Hello I''m a newbie at this... First of all... I have the Unreal Tournament and I''ve listened that OpenGL rules... I want to know how to get it... I use Windows 98 age = 14 country = Brazil want to get in university = DigiPen Please someone help me.. I want to learn and program games. Maybe I will be some of the first Brazilian dudes to create an good game... Thanks Aron Ld7

Hello

Haven't you heard about "OutLive" (or something)?
It looked like a decent game, altough it was somewhat like a clone of Starcraft.
Oh, and yeah, it was made by Brazilians.

Replying to your question/whatever, sorry but I cant help you. I have no clue how to use Open GL.


-- Ah, and what is "DigiPen"? If its the name of the University, where is it located? --

Cya,
-RoTTer

Edited by - RoTTer on 2/28/00 6:50:35 PM

Before you can learn OpenGL, you must learn c or c++. I suggest you start here.
http://www.gamedev.net/reference/start_here/

Digipen is a game programming college. I believe their focus is in console devolpment. They are located in Canada, and I think they just opened in Washington state also.

Mike

www.opengl.org is a great place to start.

--Rick

In fact, You aren''t alone in Brazil, I am trying to make games too, but it''s very difficult, I''m planning to get out of here soon (I will graduate in computer science on this year). The market here is terryble to make games.

But there are brazilian games, outcast and Incidente em Varginha (em breve estarah saindo o 2) sao bons exemplos disso.

I have passed the last years programming games (trying to) on my weekends and vocations, ''cos I have to pay my college and live, so I have a job not in games stuff. It''s hard stuff, but if you really want to make games, go on.

Anyway, I have a new homepage with info about the project I''m working right now with a friend, it''s very bad for now, but you can check it:

http://www.topcities.com/VideoGames/pzon/

Fell free to send me a mail, but first go study A LOT of C/C++ and algorithms, ok?

E ai cara...
Quantos anos você tem ?
Eu não sei nada sobre C++ mas sei sobre Basic...
eu sei que isso é ridiculo...
é que eu começei no Basic porque era mais facil e eu só queria fazer softwares idiotas...
eu vou dar uma estudada sobre C++ e OpenGL...
O que eu queria era ter o OpenGL no meu pc porque eu tava afim de jogar o Unreal Tournament no meu com suporte a OpenGL...
só que dava pau...
minha placa 3D é a Diamond Viper v550
se você puder me ajudar me da um toque...
O endereço da minha Hp é
http://aronld7heaven.cjb.net

Valeu

Thanks
Aron Ld7

I posted that message in portuguese to my fellow there...
Thanks for giving me help...
I have beeing cheking out the 3D card and the Windows folder...
I discovered what is the OpenGL before I read this...
but thanks anyway...
I will study C++..
And DigiPen is the first gaming University in the world...
I''ve allready talked to them and i''m almost in...
but I will wait 3 years or 2 because i''m 14 years old..
I''ve got soo much to learn...



Thanks
Aron Ld7

Hi

Oh, I had never heard about DigiPen before *slaps self*.
That looks great... So bad I wouldnt probably be able to afford (you from Brazil know how hard is to pay stuff in dollars), and Im already enrolled (actually classes have just started yesterday) in an Engeneering course here in SP (Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo, EPUSP, or just Poli for short ). I''ll try to transfer to Computer Science, tho. But its damn hard to get in (50 spots to tons of ppl wanting to get in). I know a bit of C and am starting to learn Windows Programming (and DX stuff), but I dont have much time =/.

I dont know if you were asking that to me, Aron, but Im 18. I started with Basic, also, but not QBasic/whatever, the old Apple ][+ Basic, the one which you had to put the line numbers before the code as we didnt have (at least I didnt have) a text editor for Apple. Uhm, I think I had Magic Windows. Or something close to it. But it was to make documents, not really programming.
Anyway, its OK to start with Basic to get the idea of programming, then move to a "better" language (like C/C++). If you have the time and study a lot it, wont take too much to learn.
Go for it

Btw, where are you from (in Brazil)?

Cya,
-RoTTer

Hey RoTTer
I know Visual Basic too, not QBasic or Apple Stuffs
I live in SP, Alphaville
Are you Brazilian ? or you are just Studing here ?
If you are studing here... Why here ? USA have a lot of better Universitys...
I met this fellow that is making the same course...
Computer Science
What do you learn in Computer Science ?
maybe I change the my University Route...
Talk to ya by ICQ...


Thanks
Aron Ld7