Hey Bazza,

I recently took you up on your suggestion to try a look at Blitz3D. I downloaded the trial version and am VERY interested. I also have alot of questions... I just ran the samples that come with it, but havent tried to start a first try. I have to admit, at first glance, it reminds me of when I first opened POV and tried to make heads or tails of the code. Any chance you or the "other Richard" can give me some help? ( probably ALOT of help..Ha, ha, ha..) To begin with, the trial, I dont think, has any documentation on how to start out. I dont want to take up valuable space on here so email me if you have the time.. I'm really excited about trying to see if I can learn how to work in this. Thanks in advance....

ahhh.. just looked back and saw you had a beginners post.. I am going to give a once, ( two three or four) times over and see if I can get this going.

No problem...Please you took the plunge..I'll mail some basic files for you to look at.
The samples that come with Blitz are ok but a bit outdated now, especially with the new commands that have been added recently. You can do much better than the samples folder.
I'm at work later today but will see if I have time to send something today.

The only problem with the demo version is the 16k Blitz file limit but I'll see what I can sort out for you.

Bazza

Blayd,

I'm not as good at it as Bazza, but I've got a few things done that might help. I'll be happy to lend my assistance.

Feel free to contact me at my email address.

Richard

Hi Guys....

Thanks for the quick response... I was up to 6 this morning trying out your tutorials and trying to add a model or two and then trying things like adding collision statements to them and key commands... Yep.. I'm hooked.... I havent tried to decifer the actual game loop yet, but I'm getting ahead of my self i think. I'm going to download the full version today, and Giles too.. hoping to figure out the mapping thing as well. I figure if I can POV, I can giles and Blitz... I hope.. I will also need a halfway decent paint program it looks like so I need to research what good. Well, off to model some basic characters.. nothing elaborate, just want to start actually building a scene. I am going to look for more of your tuts and work through them. I will basically start by learning to set up a new scene from scratch and working through. Thanks for any and all help guys.. until now I've done hundreds of 3D art stills, now I'm really excited about doing things with my models.. I now have to start learning to make low poly models and learning to texture better.Hmm... a new full time project..LOL

06:00....Been there, done that
Paint Shop Pro V9 is more than enough although Photoshop is the Bee's knees but the price is prohibitive unless you can find and older version somewhere. I have both but still use PSP 9 times out of 10.

The poly count thing is a bit ambiguous (hope thats how you spell it) reallly.
Whilst your system will be able to handle quite high poly counts, if you wanted to run the file on a less powerfull machine there could be problems.
The other point to keep in mind is what will be added to the final scene. Say you built a Quake style scene/level at 20,000 polys. Should run fine.But then if you add 15 Bad guys at 1000 polys each. Each weapon you carry ...say 500 polys each plus all the textures/lightmaps and bullets flying around you could end up with a problem. Depends on the system really, but tyring to keep the poly cont down from the start is always a wise move.

Sent you another file.

Bazza

Thanks for the files, but having some issues running them. Could it be because I dont have Giles installed yet? I'm getting the dreaded, " Entity does not exist". The debugging window isnt popping up like it did on the demo so I'm not quite sure what the problem is yet. I'm wondering if anything with a lightmap from Giles in it is causing my problem. hmmmm.....

Sometimes, "Entity does not exist", means there's a file missing and the computer stops the execution to let you know, "Hey, I'm looking for something that's supposed to be here!!"

Although, you and I both know... Computers ain't that smart! They can only do what you tell them to do, not what you WANT them to do!!

Richard