okay, theoretically i Could go find out myself, but im 2 lazy, so if anyone knows then could they tell me how much macromedia Director 7.0 costs? And, can someone tell me which would be a good programme 2 make games in, cos i have Visual basics, and i can use it really easily cos its like, really easy, but its not fast enough or advanced enough to let me make the games i want, and if anyone knows of a good graphic rendering type programme, can u tell me bout that too please. lol. thanx peoples.

Sometimes, badly thought-out questions make answering very hard.

You want to buy director. Where do you live? Prices changes according to the organization overhead the company has to pay in each country. Besides, there's packages. In Europe, Director MX costs from 1500 euros upwards. Googling for it would have saved you the time of logging into the forums and typing the message. Unless you were only really trying to attract attention to how cool you are because you plan on using Director.

There is no program '2 make games in'. Typically, game development involves dozens of software packages being used together in different stages of development. I'll go on a limb, and assume you're talking about the game code here. Buying half a dozen books on OpenGL and C++ will go a long way. And as those books will tell you, it's not really about the program you use, but about compilers. There are plenty of good, freeware compilers, with excellent tutorials, on the internet. Dev-C is generally considered a good starting point, it has a decent editor, and it's free.

A good 'graphic-rendering type' program? Photoshop does graphics rendering. So does Illustrator, along with every major software package you care to mention, all the way to After Effects and Flash MX. I'll again go on a limb, and assume that you are confusing 'rendering' with 'ray-tracing', and you are looking for a decent 3D program. The best to run on a desktop machine is generally Maya, though it can be a bit tough to get into, especially without a solid math and coding background. Lightwave is almost as powerful, but a lot easier to use, since it's not as flexible as Maya. Blender 3D is the popular freeware editor of choice, but I could never get into it myself.

Yes, blender3D is great even though I can't draw anything with it for 3 days . But as as you understand the concept, it would be easy for you like other 3D Software.

I use Game Maker to practice and I give up (i guess 3 day as I remember) cause the game I have make is really bad. I guess it can't bet Flash.

i'll say thank you igor, even though you kept implying im an idiot, im terribly sorry i don't know as much about computers as you do. and just for the record. all i have to do is click my link to this place and its all good to go, im always logged in, and i DID search for it but the macromedia site wouldn't work properly so it was easier to type it here then to look for another good site. btw, there are programs that 'make' games so to speak, eg visual basics. but thanks for the other stuff.

yo igor mate, calm down mate

mias kinder seeing your response as insulting

shes only asking coz she needs to know

i can get you a link where you can get it free

and no its not warez, i have a friend who has a friend who is given downloads away for free coz the company he bought them for went belly up