Tinymush sucks ;P use pennmush instead i already have them integrated with mysql support ;)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Rafferty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 6:39 AM Subject: Idea Incubator Article : CFMX & TinyMUSH 4 integration > So, in my spare time I've been working on a fun little project. I play on > MUSHes (sort of like a MUD only more for RolePlay than hack and slash) a > lot and I've always wanted to do a web character generator. My vision on > how this works is basically that I have 2 databases. One that CFMX > interfaces with (secure) and the other that the mush interfaces with > (insecure), something like this: > > CFMX <-> Secure db <-> Insecure db <-> TinyMUSH 3.0 patchlevel 4#1 > > TinyMUSH has the ability to interface with MySQL, but because you can't > specify a password for the mush to log into mysql with, I've decided that > this is a 'hostile' zone because of that. Which is why I call it an > insecure database. So, basically all the stats of a character will be > placed into the secure db. The insecure db will be quick snapshots or a > transportation layer for the mush to interface with. > > I still had one problem though. The data will remain in the transportation > layer until something kicks off within the MUSH itself. How else would that > data get sucked into the game? I kept thinking about it and ... well, I had > two options. One, every time staff made a change to a character on the web, > they'd have to type a command (like +synch) on the actual game. That's > stupid and tedious. I needed a robot or something to interface with the mush. > > I called upon one of my best friends in Atlanta, Don Stauffer (goes by the > old Mush name of Hyperion) who works for > <http://www.air2web.com/>air2web.com. Great guy, loves java stuff. Came > from a 'C' background (self taught) and he taught himself java because the > demands were high for it. He now writes java api's for wireless protocols > for air2web.com. I asked Don if he could make me a java api that would > allow me to use CFMX to telnet into the mush, kick off a few commands and > logoff. He finished it today and gave me a robot.jar file. This thing is > *great*. I was able to put the jar file into my > "CfusionMX\wwwroot\WEB-INF\lib" directory, hiccup the server and ... write: > > <cfobject type="java" name="newRobot" class="com.don.robot.Robot" > action="create"> > <cfscript> > myRobot = newRobot.getInstance(); > myRobot.login(myserver_name,port,'Javabot',bot_password); > myRobot.command('page todd=Booya'); > myRobot.command('page todd=Tired of this crap, logging off..'); > myRobot.logoff(); > </cfscript> > > The in game results: > JavaBot has connected. > JavaBot pages: Booya > JavaBot pages: Tired of this crap, logging off.. > JavaBot has disconnected. > > Is this not cool or what?! :) :) Now, ColdFusion MX can seamlessly handle > the web chargen of the game and handle the synchronization of actual game > data within the game (as well as recieve feedback on whether something was > successful or not!). In fact, because of how much I can do with the > javabot api, I'm beginning to wonder if I need the insecure database at > all.. I can just have the JavaBot set all the game attributes on the player > object as needed. We'll see... > > I realize that a lot of people are wanting to learn flash for remoting, > etc. However, if you get a chance to explore with ColdFusion MX and Java. > Do it. It's worth every penny to explore and have fun with the > possibilities of using CFMX and Java together. You can use java to enhance > / extend your CFMX experience. Even if it's for something stupid and > trivial as a game. :) > > Hope this inspires someone to have fun... =) > > ~Todd > > > > ---------- > Todd Rafferty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.web-rat.com/ > Team Macromedia Volunteer for ColdFusion > http://www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/ > http://www.devmx.com/ > > ---------- > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
