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Thank you for all your research Dreamerman.

What are your thoughts on using AI to create game assets?
For sprites and 3D models, it doesn't seem very suitable to me, but I could be wrong...

Yes and it's all the more sad that he had started a new update of Blitz 3D, proof that his head was fine, it's the body that didn't follow
You're right he was a genius, besides I think that Gernot was inspired by his work for GLBasic because there are similarities. Talent meets talent.

Thanks for finding these great deals Dreamerman    Happy Holidays.

Merry Christmas to you Qedo and to all 

A thought for Mark Sibly, the creator of BlitzBasic and so many other things, whose death I have just learned, it is a great loss for the world of programming and creation 

The problem with many of those 'cheaper' tileset assets is that they are missing some kind of tiles for example transition tile from grass to dirt/sand, or they are incomplete - just in basic 8 directions without variations, or character animations have only basic movement/idle states so they are good as some kind of base for something simpler or some sketch / mockups projects, yet I shouldn't also demend to much from such pack's because even with those minor issues they contain a lot of assets and offert great value to their price.

I think a good way to make a game for an indie developer is to use the graphics from an old commercial game during development and then redo them.
For example, if we are developing an RTS we can use the graphics from Warcraft 2 (even zooming them if the game is in HD) then if the game is satisfactory redo the graphics, either ourselves (with or without paid assets) or by paying a graphic designer.
This avoids wasting time or money if the game is not satisfactory.

I don't know if I explained myself well, it's not easy in English 

Awesome Dreamerman! 
A good idea would be to use Warcraft 2 Sprites for your next demo 
I really believe in the potential of RTS games in a retro 2D style.

That's great Dreamerman 
The last is really good for a Zelda-likes, thanks 

Yes I have to force VSync from the control panel, if I leave it on the application settings it doesn't work 
Fortunately, I use a deltatime for everything because otherwise I would have had a big speed problem in my programs.
The strange thing is that I had no problems with VSync until a Windows update.
Thanks dreamerman for confirming that the problem is with my computer.

In fact I have to force the vsync to be activated but it's not a GLBasic problem because I tested with wglSwapIntervalEXT(1) and it's the same 
It's an Intel integrated graphics card maybe with a normal graphics card there is not this problem, I don't know...

Apparently vsync no longer works on Windows.

But I'm not sure as it could be a problem with my dinosaur PC 

Good news Dreamerman   

Yes, it is still in development, a 1.9 version is on the way.

I updated the engine and added an example that uses an important function for 3D games 
In the next update I will remove the "i" before each function (we know it's Irrlicht, it's not worth repeating it every function  )

In terms of health, I have been in the same situation since my accident, so I completely understand you.
Your partner's encouragement before they leave is likely a sign that you need to persevere (take breaks often).
You have my full support in this ordeal Bigsofty.

Yes but for 3d it's very important.
When you have some time, it would be nice to do a simple 3D Windows/Linux test to see the difference in FPS between the 2 

Yes, but Steam Deck uses Proton (with Wine inside) to run Windows games. I think the game would be faster (and probably more stable) compiling it for Linux, no?.. it would be worth doing some testing.
In any case, thank you for these very interesting and informative explanations Spacefracatal 

Im have. Please, dont uses any MUSIC commands as Steam Deck diddent like it. This is actuelly because Glbasic seens to uses Windows Media player.

But you haven't compiled for Linux?