Lesson 1
HOW TO use the dynamic media system.

DarkBASIC Professional use a static way of creating medias. This mean you need to choose a number before creating the object.
For example, if we want to load our Hero using default DarkBASIC Professional commands, we'll do this :
Load Object "hero.x", 1

The number 1 define that the object index will be 1. Problems appear when we have a large amount of objects... More the project will be near to its completion, more objects we'll have. This also mean that we'll have to memorize which numbers are used by which objects. It become then hard to remind exactly all objects and number associates without a written list.
The main advantage of this plugin is to allow user to not take care of the medias numbers. The command will set it for him. It's the "Dynamic" way for media handling. User will have to use a named variable, a table or a variable in a type to store the number returned by the function. It's then easy to name a global variable : Hero and use it. We'll proceed like follow using the plugin command :
Hero = B3D Load Object("Hero.x")
It is easier to use named variables especially when the choosen name is linked to the media use. When you'll have to modify the media, position it, scale it, and make other changes, it will be easy to simply use the default DarkBASIC Professional commands replacing the object number by the variable. It will be like this :
Position Object Hero, X, Y, Z

You no more need to use number. Variable is here now and when you check the line, you know that the object that will be positionned is the "hero".
That exemple is dedicaced to 3D Objects but the plugin contain the same commands for other medias like sounds, musics, memblocks, images and files...
WARNING !!! : To be sure that the "Dynamic" system will work perfectly, you must not use default DarkBASIC Professional creation/clone/instance/load commands when commands from the plugin are used.
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