Hi Ken, That's precisely why I have created G3D as a managed library. I realize that languages like C++ or even Angelscript isn't for everybody. Two years ago when I started writing the Genesis Engine, before BGT came along, there was some interest in VB .net. I myself was using C# .net at the time. I realized thanks to .net I could write an engine, compile it as a dll, and simply plug it into Visual C++, Visual C#, Visual Basic, or Visual J and have access to a game engine using whatever language I desired to use. The sky is the limit.
While I appreciate BGT, think it is a great game engine, you only have Angelscript to use and for someone using Visual Basic that can be a big transition. Genesis 3D, on the other hand, allows you to use any existing programming skills and use them provided the language is compatible with the library. So I wrote the current version as a managed .net library in C++. The other reason I rote G3D the way I did is I like C# .net. I have Windows 7 so I already have .net 4.0 preinstalled with the OS. However, I don't want to install a bunch of extra packages like SlimDX just to access DirectX and so on. No problem G3D wraps DirectX, Sapi, etc giving me immediate access to Windows C++ game libraries without any middleware other than g3d.dll. If I wanted to I could write a managed .net wrapper for OpenAL and use that other than DirectSound or XAudio2. It is as you say the best of both worlds. On 2/1/11, Ken the Crazy <kenwdow...@neo.rr.com> wrote: > Tom, > If G3d works as dll file, and could be used with VB.net, I think it could be > very competitive as a game-making engine. (I guess like I said on the list > earlier, I'm a die-hard VB fan, but it's what I know.) I'm not saying I > won't try BGT, but C style languages really aren't my cup of C--I mean tea. > Maybe it's just a have to get used to thing, maybe it's just that I've > worked with quake C. I won't say I wouldn't use BGT, but the G3d engine > sounds awesome--the best of both worlds as it were. You have the tool to > help you, yet you get to program in your favorite language. > Resistant to learning a new language--does this mean I'm getting old? > NAH! > Ken Downey > President > DreamTechInteractive! > And, > Blind Comfort! > The pleasant way to experience massage! > It's the Caring > without the Staring! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
