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[sleepingchild379]

i have 3dsmax and adobephotoshopCSv8.0

what esle do i need to make a game?

what program? what knowledge? what needed...

what is the best language and compiler? how are they related?
i figure the language is the coder and the compiler is the final product like putting everything together to be a complete program. is that correct?

so what do i need to make a game?
i plan on first making a pac-man game. then a 2d side scroller. than a 3d game. and then sharpening my skills. and then whatever from then on

thankz

i am a complete beginner

EDIT> i plan on making seriuos games and having great knowledge

Edited by sleepingchild379, 30 March 2005 - 03:33 AM.

[Opals25]

Google is your friend.

[sleepingchild379]

i thought this place would be a freind too...

QOUTE>Community : We share and care. We unite together to help each other and share each persons skills.
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oh will thankz

ill just use the old method

[Mastermind]

You're asking a huge question, which we don't really have the resources to answer. I'm one of the only people here that does game programming, and I'm fairly new to it as well.

[Ash]

Wow, this member seems ambitious.


I would recommend starting with DarkBASIC www.darkbasic.com i think is the site for the demo. I dunno where you can get full version from...

There are quite a lot of possibilities afforded by using this program, and it will lead you on quite well to other programming.

[Slye_Fox]

It also depends on what kind of game your making
FPS
RTS
TBS
RPG
Simulaters

Certain programs are better at certain things

[the_kid]

making games is very time consuming and diffucult... I have written a Tic Tac Toe program and a Towers of hanoi program in VB.net... Both of which were about 2,000 lines of code. Gaming is a very difficult concept and I suggest you choose the language you wish to work in (I recommend C++) and then learn that language like the back of your hand before trying to make a game, make smaller programs and work your way up. I plan on going into the computer programming or game designing field when I get older, but I'm no where close to making full blown games as of yet, I'm currently working on a memory matching game... I may start distributing these minor games in this forum if people will play them.

[sleepingchild379]

=)
thankz alot guys. i am ambitious

i got this buddy who... will... he gave me visual basic 6 (which i think sucks)

i am wondering
if i learn VB will i be comlicating my programming skills? cause realy i want c++ but thats somthing i cant get my hands on

thankz

[Mastermind]

VB is a pretty good language to start with. It was the first language I learned. I started there, and have moved on to C++ and PHP.

[sleepingchild379]

ok thankz alot

my last problem is with 3dsmax. *ill just add it to this thread*

my 2nd attempt at making a character and 3rd time using 3dsmax. need alot of advice please on anything


how do i make the neck look right? i tried 3 or 5 times but nothing. this problem made me quite temparoily

how do i fix the 'force-2-side' problem?

version 7

Edited by sleepingchild379, 01 April 2005 - 07:38 AM.

[sleepingchild379]

well... i ended up using 3smax agian and i fixed the neck (2 hours of edititng)



anyone know how to fix the 'force-2-side'? for 3dsmax 7?

oh will..... ill find a way some day
SAYONARA *wish i had c++*

[Jorg40]

You can download some free C++ programs. (Just for learning and small compiles)

http://www.planethalflife.com/botman/

[sleepingchild379]

thankz for the mod faq (im very new to all this). im gonna have to find more faq on mods and game making stuff. thats what im gonna do. thankz to all

completed character (10 hours in 3 days) first time using 3dsmax (with video tutorials on edit mesh) not bad at all


with my max skills already this good visual basic 6 better not complicate my programming skills. it doesnt look powerful but what do i know huh. ill just stick with VB and hope it doesnt wasite my time

this ends my ignorant questions

[the_kid]

that guy has huge feet! as for vb, i tried vb 6 then uninstalled the program about an hour later, I found it a waste of time for me... I do most of my coding in C++ and vb.net I'd like to learn some visual c++ so i can ditch basic, but my one attempt at it so far was a failure. the model is not that bad... your going to ahve to skin it now :hehe:

[sleepingchild379]

whats your reason for abondaning VB? it would realy help me make a more preecize decision

iv used VB for a few days and i learn almost the whle thing. that deeply worrys me
which such simplexity i cant put any trust it... i mean isnt programming suppost to be complicated?

i too would abandoned VB but its the only thing i have

Edited by sleepingchild379, 11 April 2005 - 08:48 AM.

[Ash]

VB is a good starting block, for moving on to more complex languages. Best to start off simple and work your way to the harder stuff. Be thankful it's not Assembly Language you're trying to learn!


I am first to admit programming, even VB, is WAY over my head. But DAMN that model looks sweet. I'll be checking this thread just to see him skinned/textured

[sleepingchild379]

...yeah i think im going to give him some texture

once i start working on him agian i will post the finished version

...CJerk? whatha F

[Mastermind]

Shorthand for Comrade_Jerkov.

[Ash]

He coulda just said CJ. That's what most ppl call me

And no thanks Immo...I don't really have a use for programming. My computer use consists of basic image editing, obscene amounts of creative writing, forums, email and MSN. That's it