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s1lverblade 331
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Just wanted to know if it is possible to make a transport tycoon type game with DB (any version)
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s1lverblade 331
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anyone?
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Phaelax
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Posted: 15th Jul 2004 08:48
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whats transport tycoon? And any game is possible with DB, so long as you can code it.

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s1lverblade 331
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You've never heard of transport tycoon.
Well you've probably heard of rollercoaster tycoon. Rollercoaster tycoon was made when Chris Sawyer was unhappy with his code for transport tycoon 2, so he tweaked it a bit and voila roller coaster tycoon.
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Transport Tycoon is one of my favorite games. I'm sure it's possible to write a game like that; it'll just take a lot of time, patience, work, skill, and determination.

In fact, once I get done with the FPS I'm working on, I plan on making a game sort of like Transport Tycoon.

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s1lverblade 331
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That's excellent news (in my opinion) that someone is attempting that sort of game. If that was the sort of thing I decided to do eventually, what group of tutorials would it be best to start with.
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Posted: 16th Jul 2004 14:13 Edited at: 16th Jul 2004 14:15
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Sadly, as tutorials aren't plentiful, there arent any nearly as narrowed down as the type of game you want a tutorial for.

I'm not going to complain about your overly-ambitious expectations (I went into the DarkBasic community convinced I was going to make an MMORPG) but I cannot emphasize enough the importance of starting slowly. If you start huge, it's most likely that you'll run into an error that you won't be able to solve -- this could discourage you from programming in DB altogether. Start with Pong, Monster Hunt, and Binary Moon's Limit Rush...they'll teach you the basics of game development (code organization, optimisation, debugging, etc.)


Hope this helped...
Remember, anything is possible in DB if you're good enough of a coder...and you only get to be that good of a coder by practicing gradually.

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s1lverblade 331
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Thanks for the advice concept
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David T
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TT is also my favourite game ever. I also happen to be an expert at DB

It's easy to get the landscape going. But beyong that you're into complex pathfinding I'm afraid

Believe me, I've tried!

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