Game Development Forum

Hey, I'm doing a school project on how math and physics are used in video games, and I'm trying to find things that I could talk about. The main idea I have right now is how trig is used to calculate the changes in x and y values of an …

Hi, My nephew has a school assignment (7th grade I think) where he has to interview a video game developer (or someone in that industry) who has at least some knowledge of the process. He emailed me a list of questions in hopes that I would be able to answer …

Well I made it through my first semester of an MSCS. Almost. This summer I want to build a game. I am trying to understand a little bit of the history of Windows graphics and am a bit confused. There's WinAPI. There's OpenGL. There's DirectX. As I understand it, OpenGL …

In late 1999 the Williams Pinball manufacturing company decided stop production. Higher profits were generated from the slot machine manufacturing division. This decision may have been encouraged by (evil) market analysts stating the pinball division was dead weight. They had just launched the most advanced pinball machine ever and it …

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hello there, The software used are: DarkBasic, GameMaker, Visual C++, Maya, 3D Max and the school's own game engine. Is this course worth a try? And is DarkBasic useful in the game industry? please reply me thanks. Techbrain55

Hey, so I'm making a Breakout game in C++ w/ DirectX, and I'm having some trouble thinking of the ball bouncing physics. The way I've made breakout games before was to have the ball only move at 45 degree angles. This was fairly simple. Just reverse the x or y …

Hello everyone!! I am new to Daniweb! I am lookng for advise on the best game engine software as well as computers. To give a little bit of background, I have been working for a company for 10 years designing and maintaining their website and I do some freelance on …

I am becoming a game coder and i need to to know what kind of programs in school i should take. I am not sure exactly i am just working on simple codes now i want to know how to increase my education in this field. Any suggestions for me?

I posted my code along with the assignment issue here: [url]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread121468.html[/url] I apologize I overlooked the Game Dev section. In short, the assignment is: Implement a Goal Oriented AI system. The system should include C++ objects that implement Goals, Actions and Tools. Use the programming example for Chapter 3 as …

Hey, So, I'm trying to learn DirectSound, and imagine my delight to learn that DirectSound doesn't have any interface for loading wave files! So MSDN refers me to the DXUT.h file that can be used to load .wav files and even to take care of some DirectSound stuff for you. …

Hi all, I am a Network Engineer, I have BSc and MSc degrees in Communication Engineering, CCNA Certified, and Juniper Certified..BUT...I love Games Development. I left all that behind and I started taking online courses to program and develop games. I learned C++ and I am very good at it …

I am familiar with programming culture. I want to start learning 3d games development. I want to know which language is most suitable for sustainable games development- directX or openGl or c++ or some third language??? Please guide me! Thanks & Regards *naina*

Hi all, My first post on this forum. I am trying to move a counter on a board and I am trying to use Web browers as the user interface. I have written the following test code, where x and y are generated by the server and passed to function …

[B]Game I am about to make:[/B] Coins are randomly drawn from a set of possible coins and arranged in a line. Two players alternately remove and collect a coin from either end of the line. The game ends when all the coins are removed and collected by the two players. …

hi all, this is the same game (if you can call it that yet) that I asked for help with last time (but I sorted it out myself) this time the problem is getting hp off of a monster/character in the combat header Ive already got a damage function that …

I'd like to learn about making an RPG old style like Final Fantasy on NES. But I don't know where to start ! I'm ready to put the effort needed in it, but can someone help me get started ? I don't have problem with the story or thing like …

Hi all, This is an openGL question, i am using DEVc++ not VC++. I am assuming this is a better place to post than in the C++ section, but i will do there also. Im trying to make an accurate reconstruction of the Temple of Zeus at Nemea as a …

hi, actually,am doing a programming project concerning a ludo game. i must create a ludo game in cpp langauge. if anyone can help me in designing the die,it would be very nice. i am using the rand and srand function to genarate the random number of the die. but i …

Do anybody know about this mapping in the SDL_MapRGB [CODE]SDL_MapRGB(screen->format, R, G, B)[/CODE] The screen is my SDL_Surface. Does this define only a single color. The RGB are Uint8 type and I set them As I wish from 0-256. [CODE]Uint32 color = SDL_MapRGB(screen->format, R, G, B);[/CODE] i don't understand the …

Currently i am scouting Colleges that would provide me the neccessary education in game design. I am wondering if anyone could give me a few college names located in California that would prepare me if game design. To be more specific, i also ask as to what field does game …

I want to create a web based rpg that will includ emany different charecters such as Master Cheif and Mario and many others. I am a total noob to web design/creation so I am looking fo some help/ideas/comments. Have have only used c++ but for a breif time(1/2 years). I …

Hi, :) , im working on a game with some people and we're going to need a server. its an mmo. the game is no were near complete but for us to make sure its working we need some one to host a server for our game. we don't realy …

Hello, everyone. I'm having some trouble getting [code=c++]glutMouseFunc[/code] to work. [code=c++] #include <GL/glut.h> //GL/glut.h includes GL/gl.h and GL/glu.h so there is no need to declare them #include <ctime> // std::time #include <cstdlib> // std::srand #include "./colorgl.h" // contains my ColorGL class that handles colors. #include "./pathgl.h" // contains my NodeGL, …

Hi there I've had a bee in my bonnet for a little while now and I've decided to get the ball rolling on creating my own web-based RPG game. But I'm not sure what the best route is with a programming language. I have some basic php knowledge and I've …

hi everyone!!! im creating an online rts game (like rome total war) and wanted to know if there are any online tutorials explaining how to create the game, models, world, interface and how to put it on the internet. If anyone can help me out i would be very grateful. …

I was thinking that when I have an advanced knowledge of c++, I would try and make a 1st person shooter. I was thinking like the next Counter Strike type of thing (in my dreams). But is this an ambitious thing to do?

Hi, we plan to set up a company in india to write game programme. anyone can help/advise how to go about.

Ok so first off i dont know much about programming. I am currently in the middle of my first programming class in school and i love it. It is based around visual basic 6, however the class moves incredibly slow so i decided i want to teach myself another language. …

does anyone know of a good fps engine besides fps maker. i don't really care if it has networking or not but it would be nice. alright thanks.

I'm making a fantasy game :D and after googled awhile I found some really cool model resource places (I bought some models here and there too they're all very nice) and wanna share them with you. Well, here they're: [url]http://3drt.com[/url] [img]http://www.3drt.com/3dm/characters/warrior/warrior_01.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.3drt.com/3dm/characters/amazon/amazon_10.jpg[/img] The price's kinda high but they have a …

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hi, can i ask, what are the basic parts of a game engine? because i am planning to make one using java and i dont know where to start!! need you help thanks

OK, hes a list of the things I've used: Premade Engines (I dont know what the program thing is called) Torque Game Engine 3d Game Studio 3D Editing Programs GMax 3DSMax a little Milkshape Porgramming starting C++ 2d Graphics Correl Photoshop Game Making Programs RPG Maker2k Game Editing Programs TES …

I'm trying to make my game pause if the user presses the 'P' button, and then unpause again with the P button. The pausing works when it's only pausing: [CODE]game_state = PAUSED;[/CODE] I've currently tried the following with pausing and unpausing - none have worked: [CODE]switch(game_state) { case RUNNING: { …

I have a triangle in my game, that flies around the screen (like a space ship) I am trying to determine collisions for that triangle based on whether or not the lines intersect. However, I am using OpenGL, so when I rotate this triangle, all I do is make a …

hii all i have loaded an X file in Directx. How to apply textures and materials for that object. plz help. its urgent

Please help me.. I ve a problem in integrating Nokia Emulator to Netbeans.. I ve installed s60_3rdEdition_MIDP_SDK..BUT I am unable to add this emulator to Netbeans..can anybody help me.. Regards, Bhuvana

Hello Spike here. I've been teaching myself C++ for awhile now, but im still not very good at it. I was actualy wondering about the .bmp image files. I know in games they are read as little animations of some sort but they are on a flat image just in …

Hello, I need to calculate the shortest path between two points with the ability to circumvent obstacles. Description tasks: PLAYING field is a 10x10 matrix (a unit of measurement - Cell) The player is in a 5x5 cell. It needs to be moved to a cell 8x9, but in different …

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Does anyone have some good logic (not necessarily code, but if you happen to have to urge to give C++ code snippets, be my guest) for collision checking? I know about the IntersectRect function from DirectX, but using that isn't enough. I was planning on moving the player back to …

Hi there... What is the best (3D Games Programming & Design) Program?

Hey, I'm trying to use trig to create a rotating tank (you rotate the tank by pressing left and right, and move forward and back by using up and down). I'm using this formula (C++): [CODE] tank.movex = cos(tank.direction*0.0174532925)*tank.move; tank.movey = sin(tank.direction*0.0174532925)*tank.move; tank.x += tank.movex; tank.y += tank.movey;[/CODE] tank.move is …

Hey, sorry if I'm in the wrong forum, but I need some help with getting the left and top values for a tile from a tile set. A book I have gives these two formulae: [CODE]left = (current frame % number of columns) * sprite width top = (current frame …

I just want to ask whether anyone of you all knw how to develope warcraft games and what kind of software are use to develope the games for example the programming, the artificial intelligent rules or the graphic. Thanks for the informations.... :)

I'm working towards a game development degree and I'm not off to a good start. I'm having trouble understanding algorithms. I posted part of an assignment to give an example of what im having trouble with. I'm sure the assignment listed below is extremely elementary for most of you, but …

Hello, I am making a game in Adobe Flash - Actionscript 3.0. It's not the first time I've made a game, so I do have a bit of experience - but that bit is all I have, being still at high-school level computer science. So, I apologize for any newbishness …

[B][I][COLOR="Red"]hi guys, i have a problem and after lookin around the internet at diffenrent computerforums i found you guys were the most helpful to eachother. ok heres the problem i hope you can help me with. - i got age of empires 3 yesterday for my son and i have …

I wanna make my own server MapleStory and i don't know where to start that OdinMs doesn't cut it because its an emulator and emulator sucks!!! too much bugs.I wanna know How to make a Database using SQL(MYSQL). Is there a TUT for this?