ORPG - Looking for resources!

[Kozia]

Hey all. I have a few questions before I go crazy with irrlicht

If I combine Irrlicht and RakNet will I be able to code an Online RPG in 18 months? (If most of the 3D art is done!)

And will I be able to expand this game to a big online game (avoiding to call it mmo, cus i realize making the next WoW is not obtainable) Im gonna start small and build on as things go, but before I even start I would like to know the boundries..

And here comes the big BUT... I have only done one multiplayer game before in 2D and that was winsock, so I know jack about coding network flow. Any good tutorials or books you guys can recommend? Preferably to Irrlicht..

[rogerborg]

Insufficient data for meaningful answer.

Here's a great post-mortem of a failed RPG that used a modified Irrlicht which should hopefully give you some tips on what to avoid.

You'll also need a database of some sort. Urgh, actually, we've discussed this many times already. The Search function should throw up some funky discussions.

[Mel]

Interesting guide of what not to do.