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May 7th, 2002, 07:33 PM
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Engine??
how should i go about makeing one?
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May 7th, 2002, 08:28 PM
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well that would depend on what you want it to do, now wouldn't it~!
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May 8th, 2002, 03:35 PM
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im wanting to make a game that would requier high fps.
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May 8th, 2002, 06:52 PM
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May 8th, 2002, 08:47 PM
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i was thinking either a car or shooter game.
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May 8th, 2002, 09:17 PM
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Pick one. The engine for each will be different.
Z.
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May 9th, 2002, 09:25 PM
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May 9th, 2002, 10:19 PM
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program it yourself, silly
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May 10th, 2002, 06:51 AM
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It's always wise to program an engine yourself. That way, you know what you've done. Though, it's often wise to look at others engines, but just for reference and pherhaps guiding. To pick up ideas that others have used. Expand your knowledge, in other words.
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-Lars Espen Rosness
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May 10th, 2002, 09:22 PM
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ok thanks, could you help me get started i have know idea what im doing and i want to get started in games i can write apps just not games that is something i have wanted to do also.
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May 11th, 2002, 11:53 AM
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I see...what are you planning to make? Will you use DirectDraw?What sort of game do you want to make? Minesweeper? Or pherhaps Warcraft 4?
As it is today, vb apps are fairly easy to create, of course depending on what you're making, but usually, they are quite easy. Games, though are a lot more complicated. Not just because of the visual challenge uptodate computergames gives, but also stuff like AI, Sound(game-music), Art, etc. All elements need to be applied and it might seem hopeless.
If you want to make a first-person game, I sugest you get into DX8. But if you're a mediocre application-programmer, learning DirectX is quite difficult. If not, you could create some sort of tilebased game. Make a huge array of image controls and use another image control to move around on top of it. Just to get an idea of what it is all about.
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-Lars Espen Rosness
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May 11th, 2002, 01:47 PM
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i wanted to make more of a pong game... but i need rotating images and stuff like that... would you still say learn DX8?
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May 11th, 2002, 01:48 PM
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pong game? I've never played pong...:P
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May 11th, 2002, 02:22 PM
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haha well thanks for your help
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May 11th, 2002, 03:38 PM
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D3D gives you free rotation when you use it for 2D applications (like pong). DDraw supports sprite rotatoin, but it is hardware dependant, and you will be VERY hard pressed to find hardware that supports it.
Z.
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May 11th, 2002, 05:39 PM
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make a game with windows API before you get into DX. It'll confuse you enough, so you might want to have some practice with simpler stuff first
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May 11th, 2002, 06:50 PM
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do you have any sudjestions on how do to all of this?
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