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@ Code Wraith
Hiya and Thank you for all the advice.
I'm currently working on my data layer and building the map, it's far from finished and I do not intend to start coding straight away.
I will worry about coding when I get to it, but have taken the step of investing in a few decent books.
Cost me a pretty packet but what the hell, it's only money and you cannot take it with you lol...
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While I agree to 99% with CodeWraith, by
- First, create your data base (not database, I mean the base for all your data  ), i.e. data layer
- Create a Business Layer, keep it as abstract as possible, and always keep performance in mind, so do not overengineer things.
- Maintainability of software is extremely important, but consider the drawbacks of DIP, IoC and the like, as reflection and dynamic type resolve are VERY expensive operations when it comes down to microseconds when developing a game.
- Keep those at a minimum necessary for your code to be maintainable, but don't create the holy formula for peace on earth.
Besides all of that, I would like to add one single thing:
It is not ultimately true, that you can create those layers "at will".
You need to make one important decision:
- The technology where this all will end
Means: If you plan to go the Unity path, C# is fine.
If you use other platform independant Engines, like libGdx (for Java), DeFold (based on lua language), you might find out, that your layers will not work, as libGdx and DeFold simply don't know about C#.
So, before writing a single line of code, make sure, that you will be able to use your lower layers in the engine where the presentation will take place.
modified 20-Feb-19 3:34am.
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@ Mike Barhold
Hiya and Thank you for your advice too.
Especially everything you wrote in the first paragraph.
Yes I had figured on using C#, although I have not programmed in C# before, I see no problem in learning it.
I do not learn well from video's. I learn better from traditional text books.
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Maybe given all the useful comments posted so far and your clear goal, it might be worth writing a series of articles on codeproject as you learn and progress in your game development.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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@ Guy Thiebaut
Hiya and Thank you for your advice too.
That's not a bad idea at all, I'm okay with screen grabs and writing the steps I guess, but have never made any educational video's and I'm not sure about my voice hahaha 
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@ Rick Zeeland
Hiya and Thank you for the links to the videos.
I've saved in it my browser favourites for future reading.
Especially the tutorials.
Iv'e already chosen Unity as the engine
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@ Zurod Dev
Thank you for the links to his books.
I did see his books advertised when I did my research for the books to buy.
I had thought to myself I would to buy them,
Maybe one or two from his "Unity from Zero To Proficiency" range
but not right now since I spent a lot on the books I bought.
So maybe after a few months I will try to buy them and maybe.
The books I bought for now are:
Sams Teach Yourself - Unity Game Development in 24 Hrs - Mike Greig
Game Development With Unity - Michelle Menard
C# Game Programming Cookbook - for Unity 3D - Jeff Murray
More Effective C# - 50 Specific Ways To Improve Your C# - Bill Wagner
Essential c# - Mark Michaelis & Eric Lippert
The first book I bought will be the last one to arrive
Introduction to Game Design, Prototyping and Development - C# Unity- Jeremy Gibson
Books
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@ Slacker007
Thank you for the links to resources on this site.
The one titled "UNITY 3D - Game Programming Introduction..."
looks superb so I will take a look at that one tonight or later.
Thanks again.
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Glad to hear.
the Brackeys link has some great tutorials on creating game maps in Unity, etc.
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Thanks Again - I'll check it out now
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Quote: So how do I go about creating a terrain map in Unity with contours?
I use the terrain.party website to create height maps of real world locations. Once the height maps are downloaded, you'll need to use Photoshop or Gimp or similar to convert them to .raw format, so that Unity can read them.
Once you have the height map in .raw format, you can create a terrain object in Unity and apply the height map to displace the geometry. I'll leave it to you to play with the settings etc. to get the effect you are looking for, but this should get you started...
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@ Twan Gabhala
Thank You for your help too.
Yes I came across terrain Party website and tried it out.
It only allowed a maximum coverage of 60KM Sq
So I skipped that and created my own map in paint shop pro 5
Its a very old software (1995) but supports RAW format image editing/saving. I create a 256 color bitmap (png/gif), then convert it greyscale then export as RAW. I used it to make a simple map (one I could learn lessons from) in unity, before making the final map. It all helped me understand the scaling of Z (vertical axis) to the game world.
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I was questioned today about my MAGA coffee mug by one of the black females at work today today.
"Who got that for you?"
Harmless query, or something more? I guess we'll see.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Well, blacks are Americans too so yeah, they can join in also.
America the beautiful from sea to shining sea.
What's the problem?
Get er a hat.
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: "Who got that for you?"
Should have said 'My personal mate Donaldo.'
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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You mean your MAGA Covfefe mug :P
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Donald is walking out of the White House and heading toward his limo, when a possible assassin steps forward and aims a gun.
A secret service agent, new on the job, shouts 'Mickey Mouse!'
This startles the would-be assassin and he is captured.
Later, the secret service agent's supervisor takes him aside and asks, 'What in the hell made you shout Mickey Mouse?'
Blushing, the agent replies, 'I got nervous. I meant to shout 'Donald, duck!'
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As I just took my company's Corruption and Bribery training, maybe she was making sure it wasn't a gift to influence you.
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Nobody influences me, because I'm a free-thinker.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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As a free-thinker myself, I can be influenced by logical argument from shared postulates, or by showing me that my facts are wrong. The things that don't influence me are:
- Arguments from authority (e.g. "the Bible says so!").
- Arguments from abuse (e.g. "are you some kind of !@#$ atheist?")
- Arguments from irrelevance (e.g. "do you think that we were put on this Earth for just a moment of time?")
- ...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Is it just me...? More and more (it seems especially over the past couple of weeks?) many sites are putting up increasingly intrusive cookie permission pop-ups. What used to be a simple, narrow banner at the top of the page or an animated small slide-down somewhere, has now become a full, or almost full, screen div that obliterates most, or even all, of the page content. The cookie messages frequently include stupid statements such as "these cookies are essential to proper operation of the site" when all it is is a tracking cookie. Half the time I can't even tell if I really want to visit the site / read the article because the sodding cookie message hides everything else.
Some give the option to accept cookies or to decline them; but many just have the option to accept or to not use the site. I realise the site owner has every right to put whatever conditions they like on their content, but it really winds me up. I'm finding that up to a dozen times a day I'm just right-clicking and choosing "Inspect element", then deleting the offending HTML element(s). This probably has no effect on the placement of cookies but I'm darned if I'm going to play the stupid games that the site authors clearly want to get involved in.
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