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I've been messing around with GDK for the last couple days. I decided that I wanted to try and make a 3D game for fun. So I looked at the tutorials given.

The problem is I can't seem to do anything useful because I don't know the commands. The tutorials do not have what I need to create a 3D game. I've googled 5 to 10 different searches both involving visual c++ and dark GDK and have not found much help. Am I missing something?

So far I've managed to load images, sounds, and use the left and right arrow keys to active them. (wahoo lol) yes only the left and right arrows(& control and space) b/c that's what the dark invaders example used. Is there a list of which keys are which values for the dbKeyStates?

My experience with programming is minimal, I took a c++ course, but I have no experience with object oriented programming.

Any suggestions? If there is a good tutorial site, or even just a list of commands that would be helpful.

Thanks
Jordan

For gdk commands try:

Start > All programs > The Game Creators > DarkGDK > Documentation > Information

Key table:

http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/howlinuxworks/linux_hlkeycodes.html

or just google 'keycode table'

Hope it helps.

have you done all tutorials from GDK?


Use this to get the scancodes of every key you press and print it with dbPrint to the screen...
And search the documentary...

go2none: Thanks! Idk how i missed this but the documentation really helps. i didn't know that the keycode table was called that. I had been googling things like "input commands dark gdk" with no luck.

Silenus: I didn't get through the last few tutorials dealing with the terrain and shaders because I hadn't needed to yet. I'm still just playing around with basic commands. I didn't realize there was a documentary before...lol.

Thanks for the replies!
Jordan

Actually, it's easier to include "dinput.h" and have every key imaginable preset as a definition. For example, the 'w' key would be DIK_W and the 's' key would be DIK_S. Space might be DIK_SPACE, but i'm not sure. This method is easier than using dbScanCode to get all the keys you need or going to a table on the internet every time you need to know a key. You can also look in the header to find a certain key.