Terrain

the_dare · Post by **the_dare** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:24 pm

cool!
i leave to rad to do as i only got the book im using 2 days ago!

Cadillac · Post by **Cadillac** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:35 pm

I have a book, it's just really hard going, if anyone has links to online stuff, that'd be much appreciated.

Things are usually dumbed down a little on the internet /mrgreen.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="mrgreen.gif" />

radruin · Post by **radruin** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:02 am

http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial.html
http://www.gamedev.net/
A couple things I have bookmarked.

HSharp · Post by **HSharp** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:21 am

Just wondering Caddi do you have much programming experience?? (yet)

C++ is not too fun to learn (unlike Java or Python) but you should use DevC++ to try it out as its a fairly nice one. JCreatorPro (or LE for free!) though (for Java) is much much nicer as it will actually tell you what the $#@! is wrong more clearly, if only there was a C++ equivalent (for cheapness). Mabye Borland... but that scares me.

the_dare · Post by **the_dare** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:26 am

i'm using dev c++.
i can already code in perl/cgi.
and yeah i agree c++ is a hard language to learn.
the book i'm using is accelerated C++!

HSharp · Post by **HSharp** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:01 am

Java is much more friendly to learn in with.

Also if you want free programming help stuff then try and look at universities where the lecturers don't protect thier data like www.cs.nott.ac.uk/Teaching/G51PRG

or www.cs.birmingham.ac.uk etc...

Virex · Post by **Virex** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:27 pm

Something I just thought off: Instead of having build sites, pasage ways and strategical points set out before you generate the map, you could create a very bumpy map, then create locations for building and alephs. Next, generate a number of paths (preferably 2 or 3) from each point to another (bend them a litle for realism. You should be able to use brezier curves for that), and then use those paths to carve a real path. Lastly, flatten and blur the aleph locations and build spots. And you're set.

RenScorch · Post by **RenScorch** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:05 pm

here a few ideas, make it impossable to go from one alps to another if you are a footman, two only certain vehicals can travel between alps (call it a fuel problem.) and three have a moble base, it will bring back the idea of people HAVING to depend on their commander. oh and make sure you keep the telaporters.

on a few idea of heat certain areas make you show up better on a heat seaking radar, like trying to mask yourself in a cold area will be harder then trying to mask yourself on a cold area, but that can have a few good things, a sound radar you could lay down in the snow and the sound radar would not dectect you because you are leveled out with the snow and ECT....

the_dare · Post by **the_dare** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:01 pm

i was looking around the web for another thing im looking at for allegiance when i came across these:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...sky_nps_big.jpg
http://free-slideshow.com/screens/green_mo...tain-forest.jpg
http://www.free-slideshow.com/screens/allu...ain-summits.jpg
http://earth.imagico.de/views/alps4_large.jpg
http://phlogthat.files.wordpress.com/2007/...adirondacks.jpg

i thought they would be good to get inspiration from!

XP105 · Post by **XP105** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:06 pm

Any chance that maybe one of the maps could be of a deserted town or village or even a City? ( in alien style of course) The city could limit off some vehicles because of roads and paths being blocks, and Air vehicles only given to people can fly them really well through the buildings etc