DragonWarrior3_Remake

[Xandy]

NOTE: TOPIC HAS BEEN MERGED TO HERE: MapIt Quest

I am currently developing NPCs they cannot yet be added.  Items only exist in database.  Enemies only in sprite.

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This project has been on the shelf a couple years.  I decided to learn DLLStruct at the beginning of this project.  I'm not sure if using them was a good idea or not.  I'm open to converting them to pure array and Enum.

Developing multiplayer system UDP clients / server.  I'm looking for some advice on how to setup the packets.
I was thinking the best way was to convert packets to Hex and convert back at the destination.  That's probably the way I have it setup.  Anyhow they all talk to each other, clients and server.  Where the avatars appear on screens doesn't work.

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; Received in Server from Client:
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DW;51;201;0;0;1;Test_Player;10;2;20;30;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;0;


From Client Sent to Server: Player                                      : Name          : Bytes
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    $packet_data = $gPacket_key & $gPacket_Seporator                    ; 1 Key             ; 2
    $packet_data &= $gNet_sequence_frame & $gPacket_Seporator           ; 2 Sequence Frame  ; 1
    $packet_data &= $ePacket_type_connect_player & $gPacket_Seporator   ; 3 Command Type    ; 1
    $packet_data &= $player.iX & $gPacket_Seporator & _                 ; 4 X               ; 4
    $player.iY & $gPacket_Seporator & _                                 ; 5 Y               ; 4
    $player.iWorld_cur & $gPacket_Seporator & _                         ; 6 World           ; 1
    $player.caName & $gPacket_Seporator & _                             ; 7 Name            ; 64 Bytes
    $player.iLvl & $gPacket_Seporator & _                               ; 8 Lvl             ; 1
    $player.iClass & $gPacket_Seporator & _                             ; 9 Class           ; 1
    $player.iXp & $gPacket_Seporator & _                                ; 10 XP             ; 4
    $player.iGold & $gPacket_Seporator                                  ; 11 Gold           ; 4


Enum $ePlayer_item_id, $ePlayer_item_quanity, $ePlayer_item_durability, $ePlayer_item_mod_1, $ePlayer_item_mod_2
    ; Inventory Items
    For $i = 0 To $player_item_max - 1

        For $ii = 0 To $player_item_data_max - 1
            $packet_data &= $aPlayer_item[$i][$ii] & $gPacket_Seporator
            
            $ePlayer_item_id
            $ePlayer_item_quanity
            $ePlayer_item_durability
            $ePlayer_item_mod_1
            $ePlayer_item_mod_2

        Next

    Next


; From Server: Send header:                                         : Name              : Bytes
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    $packet_data = $gPacket_key & $gPacket_Seporator & _            ; 1 Key             ; 2
    $gSequence_frame & $gPacket_Seporator & _                       ; 2 Sequence Frame  ; 1
    $iPlayer_source & $gPacket_Seporator & _                        ; 3 Player Source   ; 1
    $gaPlayer[$iPlayer_source][$ePlayer_x] & $gPacket_Seporator & _ ; 4 X               ; 4
    $gaPlayer[$iPlayer_source][$ePlayer_y] & $gPacket_Seporator & _ ; 5 Y               ; 4
    $iCommand_type & $gPacket_Seporator                             ; 6 Command Type    ; 1


; From Client: Send header:                                         : Name              : Bytes
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    $packet_header = $gPacket_key & $gPacket_Seporator & _          ; 1 Key             ; 2
    $gNet_sequence_frame & $gPacket_Seporator & _                   ; 2 Sequence Frame  ; 1
    $cmd_type & $gPacket_Seporator & _                              ; 3 Command Type    ; 1
    $player.iX & $gPacket_Seporator & _                             ; 4 X               ; 4
    $player.iY & $gPacket_Seporator                                 ; 5 Y               ; 4

My Enums are used for data members of arrays.  I exclude the 'g' even though they are all Global.  I put the array names they describe in the Enum: ePlayer_x.  In some cases I abbreviate the array name; aWorld_info probably has: aWorld_info[eWi_layers]

Most gaming things are done better with a nice engine: GameMaker, Unity, Unreal.
My buddy made a time machine in BASIC.  I know you can make a better time machine in other languages, but there is something to be said for doing it in BASIC.

Many things are ugly with this, just broken, or extraneous blocks of code I threw together for some one-off task.

I put this here to see if it generates interest.  I'm happy to change this thing around.  I do many things in favor of speed, but I know some of it's crap.

Package contains a Server and a Map Editor.  The Map Editor is meant to be able to add and edit:

World Files, worlds have 2 layers. 

1. 0.txt background
2. 1.txt forground.

The files are formatted with a header: width, height, and the largest tile number.  The largest tile number is used to pad the world files.  So that the world files could be edited by hand.

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WorldN Tile X_Y.txt (a subset cord of tile to specify frame):  World Tile X_Y is stored in a separate file per layer so that the world layer files remain pretty.

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World Directory Structure: Example: World_1_Overworld.
 

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World_2_Aliahan is the same structure but has different resource tiles.  Both world root folder names are just the number.

In folder above we can notice only layer 1 has a Tile_X_Y file.  This is because atm only trees use the system and trees are foreground.

Areas: areas are to subdivide worlds in effort to section the worlds and divide lists for: hotspots, NPCs, Items, and area properties such as: Out-of-Bounds: Destination and Repeat Tile, enemy encounters, etc..

Areas have: Global Enum $eArea_x, $eArea_y, $eArea_w, $eArea_h, _                        ; Area World Bound Rect
        $eArea_ob_tile, $eArea_ob_world, $eArea_ob_x, $eArea_ob_y, _     ; Out of Bounds Repeat Tile and World Destination if Out of Bounds
        $eArea_hotspots, $eArea_items, $eArea_NPCs ; Total Hotspots per Area, Items and People

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Hotspots: hotspots are locations on the board that relocate the player

Global Enum $eHotspot_x, $eHotspot_y, _; the spot in world that moves player

$eHotspot_dest_world, $eHotspot_dest_x, $eHotspot_dest_y; the destination world and position

Board: A rectangle of world tiles is pre-drawn on aBoard[layer_max] centered on player, you can change the size to consume less RAM but requires drawing world to board more often.

 

Animated Background: Before anything is drawn a moving BG image is drawn.  Creating beautiful water AI.  So if no tiles are drawn from world, BG water animation is shown.

 

Map Editor should be able to test all of the systems of the game: Player, Worlds, Areas, Hotspots, NPCs, Items, Shops, Battles, Netplay, etc..

(Not all systems exist yet)

Download site: http://songersoft.com/programming/dw3_remake/dw3_remake_about.phtml

It's going to say that the files might be malicious.  Probably b/c of the DLLs and I hosted an unmoderated forum from the site years ago were people posted malicious links.  Let me know if it's malicious!

PS: I tried posting the source but I keep getting errors.  I think the source might be too large to post. 6308 lines.  Idk.

Edited January 25, 2019 by Xandy
Multiplayer packet field description

[TheSaint]

As always Xandy, you continue to impress. Great work!

[DynamicRookie]

  On 1/2/2018 at 1:57 PM, TheSaint said:

As always Xandy, you continue to impress. Great work!

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Wish i could say the same.

 

  On 12/30/2017 at 9:32 PM, Xandy said:

 

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The GUI of the game, the game itself, doesn't load the GUI correctly.

 

It crashes right after loading a black image.

 

Still, seems like a incredible project that my toaster can't handle it's awesomeness

 

Good job for those 6901 lines

[JLogan3o13]

  On 1/3/2018 at 6:04 AM, DynamicRookie said:

Wish i could say the same.

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If you look back through the OP's record of work on this forum you will see a constantly high level of intellect and coding acumen, which led to @TheSaint's comment (which I happen to agree with). Just curious what astounding contributions you could point to, that you feel it is okay to disparage a long time member of this forum?

[Xandy]

  On 1/3/2018 at 6:04 AM, DynamicRookie said:

The GUI of the game, the game itself, doesn't load the GUI correctly.

It crashes right after loading a black image.

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Do you receive any output in the console?  I output some lines that might help me see where it breaks or at least how far it might have gotten before crash.  I probably need to add more output lines.  I kind-of posted with just whatever source I had atm.

Map Editor is using: 192 MB RAM.  I've tested it on different machines to make sure the file system is stable and independent of my machine.  I don't have any toasters to test with.  I'm happy to try to fix this problem.

Note: I had posted an invalid zip file.  It has been fixed.  Thank you for helping me find my mistake.

I appreciate the positive reflection JLogan, it means a lot to me; thank you.  To be fair my history also includes me messing up the webspace links almost every time.  Just ask Jabbers or MeSale xD.

Edited January 4, 2018 by Xandy

[Somerset]

  On 1/3/2018 at 2:12 PM, Xandy said:

Map Editor is using: 192 MB RAM.

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My 286 chocked, crashed, and died.

Keep up the good work.

[Xandy]

Oh jeeze it is broken

[Xandy]

I found the problem.

All of the data files / folders were not in the zip.  I had zipped only one of the necessary folders, instead of the root folder.

I corrected the zip, really sorry.  Please delete old and download new if interested.   (same link)

Download site: http://songersoft.com/programming/dw3_remake/dw3_remake_about.phtml

Edited January 3, 2018 by Xandy

[TheSaint]

  On 1/3/2018 at 3:42 PM, Xandy said:

I found the problem.  All of the data files / folders were not in the zip.  I corrected the zip, really sorry.

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Ha ha ha happens to the best of us.

I only read what you wrote and watched the video, because as you know my current system can't handle your demanding games ... and they don't need to be too demanding before my Netbook spits the dummy. But hopefully only a couple more months before I am cooking with gas again.

[TheDcoder]

Impressive work Xandy! I downloaded the zip and ran the Map Editor, works very well indeed!

I should make time to look and study your code, keep up the good work

[Xandy]

Thank you for trying it and confirming it works.  Best present I could get this morning

[Somerset]

Your map editor has done nothing for my d&d.

[DynamicRookie]

  On 1/3/2018 at 1:47 PM, JLogan3o13 said:

If you look back through the OP's record of work on this forum you will see a constantly high level of intellect and coding acumen, which led to @TheSaint's comment (which I happen to agree with). Just curious what astounding contributions you could point to, that you feel it is okay to disparage a long time member of this forum?

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I never meant to say that.

 

I mean that it didn't ran in my PC.

Edited January 8, 2018 by DynamicRookie

[Xandy]

  On 1/8/2018 at 12:38 AM, Somerset said:

Your map editor has done nothing for my d&d.

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Dungeons and Dragons?  You could swap out the tiles.

[Somerset]

  On 1/8/2018 at 5:10 PM, Xandy said:

Dungeons and Dragons?  You could swap out the tiles.

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I tried, but all it did was eat my +1 mace, and slapped the dungeon master.

[Xandy]

That's what you get.

[Xandy]

NOTE: TOPIC HAS BEEN MERGED TO HERE: MapIt Quest

NOTE 2: Post was made (instead of edit) so that Topic followers would be alerted.

Edited January 25, 2019 by Xandy