DarkBasic, if you're new to programming, is a great starting point. I've been involved with it for about 8-9 years now. It's more powerful than people will give it credit for. There have been at...

Roverfind, do not hijack other threads, make your own. But to answer your question, no. We're here to help to those who show effort.

Take a modular approach to your challenges. Start with a basic map of just some cubes to represent the world. Build your collision system. Once your character manages to stop walking through walls,...

Why not run it off your computer? It should be capable of handling 2-3 of your friends for testing purposes.

a-star will work, it doesn't matter how many obstacles are in the way. If there's a path available, a-star will find it.

I was referring to the first post where he specifically asked for Java code, not the guy who attempted to hijack the thread.

There's plenty of resources for creating mods for Tribes as well, as with most games. I agree with Loyen, start off writing a mod for an existing game until you get a handle on that, as it will be...

I saw several potential note-worthy links on collision here:
http://www.yov408.com/html/tutorials.php?s=54

Though I can't be 100% positive this is the right link (proxy at work blocks...

Google is your friend.

http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2006/10/31/912559.aspx
http://www.programmersheaven.com/2/FAQ-DIRECTX-Apply-A-Texture

Do you know about classes and objects yet?

What you should be looking for are articles on RTS game design. I started a tutorial years back on creating an RTS using DarkBasicPro. I can't access their forum from work(firewall blocks...

So what trouble are you having? It's telling you exactly step by step what to do.

Step 1: q = a/b
q = 108/16
q = 6.75

Step 2: % is modulus or the remainder of a division. So 10/3 would 3...

Look at the A* (a-star) algorithm. It's commonly used for path-finding.

Here's the article that myself and a lot of others I know have used to learn A* path-finding....

First thing you need to figure out is how the RPG will work online. Realtime? Turn-based? Are we talking text-based or will it have 2D scrolling maps? Think about the design and what you want it to...

Matt pretty much nailed it. I thought I knew math pretty well, until I started designing games (just a hobbyist). Checking forums that are more specialized in game development and see what...

Have the game point to the database on your web server. If the game server isn't running locally on the same as your website, make sure your webserver allows access to the database from other IPs....

You're drawing a bitmap tile map, but you want 3D terrain? Are you trying to map textures to a 3D mesh? I'm not sure what you're after.

Is this for 2D or 3D?

What programming language do you know?(C++,Java)
Which graphics platform do you wish to use?(OGL, DX)

It's probably a registry issue. Try to find the keys in the registry that deal with that expansion and remove them.

I like 3D Studio Max best, my friend prefers Maya. It basically comes down to which package we've invested our time in learning. Pretty much most packages are capable of the same things. I know a...

If you're storing data only your game will need to interact with and requires no outside programs or users to be able to read the data, then I would stick with a standard text file. The only data I...

Do you get an error, can't find where to install it at, or what? Details!

Your teacher told you to make a game but hasn't covered methods and classes? Or do you think you just need to ask your teacher for help? Nobody here is going to do your homework when you haven't even...

Here's a better idea, practice and learn to play. I'm guessing that someone kicked your butt and so now you want to cheat to show them how great you are?

I'm not saying you should avoid FullSail because of that. But for me, I'd rather have a diploma than a certificate of completion after spending $60k. It sort of helps out more when you go for a...

15? Then you have a few years before college starts.

Something else thought I'd mention, FullSail isn't accredited. Oddly, the same day I posted about FullSail I received an application from them...

Rather than trying to start a physical company right away, it'll be a lot less riskier to create games as an indi developer. Keep in mind that literally thousands of games are created each year, yet...

FullSail in Florida offers several game design courses. Game programming, graphics designer, musician, its all geared towards game development. Senior project would have you working with a team of...

What do you need our help with? Finding a college you can attend? Do a google search for colleges in your area then look at their available curriculum.

Do you want to do the graphics and...

These are some of the most well-known tutorials for indy game developers who are just starting out with OGL.
http://nehe.gamedev.net/default.asp

Aside from fundamentals strictly related to game...

NT4? IE2? How old is your computer?

If you just want to get your idea out and not worry about all the picky details of coding an engine, take a look at darkbasic:...

i have a progress bar, but haven't added a listener to let me seek yet. I have a thought of what might be going on though. The slider updates its position automatically as the file plays, correct? ...

Just look at the JButton API, all your questions can be answered there about this.
JButton.setRolloverEnabled(true)
JButton.setRolloverIcon(Icon)

Nice images, no idea how to program such...

private JButton makeImageButton(ImageIcon normal, ImageIcon pressed)
{
JButton b = new JButton(normal);
b.setPressedIcon(pressed);
b.setMargin(new Insets(0,0,0,0));...

Here's the site about the OGL wrapper. I've known about this for awhile now. I should've studied OGL instead of DX all those years, darn.
http://lwjgl.org/

i'm using the libraries from javazoom (mp3spi), which are built on tritonous and jlayer. I also have the ogg vorbis library, but haven't added it into the project yet.

I didn't even know how to use a JTable when I started that project. The whole point of the project was because iTunes wasn't available on Windows yet. (started this quite a few years ago)

I already planned on using OGL for the visuals rendering. (would like to get more than 2 fps) Its just getting the frequencies and beats from the music that'll be tough.

No website, this is just a spare time project of mine. I've started it over from scratch about 3 times now. But here are some pictures.

2nd rewrite, Windows...