Hi

[Cigar And A Sheep]

Well i have been looking into game devlopment for a very long time now and I think I can benefit from this community. I really want to learn how to program and start devloping a engine or game. Heres are my few questions that i need answered.

1. What does mirage need right now? A good game? Or a new engine?
2. Where can I learn vb6 fast so i can start programming my project
3. Is it too late to learn vb6? Should I learn another language?

[Rian]

1. Mirage has spawned plenty of half ass engines. Personally, I'd like to see you develop a game from it.

2. Check out the resources. This is a link I posted via Stickied Thread in the Resources Section: http://www.m10.ir/books.html
You can find some beginner's guides to VB6 in that large list.

3. Yes, eventually should probably pick up a different language. Visual Basic is a good starting language in my opinion. It's quick and easy to pick up the basics and move on to more challenging aspects of programming. Once you're good (mediocre even) at VB, you'll find that it'll be very easy to pick up another language later on.

[William]

1. What does mirage need right now? A good game? Or a new engine?
Mirage doesn't really need anything, but we can't get enough of talented programmers. People outside Mirage might want a engine, but most of the members here are trying to do their own things but I guess there are some here who would love a good engine. But I say make a game, it's much more fun.

2. Where can I learn vb6 fast so i can start programming my project
Just dig into the source. Go through form after form, and then go through the module. For example you can go into frmMainMenu, press the login button. Follow the packet as it travels to the server and back. Basicly read the source, because if your using mirage. You need to know all the subs and functions that exists.

3. Is it too late to learn vb6? Should I learn another language?
As long as windows doesn't make a new OS that doesn't support vb it's not to late. And even if they did, a lot of people would still use xp and vista and then they can play your game. VB is fun to learn, you will enjoy it a lot more the first year compared to if you start learning C# or any other language. There aren't many game programming communities. But you found one, and I suggest you use it and learn how programming works. Before you move forward.

[Cigar And A Sheep]

Great News! Vb6 Is Now Installed! The Work Shall Begin!

[Cigar And A Sheep]

Well i tryed looking at the mirage code, i am just so confused its so very confusing. I have absoltely no programming experience and my head freaken hurts.

[Cigar And A Sheep]

Well im starting to understand what the variables are. What does the

Code:

Call

command do? The code has lost me for a few mintues im dazed once again. I think my first atempt to minipulate this code will be intitled "The Cola Engine" (everyone loves cola ehh am i right am i right?). I might just come out with a half-ass engine to call my own . As we speak i am atempting to add a new morale called "Cola!".

[Robin]

Mirage needs more people like me.

[GIAKEN]

Mirage needs more people like me, to kill themselves.