Game Development Megathread

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > The Cavern of COBOL > Game Development Megathread

zigb: Mar 21, 2007

Is this a good place to talk Source engine modding/development, or should that go elsewhere?

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zigb: Mar 21, 2007

Kylratix posted:

I think the best way to learn game programming is to start with mod coding on something like one of the Quake engines or HL2 engines. You get all of the meat of game programing without all of the technical stuff. You can slowly become more technical as you move along. The important part is that you see results very quickly, which is important for motivation, I think.

I've found the Source SDK code to be fascinating reading. Of course you don't get all of the good engine stuff, that's still proprietary. I also learned a nifty trick the first time I read it, not too long after HL2 came out.

code:

// Instead of defining flags like:
#define FLAG1 = 1 
#define FLAG2 = 2
#define FLAG3 = 4
#define FLAG4 = 8
... 
// They use left-shifts to do the same thing, in a much more readable (to me) manner: 
#define FLAG1 = 1<<0
#define FLAG2 = 1<<1
#define FLAG3 = 1<<2
...

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