[PHP] Re: server side games question
Sorry for sending this message through the list, but I'm getting mail errors when I try to send it directly. - - - - - Sorry it took so long. The generation scripts aren't very fleshed out, and neither is the display format, but it's a good solid example of the basic example. Every main unit of distance (tile, sector, screen, etc...) has a key which can be calculated from nothing more than it's location, and this key is used to generate pseudo-random information about that location. Obviously, in a game where that information could change, a database of some sort would be needed to record those changes, but you don't need to store every bit of data about every section of a 1000 x 1000 universe. The scripts I created are attached. I haven't tinkered with them for a while, so I'm not completely familiar with them any more, but you can pretty much navigate through them starting from index.php. - Theo - - - - - Remember, the guy who has to maintain your code may know where you live. BFconfig.php BattleFleet.css combat.php index.php alert.txt map.php page.php login.php sector.php -Original Message- From: Brown, Daniel (staff) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 10:19 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: server side games question What's the project? Don't know yet probably some form of wargame I would imagine a time based RTS or something (i'm not sure yet). I've not done any decant C/C++ coding for too long and am now getting must code-something-cool-soon feeling last time this happened I ended up making a 3d landscape generator I would be interested to see your code for generating a star map, its something I have always thought of doing and have never quite got round to doing! Cheers, Daniel Theodore Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... PHP will do fine. What's the project? I'm a wannabe game developer, and I had a bit of fun a few months back with randomly generated, but reproducable, game worlds (in my case it was a star map for a space conquest type of game). It's a really neat concept, and its how alot of the 'big world' games were done when games came on floppy disks. The code isn't very polished, but if you're interested in that sort of thing, I can dig it up and fire it off to you. - Theo -Original Message- From: Daniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 5:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: server side games question Hi, Right I'm still pretty new to server side programming and have a few questions regarding the possible uses of existing technology in 'low-tech' (not 3d FPS/RTS/RPGs) online games. As I understand it PHP is used to add dynamic content to HTML (from MySQL database for example) and it is also possible to write applications in C/C++ that run on server computer (SUSE 7.2 + APACHE for example) that update databases at set time intervals. I am a games programmer and was wondering if it would be possible to code the following system which would run on an SUSE Apache server box: An database containing client and game data (use MySQL?), An HTML/PHP based front end (is PHP best choice for this?), A Some form of application that process the game or turn info (in the DB) at set time intervals and updates the game database with it (use C/C++?). I am competent in C/C++, ok at php and ok at MySQL but not sure how to fit it all together like how do I go about creating an application that process's the database? Can any one suggest sites/books/people who I could read/ask to find out more about this idea? Also are the languages I specified the best languages to use for this? I am open to suggestions and constructive criticism. Cheers, Daniel Network Associates GroupShield Exchange ** Alert generated at: Friday, November 16, 2001 12:19:51 AM Eastern Standard Time ** The file login.html has been replaced. Please consult your administrator for further help and remember to quote your ticket number: OA2114_1005887991_OHDAYTOXCHG3 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] Re: server side games question
Hi! For the programming language, I would go with PHP over any other. Yes, yes, there's no best language for every task, but with your C++ background it should be easy to develop advanced techniques on PHP than on others on short time. Depending from what you meant with 'background apps to update database', you could even use Cron on Linux or At on Windows. These will run php files for you that you can use to maintain the db. I've seen and played a lot of online role playing games on the last couple years. Most were done on Perl, and it's time to develop one on PHP! :-) I've tried but my lack of time prevented me to continue a similar open source project. It's was an IA game of 'life-simulation', where you would buy a house, work, buy gear/cars/furniture/etc... Sponsors would come from these products. It was a pretty good idea, you would be able even to get a politics career for mayor, governor, etc... Too bad I had to stop. Anyway, here's a link that might help you with ideas and codes. http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=80discrim=183 -- Julio Nobrega A hora está chegando: http://toca.sourceforge.net Daniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Hi, Right I'm still pretty new to server side programming and have a few questions regarding the possible uses of existing technology in 'low-tech' (not 3d FPS/RTS/RPGs) online games. As I understand it PHP is used to add dynamic content to HTML (from MySQL database for example) and it is also possible to write applications in C/C++ that run on server computer (SUSE 7.2 + APACHE for example) that update databases at set time intervals. I am a games programmer and was wondering if it would be possible to code the following system which would run on an SUSE Apache server box: An database containing client and game data (use MySQL?), An HTML/PHP based front end (is PHP best choice for this?), A Some form of application that process the game or turn info (in the DB) at set time intervals and updates the game database with it (use C/C++?). I am competent in C/C++, ok at php and ok at MySQL but not sure how to fit it all together like how do I go about creating an application that process's the database? Can any one suggest sites/books/people who I could read/ask to find out more about this idea? Also are the languages I specified the best languages to use for this? I am open to suggestions and constructive criticism. Cheers, Daniel -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] Re: server side games question
Good day! Some time ago I tried to create game server for games on line(people with people)... poker, preferance, chess and so on well as I was wery new in this action I tried diferent languages and even operation systems. At last (for some hawy rezons :-) ) I stoped on Client-Server model (Delphi+any database supported ODBCBDE) on Win NT (I feel that beter way is the same model on Unix C++ but I am not expiriensed in Unix process memory organization so have to use more light way). So the best way for online games is write your own client and server on C++ but use Appach-Some_Browser(by the way what it will be? IE1,2,3,4,5,6? NC? Mozilla? object model support?). There much gains you reciving using the model (first you know how it works + low trafick). Well but if you simply whant create games like Tetris or Digger online (man.server) than ofcouse better use IE5-6 as client (with it exelent object model) and server on PHPMySQL. Vladimir. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] RE: server side games question
PHP will do fine. What's the project? I'm a wannabe game developer, and I had a bit of fun a few months back with randomly generated, but reproducable, game worlds (in my case it was a star map for a space conquest type of game). It's a really neat concept, and its how alot of the 'big world' games were done when games came on floppy disks. The code isn't very polished, but if you're interested in that sort of thing, I can dig it up and fire it off to you. - Theo -Original Message- From: Daniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 5:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: server side games question Hi, Right I'm still pretty new to server side programming and have a few questions regarding the possible uses of existing technology in 'low-tech' (not 3d FPS/RTS/RPGs) online games. As I understand it PHP is used to add dynamic content to HTML (from MySQL database for example) and it is also possible to write applications in C/C++ that run on server computer (SUSE 7.2 + APACHE for example) that update databases at set time intervals. I am a games programmer and was wondering if it would be possible to code the following system which would run on an SUSE Apache server box: An database containing client and game data (use MySQL?), An HTML/PHP based front end (is PHP best choice for this?), A Some form of application that process the game or turn info (in the DB) at set time intervals and updates the game database with it (use C/C++?). I am competent in C/C++, ok at php and ok at MySQL but not sure how to fit it all together like how do I go about creating an application that process's the database? Can any one suggest sites/books/people who I could read/ask to find out more about this idea? Also are the languages I specified the best languages to use for this? I am open to suggestions and constructive criticism. Cheers, Daniel -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
