Is Visual Basic free? Even if it is, I'm not a programmer, so I'm iffy on that.
chidem, your idea sounds awesome, but when I get to the point of "a master level that contains every segment/element that will appear in the final build" it's impossible. I have tons of custom segments, re-textured models, etc. Since it is planned to be a commercial game...
I have tried to build my game on FIVE different computers ranging from XP to Vista 32 to Vista 64, and it won't build past say 15 or 16 medium to large levels or up to 20 small levels.
None of the levels are corrupt, because no matter what order I put any in, FPSC craps out after a certain amount of work time. And the last computer I tried to build it on is new and is high end.
It seems that FPSC cannot tolerate a large build and that is very, very sad because they say you can build up to 50 levels and that is not true. You would need a SUPERCOMPUTER to build 50 and if you had that you would probably be using a different engine to build your games...
I've worked so hard on my game and I can't even build it into one exe...so disappointing.
TechGirl
(Yes, I'm really female!)