Nice work man, you're tempting me away from working on my own

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The engine looks quite impressive, if only it wasen't vb (yeah I know I shouldn't be reading this form heh).

VB is awsome and was a good choice for making a graphic engine. The power of a properly made engine and the rapid rate at which you can code in VB is a powerful combination.

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I'm not denying vb of its power or trying to start a flame war I just don't like its syntax and the way it works (personal preference). It's quite cool what others make with it tho.

Yeah, many people have their preferences, which is why we have so many languages. If there was one language that greatly surpassed all others, well, then wouldn't everyone just use that?

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Which explains why this is an English speaking message board

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The DXGame Engine Forum now has over 300 users. DXG is a 100% free to use 2D game engine for use with VB6 and DirectX8. You can even remove the startup logo if you want to. Lots of cool projects in development. NEW demos/code samples coming out soon.

Demo Pack #1 Updated


Ready to run demos, wips, download:
http://www.dxgame.com/download/dxgdemopack1.zip - (4mb)

Simply extract the files and run the "RUNME.exe" file.

Pressing ESC should allow you to exit any of the demos.

Requirements:
DirectX8 or better.
VB6 Runtimes
(XP prolly has VB6 runtimes installed.)

When I click on the pics on the runme to open the game it won't open I get an error. Might just be me.

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Looks very nice!!

Man, I spent ages playing with the particle generator! And that thing with the lines was also cool, basically explains how 3d works.

With the volcano thing, how did you make the volcano fade in and out, those static lava floes?

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Thanks for the comments!

"With the volcano thing, how did you make the volcano fade in and out, those static lava floes?"

I was surprised how well this came out for only using the built in explosions and a simple texture. It took about 20 mins of coding. The volcano fading in/out is the red component of the texture being manipulated. The "static lava floes" are just semi transparent sections of the "png" texture and what you are seeing is actually some of the explosions "behind" the volcano showing through.

Did you extract the whole lot to a folder? That's what I did and it worked fine.



Damn! That's smart! It was definitely a cool demo pack. If I wasn't so deep in programming my own engine then I'd definitely use it. Instead, I'll just see your demo as a source of inspiration.

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yah, I just ran it on my other comp. odd that it didn't work. I have a lot of junk on this comp from Demo's might've messed up my DX. I have the newest version DX too? I mean I had 9.0c but when I installed Civ 4 it upgraded again.

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Demo Shooter Using Metal Slug Sprites



(1.4mb Download)

http://www.dxgame.com/download/dxgdemo_0106.zip

Requirements: Windows XP, 3D Card, VB6 Runtimes (most have these)

Controls:

A - Shoot
Z - Jump
Left/Right - Move
Up/Down - Gun Angle
ESC - Exit

This is not a demo of a real game, it was something put together (in a week) while working on new coding ideas. The demo consists of 1 level with a boss. Happy shooting.

Hi.
Can anybody give me link to download DXGame engine ??
orginal link is broken
or send me copy of that engine via e mail ?
azami24@hotmail.com

Ummm, maybe because this thread is 2 1/2 years old!?!

I would suggest moving to something a bit more current.

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