Zajako's Rpg Hack Offical Thread

[zajako]

Ok, im making my thread here, where i will annouce all updates and progress on the beta version of my hack. THis is not in the beta hacks because the beta is not done.

I will be posting screenshots to show my progress, i also have all my work posted copyrighted. Also all sprites seen are copyrighted to their coresponding companies and i don't claim the credit to those. I also do not claim credit for the vBulletin board that its attached to, obviously :P

If you have something to post about an other rpg hack please don't post it here. If you have a problem with my rpg hack or have something persoanl to say about it pm me. This is all my work except what i have told you i have not claimed.

Ifd you wish to donate to my cause and help me get this hack released sooner and get the expantions that will be coming out shortly after release before the rest, here is a donate link:

Donate with Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=twistedfategame%40hotmail.com&item_name=Rpg+Hack)



Without further ado here is the first batch of screens:

VVV this is the profile search page. Due to being able to have up to 5 characters per user I needed to make a good search engine to find characters.

[zajako]

VVV here is the results for a search of all characters owned by me (zajako)

note there is 3

[zajako]

If you click on any of the race, class, element, and gender links it brings you to an information page that tells you about each. If you click on the username it brings up a search of all characters by that username, and if you click on a character anme it brings up a character profile.

VVV the character profile for Zach the first character on the search resutls for my name

[zajako]

if you click on the weapon it will bring up a info page on it

[zajako]

armour info

[zajako]

accessory info

[zajako]

if you click on any of the items they will show info about the item

[zajako]

if you have not noticed i have completely started a new to make this hack 100% better. This hack im also aiming at to not cause any conflict with other hacks, seeing how it will not require any post bit edits, however their will be some that are options. Any hacks previously made by me will not be used to the same extent as they were due to the user not being the acutal person in combat. I am making this system more like a rpg game for console, in the sence of 1 main inventory, and then an equipment page and such.

each character will be able to hold 5 items for combat, and 10 potions, as well as equip 1 weapon, 1 armour, and 1 accessory.

Posting does not give character's expereince, posting gives users gold, (which will not edit any other gold system but allow you to use an other gold system if you so choose to)

The Gold can be used to train characters in a few different schools, as well as buy equipments.

Exp is gained by training and fighting.

I have left out many deatils but as you can tell this will be a very advanced hack, and i really could use dsome funding of sort....

[zajako]

i just finished yet another section of it. Its the Inventory section.

As i was saying earlier each user has a main inventory in which to keep things bought and found. When you want to use each item you must equip it on a character, and he/she will be able to use it in battle. well the page to display the users main inventory is screenshotted right here :}

[Ninth Dimension]

I must admit that this is looking dood so far, but I have a minor question. Are you going to fix that crappy times new roman font to make your system use the <normalfont > tags?

[zajako]

lol, why not :P

*tosses some normalfont tags in :P

[zajako]

more screens

this time is an admin run :p

here is the add item page

[zajako]

here is the money options which is based off of the karma/points hack by the makers of shinra online

[zajako]

here is the giveing mone feature which is modifyed from the lesane store hack. *note all variables were changed so that it would function with the lesane store hack and not cause problems.

[zajako]

here is the only post bit edit as of thus far.
its the money display

it will display your money's name as a link to give or take money if your an admin, othewise it says the money name not as a link. It then displays current amount.

[zajako]

i want to point out that the money features are all optional and will also work with any other money hacks i have seen, so it is compatible and you can have both. The rpg hack can also work with your other "points" systems by you telling it what user coulmn it is in.

the reason for using parts of lesane's store's money system and then the karma's money system is because there are too many money hacks out for me to just make another. the one thing that both of those had that this one does not though is the money paid for views. I toook that away due to it being more of a pain than actual use. if you want that you can use the other money systems for this hack instead of the packaged one.

im working on the admin options for adding weapons and armours as well as accessories now, and plan to start on the shops shortly after that.

[zajako]

i just finished the weapons/armours/accessories adding pages, and merged them into one with the adding items page seeign how they share a lot of info. Now there is one easy page for adding any item/weapon/armour/accessory here is a screenshot of it.

**also notices the crickets cherping in this thread**

[mokes]

This looks great so far--keep up the awesome work. Also, hope the ten dollar donation helps--with caffeine, or anything else you may need. :P

[zajako]

thanks mokes, 10 dollars more than helps :]

I plan to keep work going on this and it only gets better :]

[zajako]

the edit itme/weapon/armour/accessory page

it also lets you change an itme from a weapon to an armour as well as any pattern like that :]

fully operation, i just need to make the page to list the current items weapons and such, which is what im currently working on now.

[zajako]

the list items page, which lists all the items/weapons/armour/accessories created. On this page you can delete the item, choose to edit the item, or even click on the image to see information about the item.

By the way these are only a few of the items, not all the ones being relased, the hack is still in alpha and i don't want to add a bunch if i might end up cahangeing them.

[zajako]

I just finished the character editor, for the system

here is the screenshot, and be warned its rather tall.

*loves 1600x1200 res cause you can strech the window and get all the options in one screenshot*

anyways here it is

[zajako]

the character image list so you can edit the character images

[zajako]

character picture editor

[zajako]

character pic adder

[zajako]

here is the list of characters exsisting, which you can click edit to edit the characters stats, as seen in an attachment earlier, or you can delete characters

[zajako]

race list for editing so you can edit the current races.

[zajako]

race adding

this page lets you add races of your own to the list.

[zajako]

race editor so you can edit races and change descriptsions and such

[zajako]

add a class to the class list

[zajako]

list classes so you can choose one to edit or delete

[zajako]

edit class page

[zajako]

element add page

[zajako]

element list page

[zajako]

element edit page

[zajako]

i also want to point out every screenshot posted is a fully functioning finished thing, every thing i show you is finished as i post the screenshot of it, thats why you don't see any fight images, and such.

Up next is the store system, which will allow you to create your own stores and choose which items are sold in which store. users however will not be ble to create stores. Mayb ein a future release i will create a merchant class and do something like that, in similar i plan to eventualy add a black smith class to allow members to make items and such.

well my work for tonight is done, lets all look forward to what i finish tomorrow, seeing how my items features allready surpass all the items hacks out to date, and i am hopeing my shops will surpass all aswell.

any feed back would be beyhond greatly appricaiated.

[zertox]

hey looks like a super hack !!!
cant wait till its out :)

[zajako]

thanks zertox, im working my hardest to finish this hack with the best possible features. and trust me on one thing it will be one very very large hack....*is thinking about makeing a sperate admin page for the rpg features coause its so big...

[Ninth Dimension]

This is looking fantastic so far, i'm very impressed. Would I be correct in thinking that you will be providing us with a range of char. images/races/clases/etc... to start with, from which we can edit to our own needs?

Regarding a seprate admin system, personally I would vote against that, but your the boss :)

as I said b4, if you need a hand, gimme a shout :)

[zajako]

:], i will be providing a start out set of items,weapons,amours,accessories,charactepics,race s,elements,classes, villages, shops, amoung othe things still in devo ;]

yes i did say villages :p
differetn shops are in different villages, and you can travel from village to village, ijust gotta find some cool village pics for the backgrounds....

[zajako]

ok i got some good news and bad news, for those anxious to see the shops and villages system, you gotta wait... thats the bad, the good news is i axidentaly got cought up on the battle system when working on the village system :p

and its looking good :p

[zajako]

here is a screenshot fo the battle system, but it is not functional yet, it just runs the template, and i filled in some falseified variables instead of grabbing from the db so i can show you how its supposed to look, i will be working on making it grab the info from the db next. But this is the look of the arena battles, and how it will operate is fully explained by this picture. I hope you guys liek the way it looks and appears to run..

Also i credit FFX for the bg image that i slightly modified.

[zajako]

also i want to add in yes i know the characters are a bit small for the page, thats why i am making it so you can add character images. I plan to find some larger sprites or something better.

If you have some full body characters that are about 200 px tall and have them for at least both elven and human and one for each class in the class editor screenshot then let me know and i will credit you and put them in the first install :p

[Ninth Dimension]

OMG!!!! I did not realise you was going this far with the hack, i though it was going to be a simple and basic battle hack - not a whole RPG!!!

*I bow down to your mightyness*

do, this whole village and (i'm guessing) world map thing, will that include things like random encounters, etc..? and will you still be able to battle other members on the forum?

[zajako]

random encounters will not be on the first release :/ im aiming at version 2 for that.
you will be able to fight other people most definately.

As for a world map, what i plan to do is make it so you can travel from city to city, but it never really shows a real world map, unless maybe i make an itme you can buy called world map, which shows a map of the world, however right now what will it will do is let you map it out yourself cause in each village you can go north to another location south to another location east and west to different locations. Arenas are locations themselves and usualy would be one of the 4 directions. This current arena you see in the screen shot i forgot to fill in the variable for arenat name, but its default arena for teh city called Default city :p And its north of default city. There will be loctions that you can battle at other than arenas, and they are usualy between villages. Most of the villages i have so far image wise are from ff games but these too will be custimizable from teh admin panel.

9th when i said this is my rpg hack i meant rpg not rpg battle :p

thats why its going to take so long, and why it appears i will need a new admin panel. But don't worry it will be just liek the vb admin panel and linked from it. I also plan to make a seerate header template for it to show the rpg commands for the users so that when they are in the rpg sections it grabs the header for them and when they are in the forums sections its shows the forums header. The forums header will have a link to the rpg section as well as the rpg section will have a header link to the forums. It should work out very well. If all else fails i will make a side bar for the rpg sections and just make it a portal type thing,, but im aiming at just a hack not a portal. who knows though...

[Ninth Dimension]

due to the scale of this are you planning on have any information displayed in the postbit? maybe like the image of the primary char. with some stats, etc...

you are living my dream, i've always wanted to make an RPG :) if you need any help with inspration, gimme a shout :)

[Brad]

Zajako, i really like the work thus far. I wish you luck with this one :).

[geniuscrew]

Zak, you have gone where possibly no other hacker on vB has gone before, by making this great rpg system.

I wish you good luck with it :)

Although I don't have a credit card I will try and donate some money ;)

[zajako]

*smiles very largely seeing people happy with his work thus far and now knows it is worth it all :]*

God i love this feeling, people telling me im doing good, im sorry but this is the first time i have gotten it from vb.org to this scale,a nd i have been doubting myself. Thanks guys :]

as for post bits, i plan to have no mandatory postbit displays, but i might consider putitng something showing stats of the first character created by that user or something i don know, ill be sure to but some sort of stat there optionaly. definately a wins/losses type thing :]

[kmfdm_kid2000]

Plain and simple, this hack will own your soul...Zaj has been working on it nearly as long as I know him, if not longer I believe. Almost a year if I'm not mistaken...

[zajako]

heh yeah , but i have kept being unsatisfied with my work and scrapping it. Now i finaly have came apon a system i like which will use all the things i have learned from my mistakes and previous hacks, i will make this one the best, and i am doing so at a deadly pace :P

going to need some good beta testers :p

i already have a few, but don't come asking yet, i will post something about that when the time is ready :p

[LOD-squa]

nice nice dude good work ;)

[Ninth Dimension]

* Ninth Dimension sits by keyboard, never taking his eyes off the screen, waiting for the sentance "I need some beta testers" to be spoken so he can pounce and get chosen.

knowing my luck i'll be offline when you need them and someone else be be the lucky party :)

[Link14716]

* Link14716 waits too. :D

One suggestion. You have potions, but curative items should have a new shop, like armor, weapons, and accessories. It would still be limited, but I am lost without my Ethers and X-Potions :P

[zajako]

heh, Link you can totaly custimize your items, so you can set them to however you want them :p
also shops will be custimizable too :] you can say i want this shop to sell these items and another one to sell these ones ;p

you can make new shops also as well as new locations :]
then you can attach your shops to your locations, each location will have optiosn such as "Allow battles" and things like that :]

Arena's you would obviously want to allow battles, while other places you may or may not. I will be providing at least 8 locations each with their own background for fighting. the backgrounds will be called in depending the location :]

[geniuscrew]

This is getting better and better - he's on a mission guys!

Will we be able to define spells, or is that what elements are?

Cheers

[Ninth Dimension]

I'm looking at this image (https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/attachment.php?s=&postid=318577) and i've noticed that it's possable to set the item to armour, weapon and item. Now while i realise that most ppl should be intellegent enough to choose only one of the options available, what would happen should someone choose all three? (if you know what I mean).

[zajako]

I actualy have been too lazy to test that currently however, i know for sure it will not cause an error, Technically what it should do is act as all three and where ever you equip it you get the stats for it. SO maybe like a magical dagger that you can equip on your belt and get +5 atk for it and then if you equip it as a weapon instead you get +10 to atk. But yes i did do that on purpose but im not planning on testing it till i finish the equipment system for the users.

also i forgot to mention...
the battlesystem pulls all info from the database now and thus far here is the stats for loading it.

Page generated in 0.28310704 seconds (67.53% PHP - 32.47% MySQL) with 15 queries.

I plan to add 2 more queries to make the magic list and items list generated.

as for magics list, for release 1 magics will be named this:

$element $magiclevel

ex. Fire 4, earth1 earch3.... etc etc

elements you can add, edit and remove just like the rest of the admin panel options.

i plan to make release 2 have a named spell thing going on, with descriptions and such.
Also im working on the items functions soon, wich will make it so that items like poison bomb will do poision status. That will do dame every turn. And there will be toehr status effects too.

[Ninth Dimension]

ok, another quick question, are you going to be writing in support for items that only last for a cirtin ammout of time, or number of uses, such as potions, etc... - or say a flashlight that will run out after a while??

just some suggestions, like i said, you are living my dream :)

[zajako]

well something like that i might do. Its very easy to do wih how im going to be arrangeing functiosn for it. But with potions, each character can carry up to 10, and when you use on ein battle it will fill up an amount of life and then take one away from your number, and the way the functions will be working is similar to that of how the vb deals with functons. There will be an admin/rpgfunctions.php file it will house all the modifyers which is how items actualy do things. with that file people can add on new item commands and such and make them do things. Im even contemplateing on makeing a guide to makeing new items and fucntions. But im not sure that may be something with release 2. This hack is going to be so big i should try to keep the first release moderately simple.

[Link14716]

Moderaly Simple? :p I can tell from the screen shots that this isn't moderately simple. ;) Good job on it, zajako. Kepp up the good work!

* Link14716 starts filling out a beta testing application and waits patiently to be able to hand it to zajako quick enough to be accepted. :)

[zajako]

lol, oh ok, it snot too moderately simple but parts of it i am making simple just for the simple fact that if i did everything i wanted for it it would be released anotehr year from now, so compared to what i plan for it in the updates its moderately simple :p

[Link14716]

lol, ok then, you got me there. :)

BTW, what happened to the page in your sig? It returns a "Server not found" error.... :(

* Link14716 still waits :)

[zajako]

my server is currently down :/ should be back up tomorrow, however i have not upadated that page in quite some time... damn laziness,and obsession with this hack. My gf is starting to feel left out because of me for spending too much time on it :/

any how, i have good news :]
i got the attle somewhat functional. you can do normal attacks with the formula of atk *2 - def. Defend enables you to do nothing for a turn. Magic works with the forumula of magic offence * magic level - magic defence. battles end when one person hits hp and does not go into the negatives. mp does not deduct yet... items don't work yet.... i need to add use potion to the list of attacks... then make it work... but other than that the battles themselves are fuctional and will switch turns taking away the attack bar if its not your turn.

previous attacks are stored in a history table which will be used to display history of a battle on the history page which is not made yet. here is the page displaying the defeated enemy.

[zajako]

lol, this is why Not to test a mid level sword on a newbie character :P

(this is 1 hit from at full life)

[Link14716]

Wow... flash looks there! And yes, that'll teach those newbies not to mess with ME! :D

[zajako]

heh, well i just talked with my gf, im sorry guys but she is more important and monday im taking the day off from hacking and i will be spending my time with her :]

I hate to take a break when im on such a role, but you can count on me working my butt off till then :p

also the mp deduction is working and so is the rest of the battle system the only issuse is makign the items work wich i have to start working n modifyers for that to work. I will do that shortly. But me and my gf have tested it to extents and its a working fighting system :p and btw she beat me when i did not cheat :P

*whispers** I let her win**:P *shhhhh*

[Ninth Dimension]

Originally posted by zajako
*whispers** I let her win**:P *shhhhh* ROFL

listen, if you want i'll look after your GF on monday so you can keep on with your work :) (please don't hit me :))

[Emuman]

hehe, funny but dumb in the same time.

Hey Zajako good luck

[Ninth Dimension]

I've been able to stir up some excitement about this hack for when it's released asking for feedback from members about what they want to see:

http://savepoint.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?threadid=271

OK, its only 6 posts, but it's more than I normally get

[Emuman]

hmm very interesting, i have my own ideas too

[zajako]

Watch out 9th you just asked for a kicking from my gf , not me. and also i tested the battle system with a friend Storm, he will post his opinions on the system.

[zajako]

9th my gf has this to say


~kicks butt to the moon~

ahh you keep me ? I don't babysit but thanks really ^_^ and beside Zaj needs a break, did really great to far and made a ton of work into it. One day isn't asking that much , he a work junkie XD

[Storm]

I'd say this is one of the coolest things I've seen so far, for what he had functional for the battle, everything such as attacking worked well, although the battle went a little slow because of somewhat low attack power :D I could not use my magic spell because he absorbed it :D If items would have been on Zaj would've beat me, but he ran out of MP so I beat him in the battle, his gf was a little upset.. so I better watch out, hehe..

This will be a great addition to my forum when it's completed, keep up the good work, Zaj!

EDIT:
Here's a link to some more screenshots, if you want to check them out:
http://www.planetstorm.net/rpgpalace/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4536

[zajako]

I want to point out he was a warrior, and i was a wizard :p

I also evened our hp and mp stats when in actuality i would have had more mp and such :P. Also it took long due to being low level stats and the fact i ran outta mp and had to wait it out, with defend till i got bored and whiped out axes :P

[Goldknight]

Zajako

Very very nice hack :) Iwonder does it including customize class/race/sex? Also different alignments and str, def, wis etc..? If not, is it possible to add?

Actually I have several good ideas that seem not includin your hack yet but maybe I m wrong..

About donate, I d love to make some donate but I will have a long vacation at NYC for thanksgiving so I m not sure.. if I still have enough money right after thanksgiving and if your hack is not done yet then I ll make a donate maybe $50 to $150.. you deserve it and heck it is free for public.. something that many hackers are whine about release it to public so you re most decent in my book. Keep it up. :thumbsup:

Edit: It ll be nice if you add numbers of hp/mp/ etc.. in battle above the status bar, is it possible? Also Limit status feature?? Hope so!

[zajako]

it does allow custimization of class race sex and instead of str, def, wis, and things like that i have atk, def, moffence, mdefence and mlevel

its a pretty simple system but version 2 will be much more advanced, which will be within the a few months of version one.

and as for you donateing any amount will be appriciated, and that amount would be more than appriciated :P

thanks for your feed back :]

edit,

the alt tag for the bars tell the numbers but i was thinking of displaying the current numbers as well. I just have to get around to it.

[Goldknight]

Advanced? heheh, will it be free? or what? Also is it updateable from verison 1 or ?

I recent discuss with my girlfriend since we will go to NYC together for thanksgiving and she approve me to give off some $$ yay =D Even if you already release it before thanksgiving, I ll make a donate anyway =P

If you need more beta-testers, pls let me know. Where I hang around have tons of rpg fans, they would love to play and beta testers for us.

I PM you about one thing. Thanks

[Goldknight]

Zajako

I wonder are you open to suggestions?

[zajako]

i got your pm, and yes im open to suggestions, however keep in mind release 1 is a smiplified version of what i plan to make in the long run. versions 2 and up may be free releases or i may make it so that those who donate will get the releases 1 month before public release. i am not sure. But till then i knwo release 1 will be publicaly released around mid december, and the beta should be finished around thanksgiving (crosses fingers) to a select few, to test ti to extremes. so if interested in beta testing then keep visiting this thread and keep up to date with the updates and then when i make the annoucement hop on the opputunity :p


i have not decided the limit of beta testing boards yet, but i will make sure to have some sort of laywer made page makeing sure it is not leaked :p

[Goldknight]

lol.. ok I ll swing by here often by then =p In any case, good luck =)

[Goldknight]

Oh one more thing, I wonder is there any limited resolution size of character? I hope not.

[zajako]

if you mean size of the character no there is no limit but it does not allow custom uploads just upload to your ftp server in the images/rpg folder and then tell it the url and name then submit

[Goldknight]

Oh ok, its perfect. I rather to have use FTP instead of custom upload due to abuse. Thanks =)

[Goldknight]

Sorry if I ask too many QQ, I have cat's curiousity... I know that this version 1 is light verison but I m curious is it possibe to have animated magic effects made from gif in rpg battle? Thanks

[geniuscrew]

Things looking great Zaj - sorry i called you Zak before lol

You deserve a break

One comment - you absorbed his spell??!! Was that with magical def, or a special item? Sounds ace whatever it is!

[zajako]

ok as for gk, that will be release 2.

Genius crew, zach is another name i go by, so its perfectly ok :]
about absorbing the spell, if your magic defence over comes that of his offence you absorb the spell into your life.

think of it in terms to a powerful wizard, vs a weak one, the weaker would not be able to harm the powerful wizard with magic, instead he would just absorb it :p

wel its my day off now so ill go back to slacking off :/

[Emuman]

im not going to let this thread die, can i see more screens

[Ninth Dimension]

this thread won't die, it's like a magical entity that may sleep for a while (whilst zajko looks after his girlfriend, or his girlfriend looks after him - whatever) but will never die :)

(ps, yeah, some more screenshots sound good to me)

[zajako]

ill toss some more screens when i get some more done :p

i plan to work on it some more tomorrow, my site died on tuesday and i have been working on trying to repair it, which ended in me having to work on replaceing the themes due to them beign gone whcih also turned up making me have to reinstall vb, due to database glitched and missing users and posts. So im bassicaly remakeing the site :/ sides that i also have another big project i can't release much info on but i will simply call it "vbnetworks" but i can't release much other info than that due to some agreements.
Oh and i also have a nothe full time job >.< god my life just got busy :/ but all deadlines are still in tact as of now.

[Ninth Dimension]

«™¤ÐÊþ§wÅ££¤™» - i'm no mod here or anythig, but I think your sig is a little bit too bit, did you want to shrink it down a little?

[geniuscrew]

This guy is obssessed with «™»ÐÊþ§wÅ££«™»

Check out his website too

[Ninth Dimension]

maybe it's the password to his account as well? :)

EDIT: sorry to say this buyt this guy seems like a loony, have you seen his only other post on the forum?

[geniuscrew]

Originally posted by Ninth Dimension
maybe it's the password to his account as well? :)

oOo Lemme try ;)


EDIT: sorry to say this buyt this guy seems like a loony, have you seen his only other post on the forum? [/B]

The guy must love bananas :banana:

[azork]

It looks great Zajako

Keep it up! All of members are looking forward your hack!

[Goldknight]

Zajako, I PM you concerning about donation, I want to make a donation right away but need you to read my PM. Lemme know. Thanks

[zajako]

i let you know

[Shadow_NL]

Hey it's me Shadow the one who just bugged you when you wanted to go to sleep :D. I just want to say that everything looks great and I hope to see version one soon!

By the way I'm also thinking of making a donation but I don't got much money right now...so it would only be a few bucks...would that help?

By the way what about if it is possible to change town names and background images of towns/fights? This would make it possible for people to have different rpgs with the same hack. Oh well I'm probably asking too much. *shuts up*

[Goldknight]

Zajako, got your PM. I ll send some this week. Thanks

I want to know if does this hack have random monsters to battle? I mean during make new threads, post, etc.. then sudden attack by random monsters then fight with them. Does this hack including? If not then verison 2?

[zajako]

shadow every bit helps, and yes you can custimize everything about locations, the whole purpose of this hack is to make it so every's rpg hack is almmost a completely different hack :]

[Emuman]

/me awaits Zajakos words for beta testers

[zajako]

For some reason i can not post in the other one, it was causeing a timeout with both quick reply and reply. I tried posting in other threads and it worked fine. ANy mod may merge the two which may fix it i don know. Any ways here is the mesage continueing from the first offial thread.


allright, i have some bad news, and some good news, well tehy are both kinda both :p


My beta release date is running behind, due to a new job, and a new addiction(not drugs, but close(yes a game>.<)).

I am slowing down my addiction and putting more time into workign on this project again, in fact i plan to knock out the item the battle system part with in the next week, then i hop on the character creation section.

Now as for the beta requests, this is how im going to do it. Those who have donated((They have shown that they want this hack to happen and they have supported its development. Thus showing me that they should be a beta tester applicant :])), will get a beta version of the hack, as well as allies of my site. After that i will do up to 10 boards. I will let you guys know who those 10 boards are or how to be one, when i decide.

But rember this s not a public beta. If i find a copy posted for the public i will follow through with legal action if i have to. I want it to be made perfect for the final version which i hope to release around christmas. within a few weeks after vb3 is released i will release a vb3 version of the hack as well.

[hypedave]

So what happens if you get like 24 donations, does that mean that you will pick like the 10 highest donations and leave the other 14 hanging?

[zajako]

no, all donators get it, then after that, all my boards allies get it, finaly up to 10 others will get it.

[Shadow_NL]

Ok here you go.

*Donates zajako some money*

[zajako]

thanks shadow_nl

I just ran into a big error, that im workign on fixing.
if you run this file:
rpgbattle.php?action=doattack&battleid=2&option=defend&playernumber=1

it will make your opponet defend, and that is not good.
you can make your opponets attacks with this bug, so its very iomportant i fix it :p

also i ave some of the itmes functions working for in battle use and i have created the error function for the whole script.

[zajako]

I still can't post inthe first thread but other people can.....


anyways ill reply over here till soemone fixes it...

thanks shadow_nl for the donation.

I just ran into a big error, that im workign on fixing.
if you run this file:
rpgbattle.php?action=doattack&battleid=2&option=defend&playernumber=1

it will make your opponet defend, and that is not good.
you can make your opponets attacks with this bug, so its very iomportant i fix it :p

also i have some of the itmes functions working for in battle use and i have created the error function for the whole script.

[zajako]

problem fixed :}, onto making items work then the batle system is almost complete.

[zajako]

could someone merge this with the first one?, it seems to be working now :]

[hypedave]

just as soon as paypal can verify my new bank account, I wont forget to drop you a donation or two

[zajako]

auto command refresh working, and then i have started items, i have set up a few items modifyers, which is th systm that makes items actualy do there things in battle.

[Zachery]

go zajako go go zajako go

[geniuscrew]

This hack sounding better and better!

[MaXNet]

ya gonna release it for free?

[Goldknight]

Zajako, did you get my $$? I send you several days ago..

[azork]

Originally posted by Goldknight
Zajako, did you get my $$? I send you several days ago..

yes, me too ;)

[zajako]

gold knight not yet, and azork i am not sure, pm me with your paypal details.

Max yes this will be a free hack. People are donateing to me to help the cause :]

[azork]

sure, i 've sent you a pm

[zajako]

i got your pm, azork and replied. I have done a few of the items and am working on the organization of the modifyers (its the feature that makes items do things in battle.)

the modifyers are going to need to be manualy edited via ftp but they will have a guide so that they are easy to code a new modifyer so you have your own custom items and modifyers to make them do things.

[azork]

it sound really good. i'm very impatient!

[Ninth Dimension]

patience young padawan, the jedi master shall provide what you need.

[Zachery]

hehe zajako u kick so much ass, i liked gettin the chance to see it first hand.

[countryboy713]

great job zaj, cant wait to play with it.

i got 2 questions for ya though, they are simple though.
1) How much money have you made from donation so far? (just out of curiousity)
2) Is all of this coded in PHP, if not what is it coded in?

[zajako]

1: well do to my acount not being verifyed most of the donations i have not been able to accept. but i hope to get my accoutn verrified very soon, so i can. But in total including those i can't accept about 50 or so dollars. i also have not yet gotten one being sent via mail, so im not sure including that one.

2: yes all php, with mysql databasing. Well sides the obvious html and touches of javascript :p

[zajako]

the modifyer system is complete, here is the basic format of the modifyer system as well as a screen shot of the elixer item being used.


// Elixer modifyer
//fills up hp and mp
If ($modifyer == 22){
if ($playeri1 == $itemid)
$playeri1 = 0;
elseif ($playeri2 == $itemid)
$playeri2 = 0;
elseif ($playeri3 == $itemid)
$playeri3 = 0;
elseif ($playeri4 == $itemid)
$playeri4 = 0;
elseif ($playeri5 == $itemid)
$playeri5 = 0;
else
{
rpgerror("You do not have this item");
exit;
}
$playernewhp = $playerhpmax;
$playernewmp = $playermpmax;
$effect = "$playername\'s hp and mp is filled up";
}


that is the basic of the modifers. There is a list of almost 100 variables that can be used in modifyers giving you the ability to make your items do practiccaly whatever you want.

in this example of the elixer modifyer of 22 the first part ensures that the item is removed from the equiment as it is being used in battle. it also verifies the user has that item making sure that he/she does not fake out the browser via url queries.
the 2nd part is the actual proccess of the item.

$playernewhp = $playerhpmax;
(assigns the new value for hp to be the max amount of hp for that character, basicaly filling up his/her hp)
$playernewmp = $playermpmax;
(same as last line eccept for mp)
$effect = "$playername\'s hp and mp is filled up";
(gives the text for the item description, so that it will say the item used then a short description of what it did. In this example it says the users's hp and mp are filled up.)

thats all there is to makeing a modifyer. They are pretty simple file edits which are on the file called rpgmodifyers.php kept in the admin folder.



in the screenshot it shows the item elixer being used.

[DarkDraco07]

percentage wise can we an estimate on how far you are?

[zajako]

might want to delete a few of those:P

i hate estimating percentages, well dates as well :p. Im guessing anywhere from 50-75% done. Thats purely guess work it could be more, could be less. not to mention beta testing usualy makes the 100% turn to 150% :p. Just how it works :p

[DarkDraco07]

omg, i did that? my connection stopped and i kept hitting submit.
sorry, lol. can someone delete all but one of those?

[zajako]

I have finsihed a few more item modifyers.
Outta the 6 starter items made thus far i have 4 of the modifyers.

The 4 items that have modifyers are:

Elixer (fills hp and mp)
Smoke Ball (escapes battle, and declares other person winner)
Steak (fills hp)
Revive (sets characters hp to 1 and removes him/her from dead status)

the 2 not done yet are:
earth book 1 (casts earth 1)
medicine (heals status effects)

I also need to add in the 3 pot types
Lesser(heals 300)
healing(heals 800)
greater(heals 4000)

remeber all these are editable. you can edit the item name image and details in the admin panel, and the item actions in the admin/rpgmodifyers.php file.

[Alchemyst]

Did someone mention Beta testing? :| When it's ready for it I must be a beta tester...

*sites down again continuing to drool at hack*

[Valerie]

OMG!
This hack will be so perfect for my LOTRs board! Cant wait for it to come out!!!!! Thank you :D

[zajako]

Alchemyst i have given the ways to become a beta tester earlier in the thread. I plan to start on the location system now. It is what will let your players travel from place to place, and on release 2 when you travel on certien pathes it will force a battle, which you can set the settings from for the admin panel. But as of now there will be no npc fights with release 1, due to me not having time to wite some ai scripts. That will be release 2 :]

ill screenshot anything i finish in the next few days ;]

[zajako]

i just re-did the databasing for the locations to make them more custimzable and then make the shops work smooether. SHops are actualy at locations so there is not "itemshop" link. Possible teleport items as well.

[zajako]

Ok i have been using my sleep time to work on the hack, but i think the progress was worth it :]

I have the location system done!!!

you can make new locatiosn via the admin panel, and edit them and remove them and so forth. YOu can also now travel from place to place.

There are 2 things missing from teh images you will see though. Those are the shops and the npcs. i have to make those parts. I have already set them up in the database, so i just need to actualy make them and the admin panel sections for them. here are 2 screenshots.

first one is the location called default city.

[zajako]

the next one is the admin panel edit page for locations.

[zajako]

also i ahve finshed the item modifyers section for all the items till the beta release. After i beta test it some i will be adding more items in, via patches for beta testers.

I plan to have it ready for the beta testers in the next couple of weeks, and i think i might have to delay the hack till a bit after christmas. i don't want to but i want it to be bug free for release.

I just want things to be the best for you guys on your boards, thats why i want it beta tested to hell and back :]

[geniuscrew]

Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Lookin wicked Zak!

Keep up the brilliant work!

[azork]

yes, really impressive

[Graphics]

KEWL KEEP GOING m8

[egn]

GREAT LOOKING HACK!! PLEASE LET ME BE A BETA TESTER!! IF I USE THIS, I WILL DEFINATELY BE DONATING SOME MONEY. THIS IS AMAZING! GREAT JOB!

[zajako]

I start on the shops now :] Wish me luck cause this will be the best shops system to date :}

[Neo-Storm]

very much luck, i am looking foreward to your hack... Seems to be great!

[zajako]

i have got some progress on the shop system as well as npc's and types of shops. THese all have admin fetures in the admin panel. I also have started on the rpg admin panel. Ill be posting screens for it as soon as i finish.

[geniuscrew]

Good luck Zak! I, being 1 of many, am looking forward to your great hack :p

It's looking great so far!

[zajako]

Here is the first screenshot of the rpg admin panel.

I will prolly make some changes to it before release, but for the most part you will see its just like the admin panel for the vb.

[zajako]

here is the npc edit page of admin cp features

[zajako]

here is the shop edit features for the rpg admin cp

[zajako]

here is the shop type admin editor

[zajako]

now im going to finish the npc system then the shop system. :]

hope you like what you see :]

[azork]

you're kidding? it's reallyamazing! Good luck zajako

[Graphics]

dude your so good everything keeps looking better PLEASE be done SOON :p

[zajako]

i got the locatiosn to display the npc's and shops there.

Here is a screen shot. Alt tags display the shop name and the npc names. they are also links to the approriate shop and/or npc dielct page. :}

i hope to start the actual npc page next and then the shop page. Hopefully ill get both done tomorrow :]

we are getting close to finish, but there is still the large part of char creation and then equiping things from inventory to characters. not to mention a few other things i need to do.

[kmfdm_kid2000]

Originally posted by Graphics
dude your so good everything keeps looking better PLEASE be done SOON :p

Patience Grasshopper :p

[Graphics]

NICE SCREENSHOT of those shops :D

[Goldknight]

Everyone, Zaj invited me over to his site and allow me play the battle, look thur map, items, and few more. Man.. it is INCREDIBLE. Hard to believe that it is exist yet it is there and its worth to wait for and make some donation.

My hat off to you, Zaj to make a incredible hack like that for everyone. Zaj, thanks for letting me play and do some stuffs. It hook me in =D Thanks!

[Graphics]

man how BIG is the hack (i mean how many mB :p)

[zajako]

No problem goldknight, glad you had fun :]

[zajako]

Here is the shops main page, and this is similar to what the npc page will look like too, just take off the buy|sell and change the sthop names the the npc name :]

[zajako]

NPCs now work as well :]

[zajako]

Here is a screen im sure many of you have been waiting for. Its the item shop. This particular one is the default kingdom's very own default armours shop. Owned by the npc know as bob :p

As you will see the shop uses iframes, which requires ie3+ and netscape 6+. If it becomes a problem i might make a non iframe version. I also plan to spruce it up a bit. but for now it is beta worthy :]

[Graphics]

how big will the hack be ???

how many mb ???

[Zachery]

why does it matter? but great job so far zaj keep up the good work

[zajako]

no clue graphics, can be up to 1-2 megs due to a large image archive possibly beign shipped with it.

[Graphics]

oh as long as it isn't like 20 megs LOL

[zajako]

lol, its not full of vidoes :p

5 megs is the most it will even dream of being :p

the shop does not work yet. It lists the supplies, but now i gotta make it so you can actualy purchase things. then i gotta add the supplies section to the admin panel. Then the shops are done. I ran into a bug i successfully edited out of the battle system with the itmes saying inccorect names when saying who used what.

im working on a lot of other parts too. As soon as i finish the shops i ill make the arena buildings so you can register fights, rather than me having to manualy do them :P

[kmfdm_kid2000]

Someone get me some new shorts please :p

[[D]Vincent]

Whoa great job. I haven't came around vB.org in a while because I got hooked on WC3. Anyways I'll make a donation after I get paypal(probably 30$ at the least).

One suggestion I have is instead of having the class image appear on the battle screen let there be an avatar-like system going on with it. For example there is a list of portaits for the people to pick from for their character judging on which one looks like him/her the most or they can upload their own.

[[D]Vincent]

Oh and also how about making it to where you can see what the weapon/armor/item and so on does without the describtion with the image alt, that way they don't have to go to another screen to see what it does or how much it increases your stats. Of course they can still click on it for the full describtion.

[zajako]

i think you have some valid suggestions vincent, but for now i am just trying to get it out, with basic features if i have to, but release 2 will be totaly kicken more ass then this one will :]

and we all know how much ass this one is going to kick :]

i would give you some more screens but i have been busy recently and have not been able to work on it for the past 2 days. I plan to work full forse on it tonight when i get home from work. Expect the shop system done and the location system to automate teh arena in the next few days ;]

[Graphics]

will there also be an option for a team fight and clans ???

[zajako]

release 2 yes, not release 1

[NuclioN]

zajako, i must say i'm realy impressed by the work you delivered already for this mod. Great job and i hope the second release will be even better. ;)

[zajako]

:] but lets concentrate on release 1 so it can be done though :]

[geniuscrew]

Keep up the great work Zak!

[croft]

This is outstanding stuff =) Donating next week =)

[zajako]

i have finsihed the shop system now to finish the admin properties for it, so you can add supplies for the shop on the edit shop page. All purchases from the shop do show up in your inventory and are taken from your gold.

Ill post the shop series of screenshots after i finish the admin options for it which is hopefuly soon :]

[croft]

I se you can download this script already ? Is that working or is it yust a big mess if i install it on my test forum ?

[zajako]

my hack is not downloadable yet, its not yet released beta or otherwise....

on my test forum i have majority of it done.

here are the shop screens

here is the location page which the shop is.

[zajako]

here is the page that comes up when you click on the weapons shop.

[zajako]

when you click Buy, this page comes up

[zajako]

here si the inventory page, after you purchase a sword

[zajako]

the admin page listing all the items carried as well as a link to add to the shops supply list

[zajako]

the shops add page

[LOD-squa]

Nice it looks pretty good nice job ;)

[Zachery]

very awsome

[hypedave]

I dropped you a lil something via paypal

[zajako]

thanks hyper dave :]

on all the rpg pages there is now a rpg sidebar. This side bar will have links to the rest of the rpg pages, so that your members can easily move from page to page and quickly perform tasks. It is template based for easy edits, and conforms to your themes as well ;]

[[D]Vincent]

Can you give us a picture of the sell page?

[zajako]

as soon as i make one :P

currently thats low on the list due to the other features that i need to make (like equiping the times to characters, or even letitng characters create characters :p)

[Ember]

I cant wait for this hack, it looks amazing so far, keep up the good work!

[zajako]

arena shop (where you challenge people to batlle)

[zajako]

one thing to note about that page. It only shows you a challenge if your being challenged so as not to have a long list that would confuse people.

here is the make a challenge page:

[Graphics]

i got a sugestion

what about some extra space for a user to write something about his char ???(others should b able to C it )

[The_Wanderer]

so.. only 10 people will get the final hack?

[The_Wanderer]

mmmm... lookin' good, zajeko! gj

[zajako]

refer to the other thread. It explains it all.

[zajako]

your refering about a background section, correct?

i could put something like that in, but ill make that a release 2 thing because there is a lot i have to do still and i don't want to do much more other than whats needed for release.

[hypedave]

Originally posted by The_Wanderer
so.. only 10 people will get the final hack?

all donators get it first ( donate through paypal )

his board allies are second in line

and lastly 10 selected users will get something

[zajako]

here is a zip of all the screens so far. This will help people get cought up.

edit:
arg too big to upload.

anyone wanna host it for me?

(i just looked at the file size its 2 megs)

[zajako]

here is a screenshot of the accept page for when you are challanged by another player.

[zajako]

Chruser of Zeleron.com is hosting it for me. This is a zip of all scrrenshots up till the challenge_accept one above this post.

http://hem.passagen.se/chruser99/screenys.zip

[Chruser]

Copy & paste the link into your browser, or it won't work.

[zajako]

I updated the admin section for races and classes. I added this section to both of them. Remeber these stats are what are given to the characters when you create a new one. They are pemnat stats, so if you update this for elves it does nto update all elves, just new ones created after this.

[zajako]

here is the new rpg home page, which will be slightly modified shortly but for the msot part this is the main concept of it

[zajako]

I have expanded classes to be male or female, without any complicateing seperations other than a selection in the admin panel. very user friendly, or will be for release, currently like mos of the admin panels it uses id numbers instead of drop downs(which will be the primary thing in the full release)

Also elements have images again. Also have expanded the rpg home page to diaplay images for places you can add characters to get your 5 total. This gies them a link to make new characters, as well looks more organised :]

I have started the character creation process, then after that is the character equipment process, then i have to do the trainign shops, then the status ailments, then as far as i can think right now im done with the beta. We are getting close guys, so keep me pumped by posting often opinions, it really helps me get excited which makes me code faster and better :]

[hypedave]

wow keep up the good work, by curiosity do you have a features list for this, where we can find all the features ?

thanks

[zajako]

not yet, but i will eventualy make one :P

Just too many featurees to list that are un sure right now.

[The_Wanderer]

hmmm... that's what i thought... sucks to be me then :(

[Erwin]

I've merged the 2 threads zajako. :)

I wouldn't mind beta-testing your hack if you like. ;)

[Shadow_NL]

Excellent job so far Zajako, can't wait to test this.

[zajako]

we got bout a week left til beta is done (crosses fingers to hope he can finish it in a week)

Erwin: Thanks, and ill let you have a beta copy to help test it (when i finish it)

[azork]

*crosses fingers*

One last week to wait...

[zajako]

step 1 of character creator:

[zajako]

step 2 of adding a character

[zajako]

step 3 of adding a character

[zajako]

the result:

[Alchemyst]

Again, maybe in Step 3 to throw in some < normalfont> tags (sorry to be picky, I just can't offer any more critisism - the hacks damn amazing)

[zajako]

i might thrown in some normal font tags throughout the hack, but for the most part right now its not improtant to me, i happen to like the default font.

[zajako]

Bury system finished, now i gotta make the revive feature work...

these are things i did not think of that need to be done :p
when your character has 0 hp, you can bury(or delete) it now, and i gotta make it so you can use revive potions now.

[zajako]

revive system finsihed.

[Graphics]

lets hpoe you get us a nice X-mas present :D

[zajako]

lets hope :]

[zajako]

the equipment section is being a bigger pain than i hoped, but it is still coming along. We are close guys :}

[zajako]

the equipment page

the page is not done, jsut designed. I still need to make it make the change wich will be a pain cause it must first add the current equipped weapon back to the inventory, then add the new weapon to the character, then remove the new weapon form the inventory all in one file execution. :/ ANd it must do that for all the equipibale places after you hit submit. :/ this one will be a pain, and hopefully not cause to manny queries.

[zajako]

i have figured out the main formula for the equipping of items. I will have the equipment process done in about 20 mins, thne i have very few things left to do. One being the inn, another being training shop, another being status effects. Then i have to make exp do something at the end of battles so that you can level up.

I may release the beta without one or more of those features and just release them as patches within a week or two later, we will see, but im working hard to get the beta done asap. I have kept you guys wating long enough :p

[zajako]

equipment systems all go :]

[xxxsaint]

will this beta be upgradable to the final or will it be install / test / uninstall / upgrade , etc ?

[zajako]

im looking torwards updates ,im trying to make this as simple for everyone as possible ;]

[zajako]

Inn finished.

[zajako]

the training page that lets you choose which character to train.

[Chruser]

Yay, Zajako said he's going to let me beta test this amazing hack as I'm an affiliate. :D

[[D]Vincent]

Very nice, could you explain to me that red bar with Characters written beside it at the top of the character creation pages?

And you think this will be released after Christmas?

[DrkFusion]

Umm, I conducted a vote on forums that I work at, and they really want a system like this, do you know where the owner can donate to the production of this.

I will give you his name, and email via email or pm

[zajako]

hey drk fusion, there is a donate link in the first post, if you would rather send by mail just pm me and i can give an address to send to. Also i don't check my email so pm me :p

vincent, the red bar is showing how many characters you have left. You get a total of 5 per person, and the red bar is there just to show how many you have used. No big deal really, can be removed via template and uses no queries seeing how $bbuserinfo[rpgchars] is the character count number.

I hope to have the beta doen before christmas, if not on christmas, so from now till then check often.

I hope everyone is on the edge of thei seats cause i know i am :]

[geniuscrew]

oO Brilliant work Zak - can't wait for it!

[DrkFusion]

Yea, very good job, I am not the biggest fan of RPG, and don't know the first thing to it, but you are doing a very nice job Zaj.

Regards

[Chris M]

You are doing a very good job Zaj;)

Looking forward to testing this;):)

Satan

[mokes]

Go go go Zajako :D

[zajako]

*really hates install files, Esspesicaly ones that give him troubles*

[zajako]

beta is released!!!!!!!

[DrkFusion]

Great to Hear Zajako

[zajako]

All users who have installed the hack please post your url here so that i can check out how you have custimized it, im very interested :]

[kmfdm_kid2000]

I'm installing it today,

http://www.gqforums.com

[azork]

zajako, where can i download teh beta?

[Graphics]

go to vb.org main page
then latest hacks it's there :D

[azork]

tkx :p


www.pk-hq.com

[PSI|Dr-X]

http://db-nrg.homeftp.net/forum/ Here maybe the url will be offline when i go this is only a testboard ;) with the zajako fully good installed and the bytsis rpg or like that

and zajako i found a little bug not a bug but

The RpgLevel querie you didint put in :P (i didint saw it)

[zajako]

read the actual forum and if your bug is not reported then report it :]

[Bro_Joey_Gowdy]

great hack

[Mrpolish]

Awesome hack !

Need a hosting mirror for it ?