Questions for a small MMO

[Humbugle]

Howdy!

I've been working slowly away at MMF for a year or so now, and I feel I'm ready to start on a mission I've wanted to do for a while, a small MMORPG.
I just have a few questions, appologies if this is long winded, or if any of these have been asked before. I did a quick search for a few of the questions but didn't find anything specific enough to most of them

Any of these answered will be a huge help to me so if even only one gets answered I'll be very satisfied!
(If I should post these in their own individual threads do let me know and i'll resubmit)


1) What are multimedia fusions limits?
By this I mean... Will I be restricted at some point as to how many actives can be used in a single frame, or will having a LOT of events have any side effects?


2) Using the OINC client, is the best way to send and recieve player locations simply sending their X and Y positions every 1/15th of a second or so? Is there no better way to do this?


3) OK, I've really wrapped my brain around this one for a long time and just cannot think of an easy solution. My game will have a lot of items. And each item picked up will need to relate to a specific "inventory slot" with the ability to use/drop each items to free that inventory slot up again etc.
Regarding available slots I just used a counter which is fine, but how would I link a specific item picture to the corresponding inventory slot? Whats the best way to create this sort of complex inventory system. Maybe an example of one someones already made which I would be able to view? Sorry if this was worded a bit oddly, I'm not sure how to explain what I mean really


I'm sure I had a forth question but I can't remember it...

Anyway thankyou in advance guys, and cheers for the patience to read all that As I said, any of them answered is a huge help to me!

[nivram]

Hi Humbugle
1. The active limit per frame 20,000. Default is 500, you will need to change that in the frame properties.

Marv

[Humbugle]

Excellent! 20,000 should be fine!

Thanks a lot! That's the most important one down!

[James]

2) Send the X whenever your X position is different from last time you sent it, and the Y whenever your Y position is different from last time you sent it. Implement some kind of dead reckoning/client side prediction to interpolate between received coordinates.

[Humbugle]

Ahh good point, I don't need to be sending the co-ords if nothings changed!

And aye I thought a prediction system would be good... Just have to rattle my brain over how to get one going

Thankyou very much!

[Koro]

Well... To use slots and pictures. I suggest you use Array Object to save/load the item.

[Humbugle]

Ahh... I've not used that tool, I'll have to look into it Certainly makes it easier knowing which tools suit the job!

Perfect! Thanks a lot guys, you've all been awesome help! Now I can start on my pride and joy Thankyou thankyou thankyou!