Im making a game for school! Info Inside

[legionaire45]

go install Blitz3D and add me to your xfire and I'll send you a .rar of the current build. That goes for everyone. I can't host it anywhere unless someone wants to donate some hosting space.

[Pooky]

go install Blitz3D and add me to your xfire and I'll send you a .rar of the current build. That goes for everyone. I can't host it anywhere unless someone wants to donate some hosting space.

Z zip does a better job than WinRAR at a fraction of the time, especially when compressing multiple files.

[legionaire45]

I like Winrar better =D

[legionaire45]

Looks like we have a leaked screenshot:



That tool bar is far from final btw. Hell, this build is at least a week old ;D. Im retracting my statement about new builds because I figure that you guys will only want the full thing anyway. ;D.

[legionaire45]

Triple Post mb? I posted this over at GBX and am too lazy to clean it up xD.


UPDATEZ!

After a few weeks of work (actually more like a few hours xD) I have something to show to you guys. I have a video of an older build right here, so have fun looking at its crappiness.



As you can see quite a few things need a lot of work. Since my friend apparently didn't know how to use alpha channels when he made the cursor it looks very icky, so that will be replaced ASAP (working on it for next build). I may or may not have a few more h4x surprises for the next video that I will release, but it depends on how flooded with School work I am.

cut and pasted from my post over at Youtube:
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An earlier build of my game polished up for the fine folks at www.h2vista.net. I coded this in Blitz3D, and took a few textures from http://www.oera.net/How2/TextureMaps2... I may or may not make my own textures for the fun of it, but considering these are free for public use I may keep them since they are such high res textures. I would say im about 60-70% done right now but im having some issues with the latest build so you wont see what h4x I've added until I fix those up xD.


UPDATE!

heres the source code for that build:

; World War One: The War to End all Wars
; code By Morgan Cabral, aka Legionaire45
; UI work by Ben and Nathan
; Work log (what still ABSOLUTELY needs to be done)
;    -Implement mouse select system
;        - on mousehit( 1 ), read from the file that has the story stuff in it
;            - take from that file and put text from it into a box
;            - random chemistry problem or historical event (depending on where picked)
;    -Implement 5:00 timer (really easy)
;    -Work on UI
;    -Create/implement better Earth models
; Init.bb

;-------Globals-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Global cam_x#,cam_z#,cam_pitch#,cam_yaw#
    Global dest_cam_x#,dest_cam_z#,dest_cam_pitch#,dest_cam_yaw#
    Global camzoom#
    Global toolbar_sprite
    Global cursor_sprite
    Global pause_sprite
    Global play_sprite

;----Set up movie, rendering and other stuffs-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ; start up screen/intro movie/camera setup
        AppTitle "World War One: The War to End all Wars!", "Are you sure you want to exit? =("
        Graphics 800,600,32, 1
        SetBuffer BackBuffer()

    ; intro movie
        MouseWait()
        intro=OpenMovie("intro/intro.avi")
        If intro=0 Then RuntimeError "Movie could not be loaded!!!"
        
    ; Movie Variables
        w=MovieWidth(intro)
        h=MovieHeight(intro)
        x=(800-w)/2
        y=(600-h-100)/2
        
    ;draw movie/remove from memory
        Repeat
            DrawMovie intro, x,y,w,h
            Flip
        Until Not(MoviePlaying(intro))
        
        CloseMovie(intro)

    ; instructions
        Cls
        Print "The World War One: The War to End All Wars!"
        Print "Coded by Morgan Cabral, aka Legionaire45"
        Print "Build 103alpha"
        Print "----Controls------"
        Print "Use the mouse to move the Earth minimap around"
        Print "Press the mouse button to select settings."
        MouseWait()
        
    ; input for res/model detail/gfxmode select    
        detail#=Input$ ("detail level (8,16,32,or 64): ")
        Cls
        Graphics3D 1024,768,32,1
        HidePointer
            
    ;sprites
        toolbar_sprite=LoadImage( "hud/toolbar.bmp" )
        score_sprite=LoadImage( "hud/score.bmp" )
        time_sprite=LoadImage( "hud/Time.png" )
        refresh_sprite=LoadImage( "hud/Refresh.png" )
        cursor_sprite=LoadImage( "hud/cursor.png" )
        field_sprite=LoadImage( "hud/field.bmp" )

    ; backbuffer crap
        SetBuffer BackBuffer()

;---Planet/cloud/stand setup--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ; earth
        earth=CreateSphere(detail#)
        If earth=0 Then RuntimeError "Error loading mesh!!!"
        earthtex = LoadTexture( "map/worldtex.jpg" )
        If earthtex=0 Then RuntimeError "Error loading texture loading file worldtex.jpg!!!"
        EntityTexture earth, earthtex
        PositionEntity earth, 0,0,0
        ScaleEntity earth, 270,270,270
        RotateEntity earth, 0,0,0
        ;MakePickable

    ; clouds
        clouds=CreateSphere(detail#)
        If clouds=0 Then RuntimeError "Error loading texture loading file cloudtex.jpg!!!"
        cloudtex = LoadTexture( "map/cloudtex.jpg" )
        If cloudtex=0 Then RuntimeError "Error loading texture loading file cloudtex.jpg!!!"
        EntityTexture clouds, cloudtex
        PositionEntity clouds, EntityX(earth),EntityY(earth),EntityZ(earth)
        ScaleEntity clouds, 280,280,280
        EntityAlpha clouds, 0.45

; --------Camera's and lights-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    ;cameras
            campivot=CreatePivot()
                PositionEntity campivot,EntityX(earth),EntityY(earth),0
            cam=CreateCamera(campivot)
                CameraRange cam, 1, 2000
                PositionEntity cam, EntityX(campivot),EntityY(campivot), -600
                PointEntity cam, earth
                CameraZoom cam, 1.5

    ; Amient lights
        AmbientLight 255,255,255
        
    ; V-Sync
        fpslimit=CreateTimer(30)
    ; Game Timer
        round1=CreateTimer(60)
    ;VRam Used
        Vramused=TotalVidMem()-AvailVidMem()

;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------    
; Game loop
    Repeat
    While Not KeyHit( 1 )
    
    ;cursor/mouse sync
    cursorX=MouseX() : cursorY=MouseY()
        
    ; Camera Control
        If KeyDown( 203 )=True Then RotateEntity campivot, 0,-10,0
        If KeyDown( 205 )=True Then RotateEntity campivot, 0,10, 0
        If KeyDown(200 )=True Then CameraZoom cam, 4
        If KeyHit( 208 )=True Then CameraZoom cam, 1.5
        
    ;Mouse control
        If MouseY()<668 And MouseDown( 2 ) Then
            HidePointer
            mxs=MouseXSpeed():mys=MouseYSpeed()
            mouse_shake=Abs(((mxs+mys)/2)/1000.0)
            dest_cam_yaw=dest_cam_yaw-mxs
            dest_cam_pitch=dest_cam_pitch+mys
            cam_yaw=cam_yaw+((dest_cam_yaw-cam_yaw)/5)
            cam_pitch=cam_pitch+((dest_cam_pitch-cam_pitch)/5)
            RotateEntity campivot, cam_pitch,cam_yaw,0
            If KeyHit( 88 ) Then MoveMouse GfxModeWidth/2, GfxModeHeight/2
            If MouseY()>668 Then
                ShowPointer
            EndIf
        EndIf
        
        WaitTimer(fpslimit)
        
    ; Antialias/renderworld
        AntiAlias enable
        WireFrame enable
        UpdateWorld
        RenderWorld
    
; Update HUD
        DrawImage toolbar_sprite, 0,668
        DrawImage time_sprite, 10, 678
        DrawImage field_sprite, 90,678
        DrawImage score_sprite, 370,678
        DrawImage refresh_sprite, 934,678
        DrawImage cursor_sprite, cursorX, cursorY
        
; Pause

    ; Debug text    
        Text 10,10, "Vram: " +vramused +" bytes/" +TotalVidMem() +" bytes"
        Text 10,20, "Triangles: "+TrisRendered()
        Text 10,30, "Debug...Build 101"
        
;wend/flip/end
        Flip
        Wend
    End
    Forever

[Con]

You should make it like that Defcon game, global nuclear war. Build nukes, defences, target others.

[Limited]

:O Concars this is a game for school, nukes later :O:O

Have you started work on the secret h4x idea u told me about

btw u seriously need to compress that .avi lol..

[legionaire45]

You should make it like that Defcon game, global nuclear war. Build nukes, defences, target others.

Tthis was originally going to be a mod for Defcon . Basically though my friends demanded 3D (I had to go show them my shitty FPS...) and thats why im making the game in its current boring state.

I promise that there will be h4x soon though =D. As soon as this project is done I'll being working on a way cooler game. Im not talking until the project is done though xD.

[soloblast]

Well, in all the ways of irony and associated affairs, I've got to make a game for school too. Right now, it's kinda boring so we all play Warcraft III Tower Defense during the lessons. Theory is so mundane...
Anyway, I do not have the luxury of using 3d: we are only allowed to use Game Maker 6. 3d is next year (maybe). Wish me luck, 'cause this is a crucial part of my end-of-year total. (Anyone here do/ did IB? It's kinda like the Extended Essay.)

[legionaire45]

Well, in all the ways of irony and associated affairs, I've got to make a game for school too. Right now, it's kinda boring so we all play Warcraft III Tower Defense during the lessons. Theory is so mundane...
Anyway, I do not have the luxury of using 3d: we are only allowed to use Game Maker 6. 3d is next year (maybe). Wish me luck, 'cause this is a crucial part of my end-of-year total. (Anyone here do/ did IB? It's kinda like the Extended Essay.)

man, I feel for you. At least Blitz3D fully supports 3D functions. Are you at a college or a high school btw?

Meh, I still need to get a copy of Blitz3D =/. Do you guys think it will affect my grade if I have to open the app and then run the game?