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I know this is alot to ask, i know this is a big task to start all of a sudden and i know that i will probably get stuck and give up, but i am really interested in making a 3D engine from scratch, and i need help, can anyone …

Hello again all of you! This time I have a load of questions, some of which might seem simpole, some of which might be far more difficult then I can even comprehend. To start off, I'm a novice to programming. I've made some simple games and programs as excercises and …

Alright, I'm a novice in programming DirectX but very adept at c++ in general, and I really want to learn how DirectX works! I borrowed a book from the local library called "Windows Game Programming for Dummies". Seeing as I'm dumber than a Dummie, I really didn't understand the chapter …

Hey guys. I'm working on my game engine, and I'm making development diary. I hope you like it. Youtube video: [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxKdFTcF9N8]Development of FPX-Game engine episode 2[/url] New things: -Level files and loading system -Viewer -Game Editor -Sky Cube/Box -Small demo game, screenshot of it: [img]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/8681/1842009engine.png[/img] enjoy.. p.s. what do you …

Hi, everyone! I'm having problems with the implantation of a free camera in a 3D world. For now, I'm using the A/D/W/S keys to make the camera go right, left, forward and backward. The problem is that I don't see the effects of the forward and backward movements. Even with …

I would really like for this thread to discuss all aspects of "RPG math" i.e.(Attack, Magic, Defense, Magic Defense, Agility, etc...) So lets start off with Attacking. I am going to dismiss what the targets defense stats are and just think about raw attack power. So what are the elements …

Hi friends, i got one query and would like to share with you, working on a tower defense type game. A while ago I posted asking about maze logic and was kindly directed towards A-star pathfinding. It is perfect. I understand the concept and it makes sense. Now the problem …

Hi, i think this is the right place to ask but im looking for tutorials for Blender (free 3d development software), i tried the fanpage one but it wouldnt download, any tutorials you can recommend would be a great help thanks

Hi, I am writing a game in which an object at a PointF travelling at a current velocity (Vector2) is trying to reach a destination PointF (which can change between movement steps) At each step of movement I need to decide the acceleration vector that will get to the point …

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Hello, the game development forum seemed the best place to ask, because it seems to be the only place where people might be using a 3D modeling program... if you have a better place for this to go please tell me. I've been thinking out a way to write a …

Hello everyone, I have recently witten a ray tracer for a school project (I am working with Windows XP). Currently, I am simply writing my images out to .bmp files. However, I really want to display them on the screen using OpenGL and GLUT. All the images created by my …

Hello everybody, I hope I can explain myself clearly. I would like to design a preview for a program that print some data on a special card. Because the user can choose where to print the data on the card, I think it would be useful to give him a …

I would love to work on a fun baseball game, something like MLB Power Pros or something like it and I would like to find a Linux baseball game, not the stats manager or text based ones. I'm just wondering why do you think there is no baseball game for …

Hi all, I am calculating DOG of two images using the following fragment shader. But I am not getting expected result. I have googled a lot but am not able to figure out my mistake here. uniform sampler2D blurImage; uniform sampler2D moreBlurImage; void main() { float blurGray = texture2D(blurImage,gl_TexCoord[0].xy).r; float …

Hi I am making a 2D adventure/rpg game in vb.net. At the moment, the character in the game moves around a game map, and initiates battle with any enemies he comes across. The problem is that I want the terrain on the battle map to change according to the terrain …

Hi, Does anyone know how to view the allegro library. I wanted to make some changes which can help my game. Thanks

I'm trying to get some information on Airway Gaming Group, or their parent company, Airway Holdings. Has anyone heard of these companies? Does anyone have any info or a website address, or link, for either of them? Thanks for your help, BertC

Hi all, I want to input joystick to my code,which is very simple smile.gif.I searched the net but find out that people use DirectInput , etc... but i want a very simple application, for example like when you pull right, a variable in the code changes from 0 to 10,whne …

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hi, i am new to opengl and graphics programming, basically i have loaded in a MD2 file and stored the model as an array. what i would like to know is how would i go about animating key frames. some information on how i set up the model. // declared …

I don't want to make a new thread, but I have a relevant question. I am not using directX or opengl, but I do have 2D sprites in 2D space. However the sprites might have arbitrary shapes (circle, square, random blob, wheel with hollow center, etc). I do have masks …

I am trying to make a simple game engine that can display objects to the screen. I intend to implement a collection of Entity* where each Entity is the representation of an object, such as the image to use when drawing it on the screen, its various properties, what happens …

I am trying to rotate the object by a input of key. I dont know why the object is not rotating. I used glRotatef(x,0,0,1); //where x is declared as float : here is my code : [code] #include<GL/glut.h> GLfloat x = 10; void initGL() { glEnable(GL_DEPTH); glDepthFunc(GL_LEQUAL); glClearDepth(1.0f); } void …

Hi all! I've been learning C# on my own for a couple of months now and am getting to a point where I can start actually creating a program. A few days ago I fired up brain trainer 2 and one of the games was a Mastermind kind of game …

What I want to do is take my rpg man sprite and understand how I can access each of his eight animations with methods. I've looked at code that does something like this but I'm not quite getting it. Right now, I got my guy to do two seperate animations …

Ok so this is probably a stupid quesiton with an easy answer. Im learning directx and trying to create a simple 3d game. I need to move my character in the direction its facing rather than just using by the world axis. I think its some easy maths i feel …

I've been having some trouble using OpenGl in Delphi. Can anyone tell me what I might have done wrong. [URL="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/3305023396_a976b4499b.jpg"] Click here for a screen shot.[/URL]

anybody can help me to find the 2D collision detection in a easiest way / different ways of 2D collision detection. I am using DirectX 9.0 SDK & VC2005 IDE Thanks in advance.

im making a game, called memory game. i don't know the exact codes to make a picturebox move when clicked. i saw a game file that becomes a gif image when clicked, then it randomizes the last image every start of the game. i wanted to make something like that, …

Hi........, Say that I have an idea for a simple game or a game mechanic that I want to try out, what are the best tools for quickly creating something playable that I can experiment with to try out the idea? The platform does not necessarily have to be easy …

before i ask this question i want you to keep in mind that i am asking it in general, and i also want a general answer :) i am making a 3d first person shooter and i want to know how i would go about getting a gun infront of …

hello i am wanting to make a text based mafia game but have no clue or where to start i have already got a story line and can do amiture html like creating a simple webpage if you can help me please please i realy want to make 1 contact …

Hey pal, It would be great if you give your suggestions and ideas on Java script Tile base game engine. You know.. with click to walk (or keyboard), inventory, grab items, talk to people, exp, levels, etc. Any Good Ways, any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Eric Paul

Hello, Bud redhead game ( [url]http://www.fungamesplaza.com/pd-star_defender_ii.html[/url] ) is a great game; anyone knows other games in the same style? I am specially interested in high quality remakes after old hits such as Galaga, Space Invaders, etc.... These games are great, and I would like to have as many of them …

hi, I write flash games, usually i do it for web sites but now i have to make flash game for CD. My employer want me to make an installer which will write files on disk, how to do this? i mean what soft do you usually use for this, …

I know you probebley think why all of this on a forum but once you read it all you will understand, first of all i would like to explain that this is genuine cry for help i have a 15 year old son who sufferes from RSD this happened to …

I'm making an asteroids clone game, using GDI+ in C#. I don't understand why the asteroids wont move. They are supposed to rotate based on a member indicating rotation angle, and move in a direction based off of a member that indicates movement angle. But they don't do anything at …

Hello, I'm currently programming a C++ Snake game and I'm stuck at a particular part of the program. This particular part had me wondering for sometime now, and I've got absolutely no idea how to work it out. I want to implement a collision detection between two snakes that would …

Hai I am new to game development............... I am a MEL script programmer..... also know .NET, php....... I need to make a simple 3D game for that I model a background set using maya . Any one help me about the next step ..... Which game engine or language used …

Hello, I was just curious if anyone wanted to help out in game devolpment in A game called Arctic Frost I dont really wanna post it on here because it takes up alot of room I just wanna say somestuff. What I am Is I am 17 And I wanna …

Hi, I just write a tutorial about making a very basic Space Invaders using C# and XNA. It earned me 800 pageviews in just over 1 day, so I think It would be helpful for you :). If it's not, sorry for the incovenient, if it is, it would be …

hi, I am trying to draw a circle without using cos,sin; Mainly by the formula x^2+y^2 = r^2; this is my code , but for some reason its not working. any help? note: I thought this code would draw the upper halve fo the portion. float xCor,yCor; xCor=yCor =0.0; float …

Apparently it would appear that the Tomb raider franchise is not as healthy as it used to be. The days of movie spin-offs with Angelina Jolie would look like being long gone (was it really 2001 that the movie came out?) Indeed, publisher Eidos even had to renegotiate debt covenants …

Hi, I've been testing GLFW joystick, trying to write a simple program to rotate a cube with the joystick. The fact that I'm using GLFW may complicate matters for debugging, but it's the only OpenGL library with joystick support that i have found. I don't believe that it should be …

Hi, I'm trying to make 3D clipping for my 3D projection program, and I am having trouble with the FOV calculations. The problem is that I set FOV to 45, but a point placed at 45 degrees from the camera does not appear at the edge of the viewport. I …

I am some-what new to programming in python, and i'm trying to make a game but I need to know some of theses thing. Sprites I have sprites created, but how do I import them and print them on the screen? Movement I am completely clueless on how to make …

Ok I have a problem here. I'm in my game engine class and for some unknown forsaken reason they decided to teach console c++ then jump to c# for windows apps, then back to c++ to do directx apps, so my skills with c++ and windows apps is well krappy. …

hey, I am just learning textures in OpenGl, from a certain tutorial site : [URL="http://www.spacesimulator.net/tut3_texturemapping.html"]http://www.spacesimulator.net/tut3_texturemapping.html[/URL] the site had a good tutorial for texture, but after loading the .bmp picture, it goes to create its own function for vertex3f and such ( I think). In any matter, I have not learned …