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Newcomers DBPro Corner / New guy has a question: can you make First Person Shooters?

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Flash1087
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I've been itching to make my own game for a while, and I think I wanna do it with DarkBASIC. 'Course, I don't have all the details for my game fleshed out yet, so I figured this would help my decision. Are first-person shooters (think Doom or Halo) possible with Dark Basic? And if so, how would one go about making that perspective?

Thanks in advance.
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BatVink
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Posted: 18th Jun 2004 02:25 Edited at: 18th Jun 2004 02:27
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yes, it's possible.

It's easier than third person shooters, 'cos you don't need a good looking primary model, and work out how to follow - you just use the camera.

You might want to hang on for the FPS maker if you're not already familiar with darkbasic...there is a reasonable learning curve with DB before you'll be making a decent game.

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Flash1087
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I dunno, I was kinda looking at The 3d Game Maker because it has a 'just add water' FPS bit to it, but I wanna learn DarkBASIC so I can do more games after this. This idea has been brewing in my head for awhile now, but after I finish my FPS I'd like to move on to other things.
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Rennekon
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Ok, first of all, darkBasic can do practically anything. Anything from a full fleshed MMORPG to a racing game.

John "Dark Lord of Angel Destroying Destiny" Pringlebee, maybe?
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Skier Demon
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Look a the online tutoirals. IF u wana make an FPS, look at MonsterHunt
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Dgamer
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Posted: 18th Jun 2004 05:40 Edited at: 18th Jun 2004 05:41
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Quote: "Ok, first of all, darkBasic can do practically anything."

I disagree. As unfortunate as it is, DB has its limits.

Putang ina mo
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Newbie Brogo
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Posted: 18th Jun 2004 05:56
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If your a beginner, do not expect an FPS like Doom or Halo.

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hyrichter
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Our team is making an FPS right now with DarkBasic Classic. You can check out what we've gotten done so far.
http://www.kalepia.hytekproductions.com/downloads/kalepia.zip

Yeah, FPS games are possible, but they take a lot of work.

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