| 3D game maker [message #126288] |
Mon, 13 December 2004 13:22  |
mewhywhy
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im very sorry to post this here nothing to do with renagde by other forums are even badder so maybe someone knows
Me and my mate are starting a small computer game company, hes made a couple 2d rpg type agmes and wants to expand to 3d.
anyone know any good 3d game makers, (money is no option)
RIP WESTWOOD 2003
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| 3D game maker [message #126365] |
Mon, 13 December 2004 17:18  |
flyingfox
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it isn't an engine. an engine is what makes a car go, or what powers machinery. it's code written to work with pre-code (which is the engine people keep referring to). grr. the wheels on the bus go round and round..the wheels go round thanks to the engine source powering the vehicle. vroom vroom. every game written for a computer is nothing but code.
you're, not your.
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| 3D game maker [message #126383] |
Mon, 13 December 2004 18:32 |
loser99
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There are alot of engines out there already that are free. I dont understand why you dont just make mods of existing games, you'd get better results faster and you'd be serving it to an already establish community.
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| 3D game maker [message #126389] |
Mon, 13 December 2004 18:41 |
icedog90
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| flyingfox |
it isn't an engine. an engine is what makes a car go, or what powers machinery. it's code written to work with pre-code (which is the engine people keep referring to). grr. the wheels on the bus go round and round..the wheels go round thanks to the engine source powering the vehicle. vroom vroom. every game written for a computer is nothing but code.
you're, not your.
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No, wrong. It's a game engine. Go check for yourself.
Key words: Game Engine, not Engine or Car Engine.
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| 3D game maker [message #126390] |
Mon, 13 December 2004 18:42 |
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xptek
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| flyingfox |
it isn't an engine. an engine is what makes a car go, or what powers machinery. it's code written to work with pre-code (which is the engine people keep referring to). grr. the wheels on the bus go round and round..the wheels go round thanks to the engine source powering the vehicle. vroom vroom. every game written for a computer is nothing but code.
you're, not your.
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:rolleyes:
cause = time
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| 3D game maker [message #126396] |
Mon, 13 December 2004 18:50 |
flyingfox
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A game engine is not an engine, like you pointed out there's a huge difference. Plus 'game engine' is a generalised name for code in which you write more code to work on it.....so i'm still right.
engine - machinery.
game engine - code.
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| 3D game maker [message #126414] |
Mon, 13 December 2004 19:37 |
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| 3D game maker [message #126484] |
Tue, 14 December 2004 09:25 |
ADM
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I write games professionally and do some modeling so hopefully I can help. Basically you can mod another game, which limits you drastically or write your own. Either way you're more then likely going to need to code with the source or with some tools that allow this.
There are many engines involved, and believe it or not most new games have 4 or so different engines (sound, visual, etc); that are again based off other libraries and engine structures. The main source code brings all these 'bits' together and allows for advanced parameters and protocols to be made. Thus writing a game from scratch is a very daunting process. Each part of the code needs to be able to communicate seamlessly with one another in order to run smoothly. For a 3D game you will need to utilize the graphical library to be able to utilize the models data successfully (OpenGL, DirectX, etc), and you'll need to have other libraries that can support the rendering facilities if you don't choose to use OpenGL and DirectX.
You can skip some obstacles with such things as collision (which will require X,Y,Z compatiable algorithms) and extensive global variables with hard coding this into the finally executable - but really its much better to separate these into libraries as well.
Sorry if that made no sense, but I'm no good at explaining. 
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| 3D game maker [message #126564] |
Tue, 14 December 2004 16:12 |
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Dave Mason
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Hmmm, origional, funny AND witty, wow you're really suprising me here!
*end of sarcasm*
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| 3D game maker [message #126565] |
Tue, 14 December 2004 16:24 |
z310
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| flyingfox |
A game engine is not an engine, like you pointed out there's a huge difference. Plus 'game engine' is a generalised name for code in which you write more code to work on it.....so i'm still right.
engine - machinery.
game engine - code.
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Ok, now your being pedantic! Surely in a topic like this i wouldn't go off an talk about a car engine.
An please refrain from correcting me, if i need an english lesson i'll be sure to contact you.
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Please don't, he probaly doesn't know what pedantic means...
Oh and Flyingfox:
Remember it's generalized, not generalised.
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| 3D game maker [message #126583] |
Tue, 14 December 2004 17:36 |
Ultron10
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'Generalised' is a British variant of the word.
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| 3D game maker [message #126599] |
Tue, 14 December 2004 19:39 |
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| Madtone |
| flyingfox |
A game engine is not an engine, like you pointed out there's a huge difference. Plus 'game engine' is a generalised name for code in which you write more code to work on it.....so i'm still right.
engine - machinery.
game engine - code.
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Ok, now your being pedantic! Surely in a topic like this i wouldn't go off an talk about a car engine.
An please refrain from correcting me, if i need an english lesson i'll be sure to contact you.
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Please don't, he probaly doesn't know what pedantic means...
Oh and Flyingfox:
Remember it's generalized, not generalised.
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When trying to correct someone, you really should at least try to be correct yourself. Besides the fact that "generalised" is a correct form of the word, you spelled "probably" wrong.
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A game engine is not an engine, like you pointed out there's a huge difference. Plus 'game engine' is a generalised name for code in which you write more code to work on it.....so i'm still right.
engine - machinery.
game engine - code.
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No you're not.
| Dictionary.com |
engine
<jargon> 1. A piece of hardware that encapsulates some
function but can't be used without some kind of front end.
Today we have, especially, "print engine": the guts of a
laser printer.
2. An analogous piece of software; notionally, one that does a
lot of noisy crunching, such as a "database engine", or
"search engine".
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"Engine" is simply something that powers something else, like the engine of a car, or in this case, the engine of a game.
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| 3D game maker [message #126777] |
Wed, 15 December 2004 21:09 |
z310
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| Sir Phoenixx |
When trying to correct someone, you really should at least try to be correct yourself. Besides the fact that "generalised" is a correct form of the word, you spelled "probably" wrong.
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"...is a correct form of the word..."
| Ultron10 |
'Generalised' is a British variant of the word.
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Here it is spelled as I stated, although I apologize since it is a correct form.
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| 3D game maker [message #127227] |
Fri, 17 December 2004 20:12 |
z310
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| Sir Phoenixx |
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"...is a correct form of the word..."
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And what's your point?
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Its obvious.
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