Anyone want to join Strategy game developement?

Hey Paul, ofcourse I would need help... But I was going to do the networking in DirectPlay since it's suited for multiplayer games. But if we decide to go with winsock, Sure as hell I would need your help, any help is appericiated. By the way, to really talk about the project and stuff like that use the forum that's on the website that dave posted in the message above, that way it'll stay all between us, you can post here if you want to join..

And yes paul, if you could just learn a little bit of directplay it would be cool cause I'm learning it too.. the networking code will be waiting untill some of the engine is finished so we know how to implement it in the engine.

[Edited by WildGhost on 06-29-2000 at 05:17 PM]

I haven't ever touched DirectPlay, You don't happen to know where there is some sample source lying around do you? sounds interesting.

Paul

Paul and others who want to join, can you get ICQ?
And also join the forum at our homepage

http://www.crosswinds.net/~strategistteam/

Also we have some new jobs we need:

1. one or more good 3d artists, that can modell 3dgraphics by looking at sketches. You need to modell space ships, space stations, planets, hightech components, and more...

2. And secondly we need soundFX guys to do space sounds, weapon sounds, explosions, event sounds, menu beeps, mouse clicks, and more...

yes paul, I can direct you to a tutorial for starting out in Directplay.. but then it'll be upto you to find more, or learn more or what not.. I'm also thinking about uploading the help file from the directx sdk, it's 5 megs.. not a problem for me cause i got cable and would take me probably a minute or 2 to upload.
the link is: http://members.home.net/theluckyleper/tutX.html

Thx people, I'll take a look.

The ICQ, even at home I'm behind the company firewall. I'm not contactable through it as it's blocked (specifically). I may be in a new company soon (Back to AT&T... good or bad.. ?) I'll go grab a new ICQ then. I haven't had one for a few years and can't use one yet.

I'll take a look at the link WildGhost put up...

Ok for everyone that haven't joined our forum (we have now 6 registered) JOIN NOW!

http://www.crosswinds.net/~strategistteam/

I have the 3d isometric terrain engine running now at 60 fps at 1280*1024*16.

Again, are there any good 3d modellers out there that wants to work with us?

Doh!

Proxy Error
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server.
The proxy server could not handle the request GET /~strategistteam/.

Reason: Could not connect to remote machine: Host is down


(This is not my prosxy server because I don't use one)

Yeah, I got the same 502 thing, and now i get a "Oops...
Our member server is currently down"

Well i guess we have to wait... or do anyone have a direct shortcut to the forum?

Direct Link to Forum: http://pub18.ezboard.com/bthestrategistteam

Ok, thanks,KV when you get offline, we have to talk again, We've discussed some big issues again!

Hi everyone!

If you still need someone to help out, I can help out a bit here and there. I can do:

* VB programming
* Web development
* Basic graphics

If you think that I can help, my ICQ is 81478969.

Hi!, my name is Lepe, I have some experience with DirectDraw 7 (about 4 months), good one with Photoshop, many years working with VB and few years working with games (not 3d). I'm fanatic of strategic games. I hope I can participate with you. I can help in code and design, also with the website. I hope it's not too late. Thank you. (to all of you)

ICQ: 39889949
email: [email protected]
(excuse my english, I'm from Mexico and is not my primary languaje)

Surely, but Component programming is going to be probably on of the harder things, I've been using DDRAW for a months now but I sure know how to use it. Well there's still some problems anyway;

1. Alpha-Blending

2. Direct3d - Noone have done anything with it yet

And you have to talk to me to if you want to do programming, 12113437

hey i wouldn't mind being a part of that....just email me with what you want me to do and you got it...i won't be able to do nothing but work on it...but i am willing to devote some time to it...

count me in

Elon

I programmed sometilebased engine in DDraw and in GDI!

ANd I tell you this USE DDRAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It so much better an easier! you don't have to mess around with all these mask files and double blits!
But instead of this you the possibility for animation and real fast scrolling!!! and things like alphablending!

I made a small snake game! (http://total.relativ.de/faab/page/Wurm.zip not to small it has nice graphics!)
And the easyiest thing about this game was the DDraw!!!!!

please believe me

Ddraw doesn't have AlphaBlending in it.. get it right ok? and yes we are making it in DDraw. And you can't use Alphablending Unless you incorporate DirectDraw in it

Sorry but you are wrong!

The Alphablt in the DDFX thing isn't implementet! BUT: you can use DDROP and the param SRC??? (I forgot it) to have something you can just use like alphablending! but not with an extra alphachannel and not an extra aplhamask

The above post, I mean to say incorporate Direct3D in it. I'm not going to argue with u, cause I'm having a bad day.. I'll tell you this though... Go reasearch it..

Need more information on the game.
Percentage complete.
Graphics Type.
Specific units.
Any possibility of scripting language.
Tech specs.
Etc...

Well we're not giving out that information.. because that's only for our members.. you contact us we'll give out the information.. we've got demos of engines and so forth.. but only for our members..

I can help with documentation / user interface things (and graphics optimisation if necessary).

All those things are covered right now.. we got a good staff.. what we're really looking for is 3d modelers and 2d graphic artists.. if you qualify.. reply here or send me an ICQ message. Other than that.. our programming team has no need for members as of right now.. but if we do need them in future.. I'll be sure to post again and ask for some.. we got all the designers we need, so no job for designers are available at the moment.. only artists.. 3d modelers and 2d artists...

What sort of art is needed?

Well.. 2d Tiles.. but if u're good with other stuff like making a GUI.. you could get together with me and I'll share the GUI idea with you and you can create the GUI art..

That seems fine...are you on ICQ/Yahoo/MSN?

PS: I also do music.

parksie, happy if you could send me a sample of your music, do you make mod's? Also we need 3d artists more than doing 2d tiles

I haven't done much with mods (those I have done are a bit poor really), but if you let me know what sort of style you need, I can write something and get back to you.

Go to my website: http://www.Geocities.com/Warmaster2000us/index.html

You will find my Graphics engine, I3D. It isn't quite complete(the engine), but it come with source code and can help you with DirectX and Direct3D Z-Buffering. My engien includes a sample with shows you how to run a window in fullscreen. After declarations calling on I3D, running DirectDraw is as easy as 3 lines of code. The engine does the rest. With my I3D package, you can also run a small "Display Setup" program that sets up I3D's display values. When running I3D for the first time, be sure to have run the Display setup in the I3DRuntimes.zip first, otherwise you will get an error.