Game programing....

[soulblade]

for some one interested in game programing/design what generaly needed to make games similar to eq ect

soo what should i be studying ??

 

[Kyeld]

C++

 

[soulblade]

C++

so you mean Game was made with nothing but c++ ?

and yes while i realy would like to get in to i honestly have no idea hehe but its something i would like to study in the future so any and all information or maybe a place to go look would be much appreciated

I did check a few web pages but all of them list diferent things for diferent reasons so i figured asking the people who do it for real Wiz and co what they are using...

 

[lotox]

so you mean Game was made with nothing but c++ ?

and yes while i realy would like to get in to i honestly have no idea hehe but its something i would like to study in the future so any and all information or maybe a place to go look would be much appreciated

I did check a few web pages but all of them list diferent things for diferent reasons so i figured asking the people who do it for real Wiz and co what they are using...

http://www.gamedev.net/reference/start_here/

While that link is somewhat debatable, gamedev has or had great forums at one point.

 

[soulblade]

http://www.gamedev.net/reference/start_here/

While that link is somewhat debatable, gamedev has or had great forums at one point.

Thank you very much while the site helped answer some questions it left me with many many more.....
it looks like c++ is a good start for everything but what else is needed to make an mmorpg

 

[lotox]

Thank you very much while the site helped answer some questions it left me with many many more.....
it looks like c++ is a good start for everything but what else is needed to make an mmorpg

If you go on the forums and search the word MMORPG under the for beginners section you will find a MYRIAD of similar posts with similar answers/questions. Somewhere in these you will find a good idea at what encompasses what you want to make.

Infact i bet they just copy and paste the responses syduck:

 

[Manguadi]

Thank you very much while the site helped answer some questions it left me with many many more.....
it looks like c++ is a good start for everything but what else is needed to make an mmorpg

Lots of sql and scripting.

 

[Mith]

Theres a lot of languages
Familiarize yourself with c c++ and c# definitaly

Java and Python you can look into also and VB. Although Python imo is a pain to work with.

 

[Foonie]

Theres a lot of languages
Familiarize yourself with c c++ and c# definitaly

Java and Python you can look into also and VB. Although Python imo is a pain to work with.

If you want to play around with just creating games for fun at first, C# is a really easy way to go.

I wouldn't look into VB at all, and Python I would safe until you know you actually need it. You can use it to make some nice scripts and all, but save it, it's not *that* important.

So far I've only heard of one commercial game which has been written fully in a managed language.

As for Java. If you know C#, you know java. The syntax is slightly different, and the libraries are different too, but there aren't many major differences.

Learning SQL will be very important for you, though, although you can easily create online-games without knowing much beyond the basic sql.

 

[Manguadi]

Theres a lot of languages
Familiarize yourself with c c++ and c# definitaly

Java and Python you can look into also and VB. Although Python imo is a pain to work with.

What's wrong with python?

In my experience it is the most concise and clearest language I've used.

 

[Mongrel]

If want results fast learn C# first, then start using XNA as the graphics API. XNA is very similar to DirectX (XNA just sits on top of DirectX), but has a very clean and easy structure. (Get XNA Game Studio from Microsoft)

 

[Mith]

What's wrong with python?

In my experience it is the most concise and clearest language I've used.

I'm not just fond of the whitespacing. Guess its good if your working by yourself or a small group.

 

[soulblade]

thanks for the information all has been very helpfull