Thread: FPS properties.

Hey I was wondering how to make those interactive object properties. You know, like you pick up a weapon, a limited number of clips for it, and they when you walk over another weapon, a message asks if you want to switch and when you press the button, the you are holding will be dropped with the clips and ammo and the knew one will be picked up. Kinda like the halo system where it had only two weapons.

Also, vehicles where there is a turret, side seat, driver, and different physics.


As I am a newbie to this, ALOT of help would be greatly appreciated.



P.S. how do you input .obj files into Bloodshed Dev CPP through the resources. I dont get the syntax there.

Hey I was wondering how to make those interactive object properties. You know, like you pick up a weapon, a limited number of clips for it, and they when you walk over another weapon, a message asks if you want to switch and when you press the button, the you are holding will be dropped with the clips and ammo and the knew one will be picked up. Kinda like the halo system where it had only two weapons.

Also, vehicles where there is a turret, side seat, driver, and different physics.

Do you know how to make classes? How about do event handling and graphics? You need to get the basics down first. If you're using C, I suggest using SDL (www.libsdl.org), as it adds a lot of media ability to your game. You can still use it with C++, but if you're using C++ you might as well use it's OOP abilities with OpenGL or Allegro or something like that.

You just asked us to explain about three books worth of information on 3D programming and special effects.

No Im not. You can be sure. I'm basing this game off of Halo (which i beat atleast 700000000 times) so what can go wrong.

maybe he will, people like you discourage new talent way too often

I'm not discouraging people I'm telling them to LEARN THE BASICS.

If I didn't care about the posters I would tell them to dive right in over their head, get discouraged because they simply find they CAN'T do what they want. Most of us are at a point in our journey that we can find a way to do what we want but that's not patting ourselves on the back. We know this stuff is not easy and we know the battles we've gone through and still do. Also it's apparent to me that game programming is more about 'doing' than 'talking'. There are so many algos that I simply don't remember at the time, but that doesn't mean I cannot do the algo, it just means that if the need is not there I have no reason to keep it stored in my memory banks. So I can see how the Halo team would say there are some things they don't even remember.

With all this craze about engine's we have new coders wanting to code graphic engines before they even know the concepts of graphics. And just when you thought the graphic card did it all for you they bring along vertex and pixel shaders. What screams at me more and more is the fact that You must understand the basics of graphics and 3D before you dive in. It's not enough just to be able to call a function in an API like OpenGL or Direct3D. Sure they are awesome tools bordering on sheer genus, but they only do so much and they cannot ever tell you how to solve your graphics dilemmas. Sometimes you must figure it out on your own. And I'm telling ya.....if ya don't know about 3D, vectors, matrices, or understand how and why transformations do what they do..............you won't get very far.

I'm doing the posters a favor. What's more discouraging.....me telling them not to dive into an impossible project for them....or them finding out for themselves and deducing that they suck at programming and give up forever. I want their first game programming experience to be a good one....not one they regret and hate forever.

Now leave us alone about discouraging people. We are helping them by throwing up a red flag saying....Danger Will Robinson....Danger.

well im a newbie here too but i gotta agree with you guys, i know something like that would take ages to make, even more so if your a newbie. I too like to think how can i do this and that, but i realize, hey i need to learn the basics before i even attempt something like that. It sucks when you have to learn all the basics and theres plenty of stuff to learn when you are so eager to jump right into a big project. Im learning the basics of DirectX and how to make a simple window and the files and functions etc. used in it.

I agree with what has been said by bubba and darkness here. You cant just dive in and make battlefield 3 or something. If you want to make a game, make a 2D game, that will be more than a challange, trust me I know. And then 2D is easier than 3D! And, if you make a 2D one you will probably learn alot and the move to 3D will be easier since you know the concept, you know how you need to structure your code and you simply learn so much by just doing that.

im not saying you can dive in, and buba i wasnt referring to you i was talking to darkness. Maybe hw ont, but dont TELL him he wont. Lets just discourage everyone who walks into the damn door. no, we cannot explain it all too him, and yes its unrealistic, but rather than just say you cant do it lets explain why (as has been done now) and give him a push in the right direction.