I bounced into a post on these forums from a google search on a complie problem I had, the post was unanswered, and (having spent ages look for the cure) I just had to come back and post the answer ....

and well after having a look around its really looks quite good here

I work at home, currently developing my first game.

Hello Viz,

Welcome to GIDForums™.

It's people like you that we like to see on GIDForums™. You cared enough to register just to reply (with some relevant information) to an unanswered/unresolved question.

I admire people like you and it's what makes this place unique (at least I think it's unique). Our regular and established members here are very generous with sharing their knowledge and that's what you have in common.

Good luck with the game, I hope to hear updates about it very soon.

hi viz. welcome. what kind of game are you developing? which graphics library and software are you using? which platform are you working on? etc. etc.

The games a multiplayer space trading RPG, for the graphics engine I am looking at Ogre, but I intend to allow for third party clients, using VC6 3DS max, on Win 2k but trying to keep all the backend code cross platform.

When I started out a 19 months ago I had zero C++ experience, so I am still very much a novice programmer

thats very nice. I'm sure ur not a novice after 19 months of learning c++. U'r just a fellow student Ogre looks very good for someone trying game programming for the first time. should be quite an experience. wish you a happy journey