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Dark GDK / Noob Help Please!

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2Beastmode4u
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Posted: 9th Apr 2011 19:10
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Ok so I'm completely new to GDK and I'm coming from a Dark Basic Pro environment. Does anyone have some pointer and basic an/or advanced commands that you can show me? I don't even know hot to put words on the screen... There are so many spots to type that I don't know where to put it or the command to put in.... Help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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Hawkblood
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Posted: 9th Apr 2011 20:55
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All the commands are "similar" to the dbpro commands (there are no spaces). There's a "Dark GDK.chm" file in the SDK. It has most of the commands (some are missing, but you can look at the dbpro help to get the command you are looking for and simply don't use spaces).

If you are unfamiliar with C++, you should read up on it. It's mostly intuitive, but you have to know where to start. There are several C++ help references on the internet, so have a look.

Any specific questions, most of us can help you with so feel free to ask.

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Matty H
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Posted: 9th Apr 2011 22:10
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Some tutorials should be on your machine, probably in the following directory:

C:\Program Files\The Game Creators\Dark GDK\Tutorials\Getting Started

fulcrum physics - free collision/physics plug-in for DarkGDK
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Crysis
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Mireben
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The help file (command reference) and the tutorials that have been mentioned above can also be reached from your Windows Start menu. If Dark GDK managed to install properly, then in the Start menu you have "The Game Creators", "Dark GDK". Otherwise you can find them in the directory where you installed Dark GDK. There are also a few resources (e.g. models) to start experimenting with.

If you only look at the Dark GDK commands, they are very similar to the Dark Basic Pro equivalents. However, the C++ language is very different from Basic, and you need to familiarize yourself with the language elements to be able to write a working program. Here are two C++ references that can help you start learning the language.

http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

http://www.learncpp.com/
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Mireben
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Quote: "I don't even know hot to put words on the screen..."


For example with the dbText command. This program does nothing else than write "Hello!" roughly in the middle of the screen. I only added one line to the program body that the Dark GDK game template creates for you.

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