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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / dbc compatible with dbp

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treedomordeath
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Posted: 16th Nov 2003 06:25
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can you port your game designs from darkbasic classic to darkbasic pro with out having to change anything?? is it worth it??

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HZence
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Nope. Well, you might get lucky, but really, it depends. Some DBC commands are considered to be "obsolete" by the compiler in DBP. For the best results...

...start over.

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treedomordeath
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your statement implies that there is a learning curve invoved if i decide to switch to DBP. How much different is the two?? is it that much better to jusify another investment when i aready have DBC.

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Rknight
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I don't think there's really that much of a learning curve. Just look through the help files and you'll find commands that substitute and improve on (usually) what was in DBC.

Honestly, DBC and DBP are two of the easiest programming languages I've ever run into. Which is why I use them. LOL.
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Ian T
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No learning curve, you just might need to change some of your code. It depends on what command sets you were using-- some haven't changed at all.

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Jedive
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Posted: 17th Nov 2003 16:25 Edited at: 17th Nov 2003 16:25
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Not only the commands. The way in which DBPro handles local variables is different too. In DBC, a local variable preserve its value between function calls. In DBPro, the local variables are created when the function is called, and freed at exit, which means that its value is lost between function calls.

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waffle
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In my projects I haven't had too hard of a time porting them. Just remember that precompiler code from DE will not convert. A solution is to compile from DE and select the "edit source" option (make a backup copy first).

Most code will port well, But expect the object and matrix commands to not work exactly the same way....

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Guyon
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I have ported a few easy one with no trouble at all. Though on the other had there are a few that even the authors find the job of conversion difficult. Matrix & 3D are some of the more challenging.
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