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Richard Davey
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Hi all,

Visit the Dark Game SDK site and you can get a stack of sample programs to run. Mostly DBPro examples converted over + Raveys Dark Dungeon FPS game he knocked up in a couple of days.

If you cannot see the Download menu item, refresh your browser cache, you'll need the updated JavaScript file.

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Where is the link to the web site ?
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Erick G
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here you go

http://darkgamesdk.thegamecreators.com/?f=downloads
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the FPS had the basic bug of no sync rate(i think)...

so when i came to part of the map where i wasn't seeing much, it ran EXTREMELY fast

but considering it was made in only 4 days...it was good

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All of the demos ran great on my computer and I have a crappy computer.
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I tried the camera example and it only ran at 41fps, same as in DBP
Then I tried the lights one and it run at 178fps!!! (59 in DBP)
I was so impressed I nearly ordered it...only neaarly. When DevC++ is supported then I gonna dust of my credit card (I'm incredibly tight fisted).


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The camera one is capped to 60FPS...

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Quote: "When DevC++ is supported then I gonna dust of my credit card (I'm incredibly tight fisted)."


Amen to that. I'm not spending a dime on DarkSDK until it works with something like Dev C++ and/or Visual Basic .NET.


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David T
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TCA sent me a couple of demos. Shadow of the Beast ran at 210 fps, but Lots of fast 3d only at 30

I did have a few programs open at the time though!

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I'm surprised - I get 117... Do need to sync the SOFTB demo to the computer speed though

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Most of the samples avergae between 170fps to 300fps for some

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Erick G
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I get everage 400fps in all the demo's

Then again, I have a real ninja of a pc
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In other words - DarkSDK & C is fast

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yeah, it is muuuch faster, some of my old db pro code runs a lot faster.
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So where's the .NET version hiding?
c'mon guys!!!




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Mike would have to buy VB .Net and/or C#...

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Forgive me if this was mentioned already.. but on the DarkSDK main page, there's code listed that's supposed to make a cube spin.




As far as i can tell, that puts a cube on the screen and waits for the escape key to be pressed

[edit] After revising what the paragraph said, i seem to have misinterpreted.. you guys meant that it looks around the loop, not the actual cube..

That paragraph needs some revising however, i'm sure i'm not the only one who got confused with it.

Now, i dont have this program to test the code, but looking at it, i cant find where in the world the commands are to make it spin.



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The cube doesn't spin - but the sync command does go around in a loop...

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Quote: "So where's the .NET version hiding?"
Anyone would write a Managed C++ wrapper to use DGSDK in any .NET language.

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apart from me lol

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The samples are great! It was because of the sample download that I am purchasing DGSDK. Great work! Now if they would just upload the documentation for download so we can see what commands are available that would be great. I would like to see if any EZRotate type commands have been added to the SDK. If not, I'm hoping to wait for EZRotate v2 for DGSDK.
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I've been working on a rotate class for Dark SDK to use with a work-in-progress game. You can see a demo of it here:
http://www.geocities.com/eric_pearson/TestQuat.zip
It's a 1.29 MB .zip file.

The box next to the ship shows how the class can offset from a position. It has three rotate modes; yaw then pitch, roll then pitch and simultaneous yaw and pitch. The class uses quaternions for rotation and then converts back to euler angles for Dark SDK rotations. It could even be used for a camera class to avoid problems with gimbal lock.
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There is no usable info in the demos they are all exe's, Guys I like your product but you got to learn to put stuff up for view that people can tear apart to make things, working examples go a long way with information to show how to make it. It would probably help sales also. I wouldn't buy it on the grounds of the above demo.

I say this with a sincere desire to help and not hurt.

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What if we provided source code with the examples? Do you think that would help?

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Mike,

Absolutely, even just a taste will make people want more, good working codes are hard to come by. An example with no codes will make people think its not worth while to buy. I don't go oooh thats a great exe, because anything on the market for sell is suppose to be good, I go oooh when it teaches me how to do the same thing or something similar.

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From my experience creating code samples for the API at my old work place we took the point of view that the more documented examples you could provide the better.

I think example code and even context examples in the documentation is more useful to most coders than tutorials.

I personally I think it's important to just try and provide examples for as many of your API functions working together as possible, certainly the stuff that might not be easily apparent how it works together from the seperate functions in the documentation alone.

20-30 odd short examples of using a wide range of functions would probably go a hell of a long way more than spending ages trying to refine your documentaiton or coming up with long winded tutorials.
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Hellow!
SDK is a very cool Engine, but I cann't run it. Wry? May be I don't have DX9 SDK. Where I can download it ?
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Mike:

I'm going to purchase Dark Game SDK here in the next several weeks whether or not sample code and tutorials are made publically available, but it would be awesome to be able to see them ahead of time. I don't see any harm in releasing them since they are useless unless you actually purchase the SDK anyway.

It would give me some time to get a head start on learning before the actual toy arrives.
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I'm going to buy it the instant Dev C++ is supported...

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Might have a long wait then...

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yeah...Dev C++, or something free/cheap

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Heh,.. from my point of view, VC++ .net 2003 IS cheap actually!
And I am not sure about managed/.net or c# ... it may slows down things.

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You can buy VC++ 2003.net for around £90. Not a lot of money to pay for the quality tools you are getting. Makes Dev C++ look decidely 2nd rate imo.

Managed code is slower, but you can compile stuff up as native code and ignore the .net stuff altogether...
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QUOTE scooby bloke
Quote: "You can buy VC++ 2003.net for around £90. Not a lot of money to pay for the quality tools you are getting. Makes Dev C++ look decidely 2nd rate imo."

Probably, they hate M$ products *g*.

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Quote: "£90"

hhmmm..probably like what? $150?

sorry but my budget isn't big enough to buy both DGSDK and VC++ 2003.net

i quote TGC
Quote: "More importantly the process of creating your games should be fun, easy and not too heavy on the wallet. The products you need should not break the bank"

but i suppose they could argue that $200 doesn't classify as "breaking the bank" or being "heavy on the wallet"

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Well, if you are talking $ not £, you can get it from Amazon.com for $89.

That is actually very cheap where development tools are concerned, especially when they are of the quality of the microsoft ide...
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Managed code is slower, but only slightly. Unless you're writing the next Doom 3 you're probably not going to notice a difference. And by the time Longhorn is released, managed code will run as native since the .NET framework will be integrated into the operating system. Managed code is the way things are heading. It would serve developers well to familiarize themselves with it.
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Quote: "you can get it from Amazon.com for $89"

ok, that's more in the reasonable range.

i'd just rather not spend $150 on a "commercial" compiler when i have a free one (DevC++) That works just as good

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download VC++ from bit torrent.

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So I take it you need a C++ Compiler and the SDK is just a set of libraries. Oh well back to the drawing board or at least DBPro. I might consider porting my software to the SDK once it's finished but for now development is progressing nicely in DBPro. IMHO DBPro stills has a few kinks to be worked out, but is a complete project. Now, if and when VB is supported, then I'll buy it. Should've been for VB in the 1st place as it was DarkBasic not DarkC++ we came here for in the first place.
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Both aren't written in Visual Basic anyway (would be a lot slower if they were), hence the difficulty in supporting Visual Basic.


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anyone who has a little idea about when it will support Dev C++?
Then I'm a potential buyer for sure...

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it will be done when it is done

dude, buy this SDK, you wont be sorry. Unless ofcourse you are on a very strict budget ? and cant get visual C++ .net ?
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Isn`t there a free version of VS2005 coming out or something?


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No - there's a free beta version, but the full version certainly wont be free.

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VC++.Net is free!

You can download it from Microsoft. It's Visual Studio that isn't free.

Technicaly, you could write VC++, C#, and VB.Net applications with nothing more than note pad.

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Wait. Then would it be posible to use Dev-Cpp with it? Then TGC wouldn`t have to worry about supporting another compiler as they`re both free.


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Hehe, i just got Visual Studio .net 2003 for free! (part of a deal at our college)

so i'll be purchasing teh SDK really soon

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Quote: "It's Visual Studio that isn't free"

Duh!

Quote: "VC++.Net is free!"

The cut down version is free, but ommits a lot of things. The beta for 2005 is also free.

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