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FPSC Classic Product Chat / FPSC to DBP

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Panda games
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Posted: 9th Dec 2008 18:47
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I read that you can import a FPSC level into DBP. Is that true and if so how do i do it?

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Posted: 9th Dec 2008 19:02
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http://www.darkgamestudio.com/movies.php

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Thanks that help a lot!

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Posted: 10th Dec 2008 04:44 Edited at: 10th Dec 2008 05:07
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Hi Panda Games

Can I suggest if your going to use FPSC as a map editor for importing into DBPro that you go with Dark GDK instead.

There's a link here which gives you the code to load an FPSC map into Dark GDK complete with skybox and player / camera movement.
http://gdk.thegamecreators.com/

Dark GDK has better performance than DBPro due to being C++ whilst still retaining DBPro functionality and is amazingly free. I'm downloading the required GDK files now to see if I can get anything going with it as it already supports dark shader.
http://gdk.thegamecreators.com/?f=downloads
http://gdk.thegamecreators.com/?f=install

You might want to check out this months newsletter which shows how to import maps made using Truespace 7.6 (now a free application). The example video in the newsletter looks good.
http://gdk.thegamecreators.com/data/newsletter/newsletter_issue_71.html

Fortunately if it turns out I cant code in C++, FPSC X9 and X10 will still be there for me and now with XBOX 360 controller support!

[Edit] - Some performance comparisons between Dark GDK and DBPro
http://gdk.thegamecreators.com/?f=darksdkvsdbpro

[Edit] - Just had a thought. Sparky's famous collision .dll plugin is now available for DBPro and Dark GDK and from what I've read takes 99% of collision / optimisation problems away.

Can we not use the DBPro version of this .dll in our FPSC installation folders and benefit from proper terrain and imported level mesh collision?
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Posted: 11th Dec 2008 16:33
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I bought DBP for $70 so i want to learn how to use it but thanks.

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Quote: "I bought DBP for $70 so i want to learn how to use it but thanks."


It's your choice but seeing as Dark GDK is free, cost is irrelevant.

I've been playing with Dark GDK for a couple of nights now and enjoying it more than I thought.

I used the DBP example project assets from this months newsletter, ported the code into C++ equivalent, imported a map, added some geometry, fog, a skybox, camera controls, a particle effect and the colonel x character with a shader. See attached

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Vista ! lol I have Firefox too ! Ya but I just want to learn how to use this but I might try GDK because my brother uses DBP!

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