What code does GE generate?

[motorollin]

I'm assuming GE generates some kind of code which is then compiled for the target platform. What is it? C? C++? Or something else? And how optimised is this code compared to writing it yourself from scratch? (In my case for the GP2X)

[arcreamer]

i think eaither C or C++

[Jay S.]

i think eaither C or C++

In fact, GE uses both. Mostly C, but there are some recognizable traces of C++ in it.

[arcreamer]

yeah i knew it was C! o yeah me smart...

[Fuzzy]

The GED files themselves are some sort of encrypted format. For example, if I put a string "aaaa" in and actor, and save to ged, the string is not four identical characters in the ged. Likewise, if a second actor has a text "aaaa", it may not match the first "aaaa".

[motorollin]

So in terms of performance of my game, which would be better: GameEditor or plain C/C++ written using the GP2X SDK?

[d-soldier]

Since GE is meant to be a gateway for designing games WITHOUT serious programming experience, I would expect better results coding everything within a programming language, if you can. I'm sure it would eliminate a fair amount of unnecessary programming, but then again, you would have to start scratch (loading graphics and programming them to appear on screen, etc.)

[motorollin]

I thought as much, thanks. However I have practically no experience coding in C so I'll stick to GE My game's performance so far is ok on the GP2X anyway, so it should be alright.

[d-soldier]

The gp2x issue is one that gets better every single time a GE update is released... So, like me, you can better yourself in GE while biding your time.