18 replies to this topic

[lukeescude]

• Title: Popular 39dll Tutorial
• Description: Many people have used my tutorial and loved it!
• GM Version: :GM81: and Studio
• Registered: Yes, for use with DLLs
• File Type: .gmk
• File Size: roughly 60kb
• File Link: several different files, view the tutorial: http://www.lukeescud...nline-tutorial/
• Required Extensions: None
• Required DLLs: 39dll, included in tutorial

Summary

Hello all! I'd like to share my 39dll tutorial - it has been read by many, many, people and I've received tons of great feedback on it. I've been programming with 39dll for years, and I've created some really incredible stuff with it, like Nexus, my MMORPG VirtuaLife, current GMechanism, and some other cool stuff.

Here's a link to the tutorial: http://www.lukeescud...nline-tutorial/

Let me know what you think! Example GMKs and foundation code are downloadable.

Edited by lukeescude, 31 July 2012 - 09:38 PM.

[Nocturne]

Nice tutorial. Well written and presented! Staff pick .

[djk164]

very nice and clean explanations

[Sam_Man_5000]

• Title: Popular 39dll Tutorial
• Description: Many people have used my tutorial and loved it!
• GM Version: :GM81: and Studio
• Registered: Yes, for use with DLLs
• File Type: .gmk
• File Size: roughly 60kb
• File Link: several different files, view the tutorial: http://www.lukeescud...nline-tutorial/
• Required Extensions: None
• Required DLLs: 39dll, included in tutorial

Summary

Hello all! I'd like to share my 39dll tutorial - it has been read by many, many, people and I've received tons of great feedback on it. I've been programming with 39dll for years, and I've created some really incredible stuff with it, like Nexus, my MMORPG VirtuaLife, current GMechanism, and some other cool stuff.

Here's a link to the tutorial: http://www.lukeescud...nline-tutorial/

Let me know what you think! Example GMKs and foundation code are downloadable.

May I turn this into a YouTube video? It will include your name and links to everything you link to in the tut itself.

[lukeescude]

Yeah, absolutely! be sure to post the link up here when you're done!

[Sam_Man_5000]

Awesome, I will start working on that ASAP! Thank you!

[johnkapid]

Well, this is very helpful. Very helpful indeed.

[kamikaze21]

Nice tutorial dude!, but with GM:Studio i have a critical msg and can't compile, idk why

Edit: I found the problem, remove from "included files" the 39dll, compile and put the 39dll manually in the folder where's the game executable.

Edited by kamikaze21, 12 September 2012 - 08:08 AM.

[lukeescude]

Glad you found the issue, and thanks, johnkapid!

[webber17]

Tut looks awesome! I'm going to follow the entire thing and try to make my first online game.
One thing, when I imported it to Studio I get an error saying:

Error defining an external function.
ERROR!!! :: ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object server_init:

[lukeescude]

That error looks incomplete, is that the whole thing?

You may not be able to correctly import a GMK file into Studio. It may be necessary to open the GMK with Game Maker 8, export the scripts to a GML file, then drag and drop the scripts into your project.

[Canuckles]

It's because 39dll wasn't included in your export folder.

[NightGrader]

The tutorial really helped me understand 39Dll. Thanks! +1 rep.

 

Edit: Oops didn't mean to necro post! Sorry!

Edited by NightGrader, 15 April 2013 - 07:11 AM.

[Ruub]

Could you redo one for faucet networking   

[lukeescude]

I'll look into Faucet and check it out

 

I'm not doing much 39dll anymore though, since most of my time is spent on GMechanism, which is async-PHP.

[NightGrader]

I'll look into Faucet and check it out

 

I'm not doing much 39dll anymore though, since most of my time is spent on GMechanism, which is async-PHP.

 

Can't wait for that. :D

[KurtBlissZ]

I can't get this to work on Game Maker Studio Standard I get this error when i try to run it out of this tutorials example and it says it supports studio. Help?

 

Error:

___________________________________________
############################################################################################
ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object server_init:

Error defining an external function.
 at gml_Script_dllinit (line 8) - external_call(external_define(global._39dll, "dllInit", dll_cdecl, ty_real, 0));
############################################################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
stack frame is
gml_Script_dllinit (line 0)
called from - gml_Object_server_init_Create_0 (line 1) - Initializes the dll. 

[lukeescude]

To make it work with Studio, replace all dll_cdecl with dll_stdcall

 

There are garbage differences between each, and Studio only works with Standard Call with 39dll.

[KurtBlissZ]

Okay now this error after doing so.  After replacing all dll_cdecl with dll_stdcall.

 

Eror:

___________________________________________
############################################################################################
ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object server_init:

Error defining an external function.
 at gml_Script_dllinit (line 8) - external_call(external_define(global._39dll, "dllInit", dll_stdcall, ty_real, 0));
############################################################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
stack frame is
gml_Script_dllinit (line 0)
called from - gml_Object_server_init_Create_0 (line 1) - Initializes the dll. 

 

Help is appreciated