Making a online RPG

[Mazzy]

i am making a rpg but i want to make the players to be able to interact if you know how to do this or know a tutorial please reply

[Marz]

Wow... Here's a quick overview of what you'll need to know buddy...

You'll need to figure out a way of connecting all the players to a centralized server. Hoping you have enough server space and bandwith.. You create a socket server on your server... This socket server will allow you to create socket connections. Using these socket connections you can communicate between players.

You can also get Flash Communication Server and mess around with that. There are functions that let you send variables if I'm correct.. It might not be fast enough though.

[Mazzy]

do you know were to get them

[bombsledder]

there is a way around it which uses php and xml and stuff :goatee:

[Soul814]

yea can someone help me out w/ this whole linking business =) lols im starting on an online rpg got basic registering, login and stuff done, i want to learn to connect players together it would be great =)

[SiCk]

Yes yes, help you want?

I'm going to give you a cheack list.
- First do you know how net code works?
- can you script server side?
- can your engine handle multi player function?
- and do you have a server who will let you, install and access through a shell account?

If you have answerd no to any of these no worry. Yes I know you can make a server with php,pearl,asp plus xml >_> BUT how slow will that be plus if your on a free host once you go over your bandwidth (though I know of hosting that have no bandwidth for their free hosties) you would also eat in to their cpu usage and ram, once that happens your script would be dropped and account banned, so server side scripting is not the best idea for a server, it can be used for logins and other small task to take load of the main server but thats it.

Now then app, you can make your own c or c++ app thus knowing of and how to fix any and all bugs that pop up on the server, or head over to http://www.gotoandplay.it/_articles/multiplayerCentral/ and start reading.

Note you can write the codes and make the scripts but you will need a host that will give you access to shell acount, or will do what you ask of them. If you don't just login to mirc and search some rooms for new friends who are more then happy to help you :D

good luck to you :D

[Anagorith]

Hello everyone i am making a necromancer based rpg and i would like to make it online and if there are any people who can help me out like with what to do and what programs to use to make the game plz help. I have already completed one and it is offline but i just made it with rpg maker 2003. i made everything custom and knowing where everything is it still took me 13 hours to beat it so i put alot of work into it. So can someone plz help me or email me and tell me what to do step by step because i have no experiance in making a game online. Also if u would like a copy of my game plz email me till i get my site running. .THNX. im basically looking for someone who will teach me how to make an online game and im patient so dont think a 148 page text is gonna bother me. my email is Littleslimjg@aol.com

[patricktheking]

this is for flash ... not sure how rpg maker 2003 runs online games....

[the_koriner]

http://comic.gamedev.net/past.asp?comicid=12

:)

[grinch]

Hello everyone i am making a necromancer based rpg and i would like to make it online and if there are any people who can help me out like with what to do and what programs to use to make the game plz help. I have already completed one and it is offline but i just made it with rpg maker 2003. i made everything custom and knowing where everything is it still took me 13 hours to beat it so i put alot of work into it. So can someone plz help me or email me and tell me what to do step by step because i have no experiance in making a game online. Also if u would like a copy of my game plz email me till i get my site running. .THNX. im basically looking for someone who will teach me how to make an online game and im patient so dont think a 148 page text is gonna bother me. my email is Littleslimjg@aol.com

Wow, thats is extrememly sad... RPG maker?

I'd reccomend learning to depths of networks and gaming, before you decide to make a "Necromancer RPG"...

[the_koriner]

Just to be clear here...

Do you want to make it multiplayer? Or do you just want to be able to play it on the net?