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okay so I'm getting started with directx and C#, but the tutorials I've found are very similar and general and I'm having trouble finding the best way to do this. Any advice is appreciated on this: I'm trying to make a grid, of varying sizes like say 10x10 or 5x5 …

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I'm looking for information on companies who may be interested in being written in for a grant to design a game for a non- profit that will teach children about emergency preparedness

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Hello! Does anyone know of any DirectX 9.0 Books for game programming if you can find any for me tell me please ty

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I am not a complete beginner to c++, I can make programs that only interact with the user via text, and would like to move on to some 2d games. How should I begin to do that? Does anyone know of any good tutorials to get started with this?

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at fact , i donot know what is the mean of Direct X? i want some one to help me to find abook about Direct X using c#?????

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i designed the myevenreceiver class but i dont know how to animate a object sydney.md2 to make her move according to arrow keys plzz help me out i want only the main section plzzz help me out

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Hello everyone this is my first post on this forum... Though I am a member of several. Just thought I would share some information with all the people out there who want to know more about c++ game programming. Firstly if you want to make graphical games you need something …

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hi i am a new c++ student .i want to know that after i finish c++ basic that i have read from the internet what should i go on in order to write mmropg game emulator server .thx in advance.

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I am REALLY interested in game development. I have been looking at a lot of 3D software. I don't know whether the more expensive, the better, or if there is a cheap 3D program that still is good. Also, which should I start on, 2D or 3D, or does it …

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Alright, granted i am not taking the advice, i am starting with 3d. i have blender and gmax. also, i am looking into purchasing deled. i wanted to know if any body had basic code to make a 3d model move so that i have a better understanding. thanks!

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I'm having a bit of trouble understanding what [B]glLoadIdentity[/B](); does in OpenGL . This is a quote from the Redbook. "Recall that the viewing transformation is analogous to positioning and aiming a camera. In this code example, before the viewing transformation can be specified, the current matrix is set to …

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Just wondering. Is using Glut with OpenGL still popular and recommended?

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Hy, I'm quite new to this site, and I'm only getting the hang of navigating the forum so if this is in the wrong area or anything please correct me. I've wished to become a computer game designer since quite along time ago, but for various reasons I've never had …

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I have heard a lot about OpenGL. I was just wondering if anybody could tell me what the pros and cons of it were.

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hey good day to every one.. im just curious.. WHO needs vbgame [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread77239.html#"]developers[/URL]? heres my side.. first im a vb programmer.. i do game back then in vb6.. and its a real job.. but now as i seach for a new job, i cant find a job that needs vb …

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I have a program that I made with OpenGL, but it doesn't work on PCs that don't have OpenGL installed. Is there a way to embed the necessary OpenGL files into the .exe file through the compiler?

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I am a student in a game design lab and we are trying to broaden the scope of games. Please help us by taking our quick survey. There are two parts: a question/answer portion and a series of very short games. Flash player is required and you must use Internet …

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Alright, lets get a rundown of what I think I should use for game Programming [B]1) Thinking in C++, Volume 1: Introduction to Standard C++ (2nd Edition)[/B] [B][/B] [B]2) Thinking in C++, Vol. 2: Practical Programming, Second Edition[/B] [B][/B] [B]3) Game Programming Gems 1-8[/B] [B][/B] Alright, That what I am …

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It seems like users are doing exactly what Nintendo intended when they created the fancy Wii controller. Users are having so much fun, they're getting carried away when playing their video games, and [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkdihGX7iWM&eurl="]literally throwing it around[/URL]. The Wii-mote, a uniquely designed game controller for Nintendo's Wii game console, works …

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Microsoft has just announced the release of a Windows Live instant messaging client for its Xbox 360 game console, giving gamers the capability of chatting to their PC friends. There was already a video and voice chat feature via Xbox Live, but this feature enables players to connect with up …

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Hi all, Let me know if I'm posting this in the wrong place.. I'm in the process of recruiting a development team for part time work on a MMORPG I'm creating called World Domination Online (WDO). Please visit my website [URL="http://www.dtmstech.com/"][COLOR=#800080]http://www.dtmstech.com[/COLOR][/URL] for more details about the game and the development. …

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I Downloaded A Game Called Hitman Blood Money On Bit Torrent And Now I Can Get It To Play What Should I Do? Email Me At <snip email> With A Detailed Answer. Cause I Suck At This.

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[COLOR=#000000](keep in mind the thread title)[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000] [URL]http://wap2p.com/?page_id=4[/URL][/COLOR][URL="http://wap2p.com/?page_id=4"][/URL][URL="http://www.rarlab.com/"][/URL] third file down. "with authority" is a (was a) peer-to-peer card game, which you can play offline. Now if i wanted to change the images to my own cards, how would i go about that? i looked in the folders and …

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My prof. gave us this class project to do and we had to more or less fill in the blanks. So here is what i have for my code and it works up to the point where it asks you if you want to go first or not. So weather …

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This message is for "cscgal," the Queen- Please know that in addition to any monetary payment for the code I am looking for I am very happy to make payment by the creations I make which are available to view on my website: <snipped url> Thank you, Jeff

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Hi, Im a newbie to flash and have an issue regarding the collision within my pong game (pong but using football graphics). The men are placed on the top & bottom of the screen. The collision detection has problems as the ball symbol rotates and hits either the CPU symbol …

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I want to captured my actual game as a video, Can someone tell me some freeware for this. and one thing more can i record a movie with my actual desktop?!with moving background or movie on the screen?

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Hello my name is chris. I play Counter Strike and Americas Army ocasioanlly. So I have an Idea that would make playing alot easyer, if I could find or make a program that I could open to run, and use task manager to close. I need the program to run …

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Hello: I am new to Macromedia Flash. I have been building some simple movies and games via tutorials and experimenting with Actionscript; I am looking for the method to display an image dynamically against a background upon user-input, say, via mouse selection on an element upon the screen (I have …

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Could some one please help me the definition of "Break apart" in reference to using Macromedia Flash; I have just begun using Macromedia Flash 6.0 and have been studying tutorials to get the basic, introductory feel of it. At one point it calls to use break apart for a JPEG …

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I have startd programming in J2ME...comfortable with midlets ...but im a bit confused when it comes to tiled layers.. could any one please help me out.. can any one please give me the logic for developing brick game on mobile..please give me the code if possible

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Dear Daniweb friends, I need a well, friendly, and Educating college. I wanna do Art. For example I have to relate this to World of Warcraft because they inspired me! Website Link [URL]http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/insider/04/images/mage.jpg[/URL] (World of Warcraft Main website owned by Blizzard Entertainment) Do you see how he is casting the …

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Hi, guys! I have another problem, please help. I have 9 flash games (swf) wich I need burned onto a CD, but I also need to make an intro/mainmenu in flash, wich i would publish as an exe, and would load the games which will be put in seperate folders. …

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hello, im new here, first post, so dunno how mush assistance i will get but here goes.[url]http://div0.co.za/psichron/projects/pastebin/results/4A3B6BF41.html[/url] , this is my first day of programming with directx in c++ and im already at a hitch, that code is simply meant to just draw two lines on the screen, obv it …

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hiya people i got a real problem and i am hoping you guys or girls might be able to help me. well i am at university at the moment i have an assignment to make a flash game which is basically runs and jumps when you press up and goes …

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hi. Is it possible to get some information about making a puzzle game. The object of the game is to move a man through a maze with objects and put a key in a keyhole to get out. I've figured out how to get the person trying to catch him …

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

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Hi! I got a simple question. (two actually) I made a game in Flash, but when i want to publish it as an .exe file for burning on CDs, it has that flash player menu on the top, and I can't set it to be full screen. Pls help.

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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 …

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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); …

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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 …

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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 …

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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

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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 …

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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 …

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[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 …

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

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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