Coding Max Payne

[ashwin]

I would like to know the entire list of software utilities used in developing max payne and in what language has the code been written.

[SamiV]

Windows 2000 as the main operating system, some artists were still using Windows98/ME at the end of the project.

Programming:</font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Microsoft Visual C++
</font><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Art:</font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">MaxEd (internal level editor)</font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Photoshop</font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">3ds max</font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Freehand</font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">AcdSee</font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">ParticleFX, ActorFX (internal tools)
</font><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Audio:</font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Vegas Audio</font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Sound Forge
</font><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Misc:</font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Ultra-Edit (text editor that rules)</font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">SourceSafe (file management)</font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">InstallShield</font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Perl (misc build scripts etc)</font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Word, Excel, FrontPage</font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">many small misc utilities and plugins
</font><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">That should be most of it.
SamiV.

[ashwin]

Thanks a lot Sami for the list.Do most of the current games use VC++ for the programming??

BTW is the manual that comes with the game available in a pdf format.If so could u give me the link.

Ashwin

[biXen]

Originally posted by ashwin:
Thanks a lot Sami for the list.Do most of the current games use VC++ for the programming??
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Yup, and not only games. Most thing use it, that or Java...

[Co11]

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