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Program Announcements / STYX. More than 200 new commands for DBPro. Out Now!

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Posted: 2nd Oct 2006 14:42
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In case you missed the latest TGC newsletter, the Styx Plug In is now available.
Read more...

We'll also release some compiled demos over the next week.

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Red Ocktober
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Posted: 2nd Oct 2006 15:51 Edited at: 2nd Oct 2006 16:07
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this looks prety good... there's a lot of new functionality to add to the already overwhelming amount of DBPro commands...

...but i must question the usefulness of interfacing with COM or dotNET classes to instantiate DBPro objects... it would seem simpler just to use a dotNET language in the first place and be able to take full advantage of the classes you create...

i mean, and i may be missing something here, but isn't the whole idea of using OOP based on the ability to create self sufficient objects, from classes which enable these objects to take care of themselves automatically... DBPro has no built in concept of inheritance or polymorphism, and is not able to create a message or event raiser to bring these objects to 'life'...

in short, you're gonna have to explicitly reference each object and explicitly call a method or function from DBPro, for any object you instance... sorta goes against the whole class thing... don't you think...

unless you've implemented a means of calling an objects member functions (which would be useful), why go through all this when you already have user defined TYPEs in DBPro which would give the same functionality...


the rest of the STYX package sounds quite useful though... if one is ready to come to grips with 200 more commands, of ther already extensive list of exisitng DBPro functions available...

--Mike
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Posted: 2nd Oct 2006 16:15
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The whole idea of the COM/.NET interface was to allow users to use DLLs created in languages like VB6 or VB.Net and so on as the inbuilt commands don't support those libraries.

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ahhh, ok... so exploiting the OOP functionality is really not a primary consideration then...

hey that's cool... and as such, this should be a big plus to a lot of developers here...

i guess i read a lil more into what was posted in the newsletter article... sorry 'bout that...

--Mike
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Posted: 2nd Oct 2006 19:02
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The selling point for me is that interval system, been aching for that for years . My next project is very arcadey, so fixed frame rates, dynamic object handling, and reliable AI are what I'm planning, Styx should help a great deal.

''Stick that in your text and scroll it!.''
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Please tell me that Styx will load .NET v2.0 C# DLL's... then I will be really happy
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Quote: "Please tell me that Styx will load .NET v2.0 C# DLL's... then I will be really happy"


Me to.
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I almost didn't buy this because at http://darkbasicpro.thegamecreators.com/?f=styx there is still this intro: "STYX is a new plugin for DarkBASIC Professional that is due for release very soon." I'm glad I ignored this, but others may not.

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Well I bought it and am glad to say I got my C# DLL loading into DBPro. I'll do a little tutorial on how to build the DLL so it is suitable for DBPro if anyone is interested...
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Quote: "Well I bought it and am glad to say I got my C# DLL loading into DBPro. "


YAY!
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@Net Commander
That's great news, unfortunately I can't test 2.0 on my system at the moment.

Quote: "I'll do a little tutorial on how to build the DLL so it is suitable for DBPro if anyone is interested..."

That's a fantastic idea. Thanks.

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Quote: "I'll do a little tutorial on how to build the DLL so it is suitable for DBPro if anyone is interested..."


That would be really nice.
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The main reason I bought Styx was because of the XML command set. The free XML plugin was freeware only, which is no good with a commercial game.

Also, the excellent INI, Interval and VB DLL commands are something I've been waiting for, for ages.

I bought the plugin yesterday and I've already got some working code for my game using the XML and interval command sets.

Great work on the plugin, I love it!!

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Thanks!

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too bad i spended all my money for my birthday already!

oh well,a new year approaches,so more money will also!

My arrival shocked some people maybe...but i dont seem to care anyway...behold my mights!
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Since we had several requests, here is the Styx Reference as a CHM file. It documents all available commands.

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Hello,

First, let me say that this plugin is really great, and make a project looks more professional.

Just one bug and a feature request :

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* Using add backslash on an empty string crash the program.

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* additional parameter on dialog commands, to select the parent window other than the dbpro one.
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Thanks.

Fixed and added in version 1.10

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Posted: 20th Oct 2006 17:47 Edited at: 20th Oct 2006 17:48
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And a fantastic customer' support.

Thanks
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I've already got half of those commands, and I never bought them! I got them in a free dll somewhere in the dll talk. It has peek,poke,trim,ltrim (all the tring commands). The windows stuff can all be done from inside darkbasic. Oh well, the other stuff seems good.

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I've been using DBPro off and on for couple years but this is my first time on the fourms. I just bought the STYX add on and came in search of documentation. I'm a little dissappointed that there was no documantation attached to the download. It took over an hour roaming around here to find one file attached to one message in the middle of a forum. Can someone show me a link to where documentation is stored here? I searched the codebase for styx and it came up empty.

Also, what can I do with a chm file? Is that a help file I can use in the editor?
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