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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / So i bought darkbasic..where do i go from here?

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Niteowl84
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2013 07:33
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hey guys, im sure that you have seen this kind of post many times over. I'm rather new to this, learned a bit of visual basic but i know thats nothing in comparison to some or most of you here. I have been running through some tutorials and such but my main question is...how do you actually go about creating a game..

Alot of what im learning so far seems like sometihng id use to make a program for visual basic and such. I am kinda wondering where to even begin to start... i looked at FPS creator..that seemed to make a game fairly easy lol but what i want to know is where to begin to make a game with DBP as i dont really know.

Sure sure its very easy..but thats probably becuase you now know how to do it. Building a house is easy to after building so many of them but to a newcomer its overwhelming. So i respectfully ask for some guidance as to where to go from here and what to do.. rather looking forward to getting into it..i dont want to design something like halo or some other game lol just something small and work my way up. many thanks in advance to the ppl willing to help
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pcRaider
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2013 12:07
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You are so a new face. It carries out a tutorial that you perform first. You carry it out first.

Monster Hunt 3D Tutorials
http://www.thegamecreators.com/?m=view_product&id=2030&page=3d_tutorial_index
Because this tutorial is average content, you can judge your ability.


http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_read&i=7
You can ask your question with a Newcomers-board. It is free of charge.
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Niteowl84
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2013 19:23
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awesome thanks for the pointers man, im rather looking forward to it all once i get a grip on what it is and how to use it lol ...many thanks
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Derek Darkly
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2013 22:46
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You should develop a rough idea of what your first game should look like and what features it should have. (Good ideas are often the hardest part of game development.)

You will definitely want to post to the DBPro Newcomers forum as pcRaider suggested.

You might explore object creation and movement for starters.

Other important areas are lighting, texturing, terrains and matrices, sky spheres and skyboxes, applying shaders, device input, etc.

Like you said, start small and master the basics.
Don't hesitate to ask questions. Someone here will usually have some kind of useful advice.

D.D.
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Daniel TGC
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2013 22:56 Edited at: 22nd Feb 2013 22:59
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Here's my DarkPRINCIPLES tutorial videos for DarkBASIC Professional.



There's 16 videos there that'll take you from 0 to fully working games.

You can see the rest HERE
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Niteowl84
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awesome guys thank you i really appreciate the help.. i do got some really nice ideas for a game but i want to know what im at before proceeding forward...dont want to run befoore i can crawl so to speak lol. Ive been working my way through some tutorials...so far i know how to create 3d cubes and such, do the 3rd person view, learned a lil bit on object collision and venturing into texturing now..so my p[rogress is slowly commin along just havin a few issues with the compiler atm..waiting on a post to be approved to see if someone can help me out there with it... really love the help so far guys thank you and thanks for the vid link daniel ill be lookin at that here shorlty
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Go Devils
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Hi niteowl

I'm about six months into learning dbpro. I have some background in 3D and in basic programming. In beginning this process I expected it to take a year to fully understand dbpro and thus far It is working out that way. I'm in the process completing my first game.

The advise about coming up with a basic game idea is good. However make sure it is a simple game for starters.

This said, you should understand that if you plan on working with 3D, you,ll need to go outside dbpro for a lot of things. For example I use T.ed for creating terrains. The game creator store for .x models. You can use FPS creator to create interior environments which can be loaded into dbpro. Lean 3D concepts and coordinates, and always keep in mind that if you plan to use a mouse for some levels of game control that the screen coordinates and the 3D coordinate are different.

In general what I found is that you need to create a code platform upon which you can build your game. This platform includes routines for moving thru 3D space, load and position game assets, integrate things like sky spheres, and collision control. Advise - pass sky boxes and go direct to sky spheres. Note that FPS is a platform created in dbpro, though you do not have to be as complex in your platform.

In the dbpro help section you need to learn the commands, and understand there are often many ways to accomplish the same thing with different commands. Load and run the examples and then examine the code to see how it works.

There is no quick way to learn DBpro, If you want speed and shooter type games use FPS

good luck
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MrValentine
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Hello Niteowl84 - Welcome to the forums

I think enough has been mentioned here, but do also check out TDKs tutorials and the Hands On Dark Basic Professional Books from the main store... Daniels videos are very handy too!

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Niteowl84
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thanks guys...for real...i greatly appreciate any and all help tha ti can get in figuring all this stuff out.. its commin along slowly but ive been following a few tutorials..and godevils thanks man for all that really helpful advice...for the past few days ive been wondering how they go about placing things like buildings on a matrix ...so far ive been following the tutorial on how to make that game monster hunter from the tutorials...

I do got a nice game in mind... i dont know if its been made before or not but if it has im sure it probably doesnt have things like i have in mind integrated...hopefully i figure out how to make it... im really looking forward to this stuff...been havin my head stuck into this for the past few days non stop reading and writing lol by all means if you guys got anything that you feel ya wanna share with me im always open to anything... many many thanks in advance guys
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