Everwood - The unique ORPG

moosenoir · Sep 20, 2009

ofcourse i cant say how far you guys are, but at the start of this thread, you are saying your map process. It have not moved in a half year :O
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Lapa · Sep 20, 2009

When beta come out?

Wolfe · Sep 21, 2009

Well, it isn't dead. We've just had a lot of personal things happen. RolePlaynGamer is in college now, so we only get him on the weekends, and we've only just gotten Tukki now for coding so things should speed up. But Darkenneko is going to the military soon as well, so Tukki and I will be doing the majority of the work for the BETA.

And, you are not correct. True, a majority will convert to sc2, but they will not forget wc3. People still play B.Net on wc2. Luckily, wc3 has DotA to keep it living.

Ginko · Sep 21, 2009

I'll check this thread every time I logon, I REALLY fancy the terraining and all the cool mount systems and stuff!

Request : Can you put a kodo mount? ^^

Wolfe · Sep 21, 2009

Well, mounts and stuff aren't really the major priority at the moment. But we'll see.

thedeathunterxx · Sep 21, 2009

u guys are almost done wit the map, no point of it dying now.

Vercas · Sep 21, 2009

At least a Beta or Alpha to the public... And an open source version could do wonders.

Wolfe · Sep 22, 2009

Open source... we'll see. I know our item system has over 2,000 lines of code. o.o

... Or something like that.

terradont · Sep 22, 2009

That's quite alot

Vercas · Sep 22, 2009

I've seen bigger, the BX-TRS II, but what does that matter?

I (we) understand you put a lot of work on it, and maybe want some parts private, but what's the point?
There still are hackers out there that can deprotect the maps and steal the code. (That's one reason why I don't want to release one of my maps...)
The codes will still get to the public... (sadly)

(That's why I don't protect my projects...)

AKAIMAX · Sep 23, 2009

vercas said:
I've seen bigger, the BX-TRS II, but what does that matter?

I (we) understand you put a lot of work on it, and maybe want some parts private, but what's the point?
There still are hackers out there that can deprotect the maps and steal the code. (That's one reason why I don't want to release one of my maps...)
The codes will still get to the public... (sadly)

(That's why I don't protect my projects...)

Actually, there are some protectors that block your map from being opened in the MPQ editor so the main files needed for the deprotector can't be extracted. The only way to extract them in that situation is to have really good skills with programming and leak the files out or something. Protecting maps atleast stops 70% of people trying to hack it so I don't see why not to protect it.

RolePlaynGamer · Sep 23, 2009

And if they succed in hacking it, the code will be really messy as everything is written vJass.

Vercas · Sep 23, 2009

True, but they may read or steal it, still...
Nothing is perfect >.>

Whaleboobs · Sep 23, 2009

Really nice! When i made my trees go transparent as closer you gets in my map i used unit-trees with transparency depending on mana amount. And then with negative mana regeneration and some triggering it works quite good.

How did you solve this?

Viikuna · Sep 23, 2009

Probably destructibles with some custom fading animations. Its kinda sad that destructibles dont have vertex color

thedeathunterxx · Sep 28, 2009

i dont care about protecting my maps. i dont see why some people can have codes while other people cant access. Why ? because as humans we learn based on the information we recieve. The more we recieve, the more people can improve upon them.

thats why i leave my maps unprotected. so that someone in the future can use it and make it better.

Wolfe · Sep 29, 2009

Alright, the moment you've been waiting for. A progress report!

So, Tukki has covered 70% of the condition system and has started the Necromancer. Currently, Darkenekko is working on some terrain (interiors of some places) and icons for rare drops. I am also working on Everwood ORPG's first quest series, "The Hidden Society." Which I will reveal soon enough.

Now, I will come back to you next week with another progress report. It is estimated that a BETA shall be released in a month and a half. Stay tuned.

terradont · Sep 29, 2009

Sounds nice, it's really hard to wait.

Damn, i need to get my wc3 to work again :O

moosenoir · Sep 29, 2009

lol awesome! 1? month! i'll be there

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X-OMG-X · Sep 29, 2009

I have waited for this in more than a half year, and know it will happend soon!

Beta release in 1½ month.

thedeathunterxx · Sep 30, 2009

guys, u should give it 2 months.

Usually things always happenes delaying release. So dont expect immidiatly a montha nad 1 1/2 on the dot. Give it 2 months.

Vercas · Oct 1, 2009

I agree with thedeathunderxx, 2 months will be much better and you will most probably avoid stupid comments about possible delays.

Dr. House · Oct 2, 2009

so we finally can play a good orpg than? whas about time

Luffy · Oct 2, 2009

finally everybody really will deserve to play it when it get finished

Vercas · Oct 2, 2009

Finally, let's just not waste their time making them read our posts and let them work.

naitsirk · Oct 2, 2009

vercas said:
Finally, let's just not waste their time making them read our posts and let them work.

Agreed

RolePlaynGamer · Oct 2, 2009

I took the time to update the first post a bit and clarify some things. It's more up to date now.

moosenoir · Oct 3, 2009

cool
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sadvisor · Oct 4, 2009

I really like this project, except for the terrian.

Don-Para- · Oct 4, 2009

on the front page, the pics don't work

Tukki · Oct 4, 2009

Aight, just figured I should drop by and leave a message

Progress at the moment goes well, the condition system is done and is in the heavy-testing phase. Some updates on spells and such have also been done.

Progress speed will change depending on the amount of homework I get, so it might be a straight working process. It'll probably be something like 3 spells here and 1 system there.

PS. - check the everwood group for further code updates.

Dasious. · Oct 4, 2009

I'm so glad that this RPG is almost in a Beta stage. I haven't been posting a lot but just keeping up with the progress through updates I get through my email. If you ever need any more imaginative idea's from my head RPGamer, just go ahead and ask

. I always get a sense of pride whenever I see my idea's at least half put too use in maps.

Really excited about the Beta, Keep it up guys! A lot of fans are counting on this RPG to finish.

Dragonson · Oct 10, 2009

sadvisor said:
I really like this project, except for the terrian.

Not liking the terrain is blasphemy! Burn Heretic! BUUURN!

Anachron · Oct 10, 2009

You could need my Custom Bar to display stats.

RolePlaynGamer · Oct 10, 2009

Just a quick notice: The map is from now on written in cJass, which is about 3 times faster to code with than regular vJass, so we're progressing faster now.

Kricz · Oct 10, 2009

You don't rewrite the whole map new in CJass, do you?

Why not direct using Vexorians new Language ZINC ? :ugly:

RolePlaynGamer · Oct 11, 2009

I had never heard of this Zinc language. I'll be sure to check it out and see if it's better than cJass.
And no, we're not rewriting the whole map in cJass, as it's only for coding faster, so it would make no sense.

And to all of those sending me pm's about beta testing, I'm pretty sure that we're releasing an open beta, so there's no need to worry about missing it.

CHA_Owner · Oct 11, 2009

Will you be able to save in this open beta?

I shure hope so :thumbs_up:

RolePlaynGamer · Oct 11, 2009

Don't count on it. The save/load will probably be added only when we have a stable version.

CHA_Owner · Oct 11, 2009

Okay well can you give us another update on what your working on?

im looking forward to the release :grin:

Handycombinder · Oct 11, 2009

Any news on the progress?

Vercas · Oct 12, 2009

I recommend using ZINC instead of cJass. It's included in vJass... It's better in my opinion.

Anachron · Oct 12, 2009

vJass -> ZINC -> cJass

(imho)

Tukki · Oct 13, 2009

So far, ZINC is still pretty new, thus lacking some cool features which make coding in cJass easier (yes, I'm refering to #define).

But really, this isn't the place to start a scripting language discussion.

Coding progress: The Necromancer is approx. 40% completed coding-wise.
Be patient as RPGamer will eventually post the updates, probably in the first page.

Kricz · Oct 14, 2009

Zinc is very nice and mostly has no bug (I'm using it).
And it JassHelper compiles every Zinc Code first to vJass and then this to Jass.
I would prefeer using Zinc..
CJass sucks....

Tukki · Oct 14, 2009

Bah, maybe if you could read other posts than your own...

1: Language is like a personal taste. Some like Coca while others don't.
2: Are you a member in this project, I guess not. Hence, your "I would prefeer ZINC" isn't relevant.
3: Writing random statements such as "cJass sucks" aren't going to get you anywhere.
4: Every vJass add-on will first compile the code into vJass, call the JassHelper and let it compile the vJass to JASS2. So "And it JassHelper compiles every Zinc Code first to vJass then this to Jass" is true for every vJass add-on, not unique to ZINC.

5: This is a thread to talk about the upcoming map, not what language it should be coded in. Please do not continue with this.

naitsirk · Oct 14, 2009

THIS MAP WILL BE AWSOME WHEN IT'S DONE.... YEAH!!!!!!

And cJass is just as good as anyother language becuse The ones who uses it is more confertable with it.... Wich make it as good as Anyother

RolePlaynGamer · Oct 14, 2009

We're trying to pull together a list of what needs to be done. When we have the list ready, I'll start posting updates more often as we close in on the beta.

naitsirk · Oct 15, 2009

RolePlaynGamer said:
We're trying to pull together a list of what needs to be done. When we have the list ready, I'll start posting updates more often as we close in on the beta.

How Nice

RolePlaynGamer · Oct 18, 2009

The progress on the OP has been replaces with a summary of what needs to be done before the map hits beta stage. It'll get updated as we progress.

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