hello, i need some experts for this. i want to create a online game where,
1 you pick your stage,
2 log on with the others and set the player name over your head.
3 set the name and control 4 different characters on the level.
4 also i need to be able to start it with less than 4 players.
i got the bgs and characters and stuff, i just need all the online info. BIG thanks anyone who can help.
There are some great video tutorials on moo by Jeff in the tutorials section. They will give you a good start.
that really isnt gonna work. sorry.
Then what do you expect us to do?
While I despise posts where people ask for such huge things, I'll try to help you the best I can.
Firstly, break the game into small manageable sections, for example, start with simple gameplay, then make advanced gameplay, and finally work towards online play. After that, you can add in extra features. And to answer your questions:
1.Each stage could be a different Moo channel, if you use the Moo objects.
2.Is described in the Moo tutorials by Jeff and also in the ones on the Daily Click done by Flava.
3.Same as 2
4.Before you let a person log into a room, check to see how many people are in there. If there are 4, then redirect them to a different room. You can use a list to store all of the rooms in.
You can either:
A. Work off the tutorials
or
B. Pay patrick for his engine and work from there...
I did, and do not regret it for a second.
I had several games that were 'fun' but too buggy (online side) seeing his example made it easier to organize my code....
i mean that that the tut was to off completely from what i want to do. i need to log on some one elses server, like in the chat tut. past that... i didn't follow.
When you say you couldn't follow, do you mean that you couldn't understand it? Because if so, just go through them slowly, it should go line by line for what to add and how it works. Because it seems like the video chat tutorials would help you immensely in what you are trying to achieve.
Chat data and game data is very similar.
A turn based game or a chat room is a good project to start with.
I have a couple Mooclick games tutorials I need to finish up and video. Having a bit of problem coming up with an "easy to explain" lag free real time game example so I will probably try to finish the turn based one first.
Real time games just seem to require so many events to deal with the lag and my brain doesn't work like thatPerhaps someone else can come up with an easy method I just can't see.
but in the end its all just sending data and recieving data -- Nothing harder or different then what you find in the simple chat tutorials.
where can I find this tutorial on the moo by jeff?
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