Several Q's for the community.
by Jace · in Torque Game Builder · 03/25/2006 (1:14 am) · 2 replies
Hi everyone I am Jace Prince new to the TGB community so far it has been great! Now I do have a few questions for you seasoned TGB folks but please do understand this is NOT an MMO!!
Now I am wanting to proto a game relatively quickly but I do not know the best way to go about this. So with out more delay here is the list of impressively newbish questions.
1. I am making a small "town" type area where the player can walk down a double dragon looking street and then enter their chosen building. Once they enter the building which will only be 4 as of now I just want a black background with a few GUI components. I know that is possible but I don't know how to achieve such.
2. I need REMOTE MySQL connectivity does sqlite or TorqueDB support that? This game is for educating adults so there will never be more than 20-30 users accessing the DB.
So really folks what I am confused about is how to make a side scroller city and ALSO have shops that players can enter that at this point is my primary concern.
Thanks guys!
-- Edit
Also should I make my art for my levels based on 800x600 even though the standard resolution is 1024x768?
Now I am wanting to proto a game relatively quickly but I do not know the best way to go about this. So with out more delay here is the list of impressively newbish questions.
1. I am making a small "town" type area where the player can walk down a double dragon looking street and then enter their chosen building. Once they enter the building which will only be 4 as of now I just want a black background with a few GUI components. I know that is possible but I don't know how to achieve such.
2. I need REMOTE MySQL connectivity does sqlite or TorqueDB support that? This game is for educating adults so there will never be more than 20-30 users accessing the DB.
So really folks what I am confused about is how to make a side scroller city and ALSO have shops that players can enter that at this point is my primary concern.
Thanks guys!
-- Edit
Also should I make my art for my levels based on 800x600 even though the standard resolution is 1024x768?
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#2
03/25/2006 (12:27 pm)
For #1, its easy to do, if you just wanted a black background with interface items, you could use the GUI controls that TGB has and just "push" a GUI onto the screen which has a black background (Covering the level) along with all the information.. and just whenever you exit the GUI (exiting the building / shop) it "pops" the GUI and that would result in you seeing the level again, etc.. 
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