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Work in Progress / Dark Basic Classic - FPS- Hidden Ability

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Medusa
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Posted: 28th Feb 2005 09:16
Here is my latest demo splash screenshot

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Sol462
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Posted: 28th Feb 2005 12:09
you're using the demo of DBC? i suggest switching to the demo of DBP. just that's what i've been already told.

BearCDPOLD
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Posted: 28th Feb 2005 13:51
That's in Classic??? Whoa..you get five bucks.

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 1st Mar 2005 07:11
don't be too suprised if you set the camera range long and set the graphics to hi res you can pump some power in DBC, it looks almost as good as DBP, but DBP has all the obvious extra graphical qualities that DBC can't compete.

Can anyone tell me the theory of knowledge?
Medusa
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Posted: 3rd Mar 2005 09:24
'setting camera ranges'
'set graphics to hi-res'
'obvious extra graphical qualities'

please explain what you mean and what these mysterious obvious qualities are exactly.
DB Pro is just a different engine not necessarily a better one.
If you could refer me to any of your own demos that demonstrate any of the things you are talking about it would lend a bit more credence to your statement but until you have actually run my demo, which you have not, you are wallowing in assumption.
Give me actual facts, not theories!

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dj blackdragon3710
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Posted: 3rd Mar 2005 10:47
DBP community FPS or mercenaries. I used to use DBC. Then I got DBP and it has better things like shaders and .FX files

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GothOtaku
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Posted: 3rd Mar 2005 13:26
Quote: "DB Pro is just a different engine not necessarily a better one."

I suppose that could be argued but DBPro gives you many more commands, better control over the system, uses a better version of DirectX, and is machine-code compiled instead of appending the bytecode to a stub executable containing the interpreter.
Benjamin
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Posted: 4th Mar 2005 07:13
Yeah, DBP is faster, but it has its share of bugs, and it relies on DirectX 9.c


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Lynx
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Posted: 4th Mar 2005 10:11 Edited at: 4th Mar 2005 10:12
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Posted: 5th Mar 2005 19:50
Alright guys lets get back on track !
@Medusa: very nice looking start, keep it up...only one thing, i have no idea what the game is about, could you give some more details ?
Thanks
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Posted: 6th Mar 2005 02:30
Full sliding collision on those kind of objects! How did you pull that one off? Does it run fast? And do you think maybe you could pump out some source for that kind of collision detection later down the road?

By the way, the game looks great.

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Posted: 6th Mar 2005 03:05
I see no image.

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Medusa
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Posted: 8th Mar 2005 06:45
FUD "I see no image"
To the right of the message there is a download and a view button.
If you click on view the image will be displayed.
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GothOtaku "uses a better version of direct x"
Dark Basic Classic runs on the same version with none of the bugs.
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Baggers "what's the game about?"
The concept of the game used in the demo "Outpost 2" is of an alien race trying to enslave mankind.
The original "Outpost" game is in the showcase featuring a mobile armoured cannon with realistic self-aligning steering.
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Major Payn "Full sliding collision"
Full sliding collision as in BSP type collision where every object in the game is recognised be it blocks, panes, sheets or lengths of timber has been available since "Jopie" made it available. A full working engine that recognises every object placed in it.
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My demo was not to present you with a game but demonstrate certain principals already available within the forum such as full sliding collision. As such whenever Dark Basic give me the means of uploading the demo you will see a 2.5mb zip approx containing one and a half miles square of forest, canal, railyard, town square, courtyards. Plus glass, wire fence, water, sky. Bullet collision.
If that is not enough you have over 48 static game characters to test the display ability and you can shoot them all. You can even shoot out the glass. When you look at the physical size of the file and then the massive size of the level you just might be impressed.

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Posted: 8th Mar 2005 06:54
Quote: "since "Jopie" made it available"


Do you use my engine ?


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GothOtaku
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Posted: 8th Mar 2005 10:41
Quote: "GothOtaku "uses a better version of direct x"
Dark Basic Classic runs on the same version with none of the bugs."

No, DBC uses DirectX 8 DBPro uses DirectX 9. You're limited with what you can do graphically in DBC.
Sol462
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Posted: 8th Mar 2005 11:44
Dosen't DBC use DX7?

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Posted: 8th Mar 2005 13:10
It did but the last patch I think upgraded it to 8.
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Posted: 8th Mar 2005 17:54
DBPro has numerous benefits over DBC, I mean - I can't remember the last time I used DBC. Things like boned animations, memblocks, better transparency modes and better built-in effects like spheremapping and cubemapping - then you have shaders on top of that. I tested DBPro FPS on my brothers higher spec PC yesterday, and speed wise, it's miles above DBC (like it's as smooth and fast as any commercial FPS I've played).

People need to stop worrying about DBPro bugs that probably won't even effect them and start developing in a language that they can push further.


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Medusa
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Posted: 10th Mar 2005 11:30
[quote]Joepo you use my engine
I use a slightly amended version of your engine simply because it is the best yet and the only one that actually works properly with no drag on the Dark Basic Classic engine. The collision is as it should be and would only be complimented by a first class level editor which someone has agreed to build even as we speak.
I also used lots of Lee Bambers good code.
To this I added my own necessary code for bullet collision.
Certain other factors were brought to bear such as the use of spline built prefabs to cover the large area in the fastest time, texture reduction etc.
I also introduced some spatial sound for more realism.
I tried several of the previous collision codes from the forum but they only worked in small scale demos.
The old bullet collision codes as in 'collision' or 'hit'drag the engine to it's knees so I had to replace them.
The result is a massive level demo that works.
Certain other bits of useful code were gathered and amended.
If the result spurs more people on to bigger and better demos then the month's work was worth it.

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Medusa
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Posted: 10th Mar 2005 11:47
This message is for anyone that still mentions how fast any piece of software runs...
If you can play Splinter Cell on your computer or Black Hawk Down or indeed any of the modern games then anything but the worst coding examples from Dark Basic will run like a cheetah on your machine.
Splinter Cell needs at least 256mb ram and 128mb graphics just to run and actually recommends more so why should Dark Basic programs be asked to use less.
If you run the best software on the oldest, slowest computers it will look slow or it might not even run at all.
It makes as much sense as trying to run Dark Basic on an old 486.

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Medusa
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Posted: 11th Mar 2005 05:22
DirectX - The version of this that should be on your machine is 9c
This latest version of DirectX will give more support no matter what Dark Basic product you possess.
DirectX7 and below is for non pentium type computers
DirectX8 and above supports Pentium type chips and added support for graphic cards etc.
Software that is written during a new DirectX life cycle can access new features that were not available in the previous version, that only stands to reason.

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Medusa
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Posted: 11th Mar 2005 05:31
Question for the moderator
A proper Bone Based Engine would allow you to take in any static model and apply animations to it from within the editor.
Unreal only requires the model in it's own bone format to do this as does Quake, 3D Game Studio etc.
Can DB pro do this or if not are you just taking bone based animations into it just as you would with DBC and therefore no difference.
A normal animation can make the character look a bit jerky.
A bone based animation looks smoother because it is more realistic.
Either animation can be applied to your model before being put in a game.

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Posted: 12th Mar 2005 01:41
a four post combo!!

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DBAlex
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Posted: 12th Mar 2005 03:29
can we have some proper screenshots from this game please...


Its getting boring waiting...


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Posted: 12th Mar 2005 04:43
Maybe you should look at the first post again...

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Posted: 12th Mar 2005 07:09
Yeah there tiny...and only show the level off...

but meh.


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Medusa
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Posted: 13th Mar 2005 01:18
[quote]Yeah there tiny...and only show the level off...
You seem to have missed the point of the demo which is that Dark Basic Classic can run a large complicated level.
There is no game as such, just a very large level showing nice complicated builds and populated with about 50 characters.
Consider it a large diarama.
I will post more screenshots however just to give you a better idea of the quality.

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Posted: 13th Mar 2005 03:21
We can start a new project
if you want


visit and download my work.

...and dont use lock object on.
Copy the right code of scoure
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=49581&b=8&p=1
Medusa
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Posted: 13th Mar 2005 04:53
Large screenshot 1
Press view button...

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Medusa
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Posted: 13th Mar 2005 04:56
Large screenshot 2
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Large screenshot 3
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Medusa
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Posted: 13th Mar 2005 05:01
Final screenshot 4
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Medusa
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Posted: 14th Mar 2005 05:29
[quote]We can start a new project
if you want
Appreciate the offer but I am at present working on a saleable tank game.
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Posted: 14th Mar 2005 23:26
Visit my forum to look on my work
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SCOURE !!!!!!DEMO!!!!!!!!!!!

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