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DeHonCha
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Posted: 30th Mar 2005 01:11
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just curious as to know what this truevision 3d is is it game making software and is it free?
http://www.truevision3d.com/home.php

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Quote: "The TV3D SDK is a multi-language 3D engine, written primarily in C++ with support for Visual Basic 6, Visual Basic.Net, C#, Delphi, Python, and C++. Built upon the solid DirectX platform, you can quickly and easily prototype complex games and 3D applications in up to 80% less time. "


The website says it all

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Posted: 30th Mar 2005 01:21
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It's a 3D engine you use with other languages like C++, VB, etc. The watermark version is free. Download it from their site to see.

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Posted: 30th Mar 2005 02:17
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I believe the watermark-free version is quite expensive, however. Around $500 or more.


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Posted: 30th Mar 2005 04:15
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$150 for 1 game commercial license.

$500 for unlimited games.


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Posted: 30th Mar 2005 08:11
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@ jimmy: who's the woman in the left of your pic?

also - is truevision work on a PII 300 MHZ with virge gx2 pci card?

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avril lavigne, or avril latrine

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Quote: "@ jimmy: who's the woman in the left of your pic?

also - is truevision work on a PII 300 MHZ with virge gx2 pci card?
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Beauty aint she? Yes she is Avril Lavigne.

Truevision will work if your comp supports DX9, so... uh... yeah. There ya go.


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Posted: 30th Mar 2005 09:48
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Quote: "also - is truevision work on a PII 300 MHZ with virge gx2 pci card?"


Why don't you download and try it out for yourself? It's not hard to use (I've tried it last year just for fun)...


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Posted: 30th Mar 2005 20:55
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but in your opinion - what do you think is better, the darkbasic
series or truevision3d?


@ jimmy: she looks a little like buffy the vamp slayer just kiddin

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Posted: 30th Mar 2005 20:56
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@ jeku: i would download it but since it doesn't have that download holding feature - i wasn't too hasty - what with my crap 56k modem!

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DarkBASIC of course ...

Really, you're asking this question on the DB forums and you expect an unbiased answer?

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Posted: 30th Mar 2005 23:21
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actually, i did!

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But they're completely different! TV3D is an API that's built on C++/C# .net... it's not a BASIC syntax like DBP...


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Posted: 31st Mar 2005 07:31
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but it's possible to learn and it's faster right?

also - i don't mind difficulty as long as its learnable and can do the stuff right

speaking of db, do you think I could make a game in dbc as good as one in dbp (forget easiness)?

p.s. just to be sure - what exactly is api?

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Ok, we'll compare TV3D to DGDK

TV3D blows it out of the water. << Unbiased answer

Something like DBP is definitely better for beginners


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Posted: 31st Mar 2005 07:43
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Quote: "but it's possible to learn and it's faster right?"


Everythings possible to learn one way or another.

Why don't you download the free version and start using it? Then you could determine how complex it is for yourself and weigh that up against how long it takes you to do anything with it.

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@ richard davey: unfortunately, i only have a 56kbps modem and even though I really want to download it, 35 megs takes a long time so I'm a less hasty to get it. also the server providing truevision3d doesn't have download holding (i can't download it little by little from time to time).

@ jimmy: that helps alot but let me be clear on my situation. the only (ONLY) reason i'm checking out tv3d, is cuz, darkgame/darkbasic pro is too high spec for my crappy PII computer and thus i was looking for something that would work nicely on my pII (no matter how complex or hard it is to learn). I have a little VB knowledge and C++ knowledge, plus I've been programming for some time now - so i can learn faster than a beginner.

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Posted: 31st Mar 2005 22:05 Edited at: 31st Mar 2005 22:14
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also - i forgot to ask - do i need VC++ on my computer to run truevision3d. And, does it come with full tutorials (from scratch)?

p.s sorry for double post!

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Posted: 1st Apr 2005 00:28
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Mate, ask this in the TV3D forums;
http://www.truevision3d.com/community.php

Also, stop spamming our boards with new threads.

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