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Posted: 20th Jul 2005 09:26

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Hello all,

I have slight problem. I need to create levels for my games, but I need a level free editor that allows me to place objects that I have already defined in my code. I also need it to be compatible with DarkBasic. While this may sound like a simple problem on the surface, here's the thing, from what I've seen DarkBasic Classic(that's what I'm using), doesn't support hot-spots, which is what I need. Here is a little example to give you an idea of what I'm dealing with:

Event 1: Player fires a rocket
Event 2: Rocket hits a wall
Event 3: Wall Crumbles

Or, here is something you may see in a 3d Super Mario game:
Event 1: Player Jumps
Event 2: Player hits box in air
Event 3: Coin appears on top of box and begins to move in a random diection

I need to find an editor that allows me to tag certain objects(the objects I defined in my code). Then after finding such an editor, I need to find a way to program the hot spots in DarkBasic.

I thank you for any help you can give me

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Posted: 20th Jul 2005 22:00

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level editor......ummmm deled light

[href]www.delgine.com[/href]

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Posted: 20th Jul 2005 23:20

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I've tried Deled but it doesn't have the features I need. I wonder if 3ds Max R7 can do all the things I need done? On the file menu it lets you import object from another .max file or a .3ds file. If 3ds Max preserves those objects as external objects there may be a way to do it that way. So if anybody has info on that, please let me know.

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Posted: 21st Jul 2005 13:44

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why don't u create different objects? One object say a building thats the shell. then cerate another object which acts as the crumbily walls. so if object hit()=1 then crumble. if u know what i mean?

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Posted: 21st Jul 2005 14:33

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I've made code for what i mean. You have to download the media aswell.

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Rem Project: Wall thingy
Rem Created: 21/07/2005 05:04:42
Rem Created by BiggAdd
Rem ***** Main Source File *****

sync on
sync rate 60

load image "1.jpg",1
load image "2.jpg",2
load object "1.x",1
load object "2.x",2

texture object 1,1
texture object 2,2

backdrop on
color backdrop 0
position camera 50,60,0

hide mouse

b=50
w=0
m#=3
autocam off

do
circle 320,240,5
y#=camera angle y()
x#=camera angle x()
yrotate camera wrapvalue(mousemoveX()+y#)
xrotate camera wrapvalue(mousemoveY()+x#)


if w=0
if mouseclick()=1
make object sphere b,4
position object b,camera position X(),camera position Y(),camera position Z()
rotate object b,camera angle X(),camera angle Y(),camera angle Z()
inc b
w=20
endif
endif

dec w
if w<0 then w=0

for x=1 to 30
if object exist(b-x)
move object b-x,2
col=object hit(2,b-x)
if col=1 then m=1
endif
next x

if m=1
inc x2,-2
endif



position object 2,x2,0,0

if downkey()=1 then move camera -1
if upkey()=1 then move camera 1

sync

loop

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Posted: 21st Jul 2005 22:51

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So what yours saying is that object 1 is the just the level with no power ups, enemies, etc., and object 2 is the wall(s) for our player to shoot at and crumble. If I were to treat each separate (crumbly) wall as a limb of the object, I could have many crumbly walls in my level. If thats what you mean, I think I can make your idea work. That will most likely work for walls, but what about enemies and power-ups. I mean, there may only be 2 or 3 crumbly walls per level but there will be many (20+) enemies and power-ups.

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hmmmmmm. good point. the same can be applied to the wall for the power ups. u just make object 3, that consists of many power ups and then u say... if guy walks over limb 1 then he will pick up limb one.

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Posted: 23rd Jul 2005 06:01

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I like that idea, thanks for the help dude.

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Posted: 23rd Jul 2005 23:19

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I found 2 problems, 1, you have to program the player to react to every limb, and in a single level there may be up to a hundred items, 2, each level will have objects in different places than the previous level, I will have to make a new "object map" in 3ds Max, and program the player to react to each limb again. Which means I may have thousands of lines of code just for the collision routines, and that may cause serious program lag and it's just way too time consuming to program.

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Posted: 24th Jul 2005 02:00

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for x=1 to 100
if object limb exist(x)=1
if player walk over limb x()=1
delete limb x
inc health#
endif
endif
next x

something like that.. if you know what i mean.

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Posted: 24th Jul 2005 05:49

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Oh OK, that is much cleaner(and easier) than thousands of lines of code, Thanks again dude!

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Posted: 24th Jul 2005 06:07

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Quote: "I wonder if 3ds Max R7 can do all the things I need done?"

Lol, I belive it can...

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Posted: 24th Jul 2005 06:20

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I meant does it preserve the imported objects as external files.

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Posted: 24th Jul 2005 08:19

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Weel i hope i helped. It was the plan i was going to use if i made a game..... but i've never made a game

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