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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / 3D Application Programming

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clownfunk
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Is it feasible to program 3d applications in darkbasic pro. for example a 3D Modeller that could link up with an external ray tracer. I dont want to spend to much time trying if it is not possible.

What limitaions am I likely to encounter.

Thanks in advance
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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 20th Feb 2003 20:20
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you ... you will be your only true limitation - everything else you can find a way to work around.

however only having a single window instance to work within can be annoying at times.

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BackBONE
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And you have to do the GUI all by yourself.

Shure its simple to work around it but in my oppinion its just not the same.
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Shadow Robert
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what isn't the same exactly?
if you want to make an Application within C/C++/Pascal/Delphi then you must develop the entire UI yourself - MFC is hardly anything special ... it is almost literally a set of Macro objects which will use Windows own set to develop itself.
It's basically as a UI Engine - if you could call it that

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rapscaLLion
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lol I would say it's easier in DB... I'm probably wrong but it certainly is possible anyway.

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BackBONE
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Yup, easier as in C++.I mean C++ is in most cases harder.
I needed about 2 weeks to figure out how to make a simple
cube rotating in a f***** window.

With other languages its just quit simple to build up a GUI.
Like in PROFAN still have full controle of every windows message and DDE and so on, if u need it.Unfortunatly PROFAN have not the power to do any 3D Stuff.

If u do the work once and set up some good functions for GUI Stuff it shoud work in most projects.Anyway i dont like this way realy.

In windowed mode its allso quite simple to have a "control window" open (external .EXE compiled with i.e. Profan and give all messages via clipboard to the DB progy.

Its not the best way but it works fine. Anyhow its just the personal taste that counts here... i gues.

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Shadow Robert
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you know a pretty fantastic language for creating UIs?
C# (^_^) a friend let me play for a while, that is one mental little language ... but i can see what Rich was saying a week back about it being very application orientated

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Kanzure
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GUI? Visual Basic. Only if your looking for something easy .

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The Communist
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backbone, PROFAN does have the capabilites of using 3D, it's just a matter of writing your own 3D-engine =)

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BackBONE
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I told befor that PROFAN dont have anything to do with 3D
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Your 3D Engine will be too slow to be good,

...o wait.. i gues.. u mean writing the engine in C++ or so and pak it into a dll,,

maybe....
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Shadow Robert
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you can just use someone else which is in DLL also... i mean there are enough of them about - not like you'll never be able to find one

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