load object "ship.dbo ",position camera 0,50,-500
What? You have to give the object a number. And why do you have a space after the .dbo? It should be:
load object "ship.dbo",1
position camera 0,50,-500
Also, please structure your code:
Rem Project: Dark Basic Pro Project
Rem Created: Friday, April 09, 2010
Rem ***** Main Source File *****
rem setup screen
set display mode 1280,1024,32
sync on
sync rate 60
backdrop on
hide mouse
rem load ship model
load object "ship.dbo",1
rem position camera to view ship model
position camera 0,50,-500
rem main loop
do
rem continually rotate ship left
turn object left 1,1
rem refresh screen
sync
rem end of main loop
loop
rem end
end
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