Name's Aea, I'm a webmaster and level designer hoping to create my own mmorpg, however my c++ knowledge is very small at the moment
I'm currently reading up on c++ programming, and involved in learning how to make a game. I've been messing around with the techdemo for some time, and even though I managed to create a nice interface, I do realize my work is really going nowhere. I was wondering if there was just a basic "framework" for an mmorpg, or just a frame work for any game Basically I want a project I can open and have control from there, the techdemo is a nice start for me, but where do I go from there? I don't think I should be building on to the tech demo file, as that would be pointless Here's what I'm looking for...
-- Start Screen
-- Game (don't know how to say this, just like the tech demo, loads in a level, etc)
-- Basic Entity Support (The game part should be rather small, so all entities such as farries, fires, etc would be loaded from the map, no directly into the game exe...
Here's what I would like to have...
-- Thirdperson Camera
-- Navigation by mouse (Pretty simple here, just point, and your character goes there, no need for complex physics since the camera will always be looking from above, it is very important that only if the player clicks does his character move, I *think* I know enough about how the engine works to create buttons for stuff as inventory, skills, character information, trade, etc.
Here's what I would kill for (:P)
-- Character Stats (hp, mana, strenth, dex, etc)
-- Monster Entities (A map entity that will create monsters, basically this would be a very complex entity, here's what I would want from it
, Monster Name, Monster HP [from # to #], Monster Attack Strengh[from # to #], Monster XP gain [from # to #], monster drop list [choice of items that monster will drop on death], monster gold drop [from # to #], and finally a very complex set of variables, how many monsters in a certain area permitted till the entity stops spawning more, and how far those monsters will venture from the entity, basically, how far they will wander away, creating an even layer of monsters)-- EXP/LEVEL System, basically an equation that states how much more EXP must be gained until a player levels up, on level up they get to add "4" to their player stats, such as hp, strengh, mana, etc
-- EXP STATS Continued, adding additional strengh would allow players to use newer weapons, etc, adding more xp gives you 2 more hp for each point added, having additional strengh would also increase strengh based weapon damage, and the same for mana for mana based weapons.
-- Items/weapons This would be added on to a "list" basically a config or sql database that has a full list of stuff, weapons would have custom models, pictures, etc.
-- Item Usage, and more advanced stuff (I would like the ability for people to create items, however this must be a skill learned; on character creation the player has the choice to select 1 or 2 skills that would help his or her character through the game, there will be 3 or so skills that would be able to create items, such as magic items, weapons, or armor. Basically when a player has 2 or more items that can be used he or she starts creating items, each combination will need a cfg or a sql table to declare item to be created in the end, time taken, etc
This would be a very nice feature to have -- Inventory and Trade Users will be able to move around weapons and items in their inventory and / or equip them. Equiping a certain type of item will place a world model of that item or weapon on the character at a specific point and move with the character. Basically, equiping a sword will call a sword character model, and the sword would go in the characters hand, and move with the hand as he or she attacks. All models would have the same form so all items look good. There would be around 4 different model sets for each character, so sword, staff, etc
Trading should be opening a trade window and moving items and or gold inside When the players agree to trade they hit a button to approve, and the other person must do the same and then they trade -- Weapon / item buying (NPCs would be set up around the world, and when you click on them, your inventory pops up, side by side to the buy window. Clicking on an item buys it, and then you drag it to your inventory, each item would have a buy and a sell price declared in the sql/cfg I talked about above
-- Party system, you can party with other characters, this would give you +20% more exp from every monster you kill
-- I think that's it
It's a lot of work, and I doubt that anybody would offer to do the whole thing for me, so, if anybody wants to create a team for this, where I would do the game world, and you would do the coding, I'm also practicing on my model making abilities so I would be able to do all of the gfx aspect, while somebody else would do the code (including the kill for part), if somebody can direct me to a frame work with everything but the kill for part, it would be highly appreciated
Also, willing to join a team, most of the projects I saw in the forum had no contact info
