Lilith

Depends entirely on what router I ping. The fastest result is pinging a mid size city. (what some of you would actually refer to as a town) and is a few hundred miles away. Closest router is the slowest and smallest city, and only 100 miles away.(closest router to me)

lmao Jordan, you know me, if I've got no clue what it would cost, ill overpay just to make sure ill get it. So When DJK says meta tag, thats referring to the html meta tags right? And how would one send them via a meta tag (Ive read up on it, but it might as well be greek to me) ...so long as the session is assigned ... can you explain that one as well? granted Ive been up for far to long (the sun has come back up already) but I would like to learn why / how this works, not just copy the code and call it good. As most of you are aware, Im a much better artist than coder.

so umm, will that one line of code work?

I have noticed something about mcc based games that differed greatly from the larger more popular games .... when you create an account, you are automatically logged in, or you have to verify your e-mail addy. Not redirected back to the login screen just to type in more information. In order to get players into a game faster without them loosing interest, Id like to see a register page that takes them right into the game, beginner tutorial or another place IN GAME already logged in... (there are mods for e-mail already.) Ive heard theres lots of ways to do it, but never actually seen one that worked.This could be a paid or a free mod. Budget: $20 USD

When Peter can make layouts to make $, why would he work on a free template. I will assume free template deadline = when he has free time.

I disagree, its not a lot. IF you paid yourself a measly $7 an hour, how much would it cost you to pay yourself? And people with skill don't work for $7 an hour, thats not even min wage in most states.

Zu: hes already been informed Here but true to form, He didn't listen. Ade: Its cool that you got it to work tho.

LOL Alain, always picking on my render times. I don't charge time for the computer running If I'm not working on it actively .... and you know as well as me that I'm working on reducing render times. I've not got as advanced programs as you do. but Ill take that "argument" the 3d softs thread.

has anyone considered that he might make a good admin for keeping up with social networking sites and player relations ... like a community manager? Theres a ton of stuff to keep up with in a game that has nothing to do with coding.... it might be kinda nice to have an extra set of eyes and ears, even if they don't know the first thing about programing and coding.... I have one, and my game isn't even released yet. I love the idea that someone is available to keep up with the front end stuff and pass on info that I need and weed out the BS. Just a thought on how to utilize a person wanting to work for you.

Just when I gave up on it and went back to the old system .... butt head. All in all, great mod, it just lacked some integration.

The database will only hold onto information .... its your php file (programs) that process that information. So, to make a new stat, you need to add to the database to hold the info on that stat, and you need to make your php do something with it... otherwise it is just wasted space.

Like Alain pointed out, Rendering and design softs and 3d game engines are totally different worlds! This is why I am enrolled int the game art and design program and not the Media Arts & Animation Degree, Game Programming, or the Game Design programs. Each degree offers different curriculum based on the different aspects of 3d game creation. (the design word in the program I am enrolled in refers to layout and graphic design, not game function design). I wish I could answer your questions on game mechanics, but I've got no clue, I just make it look pretty. I do know that BrokeAss Games (a Daz vendor) offers figures that work with Torque, Unity, GameCore3D , and other 3d engines. While Daz offers a Game Developer Kit for DAZ Studio. Perhaps you can do more research into this and let us know what you find out.

I suggest you sit down with a pad and paper and start drawing boxes and listing the things you want in them for designing a custom layout. When you are happy with that, you will know what / where to slice. As well as an idea of what you are going to have to do to your code.

Just a quick clarification ... Daz offers a free limited version of the program I use; it wont have all the features and abilities to create the images you may see me post. Ive got a few thousand dollars in rendering engines, plugins, and advanced software for the Daz full feature suite. It is/was a nice place to start tho, and it wont be the end all be all for my 3d gfx work.

What if DJK could be arsed?

ok, well if you want to go with a more realistic theme, I'm possibly your best bet, if you want a more illustrated look, Peter is your guy. Even still, I charge $200 for setup, and $10 an hour after that. But, you get what you pay for. Ill do a quick render of a scene I have to show you what I mean. Thats with 10 min worth of render time. Give it more time, and you loose all graininess, getting a clear picture. I decided to let the renderer run a while longer so you could see the improvements to the image. Unfortunately, letting it run to this point lets you see exactly how quickly I put this scene together. the mat files(skins on the framework) are low quality, but can be thrown in very quickly ... ahh se la vi, thats what you get for 10 min worth of work.

Like, the 5 figures in that are called mascots ... otherwise, you get a sky.

You might ad vitality to your list of stats along with dexterity/agility. You have an entire range of fighting skills you have not considered. (archery, swordsmanship, gunfighting, explosives) I would think that wooling would be more of a crafting skill than an alchemy skill, as alchemy is the art of combining elements ... much like chemistry is combining chemicals. So you can add carpentry, smithing, sewing, weaving, tanning ect to that skills set too. It just depends on how complicated you want to get.

Ratings have nothing to do with experience. Your budget is way to low for that quality of detail. If you wanted to change your requests, there might be something workable within that budget. But you are not going to get custom figures, just some cool space like Photoshop work. Uncoded, you might get one custom figure in that budget.

Paypal has come out with a new feature that is great for the gaming industry. Its an app that you integrate to your site, and users never have to leave your game to get donator items. If you were to integrate that app into your game(s) for the purchase of Dontaor bucks, and each game had a page for spending the donor bucks, I think it would be cool as a player and a programmer. Im not sure how the database structure would have to be created, but its almost the best of both worlds. You can purchase for multiple games in the same system, and you never have to leave the game you are playing to do it. Read more on Paypals app here.

Heres the quick version.... you get photoshop, (or another photo editing software supporting layers and slicing) open your file you want to slice into a layout, put the slices where you want the images cut apart ( kinda like cropping), and finish the slicing process by saving it as a sliced image.... Photoshop cs5 even writes the html for you when you save for web and devices.

I am going to guess that the code is not placed in the file right.... having the entire code will help. When limiting acess to a file, I like to place it right after where you call globals.php, this way, none of the script runs until that if statement resolves.

hahaha, I love it, can you tell that DJK has been helping me out once in a while ? Its like break out the red crayons and explain it to Lilith. " Thanks for the, "Let's confuse the crap outta the noob" answer... LMAO " Im so stealing your line NS!

not by a long shot! Ive been playing with it off and on for months (but Im a crap wannabe coder) and there is no hope for fixing it without some major overhauls. ... just my opinion tho. A good coder could prob fix it easy.

After rereading my prior post, and now knowing that that is the look you were going for, I figure Id better explain ... I LOVE cheesy kids games, so its not a derogatory thing, and for that purpose, its great! I cant count how many times Ive picked up my kids' doodleings and went, hu, thats so creative, and tried to duplicate "kid art" and epic fail! I love the simple and loving minds of children. (even if I think Duckt tape was invented to tempt stressed out mothers) I say go for it! code that puppy up. If nothing else, you will get practice doing it.