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sadsack
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I love you code I got my civil war game going now. thank You I can't wait for more

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as always, it always very golden.

thanks

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BTW i might be wrong but "were the hell are the models for ur l8test code snippet!".

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I thought I mentioned where the models came from, but I can't find the post. Here's a download.

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thx

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I think this is worth being a sticky
if it already is, my bad.
Also, i think Dungeon Keeper 2 RULES too.

P.s, im making a remake of it!

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Damn you!
So was I!

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nice work Phaelax
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About to check it out, no doubt as these all said it will be great thanks

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Oh, ummm, with the .dba file, it dosent work, also could you make a dbc enhanced version of the tut, and finally, in the first tut it says that theyr will be a third edition of the tut called "polishing off an rts" , will that be out any time soon, oh, and also, in the second tut, it says "step eleven, unknown", er, what do you mean by that, thanx!
Also, i think these tuts rock! Good job Phaleax!

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What errors are you getting on the source? "step 11: unknown" means I haven't written anything for that section yet. There will not be a dbc version.
"polishing an rts" will discuss things such as particle effects and other eye candy. It will not be done until I feel that this one is fully completed. Most likely, that won't be anytime soon.

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getting better and better

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btw, if you don't have multi in mind when you start, you'll have to redo the whole program structure for multi!

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why's that?

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Phaelax, what do you do for fun?

heh this tutorial is really great....take me sometime to get upto your level though the code is way over my head right now...but i guess for you its just standard stuff heh...

I'd hate to see him like extremely bord if that ever happens he might code the cure for cancer in DBP =P

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It's cool! THanks Phaelax!

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i changed some things in Phaelax's program. I changed the group system so it works properly (same controls but some minor changes). I also made it so it shows a sprite for every unit selected. But this is almost all Phaelax's program... i just decided to change a few things (not nesesarly better but i like them) and i decided to post it because others may find it useful.

The media you use dosnt really matter, but their are 3 different images in this program. two are "blank.bmp", "blank2.bmp" which are just to show what objects are selected (blank=soldier, blank2=worker) theirs also a bottom menu bar... but just to make it look more organized.(this is whats in the download)

EDIT: sorry i just realized i used sync rate 0 in the startup..just to let you know, so you can change it.

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@phaelax: A.k.a Firewall. Core program structure made multi impossible.

On second thoughts, i'm sure you're good enough to get around this anyway.

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Updated tutorial, now added pathfinding with the use of IanM's A* library. The pathfinding step is on pages 17-19.

Attached is the full tutorial up to step 11 with source code and IanM's library included. Some changes were made to the library just to make it work with current DBP patch.

Changed code from this:
exitfunction SEARCH_SearchPath(Path, SEARCH_PathSize(Path)-Move).Y
to this:
temp = SEARCH_SearchPath(Path, SEARCH_PathSize(Path)-Move).Y
exitfunction temp


Not sure why returning values like that cause problems some times and not others, but I that's all I changed.

Note that the resource gathering temporarily will not work after you update your code to follow step 11. If you understand it, it's easy enough to code yourself. I'll fix it soon.

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hey... i read it again and if you were to upgrade armour, all players armour would change, not just yours.

(read the character creation sections)

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That was purposely done, so that when you upgrade a Grunt's armor, all the grunts receive the effect. If you wanted something with more individual control so that you could create heroes, such as in Warcraft3, then add an armor attribute to the "character" UDT. The the armor stat would be individual for each and every unit, regardless of whether they are the same type or not.

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You know i'v downloaded each and every one of these RTS tuts but yet i havent even read them...guess i should get on it eh?

BTW when i read them im sure i'll be saying "nice phaelax"

so in advance

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The last download on this page, 4th post from above this one, contains the current version of the full tutorial. So that's the only one you need to download, no need to worry about those misc pieces.

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Alright got it thanks =)

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I meant as the armor from different players -- i.e. blue researches 'gooey armor plate' but red dosen't. As it happens though red would the 'gooey armor plate' bonus as well!



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you should have seperate arrays for each team in the game.

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nice stuff Phaelax.

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woh, when did this become a sticky post?

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I guess when they decided to make it a sticky? thats a good idea....

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i'm having a look at the tutorial. looks really gr8 but i got a slight problem with it.

when i run your tutorial code it comes up saying it can't include the a star file.

i decided to do a little rewrite of it and it seems to include the a star file this time. but when i try and compile the code i get this error

"Could not understand command at line 28"

that is the line that says

CreateSearchMap(mapX, mapZ)

as far as i'm aware the code is correct but what could be wrong?

if you can tell me whats up then i think it should work

i'm using the 5.8 update btw

thnx

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figured out the problem with it. was my fault. but anyway looks good. just wondering about the animation frames. how did u know what numbers are for what?

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The guy that made those great dwarf models included a text file containing the frame numbers for each animation sequence.

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it doent work on my computer i copied and pasted you code but it didnt work what does rts mean?

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Make sure you are using DarkBasic Pro.

RTS is a game genre, standing for Real Time Strategy (Age of Empires, Warcraft)

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can some one compile it then?

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compile it? this is a tutorial, and if you don't have DBP then whats the point?

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not the tutorial but the game in your very first post

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It's not a very complete game, it's just the basic structure of a RTS.

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Where is all the media for this?

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Here's the code and media, including the dwarf models:
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/xt/xt_apollo_download.php?i=496764

And here's updated tutorial with code and A* library:
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/xt/xt_apollo_download.php?i=528388


This is not a new, updated part of the tutorial, just links to all the files for those that are too lazy to look on the previous page 2 for them.

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how it coming?

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This is a fantastic tutorial


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Yay!

This Tut rocks. It really helped me along for my new Dune Universe game. (Atreidies, Harkonnen, etc...)

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Quote: "Clouds float the exact same way bricks don't
- Douglas Adams"


LOL good sig =P

Yes this is a good tut but only if i was working on a RTS type game it'd help alot. But im not but its stil la good game.

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yeah, it's a great tutorial... i really like chapter 12

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All Hail Phaelax! We are thy humble slaves!

Also, were did you get teh name Phaelax?

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Is this thread even alive anymore? I hope so, I need a little help.

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Sweet god of mercy, I think i just accomplished the first couple stages in my 2d Sprite RTS, check out the EXE!!! i is so happy! it is very messy so I am not sharing code right not, I need to remark, but here is the EXE so you guys can see how Phaelix's 3d RTS has been transformed.

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Phaelax? Phaelax? Oh Phaelax? Are you there?

Hmm... Does anybody know how old Phaelax is? It look's like she died on us...

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Lol ive been waiting froa bout a week for response from people, thought this thread was dead 0_o

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When I run it, it doesn't fit the screen properly, it severely off to the right. Even changing my settings before hand so its 1024 by 768 instead of the usual 800 by 600, doesn't make any differance. It still loads up everything way over to the right side of the screen, with the left half of it blank.

Anyone else getting this problem?

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Doh! Nevermind. Use the arrow keys to move around.

I rush in and run something to look around at it before looking through the tutorial, as I'm sure most do.

This is a good start for things.

http://www.teamxtcgames.com/rts_tutorial_001.htm
Found another RTS tutorial which will show you how to move using the mouse at the edge of the screen, and other useful bits.

Dark Konflict has progressed far farther, with units not colliding with each other, and able to shoot at one another, as well as build bases, and have them produce things. Alas, they haven't opened source 99% of it yet, so there is still much work one must do on their own.

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