I don't know C++....help.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guest DP · Post by **Guest DP** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 8:04 pm

Hi....

I don't know C++. I use "C++ tutorial" to search in www.google.com. The first URL is:

http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/

Now I have a question. After I finish learning the above tutorial, will I have enough C++ knowledge to use this GREAT engine to make computer games?

Another question:

Is the freeware Dev C++ a suitable tool to make games with this great engine?

Thank you very much.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SuryIIID · Post by **SuryIIID** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 8:17 pm

I'm not C++ a guru either but i found this engine to be very easy to use , fast and extendable so i think you could start to study the tutorials and SDK examples to see how the stuff works and if you ever did a working program in whatever language i believe you could understand them too.

As for the Dev C++ compiler here is a setting up instructions

http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/tut001b.html

MedievalMagic13 · Post by **MedievalMagic13** » Sun Dec 28, 2003 5:56 pm

Yes, I think you can start using the Irrlicht engine. Maybe you should have a bit of programming experience, but if not, you should be able to learn using the Irrlicht engine fast. It's very easy to use. With little code, you can do great things.

Guest DP · Post by **Guest DP** » Mon Dec 29, 2003 6:23 am

Thanks....!

Saalen · Post by **Saalen** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 11:37 am

You definitively need knowledge about pointer arithmethic.
Irrlicht uses it extensively.

Serg Nechaeff · Post by **Serg Nechaeff** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 12:33 pm

pointer arythmetics? really, where?

Saalen · Post by **Saalen** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 2:19 pm

Ok, basically you need to know that you have to delete all objects which are results of createXxx-Methods.
But you have to know how to access methods by pointers, since almost every get Method of irrlicht returns pointers. You do not have to calculate with them, of course.

voltare · Post by **voltare** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 3:23 pm

Me and Guest dp are kinda in the same boat, new to programming, but want to make games. I'm having a rough time of it, as I'm sure He/she is. But my project is going to make it allllll simpler..........heh heh heh

DarkWood_Neo · Post by **DarkWood_Neo** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 3:42 pm

altough irrlicht engine is very easy to use you need a few years expereance in c++ to code games. it's unrealistically to say that you can use the engine effectively without having a good knowledge in c++. You can't create a game by asking for help for every problem that you get while coding.

voltare · Post by **voltare** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 10:02 pm

I understand that....but I am not learning c++( dev-c++) just for my own good.....I am doing it so I can make a 3d game making program, the kind that i've been searching for, and no-one seems to have anywhere...C++ is too ridiculous, too difficult for a newbie to gamemaking to understand, and if we try...we get frustrated.Now, a some of us on here can't afford to go to c++ school, we can't afford to buy c++ books, and we can't afford MSVC++.
So, we have to ask questions.I, myself, want to make 3d rpgs for myself, I could care less about selling them.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 11:14 pm

Try making very simple games first then progress on. Try tetris first, its an easy game then move on there. Maybe try pacman (that was the game that introduced enemy AI, yes all the ghosts had a purpose) then slowly progress to more advanced. You can use the irrlicht engine to build all these. If you try to go big first attemp it will be very over whelming and probably never get finished

keless · Post by **keless** » Sat Jan 10, 2004 11:41 pm

I have written some tutorials on basic game engine design for people who are new to game programming (though it expects you to have a decent knowledge of C++).

http://www.skyesurfer.net/keless/vgp/

stodge · Post by **stodge** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 1:33 am

If you can't afford MS VC++, then install Linux and use the GNU compiler; it's all free!

keless · Post by **keless** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 1:55 am

or use DevCpp

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 4:06 am

Try your library
Read "C++ in Plain English" at least 3 times(1st 9 chapters until you 'get it'), THEN start programming your game.
Next spend most of your time surfing GameDev.net
only then will you be JediDB

JMO

Irrlicht Engine

I don't know C++....help.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know C++....help.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok...

start by making simple games...