completely new to PlayBASIC

[joshyboy]

Hello, im new to play basic and i wouldn't have a clue about anything.
What do i need 2 know to get started and anything, i am completely clueless. I dont have a clue and need help, maybe a tutorial for beginners or sumthing at all.

~Joshyboy~ B)

[medwayman]

Hi welcome to the world of PlayBasic :)  you can find some tutorials and source code on the resources board (You may have missed that as it's only visible when you sign up.)

I would also recommend going through the help files and studying the code that comes with the command descriptions. Start with the core commands section, as these are the essentials. That's assuming you're totally new to coding.

I find the demos and examples folders are a great source of help, although you will need to know the basics first.

And don't forget you can ask here.

Good luck :)

[Tracy]

HI Joshyboy.

My advice: open up some coding demos, play around with them and see what you can learn.

Alternatively, you can go through PlayBasic's 'Help' menu and use the code examples there to study. They're very clear (well, most of them) and great to learn from.

And like Medwayman says, you can always ask in the forum.

Good luck.

-Tracy

[thaaks]

Hi Joshiboy,

I am currently in the process of creating a simple Space Invaders tutorial for PlayBasic.

If you want to have a look at the early and unfinished draft have a look here:
Space Invaders tutorial for PlayBasic.

I will finish this tutorial over the next few weeks...

Any hints, suggestions, improvements to my email or just start a thread in the tutorials forum.

Cheers,
Tommy

[joshyboy]

hey everybody thx for all the advice, um...with the help file it says page cannot be found with all of them :huh: . Im really confused with all of it and things. So i cant really study it can I lol

I have just moved off using gamemaker so i did learn the code in that program.

It says when i open the program (play basic) it says "cannot locate compiler path - closing." "cannot open file "play basic/help/helpkeywords.""???

So im kind of really confused and lol i have asked at the forum :)

Thats why im here.

~Joshyboy~

[thaaks]

It says when i open the program (play basic) it says "cannot locate compiler path - closing." "cannot open file "play basic/help/helpkeywords.""???

Sounds to me like your PlayBasic (demo? registered version?) is not properly installed.
It should not say any of those error messages on startup.

I don't know if you need administrator rights during installation of PlayBasic...

But I suggest you uninstall PB and install it again - and post all error messages that you get while installing in here so that Kevin or empty or us can give you better help.

Cheers,
Tommy

[Ian Price]

Indeed - as Thaaks stated, it sounds like either a bad installation, or the software is corrupt - either way, uninstall the current one and try to reinstall or download again. You shouldn't get any error reports.

Is this the demo or full version you are trying to run?

[kevin]

Sounds like you've installed an update, rather than the base demo installer.

[joshyboy]

Sounds like you've installed an update, rather than the base demo installer.

Maybe i installed and updated version, can somebody give me a link 2 the full version or something so i dont get messed up...?

~Joshyboy~ B)

[kevin]

 Getting Started With PlayBASIC Tips


 1)   Download PlayBASIC Learning Edition  and install it.

 2a)   Start reading some TUTORIALS

       ->   PlayBASIC.com Tutorials

       ->   PlayBASIC Tutorial Forum
 

 2b)   Start reading some SOURCE CODE examples

      ->   PlayBasic.com Source Codes

      ->   PlayBASIC Source Code Forum
 

 3)  Ask questions, participate in forum discussions and constantly experiment...  You'll only get something out of learning game programming, if you put something into it.    

[joshyboy]

Thanks dude
~Joshyboy~ B)

[Bustaballs]

Hi Joshiboy,

I am currently in the process of creating a simple Space Invaders tutorial for PlayBasic.

If you want to have a look at the early and unfinished draft have a look here:
Space Invaders tutorial for PlayBasic.

I will finish this tutorial over the next few weeks...

Any hints, suggestions, improvements to my email or just start a thread in the tutorials forum.

Cheers,
Tommy

Can you toss that my way when you're done with it? =)

[thaaks]

Bustaballs,

feel free to click the link!

It's continued every few days. Right now it's up to the stage that the player can move his ship at the bottom of the screen. Next thing to follow are the aliens.

Cheers,
Tommy

[Bustaballs]

Bookmarked!  Much thanks.