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Offline dvd871

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« on: October 12, 2006, 08:00:58 PM »
I found the old Exofusion/SilentStalk game code that I've had for years now.  Its very poorly coded and doesn't work with register globals off.  I was going to go though the code and first make it functional.  Then was thinking that we could do like a community project.  Whoever wanted could download the base functional program, then we could make updates and post them here in the forums.  That would be a way for those who wanted to learn some php a sort of hands on refernce and you would also have a small game for yourself as well.  Anyone interesed in something like that?
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Re: Community Project
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2006, 04:27:00 AM »
It's a nice idea :)
It would take a lot of organisation and planning though...
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Re: Community Project
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2006, 06:56:28 AM »
Sounds pretty good. Would help me out alot. It's too confusing for me at the moment. I am a n00b at this stuff
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Re: Community Project
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2006, 04:19:55 AM »
Quote from: dvd871 on October 12, 2006, 08:00:58 PM
I found the old Exofusion/SilentStalk game code that I've had for years now.  Its very poorly coded and doesn't work with register globals off.  I was going to go though the code and first make it functional.  Then was thinking that we could do like a community project.  Whoever wanted could download the base functional program, then we could make updates and post them here in the forums.  That would be a way for those who wanted to learn some php a sort of hands on refernce and you would also have a small game for yourself as well.  Anyone interesed in something like that?


yeh dvd - when i finally get web hooked up - count me in

cant get online very much these days  :-[

but got my trusty ol home-built mac at home - can do graphics & stuff there offline
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Re: Community Project
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2006, 11:33:00 AM »
You can setup a dev server on your home pc.  In fact you will need one in order to do any php coding.
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Re: Community Project
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2006, 08:00:04 PM »
I don't know how much help I could be, as I don't currently know any php, but I might enjoy it for the learning experience
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Re: Community Project
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2006, 08:18:41 PM »
Im in this for the learning side of things. Do many members actually come on here to help other members or are they only after help/scripts etc?

I have read a few php tuts and im getting nowhere fast. It looks so confusing but I think really it could be very easy. I find this problem with all new things and once I have picked it up I am pretty good at it.

How long would you say roughly it takes to learn PHP?
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Re: Community Project
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2006, 11:26:47 PM »
Most are here only for the scripts.  Watch, once they hit 100 posts, you will never see them here again.

When you look at the tutorials try and break them down into pieces.  Trying to look at the whole script at once is overwhelming.  It shouldn't take long to learn the basics.
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Re: Community Project
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2006, 02:00:12 AM »
Quote from: dvd871 on October 14, 2006, 11:33:00 AM
You can setup a dev server on your home pc.  In fact you will need one in order to do any php coding.

not quite true - me thinks - u can still write the code if u know what u r doing. but testing is a lil difficult.
& btw - i dont have a home PC... i got MAC

i dont have web access tho - probly a good thing considering the amount of *work* i have done to the MacOS & hware  ;)

Still - do have use of a shitty ol PC - which i whack webs with.
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Re: Community Project
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2006, 02:01:22 AM »
Quote from: Comrade Ravenhawk on October 14, 2006, 08:00:04 PM
I don't know how much help I could be, as I don't currently know any php, but I might enjoy it for the learning experience

i think thats the whole point of the excercise comrade  ;)
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Re: Community Project
« Reply #10 on: October 17, 2006, 04:02:29 PM »
Getting a community game done is not going to be the hard part, its the license and ownership that is, everyone is going to want to own the script they create and then try to sell it or use it on thier own server, or something the others won't agree to. You should set the rights up a head of time, or make the game open source that way you have have the project files hosted by sourceforge and the possiblity of selling goes out. Then of course ownership of the domain name and hosting cost comes in, that's another issue. Work these issues out and I might be able to help a bit too.
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Re: Community Project
« Reply #11 on: October 17, 2006, 06:02:37 PM »
It's true what you say but DVD might not be in it for money, This might just be a little project which helps out at the same time. Once you have the basic structure then the layout/images etc could be changed so not all are the same
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Re: Community Project
« Reply #12 on: October 17, 2006, 07:41:06 PM »
Seems we have two threads going in two different sections now, lol.

We should post in this topics now: http://community.bbgamezone.net/index.php/topic,159.0.html

Its the same thing that I was try to do.
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Re: Community Project
« Reply #13 on: April 30, 2007, 05:26:09 PM »
so what happens with this poject?

 B)
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