Hey everyone,
I've been here a while, and ever since back in '06 I've been using FPS Creator. I decided to venture off into the complicated world of Dark Basic. But, before I purchase this great product, can somebody please fill me in on...

1) What type of code would I need to use to call upon the track, 3d cars (at a certain starting point), and play there wheel animations, turn with W,A,S,D, etc...?
-sub note-I know that I would use a .ini file for the keyboard controls, so the user can make his own.

2) How would I make a menu? Would it all be in one .exe, or should I launch a menu .exe to edit controls, etc. (Coded in VB or something.)

If there are any references anyone can link me to help me such as tutorials or etc., that would be great!

Much help appreciated,
AaronG

1) nobody can really answer that as that is up to how you design your engine; more specifically your level loading routine.

2) for menus and for changing controls and settings I don't think an external .exe is necessary; all you need to do is make a separate menu loop to handle that. And I don't think VB is the best way to go unless you have a way to receive input from game controllers, joysticks etc. so that the user could simply press a button to set that as a certain control.

TGC has some very good tutorials right on their website. Check out this one for example (it is to do with hover cars).

http://developer.thegamecreators.com/?f=t02/bm_tutorial_index

Thanks guys for the great input!