game programming

seeing as how a bunch of us lately are creating coding games, is it possible to get a game programmign forum here? (not tribes scripting/modifying)

i guess it would only make sense if people actually used it, a place for all sorts of questions, c++ vs. c, memory management, openal, dx vs. opengl, etcetcetc.

would people use it? i'd definitely prefer posting/interacting here since we all have similar goals.

I want a 3dfx Glide forum.

the interest is staggering

I think its a good idea, but it might as well be a chinese forum for me because I wouldn't be able to understand either.

Im really into cars and dragracing, could we get a car/racing forum ?

its called general discussion

i guess you dont see the relevance, but it'd be nice if the community bundled together to help each other out instead of random irc postings etc. i thought the purpose of community pages was to promote interaction and get stronger as a result, not a venue for glib sarcasm.

i think it would be a great idea. i did alittle c++ and messed around with DarkBasic but thats about it. id frequent the forum though....

i like the color green, lets start a forum for the color green.

i like the color green, lets start a forum for the color green.

wow, the stupidity of some of the statements in this thread astound me. i think, with the rise of legends to "mainstream" TW attention and the talk of a community built "spiritual successor" to the Tribes name, that a forum where those programers looking to join forces would be a great idea. i mean WTF weve got a WoW and CS forum!!!

i like the color green, lets start a forum for the color green.

:lol:

Im really into cars and dragracing, could we get a car/racing forum ?
I like Counterstrike: Source. I like World of Warcraft. I like Fantasy Sports. I like Poker.

Good thing we've made those allready or I'd have a complaint.

It's a great idea pach. It would amount to something much greater than Fantasy Sports and Poker.

I want a 3dfx Glide forum.

lamo

If you want to know anything about game developing/programming I suggest http://www.gamedev.net/ and http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/

You'll find way more there than you could ever find here in regards to game programming. They've helped me out in the past, and i'm sure they can answer any question you can ask :)

I use the TrueVision 3d engine: http://www.truevision3d.com and C#. You can use ANY language with this engine.

The next version of it 6.5 will support all current tech, off-set bumpmapping, shaders, physics etc. and it's FAST!

You can download the latest version of Visual Studio Express from microsoft for free. And for everyone who hates on .NET, it's going to run native in Longhorn.

You can also directly code DX if you dont want to use an pre-built engine.

Microsoft is really pushing independant development. I'm assuming this is to compete with Java. VS 2005 Beta 2 http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/vs2005/

I use the TrueVision 3d engine: http://www.truevision3d.com and C#. You can use ANY language with this engine.

The next version of it 6.5 will support all current tech, off-set bumpmapping, shaders, physics etc. and it's FAST!

You can download the latest version of Visual Studio Express from microsoft for free. And for everyone who hates on .NET, it's going to run native in Longhorn.

You can also directly code DX if you dont want to use an pre-built engine.

or use torque which is a game engine (note the difference)

Oh yeah, big difference. TrueVision is NOT a "game engine". It doesnt come with map editors and stuff like that. You need to make that on your own.

They are very open about other engines on the forums. Here are some comparison threads. Of course it's going to be bias, but still pretty objective.

TSE
http://www.truevision3d.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=8389

TGE
http://www.truevision3d.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=7088

Sweet, an engine you program with .NET that only supports DirectX. No netcode. No game features. No source code. Scripting language? Yeah mods aren't useful for anyone...

The best is reading their forums which claim Torque has no lightmap support, and can only make FPS's.

I personally liked the Snowboard Assassins crap in their screenshots section.

Drop $100 and get into the Garage Games private forum. Plenty of meaty discussion there. (Even if their forum software sucks.)

Just bought my TSE/TGE two puncher last night and checked out from CVS. between this and 3d modeling (what i'll be doing till tse is finished) i have some stuff to learn.

I have to say, the cpp source is very easy on the eyes. especially coming out of the dark tangle of blotchy code that was t:v unreal script...