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Sir_LANs-a-lot(Posted 2003) [#1]
Hi All,

I wondered if there were any plans for Blitz/IDIGICON to produce any programming books for Blitz+/Blitz3D?

I got "Learn to program 2D games in BB" when I bought Blitz2D, but a search for any books on Blitz+/3D has proved fruitless. There are some good tutorials on the web etc., but I just wondered why there weren't any programming books available for Blitz given its apparent popularity.

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Also, when BlitzMAX is done, will this incorporate features from all three current iterations of Blitz? or will it be something different again?

TIA


Anthony Flack(Posted 2003) [#2]
It will something different again, but it should be downwards-compatible with previous versions of Blitz. ie, your blitz2d/3d/plus code should be able to be compiled with little or no modification in BlitzMax.

BlitzMax won't be out for some time though.


Sir Gak(Posted 2003) [#3]
Anybody got an idea of when Blitzmax will be out?


Anthony Flack(Posted 2003) [#4]
Nobody. But not anytime soon.

Which is true of the game I'm making too, incidentally. I have no idea when it will be finished. But it's months away, not days.