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May I ask if you're using dayo's "user level" mod?

I don't know what to say... lol :p

In PHP mainly procedural, but I have just stated a small project that is going to require me using a OOP style. I feel it's important to understand both styles for anyone mainly involved with PHP.

Danny, Curt, and Dayo have... I am a Netbeans user.

I don't understand how your site is going to be mostly "Ajax"? AJAX = Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. AJAX is not a programming language!

What was the hardest part for you to understand in the mccodes engine well trying to use it? Write about that or maybe what you have found could be made better, even how to use mccodes functions (item_add(), event_add() etc). Anyway just some ideas - - How each mccodes function (both inside the class files, and global_func.php) works, and when you will need to use them. - Known problems and fixes - How to optimize the general engines files. Go over one, and allow people to apply that to the rest themselves. - What each table in the database is for, and how it relates to game play. - Explain how each file interacts with the rest e.g. config.php -> gives info to globals in order to connect to database.

Using order by rand() should be avoided. http://jan.kneschke.de/projects/mysql/order-by-rand/

We have been a deficit country since the end of WW2... So it's in fact all three that have added to our debt... Riots have popped up like this before, maybe you're to young to remember? I am sorry, but if you have a problem with the government fine, so do I, but I have not gone out, and robbed my local shop because of it, and that is what they are doing... attacking the local area.

You're asking the wrong people. You want to be asking the people you're creating the game for. What's the target audience? How much time, and money are you going to put into it? We can't just pick an idea for you... it does not work that way.   This is true of any theme. You have to remember there are war/army/empire building games that have massive amounts of users on them already. Take Freeciv, could compete with that? If not then don't. Your unique selling point is your own. Basing it around a theme is silly. If you think you can bring something to the mafia market... do so.

This is why. Well the documentation is always handy, tutorials are very useful, and nothing beats first hand experience. It's also why so many people fall to things like Jquery: clear documentation. In my opinion it's the thing holding many new developers back, but once you understand the syntax of one language it often becomes easy to apply logic when learning new things. At least I now find learning a new programming language much easier then my first was.   True, but the other point stands : people need to be willing to learn. We can't do everything for them in another language just like we won't now for PHP.   Well one language will always limit you. This is just the way the web has developed. Ajax is a good example - you don't `need it` to make the site seem better. Could be calling a php file or doing any number of things. It's there be choice. You're right, very few sites (if any) now only use one language.   Just optimizing what's there would make mccodes a relatively small resource engine. The main problem is people don't bother.

It depends who you go to, and what you want. I have seen stuff of high quality for around the $300 mark, and stuff that I would never use if it was given to me for around $1500. It's just the way it works. In this case $600 did not seem like a bad price. Good quality, and clearly had work put into it.

That's true for a lot of things. People often pick the wrong language for a task, and in my opinion it is often due to ignorance of what's out there.   Well I would love to agree on this you need to look at the context that the abs(intval()) is being recommended for. Then we're back to the “As long as it works” attitude. Then you need to keep in mind just what kind of sites are using it. No point in overdoing everything on a small project just because you need to for a larger project. You need to experiment with with a wide variety of languages in order to make a fully informed decision on what is best for your project, otherwise knowing a language in depth is pointless. You as much said so yourself - How do I know it's unwise unless I am both aware of this language's limitations, and what others can offer? COBOL is not going to be used for something like twitter by anyone who even reads a definition of what it is... but there are much closer languages that could be a poor choice to carry out a task, and are used simply because the developer is limited to that way. I would be very shocked if anyone knows everything PHP could offer, and no one knows every function it has available to it. This is why it's considered so powerful. It's also why php.net is rather good when you're trying new things. ;) My point is experimenting with new languages is a must for anyone, otherwise all that will happen is people will pick the one language they are accustomed to just because they believe it's the best choice for them when in fact... it's not. This links back to the first quote.

It's already on there... BTW - Love the template.

First off I have moved your thread since it was in the wrong section. Now I agree with you to a point. I myself have some knowledge of python, and would be happy to have a reason to start something up on this site. It would also push me to look into something I have not used in some time. Now having said that who would actually want to use the boards? Now you talked about A_B, and well it’s true he clearly has other languages that he has used/is using he has also tried to bring more to MWG. For example http://makewebgames.io/forumdisplay.php/361-Tutorials , and how many articles are there from him? They are all good articles, but people show little interest past HTML/PHP/CSS/JS on here. You’re right some get pushed into PHP due to it being “easier”, but it’s down to them in the end. Most who come here have a starting engine (e.g. Mccodes), and that limits them. If you want something specific, that you know is going to be used, then why not? Right now the problem is they would be empty boards on the site, and that always look bad. That’s not true at all. Since its community members helping other members all we really need to do is read what’s posted, and ensure it’s not spam. If it’s a genuine post we don’t really have to do anything. We take part in threads because we are here for the same reason as everyone else.

Then why not put the number up, and stay to one currency? The fact is changing $ -> £ makes it look like less of a jump then it really is.

I was able to download it, there is just a dead link on the download page. Go to the main site, and register there.

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Well there are many sites to get the basics... http://php.net/tut.php http://www.w3schools.com/php/ http://www.tizag.com/phpT/ there are more sites like this out there, and even more for tutorials on specific things. If you need help pop into chat or create a thread.

Why? At least give opinions on the layout rather then just attacking someone's work.

There are not many sites that use 2.5 yet. I don't think one would be for sale already... Even more so if it's got anything going for it.

I feel that's what a game engine should be... Not a pre-made game like most are. Opinions I guess. @runthis - Have you even picked what to produce you? Why send one file around? Use something public like https://github.com/ .

You add things to the Framework/Engine. That's kind of the point of it. The core is there, but everything else it down to you. Very east to use as well...

People still use it... As i said nothing next to facebook, but why not use both? Nothing stopping you as far as I know.

Well... It depends where they live, but he is right without online payment (does not have to be paypal...) it is going to be harder to find someone, and I don't think you're going to be able to find anyone on MWG.

They have a developers page just like Facebook do. To be honest I have never used it, and only spent around 1/2 an hour looking into it, but then again no one has ever asked for a Myspace plug-in.