RPG MOD comming soon!

Senkusha · December 23, 2005, 07:47:29 PM

Update: Yeah, I know...sorry it's been forever....anyway,

I've got one of two RPG mods written and in BETA on my site. This first mod is greatly enhanced by both the SHOP mod and the Magical Llamas mod. I will probably be naming this mod something like "RPG BATTLE MOD", since with it, each member is assigned stats, can beat up other members, and make goodies. The modifications I made to the Shop mod, allow for members to sell goodies back to the Shop, and to trade with other players. Enhancements I've made to the Llama mod: Instead of affecting your Karma in a good way or bad way, you will always recieve something positive. Your karma is a source of income (another enhancement to the SHOP mod). By clicking on the llama, you can recieve random things from the shop, money, or additional karma.

Coming later, I hope to be able to gererate code for a Dynamic Avatar system (sort of what Gaia Online is using. This would allow for further enhancement to the Shop mod, and allow for items bought to be more useful.

This DAS (Dynamic Avatar System), is also going to be used in my other RPG mod, that I currently have written, but not in the form of a mod just yet, a Player/Character organization system. With this second mod, it will allow site administrators/game masters to keep track of all the players and characters in a PbP (Play by Post) game. Included will be a simple die roller, player tracking (of last activity in the RPG), designating boards for RPGs, granting XP and Wealth, and it will have a simple 'voting' system that the other players can use to rate the other players in the RPG.

As I was saying before I got off on a tangent, the DAS will be integrated into this second mod, to allow players to build a rough graphical representation of their characters in the game, and will also allow the players to "switch" the avatars for a particular post.

I am truely sorry it has taken me this long to get these mods in working order, with luck and a bit of free time this upcoming semester, I hope to release both of these soon. Look for the first mod (the Battle Mod) to be comming out sometime before Feb 1, 2006. These mods will be SMF 1.1 Final compatible (whenever that comes out

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Valiantheart · December 27, 2005, 04:08:39 AM

Yay... I can't wait!

URPG · January 30, 2006, 05:51:44 AM

I run my pwn P&P's RPG Portal / Forum with SMF and am very interested in this MOD. I already got a IRC Dice Bot up and running, but IRC gaming has the same disadvantages that "real world" gaming has: all the players got to be available at the same time...

If you need game mechanics that work well - for over 3 years now - like learning by using skills, etc. and a lot of already written equipment / weapons in a universal RPG system let me know!

We'd only need to simulate d10 and d100 as well as convert the character sheet to something that can ba run in a database...
I would love to contribute more and add the ideas swirling around in my head, but i got a 20 day timeframe left for my diploma Thesis...

Nomina · March 16, 2006, 11:15:54 PM

Senkusha,

How are things progressing? Specifically, any updates or sneak-previews available for the PbP additions? They sound supurb, and would make my life (and many others') much easier.

And, hey, while I'm thinking about it, the storyline(s) on Ayeka's Bliss are coming along nicely. Seems as though you've attracted a pretty good group of players.

TechnoDragon · March 16, 2006, 11:59:20 PM

Just to let you know...seeing as you plan on implementing a dice roller and you have stated this will kinda be a universal type rpg mod...there is a member...shanks...that has created a very good dice roller for smf (I am currently using it for a PbP game and it works extremely well) that can practically allow you to create any type of dice roll you can think of. I am sure he would probably not have a problem with you integrating it into your mod.

Senkusha · March 17, 2006, 10:28:17 AM

Quote from: Nomina on March 16, 2006, 11:15:54 PM
Senkusha,

How are things progressing? Specifically, any updates or sneak-previews available for the PbP additions? They sound supurb, and would make my life (and many others') much easier.

And, hey, while I'm thinking about it, the storyline(s) on Ayeka's Bliss are coming along nicely. Seems as though you've attracted a pretty good group of players.

The MOD is progressing quite nicely. Some of the functionality is already in place (although, I still have to add access levels (Security) to it. The character generator is about 40% complete, and at the current rate of development, I expect to have it in BETA by April.

Thank you for the support and stopping by the site. If you're a member, then you can see the current MOD progress on my Role Playing tab. Also, thank you for the complement on the storyline....although, there are currently two different games in progress

Nomina · March 17, 2006, 04:28:03 PM

Quote from: Senkusha on March 17, 2006, 10:28:17 AM
The MOD is progressing quite nicely. Some of the functionality is already in place (although, I still have to add access levels (Security) to it. The character generator is about 40% complete, and at the current rate of development, I expect to have it in BETA by April.

Thank you for the support and stopping by the site. If you're a member, then you can see the current MOD progress on my Role Playing tab. Also, thank you for the complement on the storyline....although, there are currently two different games in progress

I was particularly referring to the "Destiny's Fear" storyline--I admit to having not taken the time to read any of "Harmony of Chaos."

After registering (specifically to be able to take a look at the mod), I'm quite impressed. It looks like things are going swimmingly. I'd offer my assistance in development, but doubt that my rather limited knowledge of PHP would be of much use at this point. Alas, I suppose I'll just have to wait... $:-\$

I noted the "modify character sheet" option under the Administration Settings, is that intended for changes to the existing character sheets, or an option for modifying the character sheet itself (i.e. the tracked stats and other game-specific information)? I guess my real question is just how difficult it would be to make changes to the mod to support other game systems (with your permission, of course.)

Senkusha · March 17, 2006, 04:48:46 PM

The goal is to make the system as adaptable as possible. I've created the character generator to be as flexible as possbile, this of course comes at a cost. Some more advanced things about the various game systems are not readily implementable, however, with a little bit of PHP coding, anything is possible.

Regarding the Character sheet modification, this will be renamed to Modify Character Template or something simular. This option will be used to modify the actual template the system will use to display the sheet in the forum.

While on the subject of game systems, let's get to know what the popular ones are, so that I might be able to add them to the pre-release

Luke Beale · March 28, 2006, 05:31:55 PM

so is it ready yet? The RPG MOD?

Senkusha · March 31, 2006, 11:23:33 AM

Not quite. (I just mentioned this in the PM I sent you) Before I can release this, I have one thing that I must figure out how to do. This is to populate the post form with my own data (subject and message) with the character information. Once this is finished, then I can release the MOD.

Paladine · April 26, 2006, 03:44:52 AM

Hi Senkusha

I cant wait for your MOD to be released!!

Any news yet?

Luke Beale · April 26, 2006, 12:06:24 PM

i heard that it will be finished soon

URPG · April 27, 2006, 05:14:38 AM

Let's see how universal it realy is...

*looking forward to it*

kanon · April 30, 2006, 03:29:22 AM

Hi, I've just started contemplating modding SMF for PBP RPGing also, except that I will be making a site like hxxp:playbyweb.com [nonactive] and hxxp:rpol.net [nonactive]. To check out what I've done so far go here: hxxp:herbaloutfitters.com/pbw/dual/ [nonactive]. I've modified the Playbyweb code to add things like secret messages in posts, a chat sidebar, an image gallery with advanced search features, and many other things.

It's a little different than your idea, as it's for a site that's made to host dozens, if not hundreds, of games, all with different rulesets, but many of the things you've programmed are things I've been wanting to put into my code. Maybe we can help each other and/or share code?

diffy · May 20, 2006, 05:32:53 PM

Quote from: Senkusha on March 31, 2006, 11:23:33 AM
Not quite. (I just mentioned this in the PM I sent you) Before I can release this, I have one thing that I must figure out how to do. This is to populate the post form with my own data (subject and message) with the character information. Once this is finished, then I can release the MOD.

Under Modifications on the SMF download page, they've posted
an SMF API package. Maybe that'll help you further?

Dude, it's been two years

Dark Aura024 · June 11, 2006, 04:22:26 PM

any news about RPG MOD yet?

Senkusha · June 27, 2006, 10:49:22 PM

Quote from: diffy on May 20, 2006, 05:32:53 PM
Dude, it's been two years

Yeah, I know....I'm very sorry for the delay. But now that there's help with this project I expect to see this released very soon. Now all *I* need is the time to dedicate to the project :sweatdrop:

theslam2006 · August 06, 2006, 01:44:17 AM

Bother someone else to do one people. Its mentioned that an "alpha" will be given out in October...and it was said that next april will probably have the first beta, and like september for another beta, then SEVERAL months later it *might* be finished. The alpha was mentioned by Senkusha, but the rest was mentioned from an important person on the forums there.

4-5 Years for a mod is just unheard of. There are a few others out there that are *hopefully* working on one, ask them to see if theirs is in progress....

Just an update. As ive been waiting for one for months and months too...

onijin · August 13, 2006, 12:11:41 PM

Quote from: Senkusha on June 27, 2006, 10:49:22 PM
Quote from: diffy on May 20, 2006, 05:32:53 PM
Dude, it's been two years

Yeah, I know....I'm very sorry for the delay. But now that there's help with this project I expect to see this released very soon. Now all *I* need is the time to dedicate to the project :sweatdrop:

Don't mind these people Senkusha. I've tried this coding thing and it *IS* quite difficult and also, kinda hard to release something when you have your own life to live, so you don't have to appologize. I'm patient and will wait for it. So thanks for your work.

(though I wouldn't mind if it was release ahead of schedule either ^_^)

die4me · August 27, 2006, 05:42:39 AM

So this mod will be released soon and does it have pvp?
Will admins be able to change images?
Also will you be allowing others to make additions to it when it is done?
Also will members get experience from posting or battling only?
Will characters be in members profiles?
and am i asking to many questions lol?

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