General Features Automated Double Buffering
Full-Screen Display Modes
AVI Animation Control
MIDI/MP3 Music Control
Over 45 Demo's
Over 25 Tutorials
Over 600 Textures
Over 120 Sound Effects
900 3D Models
2D Features 10 Image Formats Supported
Super-Fast 2D blitting
Mirror, Stretch, Blur and Fade
Screen-Sized sprites
Transparency
Fast Collision
Animated Sprites
Gamma Control
Scale Sprites
2D Drawing Functions
3D Features Misc. Features
3D Features X and 3DS Files Supported
Landscape Terraforming
Built-in 3D Primitives
Dynamic Model Space
Polygon Collision Detection
Full Model Manipulation
Model Animation
Ambient Lighting
Directional Lighting
Texture Filtering
Alphablending
Fogging
Misc. Features Mouse Control
Keyboard Control
Force-Feedback Control
Gaming Device Control
System Handling
File Handling
User Friendly Editor
Integrated Help System
Extensive Exampes
Command Line Interface
Save As Single Executable
But I've Never Programmed Before!No-one is born knowing how to program a computer game and at times it can seem like a very distant and alien language. We were well aware of this when we designed DarkBASIC and tried our hardest to create a language that is as easy to read as it is powerful.
Here are the Key Features of DarkBASIC: *All programs made are License and Royalty Free
*Save your programs as stand-alone EXE files
*10 2D Image Formats Supported
*7 Music File Formats Supported
*Over 730 Commands included
*3D Studio and Direct X Object Support
*Over 750 game orientated commands
*Sprite support including flipping, scaling and collision
*Set and control sounds in 3D space
*Load, Play and Loop music files, inc. soundtracker music formats
*Load and play music CD audio tracks
*Load, Play and control Video Animations
*Control 3D Fog depth, distance and colour
*Ghost objects (make 3D objects semi-transparent)
*Full Object Rotation control
*Control Object Limbs (direction, angle, rotation, size)
*6 built-in 3D Primitives
*Create and Delete Object Meshes
*Global or Object based automatic 3D Collision Detection
*Automatic Camera and Orientation Commands
*Create, Position and Colour Lights
*Build, Texture and Map Matrix Landscapes
*System Test Commands let you check for compatibility
