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Hello to all of you. I registered today and I would like to ask you some very dumb questions but I bought MMF2 just recently.
1. Do I have to draw my own objects, animations, etc? In TGF there were some characters, weapons etc. and what about here? I made the tutorial Choco Break and I want to know if I have to draw the objects like the player or the bricks by myself?
2 What are extensions :blush:
1. MMF2 has a second CD full of graphical libraries that you can use. I think (although I haven't checked properly) that the libraries are mostly taken from the last MMF product. When you create a game for yourself though you'll realise that original graphics are the way to go... the only advice I can give you is to practice at that.
2. Extentions are "extras" designed by various members of the klik community, and Clickteam themselves. Their design is to help make game development easier. For example, a lot of people didn't like the default platform movement that came with Multimedia Fusion, so someone made an extention that would help create a much better platform movement. Another extention, for example, would generate cool particle effects, such as flamethrower smoke or fireworks. Both require a little bit of figuring out as to how to use them. Other extentions include Mode7 by Cellosoft - they create a fake 3D effect similar to the Mario Kart games on the SNES and GBA.
In general, extentions are useful depending on what sort of product you wish to make. Most are freely available (click on the Extention Lists in the Community Links table on the right side of this forum) to download. All extentions have their own unique purpose and are designed to aid.
That said, a lot of advanced users aren't quite so willing to use extentions in their games. This is because they would like to do all the hard work themselves and get that feeling of satisfaction when they release a product. Of course, extentions are ideal if you don't really know how to achieve something and are new to the Click scene.
Hope that helps you a bit.
1) To help you start off, there is a library of objects on the second CD. If you wish, you can install these to the hard drives, or look at them off the CD.
I think you can get to them within MMF from View > Toolbars > Library Window, or press CTRL+R.
2) As for extensions, people who know complicated programming languages like C++ can build new, more powerful or intuitive objects for MMF to use. So for example, if someone has been using MMF for ages and really hates a certain aspect of the Active Object, he can code his own Active Object.
Then, when he goes to add objects, he'll see the default 'Active Object' but he'll also see something like 'My Groovy New Active Object', which perhaps contains new functions he's programmed in.
Most coders release extensions free of charge for all of us to use, and you can download them from one of the following addresses:
http://www.zoomgamer.com/ctedb/
http://extensions.co.nr/
(These are shown on the right-hand bar of this forum as Zoom Gamer's ext' list and Neatwares')
There are tons of extensions for MMF2 - things which can help you store data on the hard disk (so you can make game saves more easily), things which make it easy to create your own versions of the platform movement (so you can change gravity, or add double-jumps and wacky stuff like that), and some extensions for making internet games.
EDIT: Doh, you beat me to it :(
Oh thank you all very much! I already downloaded a ton of extensions without knowing what they are for :)
And the other question is - are there any other graphical libraries other than the CD (I mean the Internet)
Yes: http://reinerstileset.4players.de/englisch.htmQuote:
Originally Posted by RemoteNC
Thank you :D
But these are not made for an arcade game :(
Any other suggestions :P
This isn't strictly true- most of the things extensions do could not be achieved otherwise.Quote:
That said, a lot of advanced users aren't quite so willing to use extentions in their games. This is because they would like to do all the hard work themselves and get that feeling of satisfaction when they release a product. Of course, extentions are ideal if you don't really know how to achieve something and are new to the Click scene.
Some precisions to add to the above:
Extensions in MMF take the form of extra types of objects.
Just like the default Active Object and Counter Object, you have to place an Extension Object into the frame area in order to use it.
Once in the frame area, you will have access to its properties in the properties panel, and the Extension's events will show up in the event editor.
Some extensions are only functional and aren't visible on the screen while your game is running. They will show up as just an icon in your frame area.
Other extensions have a display area that may be visible while your game is running. These are for various visual effects that can be done on the extension object’s area.
As for object graphics, you can always search the web for game sprites. I'm shure you can find a lot of "arcade" sprites around.
But it's usualy a "bad practice" to release a game that has ripped sprites. They do make good placeholders though.
*Oh and welcome to the forum RemoteNC
We're a very friendly gang here. And make sure to try out the Click Chat client and come chat with us. :cool:
Thank you very much but I'm just tired of writing thousands of combinations in Google for those graphic resources and nothing..
Please if someone knows a good site post it....
Did you take a look at the ones on CD 2? The libraries there are reasonably extensive.
The only real free graphics resources I know of online are repositories of spritesheets for 16-bit era games.
Yea I've had a look... They're not bad :)
Still - can I use MMF 1.5 resources?
Yes MMF2 can open MMF 1.5 files.
So if you find some graphics in an old file on the internet you can easily use it.
I don't know what to say you guys are amazing ;)
We try our best :)