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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: shorty13 on January 26, 2006, 12:18:28 am

Title: Graphics engine
Post by: shorty13 on January 26, 2006, 12:18:28 am
I was wondering, how do you guys create the world we are in for the game?  Like is there a huge graphics generater or something where you create the world?  If so, can someone point me in the right direction of one?  I would like to try some of it out.
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Post by: ramlambmoo on January 26, 2006, 12:43:46 am
The project uses the open source 3D engine Crystal Space.  It\'s written in c++ so of course you\'ll have to know how to code to test it out. (Or perhaps you could test it If you do 3D modelling as well).

http://www.crystalspace3d.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=About+Crystal+Space
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Post by: thesoundless on January 26, 2006, 01:17:17 am
Also, does anyone know of any good C++ tutorials to get started?  I\'d like to learn how but can\'t find any decent ones on google.  I have never programmed before so won\'t even know most of the terminology.
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Post by: acraig on January 26, 2006, 09:48:04 pm
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Also, does anyone know of any good C++ tutorials to get started?  I\'d like to learn how but can\'t find any decent ones on google.  I have never programmed before so won\'t even know most of the terminology.


You can try http://www.gamedev.net  They have a beginner section that should have loads of different resources.

(fixed link)
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Post by: lanser on January 26, 2006, 09:57:05 pm
Here is a good beginners guide to C++  Learn C++ in21 days (http://newdata.box.sk/bx/c/htm/ch01.htm)
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Post by: shorty13 on January 28, 2006, 03:15:33 pm
Acraig, just a heads up your link doesn\'t work.
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Post by: Bereror on January 28, 2006, 04:34:16 pm
The link works, it is just very slow and may timeout before the page opens.
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Post by: Sharakaz on January 29, 2006, 01:07:04 am
The link doesn\'t work
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There\'s a . (dot) before the / (slash) in the end of the url, rendering the link useless

But as said: Everything you\'ll ever need is on http://www.Gamedev.net

Regards,
 Jeppe
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Post by: thesoundless on January 30, 2006, 01:28:30 am
I downloaded windows c++ visual 2005 edition.  However I can\'t figure out how to work it/run the program I make can someone help me or tell me something better and easier to use?
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Post by: Nilrem on January 30, 2006, 10:27:08 am
thesoundless:

I do don\'t know if your question should have been made here, but well, since you\'ve already made it, I\'ll try to answer you.

I understand that you\'ve made a little program yourself.
In order to launch it, first you\'ve to compile it (there should be a button called \"compile\") after that, some errors might appear, focus on them and try to correct them; that is, modify lines, compile again, till there are no errors. The next step is linking, and then executing.
Anyway I seem to recall there was an option (called build? perhaps) that made those steps at once. I think there\'s also a button with an exclamation mark that launches the program once you\'ve compiled it (not really sure about this last) but anyway, after all the process is finished, you\'d have a .exe file in the same directory where you\'ve the .c or .cpp files of your program.
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Post by: Sharakaz on January 30, 2006, 01:15:07 pm
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I downloaded windows c++ visual 2005 edition.  

I thought that program costed alot of money but i might be wrong
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However I can\'t figure out how to work it/run the program I make can someone help me or tell me something better and easier to use?

You won\'t find anything better than that. You might find something which is as good as that, that you might like better. easier? well that should be possible.

Look at delphi/pascal or maybe even java if you relly didn\'t like c/c++.

Search for tutorials. The internet is filled with those

Regards Jeppe
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Post by: AryHann on January 30, 2006, 01:46:31 pm
MSVC 2005 Express is a free edition of the platform.

If you have problems I suggest you to read the documents that are available all over internet which may help you with your problem. It is a bit vague as it is to know how to help you, but there are plenty of forums out there specific for MSVC.
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Post by: ramlambmoo on January 30, 2006, 06:08:21 pm
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I downloaded windows c++ visual 2005 edition. However I can\'t figure out how to work it/run the program I make can someone help me or tell me something better and easier to use?


I would suggest you try using Dev c++ or quincy if you are new to c++, instead of vc++ express.