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So I've been using VB 6 for many, many years, and I know the basics and some advance stuff to at least make fun games for my kids. My question is, if I want to start making games in visual basic to run online, what is my next step? Do I have to learn another language? Will VBScript help out at all?
If you want to make simple games - think quizzing, VB6 will suffice.Quote:
Originally Posted by danmnz
Well I'm thinking more advanced, like small rpgs, or simple sim games that dont require much advanced programming, just a lot of code.
I guess it's like any other game in visual basic that I make, just put online, no online features though, just so you can play while at work instead of on the computer at home.
By "online", do you mean in a web browser like a Flash or Java game?
The only way to do that is to make your game an ActiveX project (you can select this when creating a new project in VB). But (as far as I know) only Internet Explorer supports ActiveX controls, and they are usually disabled by default because of the security risk. And it can be a hassle to get them working for most average PC users... they probably wouldn't take the time unless it was a really good game.
So... you may want to consider Flash or Java.