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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 …

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

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 …

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

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 …

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?

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 …

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 …

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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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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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 …

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?

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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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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

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.

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); …

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, 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 …

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

[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 …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

i hv 1 assignement which need to do the finite element analysis by using Borland C++..and openGL.. but i dun know what source code shoul i use to solve the finite element analysis in Borland C++ and openGL.. pls help me!!thanx for help..

Hi All, I am an experienced Java developer and since a few weeks I joined a project which involved real time rendering of 3D objects and interaction with those objects. I have a problem for which I hope that an experienced 3D programmer can help me. Usage: [LIST] [*]I’ve rendered …

how to draw polygon in visual basic ,translation and rotation of the polygon in visual basuc help me

this is in an opengl guide and it wont work?? i keep getting errors at the end where the code starts to proclame the if (! statments! heres the code thx... [code] /* Steven Billington January 13, 2003 May 26, 2003 - UPDATE RobotOGL.cpp rod@cprogramming.com The following program creates a …

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I am trying to develop a In-Game Music Controller, controls music players for gamers, but I am having trouble figuring out how I can make a UI that would come up over the game so that a person could use it without having to minimize it (sort of like xfire). …

Hello, These past few months I have been working with the C language. Before that, I was writing console applications with C++. I eventually got to the point where I couldn't seem to do anything more with C++, so I decided to use C as I know it is better …

hey, i need some help because i would like to program an game. I know that it isnt simple etc... but i would like to use c++ as language and i am getting to know the language now a bit. Only i came by some things i dont really understand …

Hi all. I have been trying to teach myself a little opengl and I have the Visual C++ 2005 express edition. Now I am sure the the biggest problem is the express part, but I downloaded the windows SDK like another thread suggested. I also used the #pragma command (I …