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Hi,
I'm brand new to DB classic and I come from the C-64, C-128 school of programming. Which means I haven't programmed anything in many, many years except for some simple programs in Visual Basic. I want to become familiar with the way DB works and also with current programming technics as although I think I can create many types of programs I'm sure that the methods I use are not nearly the most efficient as I tend to rely on the same commands and technics I'm familiar with over and over. I noticed DB is very similar in many ways to the Basic that came with the old C-128 and C-64 although back then we obviously we didn't have anything like 3D commands for instance.
For now I have 2 questions. 1st how do you load images and sounds to be used in your DB programs? I tried for example: Load image "C:\winnt\testimage", 1 to load a sprite named "testimage". However I get a 'file not found' error message even though I know that is the right location. Do images, sounds, etc need to be saved in a certain folder in order for DB to be able to load them?
My second question is, what is the best way to create for example a 3d racing game? Are there any genre specific commands built into DB that make it easier to create a certain type of game? I believe that 3d worlds for lets say a FPS game are more easily created using Matrix commands but I don't know if that would work for a racing game. I'm not sure about this since I'm still just reading the manual and haven't really tried to create any programs myself. Can you suggest any commands I need to become more familiar with in order to create certain type of games such as 2d and 3d fighting games, FPS, side-scrollers, etc? Sorry for the lenghty message and thanks for your help!!!

When you load an image you need to include its format..like .bmp..

Load Image "C:\winnt\testimage.bmp", 1

Or jpg.

Games can be made in many different ways. Yes Matrix are easy, but they are slow. The whole race track can be made from seperate models for each bend, like a scalextric track, but you are asking a vague question, which also includes FPS. So you need to start a game, and then decide how to make it. Start with a matrix, for a practice, and then try other ways.