A Blitz Basic programmer

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Mon Feb 03, 2003 4:52 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by David.

Hey there. I have another question :
I wanna stay windows-free, so im gonna install the PB Linux version (and Windows version, just to compile the codes and send to my friends).
Well, i don't really believe in this multi-platform stuff.. so.. will i have any big problem ? I'll be doing 2D stuff only, like Guis programs, and small 2D games (working on a RPG right now). Will be using sound/musics a lot too.
The windows version uses DirectX for 2D stuff, and the Linux version uses Open-GL, right ?

Thanx again.
David.

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 3:00 am

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by David.

I just got my copy of PureBasic ! =D

Will start working on my RPG game right away. =)

Cya.

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Tue Feb 04, 2003 8:44 am

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by fred.

Multiplateform works. All 3 Pauls games (Hostile sky, Pong, Lady's Garten) compiles without any change on Linux. About the graphical subsystem, it's SDL which is used for all multimedia stuffs.

Fred - AlphaSND

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Wed Feb 05, 2003 9:14 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Grasy.

Yeah but i think before a 3D-Game is running on multiple platforms a multiplatform millisecs()-function is needed, because many are prefering time-dependet coding in 3D-Games i think (frame-limited is good for 2D).

if not ttl > millisecs()
move somebullet,0,0,delta(500)
rotate somebullet,0,0,millisecs() mod 360
fi ; ehrm endif

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Thu Feb 06, 2003 9:02 am

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by fred.

The 3D engine manage automatically that has it has its own internal timer and modify the factor of the move etc... Anyway, I will add a MilliSec() like function, it's okay.

Fred - AlphaSND

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Thu Feb 06, 2003 8:39 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Grasy.

Yes? ...uhh sounds good

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 1:51 am

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Hitman.

http://www.blitzbasic.com/BlitzPlus/index.php

Now what ya think?

Well, everyone needs to do something for living.

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:37 am

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Franco.

Originally posted by Hitman

http://www.blitzbasic.com/BlitzPlus/index.php

Now what ya think?

Well, everyone needs to do something for living.

Well BlitzPlus seems to be the direct competitor of PureBasic.
The price of $60 would suggest that too.

BUT - and this is a big BUT - what is with the updates

With PureBasic all following updates are free - with Blitz an update is AFAIK not free (BTW: I never used Blitz)

BTW: Would be interesting to see the documentation of it.
I'm now surfing the internet with my Internet Appliance (Midori Linux on 16MB Flash) so no room for files download...

Have a nice day...

Franco

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 6:09 am

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Hitman.

B2D to B+ is not free, but B+ lines is free till it's replaced again.

However it gave me a bad impression about Blitz, but I have to buy...

Well, everyone needs to do something for living.

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Thu Feb 13, 2003 9:03 am

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by fred.

Excellent, the GUI sample are exactly like PureBasic code, making them very easy to understand

. Seems more and more like Purebasic...

Fred - AlphaSND

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 5:22 am

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by ricardo.

Hi,

Maybe im old (30 yr) or i lived in mars, but i never heard before about Blitz just in this forums.

Today i went to the blitz site and download the demo of blitz plus... was a waste of time and disc space!

I think that the typical VB coder that comes to PureBasic wont be interested on Blitz at all, the GUI designer dont work at all in my PC.

Personally i dont like Blitz. Its my point of view.

Best Regards

Ricardo

Dont cry for me Argentina...

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 11:00 am

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Leigh.

I've been beta testing BlitzPlus for a while now and I must say it's *very* nice to work with. The new userlibs are a really nice touch, but it's nothing PB hasn't been able to do for ages. Both BlitzPlus and PureBasic have different stengths - BP is still geared more towards gaming afterall. I know Mark plans to add more to BlitzPlus over the coming months, and I'm sure the line between the two languages will become more blurred. At the end of the day though, there's room for two *excellent* basic languages in this market... I use both - They don't have to be mutually exclusive.

Incidentally, the new GUI syntax is very much like the old Amiga Blitz

Leigh.

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 11:52 am

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by dmoc.

Oh but in those months PB will be comparable to BlitzPlus + Blitz3D! And only then if you ignore PB-OS integration and inline assembly. I have DB (urgh), DBPro (urgh), BB3D (nice) and PB (best by far).

(Drat - I got suckered in!)

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 12:22 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Kale.

DBPro just plain sucks ass! Its so bugged you cant do anything serious with it.

--Kale

Getting used to PureBasic and falling in Love!

BackupUser · Post by **BackupUser** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 12:34 pm

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by dmoc.

Arrr, if only I had such a way with words!