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Necrum
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Is it easier to learn darkbasic when you have first learned visual basic, or vice versa?
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Kjetil
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Posted: 5th Mar 2003 09:02
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I would say vb is the easier one.

Both have the same fundamentals, but two different languages.

But if you have understood one program language, it's just a mather of time to get the other one (just like migrating from max to maya in 3d software)

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John H
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Posted: 5th Mar 2003 14:06
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Heh since I already know DB fairly well (anyone would back me up?) I found VB quite easy. It has all of the same concepts, just the commands are different (a lot longer to type out.) I prefere DB

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Kjetil
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though, i miss the sin [.] in db

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Sin(angle)?


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Witch Bomber
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DB is much much easier for 3D programming but VB is really easy for 2D programs. I can't see myself ever using DB for anything other than games, because it is procedural rather than object oriented and inputs and menus are hard to do with DB, but they're what VB was made for.

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LREM 8888
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I learnt VB first, and then learnt DB. I think VB is better for coding, but i miss DB for it's 'special' basic Direct3D commands. I ought to know. I've tried programming D3D in VB. It wouldn't work, and my head hurt. The feature i scorn DB for not having, is ERROR HANDLING!!

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PokeSmot
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i'm 'fraid i don't understand...how is a game not object oriented isn't everything in a game an object?and what does "procedural" mean? like, "if_then"?
btw this is my first post! so "hi"to all on this board who read this post i have just bought DB and feel pretty intimidated,i know nothing bout programming and can't fathom how making db randomly print my name will help me code a game, but i'm gonna give it my best!

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Dave J
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Posted: 16th Mar 2003 09:28
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The idea of that tutorial to show you some of the techniques that can be done with Dark BASIC, you start off by showing the simple stuff then expand on it. Now that you know how to randomly print your name then later when you know more you will know how to randomly scatter shotgun shells over the screen, etc.

Procedural means it follows a 'procedure', i.e. with the 'conditional if_then statement' it follows a certain procedure.

If (This is True)
(Then Do This)
EndIf

It follows the same procedure with every if statement.

Oh and LREM, I agree, I learned VB before Dark BASIC and I hate not being able to write something like 'On Error Goto (Sub)'.

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