Re: [Myrpg-development] Future Implementations (That you should consider now)

[<sle...@fi...>]

Hi,

I think speech synthetizer is a very good idea. However I think we must w=
ait
a little before using them, first we need a simple (light) game with text
dialogs, then we could add sound effects and finally perhaps the voice (i=
f
performance permit it).

About internationalization, you're right, we must take care of this. Coul=
d
you detail difference between the two version of the Toolkit, because the
first one which is include in the JDK could be enough for our needs.

I consider the game more like a world where many player lives than a game
where players are doing quest (following some scenario). This is why I th=
ink
videos are not apropriate. That's also the reason why I don't want to lim=
it
the number of players.

About 3d, It's a good idea but, like for sound, we must go slowly. I try
Java3d a long time ago and it was defintely slow and I wasn't able to
install the last version with JDK 1.4 (because Java Plugin problems...). =
I
know their exists some kool java 3d engines that are faster than Java2d (=
see
opale : http://opale.soya.tuxfamily.org/  or view3d :
http://www.visualbeans.com/View3D/), but it still slow when the number of=
 3d
face increase.
For our test game, we choice isometric 3d, because its ligth and almost e=
asy
to developp.
But I want to enable World Admins (and developpers) to develop their own
rendering engine (like a real 3d one) that's why graphic engines (called
HiCare Kernel) will be download by HiCare from the World server.

About IP packet customization and SSL, it will be hard because all of the
communication is handled by the application server (JBoss).

Do you have articles on "No Random Combats" ? It's an interesting idea...

Loic is on  holidays, he'll come back next week  and give us his opinion,
    I appologize for the time it takes me to write, but I've got lots of
work at the office...

        Bye

            GoLo

ps : I put the source I got at http://myrpg.free.fr/myrpg.zip (this maili=
ng
list doesn't support mail > 40k). Hope this will help

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Sebastian
Envoy=E9 : lundi 18 mars 2002 03:23
=C0 : MyRPG Dev ML
Objet : [Myrpg-development] Future Implementations (That you should consi=
der
now)


  Hi.


  Well, first mail to the list. Hi (Again ). Looking the Sun's Java site =
i
found some Programs and features that i would like to see. You might ask =
why
now i say that. Well, later it would be very difficult to implement. The
list is this:

  Programs:

  - FreeTTS (speech synthesizer written entirely in the Java)
http://freetts.sourceforge.net/
  This would be for telling the History, reading the text, etc. It would =
be
very nice to listen a voice.

  - JavaMail (Not for check e-mails, to send only! for check use Outlook =
or
Eudora)
  - Java Internationalization and Localization Toolkit 2 (The title says
all)
  both on Sun's Java site

  Features on the Game:

  - No Random Combats (Jesus! I hate Randoms . If you want to now how is
without Random Combats, check out SNES Chrono Trigger or PSOne Chrono
Cross... Square make them.) I love that Square works with Nintendo Again!
... Ejem!. (I have the SNES Rom if you want it)


  - =BFFMV (Like the Final fantasy Movies) or RTV (Like the Zelda Movies)=
?


  - Limit of players on a world (512 in a same world??!!)


  - Use of Compression on the TCP/IP Packets (Maybe ZIP or BZIP2)


  - Full support for WinXP

  - Support of MMX, SSE, SSE2 and 3DNow (Yes, yes, i know that this is no=
t a
FPS! but i want to see what my P4 can do, and to use the excelent FPU of =
the
Athlon)


  - Use of SSL 2 or 3 (For Login only)


  - Anti-Cheat System (It will be hard, but we need that).

  - Maybe 3D support (With the Java 3D API from Sun).

  What do you think? I will make instructions to see how it can be
implemented what you like from above.

  Bye

  Sebastian

  P.S. Somebody could send me the Source code of all? I'm having troubles
with the SSH  (Damn FTP site ) also, I will install the Mandrake Linux 8.=
..
if i can find the 2 cds in my house... . (For that i will use my P1 200 M=
hz)








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