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And how can I use it in a 3d adventure or strategy game?

You can use it for any kind of program and use it in any way... but it's best to use files instead. If you use data statements any changes to the data cannot be saved back into the program. If you use files you can change the data, save, and reload the changes easily.

One use for data statements is for items that can be pre-calculated - to save time if your program has to do the calculation many times - say in the main loop.

For example, lets say your program has to do a complicated calculation based on your character object's Y angle and each time the angle is say 45 degrees, the result is always the same.

There are 360 possible angles the character could be facing so you could pre-calculate those 360 values and store them as items in data statements.

You would read the data items into an array - like CalcArray() for example - and in your program, use the contents of the array instead of having to do the time-consuming calculation each time:

CalcResult = CalcArray(Object Angle Y(ObjNum))

is much faster than...

CalcResult = complicated formula

TDK_Man

also for a patch, im guessing that you could alter the data blocks without corrupting the program.