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mperdue
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Posted: 16th Jun 2005 07:34
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I just placed an order for the Dark Game SDK today but I don't have the download information yet. So, while I'm waiting for that, can anyone recommend some reading material to help me get started?

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Troll Fiddler
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Posted: 16th Jun 2005 20:59 Edited at: 16th Jun 2005 21:17
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Do you know C++? If not, there are plenty of tutorials online.

If you do, then you could download the eval version of Dark basic Pro instead and start reading the documentation. I don't have my copy of the DGSDK yet but from what I read the commands are mostly identical, but with "db" stuck before them.

<edit> Doh! Downloaded it yesterday. Must be this cold I've got</edit>

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mperdue
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Posted: 16th Jun 2005 21:53
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Quote: "Do you know C++? If not, there are plenty of tutorials online."


I'm very familier with C/C++. I've also done a bit of game programming in the past for Atari, Carousel International and Sony. (see my website's projects pages http://www.l4software.com/projects.html for a bit more information on some of that.)

Quote: "If you do, then you could download the eval version of Dark basic Pro instead and start reading the documentation. I don't have my copy of the DGSDK yet but from what I read the commands are mostly identical, but with "db" stuck before them."


I've been doing that.

Thanks for the reply,

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MiR
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Posted: 17th Jun 2005 00:16
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If you want to make level editors and such then I recommend Sephnroth´s tutorial on how to get the win32 api intergrated with DGDK.
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=54893&b=22
Failing that you could stare at the pretty DGDK samples.


¿Como estas you el dia de today?
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mperdue
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Posted: 17th Jun 2005 04:35
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MiR,

Thanks for the link. I'll wait a bit to read it as there seems to be some problem with my order. If they can't manage to get me the product reading about it would be moot.

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mperdue
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Posted: 17th Jun 2005 05:50
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Everything is sorted out now. I'm sure I'll have a lot of questions as I dig deeper into this product.

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Posted: 17th Jun 2005 12:33
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It took awhile but I finally figured out what "blank win32" means and I've been able to put together my first spinning cube program.

I like this...

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