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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / "Learning time"

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DaemoN_v2
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Posted: 13th Nov 2003 23:50
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Evenin' Gents ,
Is it fairly possible to learn enough DB Pro in about a year a 1/4, that I could make a decent FPS? Because my district is ordering me Dark Basic Pro soon and i'm hoping to know enough so I can make a pretty good senior project next year. Thanks.

PS. I hope to remake some quake levels, like Dm17 and CTF1

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CattleRustler
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Posted: 14th Nov 2003 00:37
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It shouldn't take a fraction of that time to being doing some great fps stuff, but then again everyone learns at a different pace. If you want to make levels like the ones you mentioned you will have to work in BSP, with a bsp editor. For halflife levels there is a program called Valve Hammer Editor 3.4, I haven't dealt with Quake levels but you can edit/make these kind to - if not in VHE then in something else that someone else here will tell you about. Either way download WALLY, it is to manipulate/edit the .Wad files that bsp's use for texturing. Great tool to have.

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Rob K
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Posted: 14th Nov 2003 00:47
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Yup. Its pretty easy to learn DBPro. But it really depends on what your existing experience with programming is.


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DaemoN_v2
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well im "damn good" at VB (sry i dont like judging myself). I fully understand programming arrangment, variables, UDT's, etc etc. I knew i had to use VHE to make the maps, and i figured that'd be the hardest thing to learn.

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thedubdude
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I'm also new to Dark Basic Pro and know nothing about 3d game programming (though I've done alot of sprite progamming). There seem to be a dizzing amount of editors and utilitys out there....I'm not sure where to start. Cartography shop seems to be touted as a world builder, should I be starting with that or using some MESH editor or some BSP editor or who knows since I don't really know the difference between these things. I own TrueSpace 5.2 is that good enough? Thanks.
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james1980
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thedubdude truespace is perfect for makeing levels make sure everything is welded together, plus you can save the .x .

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CattleRustler
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Daemon_V2 well thats great - I am also "damn good" at vb as I program in it for a living... What then was the point of your original post?

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DaemoN_v2
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well, just wondering if it takes a long time to learn. Also sorta asking how long it took others to learn. Thanks guys, youve given me some confidence.

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Philip
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Posted: 14th Nov 2003 16:43
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Hey, I'm just a bear but I still learnt the language in about 2 months. I still get stuck on some issues but, overall, its straightforward.

It helps if you know some basic 3d trig.

Philip

What do you mean, bears aren't supposed to wear hats and a tie?
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David T
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Posted: 14th Nov 2003 17:01
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Quote: "It helps if you know some basic 3d trig."


only really useful for a small number of things such as finding distances

It really does help if you know 3d co-ordinates. But that's pretty easy to learn, once you do you should have no problem.

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