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ok i have this problem.... actually its more of a road blockade

ok here we go! i know what all the cmmd's fo dark basic do and why. and i have read that dark basic book (which didnt help much cause im into 3D). when i have an idea for a program or game i think it out. then i write down on a piece of paper, what it is gunna do and all that. but when i have it all planned out, i move on to the coding. heres my problem : i have these ideas but i just cant put them into code. yet i know what every cmmd does and how to use it.

that is the best i can explain it, its REALLY tough jus trying to explain it

To be able to program, you have to get a couple of things buried into your mind.

1. The idea behind programming is that you use the commands available and arrange them in such a way that it produces something useful and/or beautiful. There's knowing the commands, and then there's knowing how to put the commands together.

2. Once you have the above mindset, look around in different areas of this site (and in the book) that have some demonstration code. Look at what it does, then think How can I change this so that it works in the way I want it to, so the I can implement it into a game?

3. Whatever you program has to have structure. Lump your code into sections, subroutines, or functions that perform specific tasks. Here is what a main loop could look like:

SetupGraphics()
LoadGameObjects()
SetupCollision()
DO
CheckControls()
CheckCollision()
CheckTriggers()
LOOP

If you just cannot come to grips with programming, you could always invest time learning other aspects of game development. There's sound engineering, music composition, art, marketing, and project management.

Good luck, and keep posting,
Crazy Donuts

I have a similar problem - Each of my ideas involves a 3d modle on a bitmap - but the 3d model is animated,and causes the bitmap (Which is loaded,not backdropped) blurs when the model moves. I cannot do the backdrop method, because the bitmap is not a single texture - it would look very odd. ?????

DWR, you probably need to texture a plain and lock it to the screen. Loading a bitmap renders it onto the current buffer, but after that it will get overwritten by anything placed in front of it.

You could also put your bitmap onto a sprite, and DRAW 2D TO BACK.