Yes 16:00 GMT works fine for a meeting at IRC for me atleast.
I sugest as many as possible make a reply on this mail... so we know that
most of the people can come.
Also there is a possibilety to use MSN chat, if alot of people don't know
how to use IRC, but for that we need MSN adresses:
anders_asplund (at) hotmail (dot) com
this is my msn adress, add it if you want (change the params to the correct
symbols ;) ) just mention that your from the Arianne dev team (or related to
it) when you add me.
if you plan on posting your msn I sugest that you don't type it in clear
text, since bots can capture it from the web log of the maillist.
Regards
Anders Asplund aka danter @ irc.freenode.net #arianne
>Hi all,
>
>I think a good time for doing the meeting would be Sunday afternoon. At
>16:00 GMT+0
>We will use IRC channel irc.freenode.net #arianne
>You can check times at
>http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=141
>
>Ok, I just detail a bit what IMHO are the next steps we should take. I want
>to make clear that these are the goals I think are more important, but it
>is
>needed your collaboration to decide a common set of goals and work on them
>to achieve 0.60 as best as possible.
>
>I split the list in two: one set of tasks very important to improve the
>quality of the game and another set of task to improve the gameplay of the
>game.
>
>1) Important task
>- Speed up creatures.
>Redesign, recode, optimize and detach logic so it doesn't need to be called
>once per turn.
>
>- Fix A* bug ( creatures line up on attack )
>It shouldn't be a hard to fix bug... but it is showing resistent. :-(
>
>- Rework map system
>Actual system show several limitations:
>* We can't have different tilesets depending on the map.
>* We need to check by hand the zone limits.
>* It is hard to create big things.
>* Based on a very limited file format ( xstend )
>We should start using tmx for files on server directly and make the server
>guess what each tileset is for.
>
>- Reduce client memory usage
>Loading all the tilesets make the client waste lots of memory.
>We can unload a tileset once it has been split ( because now it keeps in
>memory ).
>
>- GUI improvements
>Our client lacks of the appeareance that would make the project looks more
>serious.
>We are missing several things right now, mainly:
>* Split stackable items
>* Trade
>* Better chat system
>
>- Different chat channels
>With at least a global channel.
>Chat is really suffering from out of sync perceptions as for some persons
>it
>is not even possible to talk or miss messages. We should find a way of
>solving this that surely involves marauroa and has to do with guaranted
>delivery.
>
>- NPC crosses zones
>NPC should be able to follow a player changing zones as players does.
>
>- Automatically resize zones
>Stendhal should be able to split zones for game play with best suits the
>server features.
>Some maps, as kobolds area, are a big for a single map but splitting in
>tiled is not the best solution.
>IMHO we should move towards a big single map ( made of many small maps if
>you want ) but the editor should provide us the illusion of a single big
>map
>( IMHO ).
>
>- Rework position system.
>This is a very important issues if we want to add different speeds to
>players and it we want to implement the above two items. We need to move to
>a global coordinate system and make sure players can have different speeds.
>I am not sure how to do the last part.
>If you see Tibia ( my source of inspirations :P ) you see that players move
>fasters than others BUT they move a single tile on a click... old stendhal
>allowed players to move 0.5 tile and that was not good really.
>
>- Allow some attributes ( List type? ) to get multiple values.
>This happens for text and private text.
>It will happen for damage too when we add area spells.
>This should be fixed at Marauroa level ( IMHO ).
>
>- Marauroa scheduler is a nonsense.
>Due to the design of Stendhal the scheduler can be simplified a lot.
>Most games will also benefict from the simplification ( I can handle this
>one ).
>
>- Start to think about server paralelization.
>Due to the way server works ( each RPZone is independient ) we can really
>and safely think about paralelize stendhal a bit. I expect this to be
>needed
>LATER when Creatures are redesigned and optimized and we still find the
>turn
>time limit there.
>
>- Improve persistence.
>There are two types of relations with object that right now are simplified
>in one: RPSlot.
>We should add a new one called RPLink that is used for objects like sheeps,
>houses, bank, etc...
>That represents the relation in a new different way.
>
>- Remove python support.
>It is a nonsense to have Groovy and Python.
>I suggest to push more on the groovy direction by porting something to
>Groovy scripts, for example areas loaded, quest loaded, creatures data and
>behaviours, etc...
>
>
>
>2) Gameplay tasks
>We need to keep in mind also that Stendhal is a game to play and have fun (
>playing it! not coding ).
>So we would need to center also on some players' desires.
>
>- Raids
>Athanas is now doing a great job with that, but now that we have groovy
>scripts we can improve it and automatize it. Once NPC can cross zones and
>AI
>is improved we can even make the raid to come from some areas to another
>area like Ados walls.
>This feature would be really welcome by top players and would add a nice
>thing to game.
>
>- Games: Capture the flag and Conquer the hill
>Two smalls games that shouldn't be hard to code with a groovy script.
>
>- Magic spells
>Jo added scrolls, we should now use that code and extend to common game
>spells.
>
>- Destructable items and propierties
>This feature has lots of potential if you join it with raids :)
>Player would HAVE to fight for ther possesions.
>
>- Run
>Players want to move faster. ( Speed feature above ).
>
>- New RP system.
>With more or less success Danter were working on a new RP that is somewhat
>detailed in Wiki and that resembles Ragnarok Online.
>We should center on providing at least:
>* Classes
>* Better creature balance
>* Items
>* Spells
>* Improved combat
>
>- Add Players propierties
>Houses, animals, etc...
>It should be related to RPLink feature.
>
>
>That's my vision.
>I would love to read critics, additions or just comments.
>
>So if you want to come to IRC on Sunday, 18 at 16:00 GMT we can talk more
>about this and create a new better list that takes everyone interests in
>account.
>
>Regards,
>Miguel
>
>
>
>
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