Im new to blitzmax, can anyone help me get started

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richardsimpo123456 (Posted 2009) [#1]

Hi, Im new to blitzmax and was wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction for some tutorials for the complete beginner? your help will be greatly appreciated :D. Thanks. Richard.

markcw (Posted 2009) [#2]

Hi richard, check out Tibit's 'Beginners guide to BlitzMax' here.

richardsimpo123456 (Posted 2009) [#3]

thanks, i have the one by Wave, is this just the same? EDIT: Woops, i've just seen the link you provided and its the one I already have, thanks :D

markcw (Posted 2009) [#4]

Well in that case check out assari's links here.

richardsimpo123456 (Posted 2009) [#5]

thanks a lot! this looks great. :D

Who was John Galt? (Posted 2009) [#6]

There are some tutorials in the Blitz documentation, and try fooling around with some of the example code to see how stuff is done.

richardsimpo123456 (Posted 2009) [#7]

yeah i will do thanks :D

richardsimpo123456 (Posted 2009) [#8]

i posted this on Leadwerks forum so i mayaswell post here too :D AppTitle$ = "Create Shapes" 'Changes the application title Graphics 800,600 'Creates the Graphics window at 800 x 600 X:Float = MouseX()'Declaring our variables so the shapes can follow the mouse Y:Float = MouseY()'Declaring our variables so the shapes can follow the mouse While Not KeyHit(key_escape) 'Start of the main loop, which will exit if we press the escape key X=MouseX()'Telling our variable "X" that it is mouseX... I THINK! XD Y=MouseY()'Telling our variable "Y" that it is mouseY...again, i think If MouseDown(1) DrawRect X,Y,10,10 'if mousedown(1) LMB, draw rectangles where the mouse is with a size of 10x10 If MouseDown(2) DrawOval X,Y,10,10 'if mousedown(2) RMB, draw ovals where the mouse is with a size of 10x10 If KeyHit(KEY_SPACE) Cls ' if the spacebar is pressed, the screen will clear If KeyHit(KEY_TAB) DrawText "LMB creates squares | RMB creates ovals | Space clears screen | Press escape or click X to close.",0,0 'if the tab key is pressed, this will show the options, this stays up until you clear the screen If AppTerminate() End 'an IF statement that allows the X in the top right corner of the app to work, this is the only way i can make it work Flip 'Flips data from the backbuffer to the frontbuffer? Wend 'end the while loop A basic program i wrote in like 5-10 minutes :D

DavidDC (Posted 2009) [#9]

Check the forum codes for posting code. Makes it heaps easier to read. The link is above the reply box.

richardsimpo123456 (Posted 2009) [#10]

ah thanks a lot :D, updated that now.

richardsimpo123456 (Posted 2009) [#11]

everyone thats posted here has helped me heaps already, but does anyone know of any good blitzmax video tutorials? i learn better from video tutorials, yet ive only found a few :(

slenkar (Posted 2009) [#12]

on youtube they have some, have you seen those?

richardsimpo123456 (Posted 2009) [#13]

ive only seen a few on youtube, such as the image loading tutorial, the really simple "print" command tutorials, and a few which were for another blitz app, yet some actually worked in Blitzmax, but thats about it :(

markcw (Posted 2009) [#14]

I guess Jeremy means andy_mc's Blitz3D tutorials, see here.

richardsimpo123456 (Posted 2009) [#15]

many thanks for this link :D, looks really good!