Afar ~ 1,000 Players

[Kelton]

why does your character move so slow?

 

[Ellie]

Because the video capture software I used slowed the computer down somewhat.

 

[Grathea]

why does your character move so slow?

The program he's using to record cuts the framerate by something like a half. It means that everything runs slower than it would ingame.

 

[Ellie]

Me being the cheapskate I am, it was a choice between HyperCam or CamStudio. I used the latter, which brought the frame rate down to 10 fps. I was able to double it, but that was all without losing quality. In-game it generally runs around 35 fps which is just under your average RMXP framerate (bearing in mind this is on ~200x200 maps).

Edit:

A random musing, but on list of users viewing the forums:

1. Viewing the forum index
2. Viewing the forum index
3. Viewing the forum index
4. Registering an account
5. Registering an account
6. Registering an account

My ebil plan worked. I mean er... you didn't hear that.

 

[storm020]

4 questions
*Are players going to be able to write letters to each other and send items to each other in them?
*Can players do trades to each other face to face?
*Can players customize their cloaths and see the change?
*Are there going to be banks?

 

[Ellie]

Are players going to be able to write letters to each other and send items to each other in them?

There is chat, if that's what you mean.

Can players do trades to each other face to face?

Yes.

Can players customize their cloaths and see the change?

Yes, i.e. when you change armour it changes how your character looks. Also, hair types and colour, and skin tones, are changeable.

Are there going to be banks?

Yes.

 

[Necrile]

I have 3 questions for you:
1. Whats the general levelling time, from 1 to max.
2. Is it going to be laggy? Because from your video, it seems unplayably laggy.
3. When do you expect a public beta?

 

[Ellie]

Whats the general levelling time, from 1 to max.

This I am unsure of yet, I suppose I should try it out some time.

Is it going to be laggy? Because from your video, it seems unplayably laggy.

That's purely the video capture software I used.

In-game, it runs about 35 fps on the 200x200 maps.

When do you expect a public beta?

Unsure of this. I keep planning dates, and things keep coming up. Like... December '07 was my initial plan, then March this year, now I dunno. If I set a date it'll probably fail again, so I figure I'll release it when it's done and leave it at that.

 

[Necrile]

Can't wait man, I've been looking at this since you first put it up on the netplayplus site.

 

[Ellie]

I figured it was time for a new screenshot.

This is half real, half mock-up. Daniel here is real, the rest are added in via Paint as I haven't got Visual Equipment working globally yet unfortunately.

But all the sprites are real at least.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/ ... 7may02.png[/img]

Their equipment and looks:

Lolnoob - medium skin tone, long hair, short hair. Wearing Bronze Plated Body and Iron Round Shield.
Ironman - dark skin tone, black hair, short hair (Arshes). Wearing Iron Plated Body and Iron Round Shield. (Full Iron no helm)
Person2 - pale skin tone, strawberry hair, long hair (Fem). Wearing Mithril Plated Body and Mithril Round Shield (Full mithril no helm). Wielding a generic sword (as I haven't made sword sprites yet other than this one).
Platinumgirl - pale skin tone, platinum hair, long hair (Fem2). Wearing Iron Plated Body and no shield.
Daniel - pale skin tone, dark brown hair, short hair. Wearing Bronze Plated Body and Bronze Round Shield (Full Bronze no helm).

 

[Spoo]

Oh!  There is going to be visual equipment?  I hope that goes well, as I've tried it and it was EPIC FAIL for me. 

Lol at lolnoob

 

[tibuda]

Are players going to be able to write letters to each other and send items to each other in them?

There is chat, if that's what you mean.

I don't believe he was talking about chat, but a "mail system". You can send letters and items to your friends even if they are offline, and when they get online the item is avaiable at the next post office. Such system would require a anti-spam too.

Edit: nice screen, this is the first  online rpg maker project I see future.

 

[Ellie]

Ah. Well, perhaps the forums are better suited for that purpose.

 

[Queue]

I figured it was time for a new screenshot.

This is half real, half mock-up. Daniel here is real, the rest are added in via Paint as I haven't got Visual Equipment working globally yet unfortunately.

But all the sprites are real at least.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/ ... 7may02.png[/img]

Their equipment and looks:

Lolnoob - medium skin tone, long hair, short hair. Wearing Bronze Plated Body and Iron Round Shield.
Ironman - dark skin tone, black hair, short hair (Arshes). Wearing Iron Plated Body and Iron Round Shield. (Full Iron no helm)
Person2 - pale skin tone, strawberry hair, long hair (Fem). Wearing Mithril Plated Body and Mithril Round Shield (Full mithril no helm). Wielding a generic sword (as I haven't made sword sprites yet other than this one).
Platinumgirl - pale skin tone, platinum hair, long hair (Fem2). Wearing Iron Plated Body and no shield.
Daniel - pale skin tone, dark brown hair, short hair. Wearing Bronze Plated Body and Bronze Round Shield (Full Bronze no helm).

I would recommend making a small change to the text in the menu above the main playing window. Make the font lighter, perhaps a light brown or white. It's annoying having to concentrate on it to read it.

 

[Ellie]

D'oh  :pissed: I thought I'd already changed that text colour ages ago...

I screwed up with a script so put a backup back (a while ago), but I did one or two small changes between backups. Nothing major, just things like that font colour, and a battle system bug I've gotta fix.

 

[Ellie]

The good news is, the last *revisable* exam was yesterday. So more Vengeance time.

The bad news is, I forgot what I was about to say next.

Oh yeah. The one week holiday of half term is now over. Back to school. Joy. 7 weeks 'till the next holiday, and that one's for 6 weeks.

 

[Necrile]

The good news is, the last *revisable* exam was yesterday. So more Vengeance time.

The bad news is, I forgot what I was about to say next.

Oh yeah. The one week holiday of half term is now over. Back to school. Joy. 7 weeks 'till the next holiday, and that one's for 6 weeks.

Oww..that post hurt my brain. I don't get what you are saying. Are you going to work on it? Or not? Or what? @_@

 

[Ellie]

Hmm. It fried my brain too.

-I'm not gonna work on it as much as last week but
-I'm gonna work on it more than last week...

Erm...

Well, with no more exams to revise for I can work more on the game, but for less hours of the day, sort of, as school comes in between...

I don't really know



PLAYER VOTE - PVP

I'd appreciate it if peeps would vote in an important poll on the forums if you gets time:

http://forums.vengeance-rpg.com/index.p ... 143.0.html

Thanks

 

[Necrile]

I have a strange feeling you are a runescape junkie.. anyway, I voted. Hope you like the idea I posted.

 

[Ellie]

Indeed  :psy:.

But, RuneScape getting rid of PvP in the Wilderness means a gap in the market for a game with Player Killing.