Greetings, I wonder if anyone out there has encountered a Graphics/Game Engine that looks like the Master of Orion 2 game. I have seen numerous RPG Engines out there but nothing else. So I wonder if anyone know where to get a proper 2d/3d engine (3d not nessesary) for Visual Basic that don''t got loads of RPG functions. Thanks in Advance. -Lumin

There''s no point ripping other people''s code if that''s what you''re doing- you won''t learn too much. I did that too and it was no good.. Just study the rpg engines and in time, you''ll learn how to code the engines you need.

btw, I was coding a moo2 clone a while ago. However, there was no one to help me in that so would you care to form a team with me?

My intensions where not to rip the game engine but to find out how they had solved different issues so I can learn something from it..

how far did you go with your moo2 clone ?
I might be interested in forging an team with you, I myself haven''t built much of the engine since my code optimization skills sucks. and that was one of the reasons I was looking for an engine.


-Lumin

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Original post by Lumin

My intensions where not to rip the game engine but to find out how they had solved different issues so I can learn something from it..

how far did you go with your moo2 clone ?
I might be interested in forging an team with you, I myself haven''t built much of the engine since my code optimization skills sucks. and that was one of the reasons I was looking for an engine.
-Lumin

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We talking DX7 here? I would gather yes. I did a simple simple 3d engine in VB for test purposes back in the DX7 beta. It is now at www.vbdirectx.com Just follow the top links or click on the flash logo I belive. Note, you must have IE5.0 or better to go there.

In the meantime I also have a DX8 engine in VB I am constructing. Basically it is the evolution of the link i posted plus all the new helper functions of the d3dutil, raypicking, init, mesh, animation, frame and shader classes MS stuffed in the SDK.

I am actually pushing this engine into a 3D - 2D presentation engine. It is going to push tiles but in 3D space. So it is not geared for an FPS or anything really realtime.

There is also the truespace engine, which is open source and free. Can''t remember the link offhand. And there is Revolution3D but it is not open source. Good list of features tho.



"Five passengers set sail that day, for a three hour tour, a three hour tour...."

I haven''t been posting for a weekend but I had a good reason - I was watching the second season of Babylon 5 with my friends Now that was great!

Well I wasn''t too far in my game - it shouldn''t be called one .
There was the main screen: a background, the stars and some information about them and a message box system (and I never got zOrder rendering working with the boxes so I gave up). The ''game'' was 2d but used Direct3D and it was made with vb6 and DX7 sdk. However, the files were damaged when my hd broke, but I still have them. The code is probably worser than yours but I think I can mail them if you want.

you could look at my engine, it''s free right now. Not vb, but easy to understand(not loads of features yet). www.laeuchli.com/jesse