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Anyone who comes here saying "I want to make a mmorpg" or anything similar has no chance whatsoever of ever making one within the next 5-10 years.
This statement is true because: A person who would come here asking for mmorpg help almost certainly has no or very little programming skills and cannot even picture the kind of programming that is needed to write a mmorpg.
Case closed.
Kinda wrong, but hey, if it's case closed I'm happy :)
Squize.
Every gamer kid wants to make a MMORPG and most of them will try and fail miserably.Quote:
Originally Posted by cheyennecloud
kesmai that is so true
err, h8 to say it but Im new, and yes I do want to make an mmorpg. unfortunately, people may seem this to be impossible as i am a newb (though i have some scripting and computer experience), no team at all, and im using... flash 5 :( . However, im sure i can pick up quickly, and already understand and have used successfully alot of actions. i just want to know how to send info over the web, as well as saving data. help? please. kinda lengthy, but i really want to know, im good at scripting, but bad at directions. and i already have the physics system down, hours of bugs and learning! :p
and i read what you think about people like me, ive already written a 5 page script though (i know what knid of scripting is required(meaning i know that is small compared to what lies ahead))
Welcome to FK mate.
This isn't really the best thread to post your question in, it's a very anti-mmorpg / be a bit realistic thread.
Have a look at the knowledge base sticky, there's a link to a huge multi-player thread there.
Being perfectly honest I had a couple of days playing with electro-server ages ago, and I really struggled to get my head around it. It's not for the faint of heart.
Squize.
Hmm im not sure i agree with that. What if the person who asks is an amazingly skilled programmer this way they would have the knowledge to make a MMORPG and could possibly make it.Quote:
Anyone who comes here saying "I want to make a mmorpg" or anything similar has no chance whatsoever of ever making one within the next 5-10 years.
Yep, 'cause that's going to happen :)
Squize.
"whew", and here i was afraid i was going to get yelled at for being new or posting in a bad topic, etc. and its not much of an mmorpg, as it is an action game with abilities, i should probably switch to a better thread, im assuming you guys know this place like the back of your hand, where are better descriptions on certain functions? (as ive said, im bad at directions, but i use functions well).
course, i could just look
yup, already found good info!! hitTest info, i didnt know it tested the actual shape when coordinates were applied (drat, i spent all that time on making them collide too), this means ill be able to have my better collisions!! sweet, anyways, bye from this thread (this place is awesome)
My Mate made a MMORPG Game at www.robostrike.com all in flash his name is bill and chris helped i think as well but bill done most of it i think and there MMORPG game was made by 2 people so suck on that lol.
hmm, looks nice, but it's not my type of game(turn based? bleh), i guess there are others who think differantly, but other than that i think its pretty good.
it was made by 2 people in less than a year but they still have little updates
That's pretty fast (especially for me, ive got school AND im lazy). I wish I was better at making these graphics, it seems like the only hope I've got is to find pictures that look like whatever, or to make it in a 3d renderer.
however, in a few days (err, weekends) I made the starting point for my (hopefully) going-to-be-succesful game. its not much to look at, but its got jumping (shift), brakes(space) movement(arrow keys), collision and what not, and a pretty nice cursor. keep in mind im new, just starting hs, am lazy, and using flash 5...any suggestions for imroving what ive got?(besides graphics) oh, and im using a mac 9.2 without internet!! (that green thing is a wall, click on a button to change your mode of movement(car,bus,walk respectively)
dang, already found somin i should change(backwards looks funny)
I didn't play yet, but that site is pretty odd. There's some navigation going on in Dutch, but the rest of the site is in French - or at least on my computer. Are you guys by any chance from Belgium?Quote:
Originally Posted by XareoX
Chris and bill(people who made it) are french but u can change the language to english french and lots more i havent played it in a wile.
Yes, I know you can change the language, but the flash-based top navigation is always in Dutch on my computer, no matter what language I select. Pretty strange.
Wait what?Quote:
Originally Posted by XareoX
It seems to be more of a 'MOG' than an 'MMORPG' what with it not being massive, and from what I could see has no role playing elements whatsoever.
Also I may as well contribute my secret shame to the thread - Shenanigans 2. Some FKers might remember it from a few years ago, it was an online multiplayer RPG styled game that I spent too much time on and never ended up finishing. I learned a good lesson though - and I highly recommend not starting a project like this. If you insist on starting one though, just make sure to realize you most likely wont be finishing it.
And for anybody curious: some screenshots!
(dont mind all of the debug info and 'programmer art')
Castle Entrance
A store!
House Placement 1
House Placement 2
NPC Jamboree
Defending the household
Monsters and such
Can anyone in this thread help me by posting any kind of tutorial, advanced or simple, for a mmorpg, either way i'll figure it out.
Did you read the thread mate ?
How many mmorpg's are there in Flash ? Let's say 10. What are the odds that even one of the developers of those 10 have written a tutorial ? Writing any sort of tut is quite an undertaking, one for a mmorpg would be huge.
If you want to do one ( And ignore most of the advice in this thread ), make sure you have the ability to both:
Code an rpg
Use Flash multi-user servers, such as electrotank.
mmorpg, the new gta :rolleyes:
Squize.
Just have the best of both worlds.Quote:
Originally Posted by Squize
MMORPGTAG.