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ShadowCaster's Guide To Jamagic (Part 1)

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28th February, 2003

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Ever wanted to program 3D games but dont know where to start? ShadowCaster's Guide To Jamagic (Part 1) should come in handy!

This tutorial explains the Jamagic interface, and shows how to create a new application and edit all of the setup options. If

you've ever wanted to create 3D games, or if you've tried Jamagic and were totally lost, this tutorial should hopefully get you

started to creating your own interactive games and applications.

The link below will download an Adobe Acrobat 5.0 document; if you dont have Acrobat 5.0, you can download it from the Adobe

website ( http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html ).

Click here to download part 1 of the tutorial:

http://www.create-games.com/shadowcaster/examples/jamagic_01.zip (882kb)

~Mike

Posted by Kaine

28th February, 2003

I uninstalled jammagic a long time ago cuz it ketp freezing up when i ran games

Posted by DeadmanDines

28th February, 2003

What is it you use to make the models/maps in it? Can you import MDL/BSP files into it (I used to do modding and mapping for Half-Life so I know how to make them). I'm stuck between DBPro and Jamagic in the world of 3D games - I know that DBP does MDL and BSP, but does JM?

Posted by ShadowCaster

28th February, 2003

Jamagic can open: gib, gip, 3ds, md2, x, dxf, obj, cob, and wrl files. I usually model in Maya ( http://www.aliaswavefront.com ) and export my models into OBJ format for loading in Jamagic.

Jamagic has a basic world editor which you can place models into, or add basic objects (such as cubes, cones, etc) into as well, in order to create a 3D world with a graphical editor. But I'll be getting into that in a later tutorial.

Posted by ShadowCaster

28th February, 2003

Oh yeah, and like it says in the tutorial, you can also use some of the models that come with Jamagic, like racing cars, helecopters, guys with guns, and so on (there's a screenshot of some of them in the tutorial).

Posted by Anya

28th February, 2003

Thanks. That will come in really useful. I have just bought Jamagic but have no idea how to use it yet and the interface does look daunting.

Posted by ShadowCaster

28th February, 2003

I'm glad you found it useful, Anya

I plan to make more tutorials in the future, from basic programming in Jamagic to more advanced areas of the software. Stay tuned!

Posted by Aali [Crazy_Productions]

1st March, 2003

well this isn't really an advanced area...

after reading this you wouldn't have a clue on how to actually create something.. but you have to start somewhere, and maybe it's best to start where most projects start

Posted by Dogzer

1st March, 2003

It took me ages to learn jamagic. and I still have much too learn. like, how to organice my coding so its not a mess.. ALl jamagic tutorials I find are welcome!

Posted by ShadowCaster

1st March, 2003

Well like I said in this tutorial, my next Jamagic tutorial will be how to create a simple application, and I'll be moving on from there to more advanced areas. I never said this one was advanced, Aali

This is how to start from scratch.

Posted by DaBreegster

3rd March, 2003

I'm looking into Jamagic also. What's the easiest, free 3D modeller? And where can I find a tutorial on modelling?

Posted by ShadowCaster

3rd March, 2003

There is a free version of Maya available at http://www.aliaswavefront.com called Maya PLE (Personal Learning Edition). Maya is a pretty large program, around 150mb, so if you dont have broadband it may take a while.

If you choose to get it and want me to show you the basics, you can add me to MSN: admin@shadowcaster.info

Posted by Yuhkaz

5th March, 2003

Jamagic too advanced for my basic brain!

Posted by Weston L

22nd March, 2003

Yah Jamagic is difficult, but if you want to become a proffesional programmer you will need to know much more complex languages like Jamagic or C or C++ or something like that. That's why I started using Jamagic and I just finished my first game- 3D Pong. It's been done before, but it was a good experience in learning the basics of Jamagic.

Posted by DistantJ [FZ Games]

17th October, 2004

I'm considering trying out Jamagic, but does it come with a model editor? Or do you have to use a separate one? If you have to use a separate one, what formats can it load?

Also, the link to the PDF file appears to be broken.

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