Language in use...

Hi, im totaly green with these stuff and im really interested and i would like to know what programs and coding languages are used to create mmorpg games like lineage,all acclaim.com games. What programs are used and what coding languages are in use,what functions do u get from these languages?

Games and game engines are very often made in C++.

A few examples of games made in C++ are (quoted from another forum):

Doom III engine. Sierra On-line: Birthright, Hellfire, Football Pro, Bullrider I & II, Trophy Bear, Kings Quest, Antara, Hoyle Card games suite, SWAT, and too many others to list… Blizzard: StarCraft, StarCraft: Brood War, Diablo I, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, Warcraft III, World of Warcraft. Quicksilver: Shanghai Second Dynasty, Shanghai Mah Jongg Essentials, Starfleet Command, Invictus, PBS's Heritage: Civilization and the Jews, Master of Orion III, CS-XII. Microsoft: all games. EA: video game engine. Byond: a "world" development platform

wow cool. any ideas in programs in use?

For the compiling I beleive Visual C++, GCC C++ (G++) or Borland C++ are the most used ones.

For graphics, 3D modelling and other stuff I really don't know, but I suppose wellknown software packages like Adobe Photoshop, 3ds Max and Blender are common ^^

Oh thankx,it helped.

i believe that C# is commonly used for game developement tools, but dont quote me on that. i've also heard that Lua is becoming more popular for game making.

you might want to take a look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_programming#Language

Uber0n wrote: Games and game engines are very often made in C++.

A few examples of games made in C++ are (quoted from another forum):

[quote]Doom III engine. Sierra On-line: Birthright, Hellfire, Football Pro, Bullrider I & II, Trophy Bear, Kings Quest, Antara, Hoyle Card games suite, SWAT, and too many others to list… Blizzard: StarCraft, StarCraft: Brood War, Diablo I, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, Warcraft III, World of Warcraft. Quicksilver: Shanghai Second Dynasty, Shanghai Mah Jongg Essentials, Starfleet Command, Invictus, PBS's Heritage: Civilization and the Jews, Master of Orion III, CS-XII. Microsoft: all games. EA: video game engine. Byond: a "world" development platform[/quote]

Dont forget the havok engine and halo series