objects).


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Posted: 12th May 2004 05:06
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If you're looking for a game making package but are wanting to make 2d games, don't shy away from DarkBasic! Just use the techniques mentioned above, or get DBPro and all will run nice and smoothly.

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Posted: 12th May 2004 05:17
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dont forget if you use 3d plains to simulate 2d images you can deploy all the 3d related features and commands.

it also helps to make the z dimension problems easier when overlapping sprites are counted.


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Francesco
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Posted: 12th May 2004 21:01
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Well, suppose I'll change my 22 sprites to 22 3d plains .
Thanks for the advice
Francesco

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