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Are there any texturing books on photoshop where I can learn to texture for Games?

For a univeristy project I am creating a basic cd player that will generate 3D objects and animate them. The idea is to bsae the objects on the music playing. I've written a simple CD player using MCI calls etc, and have created a graphics framework using directx to render …

I was trying to do AVI from openGL on my computer and decided to try out lesson 35 of the NeHe tutorial: [url]http://nehe.gamedev.net/data/lessons/lesson.asp?lesson=35[/url] Well I tried using my own video, and I tried using the video (Face2.avi) he supplied, but both of them crap out on this line: pgf=AVIStreamGetFrameOpen(pavi, NULL); …

Hello, all! I just wanted to announce to everybody who browses the game development section here that I, along with my three brothers, will be endeavoring to develop an MMORPG. I am announcing this, not because I'm looking for recognition, but because I'm hoping that, through our efforts, we might …

Hi! My snake body is made of the char '*'. Does it make sense to save the coordinates (x,y) of each '*' in my snake in a struct array? This way when my snake moves it will be easy to move each '*' to the one infront of it. I …

Hello I am newish to proggraming in c++ and hope to learn to proggram some game's. From the book i have it is more or less buisnesslike is there a good book to point me in the right direction for game programing

Anyone interested in making a dark humored, post appocyliptic, Isometric RTS with me , kinda like fallout tactics but on a big scale (hundreds of guys) ive done some concept art and have planned all the storyline i just need help actually making it. Any goood books that come with …

Hello, I am trying to create a 3D Space Environment, one that you could travel through it in real time, and also needs to include other objects such as asteriods and a space station. Anyone have a suggestion on what software I could purchase to do such things? It would …

[COLOR=#000000]Create a class TicTacToe that enables you to write a program to play the game of tic –tac-toe.[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/B] [COLOR=#000000]The class contains as private data a 3-by-3 double array of integers. The constructor should initialise the empty board to all zeros. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Allow two players. Wherever the …

[I]<< split from [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread48991.html"]here[/URL] >>[/I] Do you know if there is any free game engine??

Hi, I have a game which some people tell me is good, but I think needs more ideas. Please list some good ideas so that the game can become better. I don't need simplification. Here is the game: [code] program weee (input,output,save); uses crt; type a31415=array [1..10,1..10] of integer; var …

I have recently become addicted by the many text based games build with PHP and am looking to make one myself. I know HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and basic PHP, but need help in how i would go about making a server from my computer, and then creating a game that …

Everyone is up-in-the-arms about Nintendo's new console beating Sony's. The sales of the Wii in November (roughly 467,000) are more than double the PS3 sales (147,000), according to NPD. But what most articles about this don't talk about: the PS2 is still winning, and easily. It managed to sell 664,000 …

Hey I'm knew here and I've been looking around for the coding for any MMORPG type games, doesnt matter how big it is I just need something to look at. You may think, "oh here's this kid who thinks he can just look at coding and figure out how to …

Fist of all I need links lol... How do I use openGL? How do I compile the stuff without getting error? NEED HELP!!!:?: :?: :?:

well i need help with a battle system made with vb6. i have tried twice but since im not to good at codign i have no clue of haw to develop one. i am tring to make a battle systems simulare to runescapes. one where you can click on atk …

Hello again. After my past few weeks getting annoyed with compiling issues, I seem to have started getting somewhere.(Visual C++) I have a quick question. Since visiting numerous sites and experimenting with various sample and source codes I am finding one thing. One block of code from a certain site …

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