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| April 11, 2006, 15:51 | |
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yonni
None 420 posts |
Hi. I used to use DIV a little a couple of years ago with my old Win98 PC, and so still have the manual for DIV1. I wanted to get started programming with fenix, and so I've downloaded FlameBird 2.11 from www.flamingbird.com (the english fenix community). But I was wondering what is the best way to get started with fenix? And how the f*** do you achive 3D-ness, because as far as I could see, DIV didn't do 3D at all.
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| April 11, 2006, 16:42 | |
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Deadmaster
Where is Johnny? 458 posts |
Do not try and achieve 3Dness straight away. I tried it when I first got DIV 2... big mistake. Div/Fenix are mostly languages for 2D game creation - Div was originally made for retro game creation, therefore 3D commands are lacking in both. Try Blitz3D, Darkbasic, Delphi or C#/C++ for 3D game creation (note to regulars: yes I know I just aligned two amateur game creation packages along side a less used language and a professional games creation language, and heres a pre-emptive strike for you: stfu). As for your first games - well, try simple things first. Galaga/space invader style shooter, PONG, things like that. Then progress onto platformers, RPG's, TBS and RTS games. I didn't really have the best start in DIV, I thought it was a click and drag program, and therefore was frustrated with DIV for quite a while. ____________ My site still needs updating and redesigning. My last.fm page. GO TO TEXTUAL ANARCHY II YOU FISHDOG YOU |
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| April 11, 2006, 17:11 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts 
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If you have used DIV then you will fit into Fenix easily. As for an IDE, most of us use Context, which isn't designed with Fenix in mind, but coupled with a syntax highlighter it works fine. Now there was a topic somewhere with quick start info... ____________ laffo |
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