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Re: Game Programming? Help!!

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Originally posted by bjm2020
I am interested in learning how to write code for games. I am a C.S. student at UNO but I am in freshman classes and they are so slow. Can anyone recommend any languages to start learning first or any other ways to get started? I have Unix with Solaris in the labs at school and I also have Windows XP at home on my pc. Which would be better to use? Should I get the FreeBSD?

Help!

Learn C++ inside and out and how to interface for third party libraries. A majority of games are coded under Win32. More wide range of driver support for DirectX with the high end video gaming cards.

There is a rising number of games being created for Linux, though. I have played Unreal Tournament under Linux with a Voodoo2 card and it was pretty good. The now defunct Loki games also ported several tiles to Linux such as Soldier of Fortune.

You can find references to Linux games at SourceForge (such as TuxRacer). If you are want to code engines, study your mathematics. Multi-variable calculus (it was Calc III for me) and Linear Algebra are paramount (not to mention physics).

The publishing company WordWare produces some books on game programming under Linux. You can purchase these books from the publisher but I can pick these books up for about $5.00 at the local 75% Off Books (one of the greatest book shops ever!).

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dm

DM(8)							    BSD System Manager's Manual 						     DM(8)

NAME

     dm -- dungeon master

SYNOPSIS

     ln -s dm game

DESCRIPTION

     dm is a program used to regulate game playing.  dm expects to be invoked with the name of a game that a user wishes to play.  This is done by
     creating symbolic links to dm, in the directory /usr/games for all of the regulated games.  The actual binaries for these games should be
     placed in a ``hidden'' directory, /usr/lib/games/dm, that may only be accessed by the dm program.	dm determines if the requested game is
     available and, if so, runs it.  The file /etc/dm.conf controls the conditions under which games may be run.

     The file /etc/nogames may be used to ``turn off'' game playing.  If the file exists, no game playing is allowed; the contents of the file
     will be displayed to any user requesting a game.

FILES

     /etc/dm.conf	   configuration file
     /etc/nogames	   turns off game playing
     /usr/lib/games/dm	   directory of ``real'' binaries
     /var/games/games.log  game logging file

SEE ALSO

     dm.conf(5)

HISTORY

     The dm command appeared in 4.3BSD-Tahoe.

SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS

     Two issues result from dm running the games setgid ``games''.  First, all games that allow users to run UNIX commands should carefully set
     both the real and effective group ids immediately before executing those commands.  Probably more important is that dm never be setgid any-
     thing but ``games'' so that compromising a game will result only in the user's ability to play games at will.  Secondly, games which previ-
     ously had no reason to run setgid and which accessed user files may have to be modified.

BSD
								   May 31, 1993 							       BSD