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I have a few questions.

11 replies · 2,524 views · Started 28 December 2002

King Of Links 28 Dec 2002, 21:28

Ok, first of all why ain't there very many third party programs for ZC? Second, if I were to make a third party program what programming language would I use? Allegro? Ok, lastly what third party programs would ya'll like to see?

idontknow 28 Dec 2002, 23:15

i have a few ?s of my own:
1. what is a third party program?
2. Where can i find an example of one?
3. And why did you create this post in this forum?

Ganonator 29 Dec 2002, 02:04

Originally posted by idontknow
i have a few ?s of my own:
1. what is a third party program?
2. Where can i find an example of one?
3. And why did you create this post in this forum?

A third party program is something not made specifically by AGN or DN that does something to the product made by AGN or DN... kinda like third-person writing. An example of one is fatcatfan's mapmaker for b152 (there's a new one for b180 which the testers are trying out) that draws an entire dmap using exported .qsu files.

as for #3, that's a damn good question.. .😃

DarkDragon 29 Dec 2002, 05:49

Someone also claimed to have made a ZC trainer; I guess that would qualify as a third-party program. Quest makers got kinda pissed, though, and I remember something about it not working anyway.

Third-party programs would, of course, be much easier if Zelda Classic were open source. 😉
Realistically, making a third-party program would be quite difficult. You'd have to have some idea of what you wanted to do (the most useful third-party programs would probably be tools that helped quest makers build/finesse their quests), discover or find the specs to the relevant files, and experiment a bit. Programming language is largely irrelevant, since I don't think DN left in place any kind of plugin interface. Allegro is a game engine, so you definitely won't need it.

King Of Links 31 Dec 2002, 22:24

I know this is off the subject but, does any1 know how to get that ZC Trainer (I just would like to get my hands on it for a few friends of mine)

MottZilla 02 Jan 2003, 08:55

Originally posted by DarkDragon
Someone also claimed to have made a ZC trainer; I guess that would qualify as a third-party program. Quest makers got kinda pissed, though, and I remember something about it not working anyway.

Claimed? I did, and they worked, and yes they did, and I didn't seem to care.

King Of Links 04 Jan 2003, 17:26

dude ZC SHARK ROCKS, thanx bunches. I haven't seen you in a while mottzilla, then again I haven't been on in 2 years, i use to be on under a diff name then they kicked me off for no reason!!!