Assault Andy Administrator
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Registered 29/07/2002
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7th October, 2003 at 04:55:39 -
Hey everyone,
I want to know what you think the best 3d langauge is. I've tried a few (Blitz3d, Darkbasic Pro, Jamagic{sorta},Darkbasic) But i can't really decide. Blitz3d seems to be the best so far but i'm trying jamagic in a sec.
The most powerful language is C++ with DirectX, but I wouldn't bother with that. I recommend Blitz 3D. Dark BASIC is awfully slow and buggy. Never used jamagic, but as with most clickteam products the tradeoff for easiness of use is a cutback on game speed.
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haven't tried the others but jamagic sucks and c++ rules
"If Darl McBride was in charge, he'd probably make marriage unconstitutional too, since clearly it de-emphasizes the commercial nature of normal human interaction, and probably is a major impediment to the commercial growth of prostitution."
-- Linus Torvalds, December 5th 2003.
(Darl McBride is CEO of The SCO Group)
this place sucks but don't tell anyone, it's our little secret, ok?
no no no NO! jamagic is no good.
Blitz 3D is the answer.. I'm talking on experience.. jamagic is SLOW.. is barely able to make the effects u want..
Blitz3D in the other hand is very fast.. (2d and 3d) u have top of the line effects.. and I'm talking directx9 and stuff..
AND with B3D u have bone animation.. wich is very important for your game so it doesnt look like a DOS 3d game!
(jamagic does not have bone animation.. however it supords quake2 type of models.. I think u can make those kind of models with Milkshape 3D)
Jamagic had like.. 2.. maybe 3 updates.. fixing loads of bugs.. still u'll find more and more bugs.
Blitz3D had millions of updates.. some of them fixing bugs.. but mostly adding new cooler commands... update 1.83 wasn't long ago.. 2 months maybe. Last update had was few days ago.. its version 1.85.. with kick ass improvements!
What I say is true, I know this cuz I have both softwares for long time. I RULE!!
with jamagic u can't make 2d games btw.. unless is some kind of retro type of game.. otherwise your fps will be around 15 or 20..
Jamagic has some good texture options.. like reflecting a bitmap for shiny armours.. but u've got that with blitz3D too..
Wich language is easyer? well.. some people like object oriented programing(oop).. wich you'll be writing stuff like.. "dog.xposition += dog.xvelocity" .... and with Blitz3D you'll be writing "dog\xposition = dog\xposition + dog\xvelocity#" ...
Its pretty much the same thing.. Yeah I know oop has more features than that.. but it just makes things more complex.. when u can easly make the same on blitz3D as well.
Jamagic has some creepy multitexturing.. that's 1 object with several textures.. often used for the ground.. with grass.. dirt.. sand.. etc.. but I think it only allows 2 textures....and 1 reflective map. but with blitz3D u can mix up to 8 textures. And its all like that.. blitz3D is better.
Assault Andy Administrator
I make other people create vaporware
Registered 29/07/2002
Points 5686
8th October, 2003 at 04:34:29 -
I checked Jama3d and it sucked, the code is overcomplicated. One line of code in Blitz3d is = to about 6 in jamagic. There is alot more coding, and yes it's slow. So i think ill choose Blitz3d, it looks awsome .
Assault Andy Administrator
I make other people create vaporware
Registered 29/07/2002
Points 5686
8th October, 2003 at 04:34:37 -
I checked Jama3d and it sucked, the code is overcomplicated. One line of code in Blitz3d is = to about 6 in jamagic. There is alot more coding, and yes it's slow. So i think ill choose Blitz3d, it looks awsome .
lol, no-one has given a very good reason for Jamagic Sucking so far except "I'm not good enough to use it since i have no computer programming skill"... hehe. Learn it and then it is easier! Grr!
they gave a lot of examples why it sucks, except from the fact that it is quite hard to learn if it's your first one... but still, Blitz3d isn't really better, just less complicated
"If Darl McBride was in charge, he'd probably make marriage unconstitutional too, since clearly it de-emphasizes the commercial nature of normal human interaction, and probably is a major impediment to the commercial growth of prostitution."
-- Linus Torvalds, December 5th 2003.
(Darl McBride is CEO of The SCO Group)
this place sucks but don't tell anyone, it's our little secret, ok?
Once I learnt how to create a sprite, Jamagic was really easy
Then again, I managed to make Space Invaders in MS Excel so I must have some programming ability
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