hudsey Wrote:As far as elballo is concerned it's more if and when he make's another game. Also, the mac i have is older it has a powerpc 750 cpu and the video card is ATYRage128pro2 w/ 16 mb vram. Though it does have a 500mhz processor and 768 megs of ram. Is that going to be good enough to use dim 3?

If the 750's a G4 or G5, it will be good enough. You'll probably have to pull down some of the quality settings.

[>] Brian

" I am currently starting to learn flash but looking to be able to help my friend with his video game he created, The Adventures of Elballo"

I know the developer, and I'm guessing you do too . Anyway, he had a big background of game programming, and this project has been going on for over 2 years, and it's a very big project. By the time you get to that level (unless you have super human powers, and if you do, full speed ahead!), it will be done. Also, if you're interested in Basic (another language ), try out BlitzMax http://www.blitzmax.com which is a fun language that is cross-platform and pretty easy to learn. 1 month trial, and 80 dollars forever.

And no, it's still not out, close though, Ivan or Gatti could tell you the same, and I can say (I hope) that it's shaping up pretty well.

Whatever you choose hudsey, good luck with it!

Alex

Fenris Wrote:I'd say that art is the hard part. Art takes talent, code takes patience.

I disagree. With "art" you get to see[hear] your progress at every step of the process, with code this isn't as straightforward...

Also, art could look/sound bad, but code can *not do anything at all* - *crash* - *act differently on other people's machines*.

Just my 2c.

PowerMacX Wrote:I disagree. With "art" you get to see[hear] your progress at every step of the process, with code this isn't as straightforward...

Also, art could look/sound bad, but code can *not do anything at all* - *crash* - *act differently on other people's machines*.

Just my 2c.

As well art takes patience, tons and tons of patience, and that is why I no longer draw much, you have to be patient enough to warm up, sketch out ideas you most likely won't use, then actually get down to doing the "art", then deal with silly mistakes like splattering ink across your work (hate that!).

Even with software its the same deal, patience to the learn the software, patience to learn techniques, patience to deal with failure.

It definately helps to focus on one thing and become very familiar and comfortable with it.

I'm pretty sure it's a G3 this mac is like 5 or 6 years old i believe. I got it from gatti so he would know for sure.