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Deadly Shadow
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Posted: 29th Dec 2004 23:40
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I just got darkbasic pro what other tools do i need to make games? Do I need anymore? If I do tell me and tell me about free tools too. Thanks.

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demons breath
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Posted: 29th Dec 2004 23:55
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You'll need to either download objects and graphics, or make your own.

If you are going to make 3D models, I would suggest Wings3D (http://www.wings3D.com), because it's easy to use and free , but unfortunately it can't animate. There is also anim8or, but I don't know the URL for that.

That's about all I know - I'm even worse at modelling than I am at coding so most of my games are full of models from DarkMATTER or turbosquid.com or the DarkBASIC primitives [img][/img]

Am I the only one here who's really confused?
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The Nerd
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Posted: 30th Dec 2004 00:02 Edited at: 30th Dec 2004 00:05
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Well if you do not know much about dbpro then i would say it is a good idea first to play around with it and get to know the basic before move on. When you know much about the asic stuff and wanna make levels ETC then i would say that Cartography shop 4 is good it cost 65 $ But is that worth it is Very easy to start on and you can make great levels too!!

Cartography shop 4 Link

http://cartographyshop.thegamecreators.com/



If you wanna start with a free world creator then Deled is also good.

Deled world creator download link

Here is the link to Deled : http://www.delgine.com/index.php?filename=download_deled


It is also good to start with some good tutorials here is the link to a few of them:

My first pong game tutorial :

This tutorial is really good for newcomers well the title tells you what it is : http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=22030&b=7

Other tutorials :

Go to this link to see other good tutorial: http://developer.thegamecreators.com/?f=dbpro_tutorials


The codebase is also really good this is the link :

http://developer.thegamecreators.com/?m=codebase_list


Also i The book "Beginners guide to darkbasic game programming is good here is the link : http://darkbasicpro.thegamecreators.com/?f=beginners_guide


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Hope this helped you


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Hawkeye
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Posted: 30th Dec 2004 00:11
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DeleD is the best freeware world editor out there (as far as I know ) I highly reccomend it, as it's VERY easy to pick up, even if you've never modeled before. Cartography Shop 4 (CShop4) is even better, but you do have to pay some money.

For general purpose modeling, I'd suggest Milkshape, a low-poly modeler. It's only $20 bucks, but it does more then you might expect for $20.

Failing that, get the light edition of gameSpace. It's VERY complicated, but it's free and the only limination is it can't save models higher than 3000 polys (or maybe 5000 hmmm, not sure) which is enough for most projects

"Beginners guide to darkbasic game programming" is good, yeah, but only if you've never programmed before. If you have (i.e. VB.net or C++ or VC++) then I wouldn't reccomend it. You can learn just as much from reading the manual.

GIMP 2 is a very good texture app. Kinda like MSPaint, only on steroids It can do pretty much anything that other (costly) texture apps can do.

Well, that's the core stuff that I use (DeleD, Milkshape, gameSpace, GIMP) It should be enough to get ya started

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BenDstraw
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Posted: 30th Dec 2004 05:54
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gmax is a good free 3d program at discreet.com (the exact address I dont know)

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WarGoat
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The URL for anim8or is simply http://www.anime8or.com

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Hawkeye
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Posted: 1st Jan 2005 00:32 Edited at: 1st Jan 2005 00:33
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the url for gmax is http://www4.discreet.com/gmax/

Though I wouldn't get too attached to gmax... if you ever go commerical (not likely but indeed possible, Void did it with Starwraith 2/3/4 and Riftspace.. and Bolt I think with Firewall, he said somone was asking about it) you can't use gmax. It's for non-commerical purposes only *inhales deeply*

anim8or is a little wierd to use. You have to switch modes every time you want to do somthing. But it works

Another thing I forgot... Blender3d is a highly decent modeler. The user interface is unlike that of pretty much any other modeler, but it's very powerful. You might want to give it a try url is http://www.blender3d.com/

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Posted: 1st Jan 2005 20:18 Edited at: 1st Jan 2005 20:18
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The URL for anim8or is actually [href]www.anim8or.com[/href]
How do I create a hyperlink?

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Deadly Shadow
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Posted: 2nd Jan 2005 08:51
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Thanks for the help guys.

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Posted: 3rd Jan 2005 02:44 Edited at: 3rd Jan 2005 02:44
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@Saber dude: use the "http://" button before and after you type in the link. so (remove the spaces):
[ h r e f ]www.anim8or.com[ / h e r f ]

yields:
[href]www.anim8or.com[/href]

@Deadly Shadow: eh, no problem glad to be of help

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blanky
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With regards to GMax, if you were going to go commercial then you could get 3DS Max, which is way better..

(Okay, okay, so it costs £2000-£3000! You've got to do SOMETHING with the money the publisher gives you!)

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Gil Galvanti
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Posted: 4th Jan 2005 01:28
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ull need a 3d modeler, and a world builder. If u really get into it ull need a sound maker, and if u have a digital camera u can make ur own textures by taking pictures and loading them onto ur computer then loading them as textures
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Deadly Shadow
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ull need a 3d modeler, and a world builder. If u really get into it ull need a sound maker, and if u have a digital camera u can make ur own textures by taking pictures and loading them onto ur computer then loading them as textures


Thanks man.

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