Short description of a new user (me) & a little starter problem!

Hi to anyone,

about me:
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i am 26 years old (until the 27th of june), learning informatics for my profession now,
and use obviously a very bad english =)
i am very new to gamestudio,
and want to test it now before buying the studio.
i have worked with blitz basic 3d before,
but found that it was too limited in its possibilities -
i could write nice little static games, but missed a really debugging ability as well as a real object orientation there.

i watched and tested some of the demos on the ressource page,
and found especially the bulldozer programm of the 100-line contest very nice.
the physics engine looks smooth, and seems to be able to make realistic games.
personal:

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my problem:
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The lite-c doesnt seems to work.
More exact:
i downloaded and installed.
i can edit , load, save , etc.
but when i debug start / test start a program,
i only get a nice black window.
And it doesen't makes any difference,
what code i entered, whether it was something working,
an empty file,
or one of the examples.
it also doesn't matter if referenced files
(models / sounds) etc of the examples are in the output folder or not.

interesting: when i insert break points,
the console says it could'nt insert a break point at line x,
where x is the line where i inserted it...

So anyone has an idea what could have happened wrong there ?
i quess the debugger isn't linked to the engine or something like that ...

I don't know if this helps, but begin with the tutorial. It explains the first steps from starting the program on. It also explains debugging pretty good.

hi,

which tutorial do you mean ?
Don't laugh, but i have found a lot of tutorials,
most were for premium users, and begun with the level
editor (which i don't have with the free version)...

the debugger seems to work at least a little ...
if i assign a value to a variable,
and add this variable to the watch list,
then it shows me the value i have entered ...
but i don't see anything on screen,
neither can i use brak-points.

i have tested some compiled programs (exe's) and i saw
that my computer is capable of running them nice and smoothly.

but tell me, are there any first step settings that have
to be done BEFORE one can start ?
i just installed C-Lite, and started right up.

greetings,
david

There is only one tutorial for lite-C, its just on the download page.

ok,
i'll work through it...

see you soon, when i'm finished =)
david

I am having the same problem.

I am also a new user, I have very little previous programming experience, and I am using the free Lite-C version.

I have been through the tutorial, and I still don't know what I'm doing wrong.

The examples that are pre-made all work fine, and I can edit them and that changes them accordingly, but if I start a new document and write a script, even if it is exactly like the pre-made scripts, all I get is a black screen.

I can even copy/paste the pre-made script into a blank document, save it, and try to run it in any mode, and all I get is a black screen, and I have no clue why.