Game Engines

Ace Modder · 8 Dec 2007 at 13:11

Hi all

I know how modding communities and level design works, using a level builder application. (mainly FPS)

But how is the engines for the games made? how is it compiled etc etc

EDIT : Wrong forum...i have already RTM'd so shhh!

Combat squirrel · 8 Dec 2007 at 13:13

Good question, id say C++ at the code level, then constuct the tools for a 'user interface' to build 3d levels, this is perhaps best suited to the pc games forum

Vonhelmet · 8 Dec 2007 at 13:21

If you really want to learn about this, I suggest you download a compiler, an IDE and the Quake/2/3 source code.

Psyk · 8 Dec 2007 at 13:27

C++, almost exclusively for the core of a game engine. Sometimes a scripting language (like LUA, python, unrealscript) is integrated into that to program the gameplay.

mosehn · 8 Dec 2007 at 14:17

c++/DirectX/win32 api , its all on msdn not forgetting the modelling packages like maya/3d max to make the models and objects for the world

voodooflux · 8 Dec 2007 at 14:44

Couple of good resources:

GameDev.net

Microsoft XNA