Oinc Tutorial Videos!

I've seen and talked to a number of forumites that say they don't understand how Oinc works, or they think that Oinc is far more complicated than Moo. In my own mythbusting way, I have decided to start a series of tutorials (just like Jeff did for Moo) on how to use Oinc. So here they are:

The Chat Application: This introductory video runs you through the basics of OINC in a practical walk-through for making a simple chat application in about 15 minutes.
Tutorial Source .MFA

More coming soon! Got a request for a tutorial? Tell me!

Sorry

Could you please make the video public somehow? It's asking me to login to view it. Thanks.

I do apologise, I didn't realise that Vimeo automatically did that.

The video is now public.

Very good video :)

Jason

This video is amazing. Thank you, DizzyDoo, it really helps. As I see it isn't too difficult to use OINC!!
Really great!

Excellent! I especially loved it at time index 14:08 "Jeff wouldn't do this..."
It doesn't seem to be as complex as Moo either. can you make another chat video with a private message function too?
Keep up the great work.
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Yes, that's a fantastic tutorial - will help many, many people and hopefully raise the profile of OINC.

One thing I tend to do differently, is when getting your own user name for use in the history box, or whatever:

Upon connect - disable the edit box for usernames, and then instead of getting OINC self name data, take directly from the now fixed & disabled username edit box.

This is one less thing which has to be sent/recieved via the net, and I would imagine will ultimately result in a faster responding application/game.

This video is FANTASTIC!
I hope you do more video tutorials.
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I have a special place in my heart for some very common british words that no one uses in the USA. When you called something rubbish I really enjoyed it :)

Great work Matt! :) Very clear and concise!

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Originally Posted by Asholay

instead of getting OINC self name data, take directly from the now fixed & disabled username edit box.

This is one less thing which has to be sent/recieved via the net, and I would imagine will ultimately result in a faster responding application/game.

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When you set your name, it tells the server which name you want and the server responds with the name which has been assigned to you. This is what Self_Name$() returns - nothing extra is transferred over the network. You should use Self_Name$() rather than your method, to allow the server to modify the name of the client.

Second Video is up! If you missed it being uploaded yesterday.

Thanks for the very kind comments everyone, I'm super-happy these are being useful. More in the pipeline...

This is so good!
Thank you for the time and effort put in to this. Great work!
Looking forward to more. :grin:

Indeed, these are well made and very helpful tutorials, thanks :)

Great tutorials =) Cant wait for more to get my OINC gaming going !

Awesome tutorials. Have them bookmarked and can't wait for the next. Keep up the good work.

Thanks everyone! :)

The third tutorial is half finished, but I don't have all that much time to finish it right now, soon though.

These tutorials are excellent! :D I'm sure they will be extremely helpful to anyone new to OINC, or even MOO. And your third tutorial, as well, will help those who want a faster-running game.

Might I request a topic to be covered in a future tutorial? You don't have to, but I'd like to see how to make a custom server with POINC. :)

I'd like to cover custom servers with poinc, but that would first require me to teach Python. If I do a tutorial on this, it will be a written one, which would be easier for you to learn, since you wouldn't just be watching me type for an hour. Poinc is the hidden jewel within Oinc, I hope as many people discover it as possible.

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I'd like to cover custom servers with poinc, but that would first require me to teach Python. If I do a tutorial on this, it will be a written one, which would be easier for you to learn, since you wouldn't just be watching me type for an hour. Poinc is the hidden jewel within Oinc, I hope as many people discover it as possible.

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That would be nice. I acually haven't taken a dive into poinc yet. I need to. It seems like a lot of work, though, to introduce a coding language AND tell people how to use it with oinc. By the way, what is the main topic of the 3rd tutorial?

Oh it took me a while to notice this thread, I've been hoping for some Oinc tuts... And these are tops! great work!

These tutorials are awesome! Especially the Basic Online Movement one. Hope one of your future tutorials includes a piece on how to shoot each other and respawn - that would be great.