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Hello people just thought I would post here in hopes of getting some feedback.

First off I am by no means what you will call young. In fact I am probably twice the age of most of the people that play online games now. I am however involved in some MMO's. This is what brought me here, along with the fact that a family member gave me his PC and it had DBP on it .

As far as my background with basic. Very limited. the last time I work with basic was over 20 years ago. If you are willing to teach and are serious about it then send me a message. Preferably someone that is very active in the DB community. Age does not matter... I don't think the code has an age limit

Questions about DBP: How customizable is DBP?
Lets say I want to create a single player RPG that has online capabilities... like posting scores on a web site. Will it be possible to do that with DBP or would I need to seek additional software? No I am not planning on this. Just a question in general.

3D,2D or pure text? I am planning on creating a unique survival RPG. NONE ZOMBIE!!! In everyone's opinion would it be better to learn coding for 3D,2D or Text<<<(very last) or does it really matter? This is a question based on Code not on personal preference. I know what I want to do but I do not know how to apply it as of yet so this question is very important *in my opinion*.

Time scale? Is it possible to have time pass in my game while the game is not running? Reason : I want to eventually implement a age system for plants/animals n such I want things to age even when the game is not running. There will be a *Pause* button in the shutdown menu. This will allow the player to keep things from dieing out when he/she is away from the game for an extended period of time.


This is just a few questions that I have. Keep in mind that I do not plan on doing this overnight or whatnot. These are just questions for the development of the game and to see if DBP has the ability to do the code for these ideas. Sorry if I confuzzled anyone but like I said above... I am new.

1) Yes, using Plugins (mostly free ones) it is quite possible to have access to SQL databases to use for all kinds of things. You can also send/retrieve files using FTP in case you need to do that.

2) I wouldn't have said it mattered that much. 3D stuff tends to be easier using DBP, but most of my stuff tends to have elements of 3D, 2D and Text.

3) Yes, this would simply be a case of logging the last time the game was ran, and then comparing that to the time when it's next started up and aging everything accordingly.

Hope that helps.

You don't really need a mentor if you worked with basic before and even if you haven't most people start with tutorials rather than finding a teacher.

TDKs tutorials will help you learn the basics of Darkbasic:

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=99497&b=10

I agree with Prof and Grog. DBPro is capable of anything any other language can do, and it's a specialty development environment specifically geared toward game making. In my signature image ("Solodor") you'll find a link to my MMORPG that I am currently working on, if you want to see an example of a 2D online RPG that is being made with DBPro. Run a search on these forums for a game called Soul Hunter if you want to see an excellent example of DBP's 3D capabilities in an adventure based genre.

I think that there isn't much difference in the learning curve between mastering DBP's 3D capabilities versus its 2D capabilities. Counterintuitive though it may seem, it won't be any harder for you to start with 3D than it would to start with 2D. I would suggest you begin with whichever style you think would best fit your first relearning projects.

The tutorials that Grog mention are excellent resources. Begin there and fire any questions you may have at the general community here in this forum category. There's lots of help to be had here.

Ahh great... thanks for all the feedback. Will continue to view the tutorial area. Once again thanks Prof Grog and Agent. If you guys find anything useful for a total beginner, that's not in the forums, feel free to post here or pm me with the info.

Since you are curious about DarkBasic Pro's abilities to handle online connections and RPG's, here is a link that you may like.
If you are still new to DBP, then it'll probably be too complex right now. It will, however, give you an idea of where you can go with some studying and practice.

Omen was kind enough to donate vast amounts of code required to build a server/client structure for an MMORPG along with pages of tutorial explaining what the code is doing and why.

He's ending his tutorial soon due to lack of time. However, he already has a fully functioning MMO skeleton program.

He uses a few add-ons to make things easier. I think the only one that is not a free community made add-on is DarkData, which you can find in the TGC store.

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=165271&b=1

That thread and his tutorial pages on his website taught me a great deal of advanced techniques for handling multiplayer as well as basic RPG coding in general.

You'll want to start out much smaller than that, but it's a great reference and example of what can be done.