I mean how do you make visible an sprite in 100, 100 and then ya make appear a new one in the same position? (obviously deleting the last one XD) i thought... umm maybe... killfile.... but i think it doesnt work .... or does it? and how do you make a health bar? yes i know ive read that question in here before.. but how do you give values to it? that each time a character(for example) recieves damage the color in the health bar decreases... how do you?
See the "First Game" demo video in the FAQ section.
ok thanks.... ill buy a "basic" book so i wont bother so frecuently XD
nah, that's perfectly OK. just read the tutorials in the Manual (F1 in editor.)
ive been reading tutorials in the manual... thats how i made the little things i can make.... but disgratefully im sort kinda stupid thats why i havent done nothing outstanding yet,,, ~~ like right now ... i wasnt able to make that sequence.. why? cause i couldnt understand the basic structure of " my first game" tsk i ve tried all day long.. and i got no results... (i mean i could have copied the code entirely or simply replace the sprites... but that way id have gotten more confused and ignoring how to create my own sequence am i right?) tsk im certainly a baka ( baka means idiot in japanese....)
Did you learn to program basic before you started with GL-Basic? I think a little basic knowledge is good before you start with games, saves you a lot of troubles.
The tutorials isn't commented as good as they could be for a basic newbie, they seem more intended on people that already knows basic fairly well. Look up a tutorial on google, most of them should be possible to do on GL-Basic with some smaller changes. For example the print command needs the positions on the screen, that is usualy not needed on other basics.
Good luck!
Nah. Just do this:
First, copy/paste the code. Get it working. Then look up the reference for each command from to to bottom in the manual to understand what it does.
When you finally get the grip, try alternating the code.
Implement a 2nd enemy or let the player move left/right. Just tiny modifications. That's the way to learn programming. In my age, we had computer magazines, that printed listings of BASIC code games. And everytime they had a bug in the listing, which got corrected in the next issue (what an coincidence, huh!?).
So, we started tracking the bugs ourselfes. One day, ou were so good, you knew how to program, although you never wrote a single program so far.
yop thats why i brought that book about basic...yes i think ill have to read that book and the manual as well althought that ive been reading it everyday.... i understand the functions.... but sometimes i dont understand how come some ecuations work... anyways ill read that book .....
If you don't understand something, please post here. I'm happy to get advice where to improve the manual.
Thank you. Notice, SPRITE is replaced by DRAWSPRITE with Version 5.x, though.
Look at this (just in case that some one that has merely downloaded Glbasic sees this post... ) FOR a=0 TO 19
DRAWSPRITE a, -20, 255
SHOWSCREEN
NEXT
b=255
WHILE TRUE
IF KEY(200)
DEC b, 10
DRAWSPRITE 20, -20, b
ELSE
DRAWSPRITE 19, -20, 255
ENDIF
SHOWSCREEN
WENDits the advance I have taken since I discovered that thing of the "FOR TO" command.... so what do you think its better than the last one (the one with a bug by the way, and yes this one doesn't cause an error ) isn't it?
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hi am a beginner in GL basic, ive following doubts:
1. whether only GL syntax should be used ? and not others like C++,etc... ?
2.where can i find complete references other than the manual ?
plz help
Hi rajkarthy
You can only use the manual (F1) / reference A-Z
And yes, using C++ inline calls should not be required for you. If there's some extension needen, we do it for you.
GLBasic is "highlevel" language, this means that complicated c++, openGL commands that are usually required for graphical program to work on the PC for example are 'hidden' within the GLBasic language itself.
So for example, it could take 15 lines of C++ and OpenGL commands to check the hardware and O.S. to then open a OpenGL window. But in GLBasic this can be done in one simple command, all the complications are 'under the bonnet' so to speak.
This allows the beginner to start quickly, without having to become an OpenGL API and C++ expert before getting started in the world of games programming.
When and if you want to go 'advanced' and insert your own C++ or OpenGL commands, GLBasic is flexible enough to allow this BUT ITS NOT REQUIRED. Advanced programming techniques can easily be archived with GLBasic alone.
Hi, I just want to post this animation, in this case instead of behaving as an endless loop, this animation appears and then stops once the last sprite is shown, anyway, I still need to improve it here you go criticize it as much as you can, ^^ I need to improve more... and by the way what do you think about it? is it good? or needs more improvement? main:
FOR a=1 TO 11
IF KEY(30)
DRAWSPRITE a, 200, 200
ELSE
DRAWSPRITE 1, 200, 200
ENDIF
SHOWSCREEN
NEXT
KEYWAIT
GOTO main
for 2 animatinos, ok. But for more, use an array.
See here...
http://www.glbasic.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1253
...not the best, but readable...