V3 Soon

***Ynot Shane*** · 08-01-2006, 09:46 PM

V3 is currently in beta, and it will probably be released by the end of the month. I have done only brief testing of it at this point but like what I've seen so far.

Here is the original teaser list. It's about a year old, so some things may have changed, but it should give you some idea of the direction it's going.

Generalization
Starting off in the RPG, you will of course create your character, usual stuff, we haven't really discussed this, so nothing yet to say.
After character creation you will be "kicked" to the default town/city/area. The main setting of the rpg is based on 'Places', these places each contain facilities/activities, such as a town would have shops and Inn's, each shop and Inn would be unique, and areas like caves would give the user the option to camp, and other things. Each 'place' then could be accessed from 1 to another, according to travel availability. You could use a horse & cariage, or simply walk if you don't have the money, the only draw back being chance of being attacked would increase greatly.

Core Features (generalized):
- View current players in place and show current location (ie: "Inside Rivan Blacksmith")
- Shoutbox to talk to current players
- View current wandering monsters (basically a scan system - not fight)

Moving from shop to shop may result in being attacked from a monster, or you may be attacked from a player, unless you are inside a 'Safe Zone', like a hospital, here you cannot be attacked from either monsters or players.
So thats all for the general place format the rpg will be built upon, thats a VERY brief overview, more will come in time when production starts.

Shops
Shops will no longer sell stuff as in Items/Spells/Upgrades, instead of buying them, you make them, shop will sell 'Components', these components may be welded together by your character to create an item/spell, crafting specific components and spells does however depend on your characters "Skills", of course as you weld more together, your experience for a skill will increase, causing you to gain a level, opening more combination allowances to explore and use. Crafting is 100% customizable, you choose the components you desire, and you choose the item image, along with the image colour.
The same applies for spells as it does items, for upgrades however, you can create 'Enchantments', these enchantments when applied to an item will do something to the item (dependant on the components used to create the enhantment), and just to show it has been enchanted, a glow is automatically added around the items image.
Again, VERY brief, we're not trying to give too much out the moment, more of a 'teaser'.

Battles
We're looking to completely re-design the battle ground, we're even aiming to create 'Real-Time' battles, which would mean no refreshing + dynamic attacking. A major addon to the battle ground i will let you know is the 'Team Battle' allowance.
When a battle occurs (by random or by force from a user), other players in that same area as you can view battles in that area, and in doing so they can choose to 'Help' 1 player or the other, this player may then 'Tag' people who have said they will help, swapping them from in battle to 'In Line To Help' so to speak. There will be no limit to how many people can help you, but you will not be able to help a monster (CPU).
Again, VERY brief, i'm really evil huh?

More Teasers

Items Classifications
Items will be classed upon creation due to the components used to weld, such as "Double Handed" or "Heavy/Medium/Light" (proper names will be assigned to classifications) - Certain classifications will be able to be restricted to classes, like a mage would not be able to use a Double Handed Heavy Axe

Battle Attacks Enhancement
Battle attacks will be more refined, where as you're able to choose your attack, like attack with weapon in right hand/left hand/both hands, then an additional selection of an attack type, like swift, which would be quick and get your character back into position ready to defend, however inaccurate not inflicting too much damage, where as a slow accurate attack would inflict more damage, however leave your character open to attack, we may also implement attack areas (head/body/legs), in addition allow characters to defend, large sheilds would defend the character in all areas, where as a small sheild would mean your given a choice which area of your character you should defend. So each battle attack type has it's own pro's and con's, and to make it even better, these attack types can be added/edited/deleted in the ACP allowing users to create there own battle ground attacks and make it unique, along with giving restrictions to use certain battle attacks, like you would need a sword to slash your opponent.

Monster Obsessions
We found this pretty funny, but we find it makes things a lot more interesting, admins are able to give monsters obsessions, like money or mages, so if a monster was obsessed with money & mages, and you were a rich mage, you would have a greater chance of been attacked by this monster in area's where it is around.

Even More Teasers...

Skill Points, Attribute Points & Payback
A major upgrade to the existing 'Skill Points' system, characters are rewarded Skill Points & Attribute Points for leveling up, and other stuff (which you won't find out yet...). Attribute points can be used on character stats, where as skill points can be used on character skills, a single increatement of a skill will raise the characters ability in that skill by 1. Skills are classed as certain types of magic or abilities, like fire magic or crafting weapons.

Furthermore you can earn your character Payback points, this will allow you to alter previous changes to your character, you you can take skill/attribute points away from a current setting and place it on another, allowing you to swap and change your character as you see fit. Ofcourse, it depends on how many payback points you have, x payback points = x alterations to skill/attribute points.

On the admin side, skills can be created for the magic end, for example the path would be:
Create Skill 'Fire Magic' -> Assign To 'Spell' -> Choose Spell(s). Therefor a characters level in the created skill determines the power of it's assigned spell(s).

Weapons Exp/Evolution
Weapons will have classifications, such as 'Axe', 'Sword' etc.., these define the type of weapon. Each character will have a level of skill for each weapon classification, using that type of weapon will increase the exp for the classification by 10 (customizable), however other classifications exp drop by 2 (customizable). As you use 1 type of classification more your level of skill will improve, but you will get rusty with the other ones, however if you have say 'Axe Mastery' to level 2, then it will not drop below that level, the exp will just deliminate to 0 exp, and the level will remain at 2 (so it won't back track levels). This allows characters to create with enough training a player that is able to use a wide amount of weapon classifications at great skill, as your skill increase so will damage and other affects items may have.

On the admin side, masteries can be added/edited/deleted, so when a character crafts an item from components, they choose the type of weapon it will be.

Approximate Percentage Of Whole Feature List Explained Here: 5.1%

***Ynot Shane*** · 08-01-2006, 10:01 PM

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Joker · 08-01-2006, 10:02 PM

When this thing kicks in to affect, I want to be the first in line

***Ynot Shane*** · 08-01-2006, 10:04 PM

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Sarai and Samiel · 08-02-2006, 09:37 AM

I can see I have a lot of work ahead. Very cool.

The Doctor · 08-02-2006, 09:58 AM

Looks good to me.

Joker · 08-02-2006, 01:26 PM

I will be more than willing to lend a helping hand if things get to be too much for selene once this updated version becomes operational.

Sarai and Samiel · 08-02-2006, 02:26 PM

...quoth the inactive battlefield mod.

????

Joker · 08-02-2006, 02:38 PM

^ Hey I'm active, not my problem that most of the members on the BF don't flame each other or spam up to high hell

Besides there looks like this version might have alot more for you to muck with, just thought a second hand might be helpful

Sarai and Samiel · 08-02-2006, 02:42 PM

Ah so.

Naah, like I said- I'm looking forwards to lots of tweakage to perform.

Irkenwarrior12 · 08-02-2006, 10:51 PM

This is beyond awesome.

Sarai and Samiel · 08-11-2006, 03:04 PM

Once I've gotten used to working with things in the new system, mind, I'll be happy to take suggestions.

But only after I have the basic things set up properly, natch?

Joker · 08-11-2006, 03:59 PM

I know what a snatch is, but what is a "natch" ??

Sarai and Samiel · 08-11-2006, 05:30 PM

'natch'. It's a slang term indicating that I wish to know if you 'grok' what I am saying.

Also: DAMMIT, GET BACK OUT THERE ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND FIGHT ME!

***Ace Mercury*** · 08-11-2006, 05:59 PM

Oh m'gosh, you're so cool Miss Starblade. I totally grep what you're talking about.

Anyways, at this point, it looks really complex for complexity's sake. Still, I look forward to seeing how the UI feels like.

Sarai and Samiel · 08-12-2006, 02:30 PM

Yeah. Expect that it will start off with large portions disabled, after a preliminary testing period- just for the sake of simplicity.

Slife · 08-12-2006, 08:30 PM

Will cash, et cetra, roll over? I don't want to stop being a millionare.

Necromancer · 08-13-2006, 09:34 AM

Looks good to me, I will be looking forward to it.

08-01-2006, 09:46 PM	#1
*Ynot Shane* Not Ready to Make Nice Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Flaflooga Gender: Posts: 131,691 Thanks: 43 Thanked 461 Times in 226 Posts Points: 345,736.88 Bank: 36,015,909.54 Total Points: 36,361,646.42 Donate $Epic Current Event story dude \\m// - The Hiphopopotamus$	V3 Soon V3 is currently in beta, and it will probably be released by the end of the month. I have done only brief testing of it at this point but like what I've seen so far. Here is the original teaser list. It's about a year old, so some things may have changed, but it should give you some idea of the direction it's going. Generalization Starting off in the RPG, you will of course create your character, usual stuff, we haven't really discussed this, so nothing yet to say. After character creation you will be "kicked" to the default town/city/area. The main setting of the rpg is based on 'Places', these places each contain facilities/activities, such as a town would have shops and Inn's, each shop and Inn would be unique, and areas like caves would give the user the option to camp, and other things. Each 'place' then could be accessed from 1 to another, according to travel availability. You could use a horse & cariage, or simply walk if you don't have the money, the only draw back being chance of being attacked would increase greatly. Core Features (generalized): - View current players in place and show current location (ie: "Inside Rivan Blacksmith") - Shoutbox to talk to current players - View current wandering monsters (basically a scan system - not fight) Moving from shop to shop may result in being attacked from a monster, or you may be attacked from a player, unless you are inside a 'Safe Zone', like a hospital, here you cannot be attacked from either monsters or players. So thats all for the general place format the rpg will be built upon, thats a VERY brief overview, more will come in time when production starts. Shops Shops will no longer sell stuff as in Items/Spells/Upgrades, instead of buying them, you make them, shop will sell 'Components', these components may be welded together by your character to create an item/spell, crafting specific components and spells does however depend on your characters "Skills", of course as you weld more together, your experience for a skill will increase, causing you to gain a level, opening more combination allowances to explore and use. Crafting is 100% customizable, you choose the components you desire, and you choose the item image, along with the image colour. The same applies for spells as it does items, for upgrades however, you can create 'Enchantments', these enchantments when applied to an item will do something to the item (dependant on the components used to create the enhantment), and just to show it has been enchanted, a glow is automatically added around the items image. Again, VERY brief, we're not trying to give too much out the moment, more of a 'teaser'. Battles We're looking to completely re-design the battle ground, we're even aiming to create 'Real-Time' battles, which would mean no refreshing + dynamic attacking. A major addon to the battle ground i will let you know is the 'Team Battle' allowance. When a battle occurs (by random or by force from a user), other players in that same area as you can view battles in that area, and in doing so they can choose to 'Help' 1 player or the other, this player may then 'Tag' people who have said they will help, swapping them from in battle to 'In Line To Help' so to speak. There will be no limit to how many people can help you, but you will not be able to help a monster (CPU). Again, VERY brief, i'm really evil huh? More Teasers Items Classifications Items will be classed upon creation due to the components used to weld, such as "Double Handed" or "Heavy/Medium/Light" (proper names will be assigned to classifications) - Certain classifications will be able to be restricted to classes, like a mage would not be able to use a Double Handed Heavy Axe Battle Attacks Enhancement Battle attacks will be more refined, where as you're able to choose your attack, like attack with weapon in right hand/left hand/both hands, then an additional selection of an attack type, like swift, which would be quick and get your character back into position ready to defend, however inaccurate not inflicting too much damage, where as a slow accurate attack would inflict more damage, however leave your character open to attack, we may also implement attack areas (head/body/legs), in addition allow characters to defend, large sheilds would defend the character in all areas, where as a small sheild would mean your given a choice which area of your character you should defend. So each battle attack type has it's own pro's and con's, and to make it even better, these attack types can be added/edited/deleted in the ACP allowing users to create there own battle ground attacks and make it unique, along with giving restrictions to use certain battle attacks, like you would need a sword to slash your opponent. Monster Obsessions We found this pretty funny, but we find it makes things a lot more interesting, admins are able to give monsters obsessions, like money or mages, so if a monster was obsessed with money & mages, and you were a rich mage, you would have a greater chance of been attacked by this monster in area's where it is around. Even More Teasers... Skill Points, Attribute Points & Payback A major upgrade to the existing 'Skill Points' system, characters are rewarded Skill Points & Attribute Points for leveling up, and other stuff (which you won't find out yet...). Attribute points can be used on character stats, where as skill points can be used on character skills, a single increatement of a skill will raise the characters ability in that skill by 1. Skills are classed as certain types of magic or abilities, like fire magic or crafting weapons. Furthermore you can earn your character Payback points, this will allow you to alter previous changes to your character, you you can take skill/attribute points away from a current setting and place it on another, allowing you to swap and change your character as you see fit. Ofcourse, it depends on how many payback points you have, x payback points = x alterations to skill/attribute points. On the admin side, skills can be created for the magic end, for example the path would be: Create Skill 'Fire Magic' -> Assign To 'Spell' -> Choose Spell(s). Therefor a characters level in the created skill determines the power of it's assigned spell(s). Weapons Exp/Evolution Weapons will have classifications, such as 'Axe', 'Sword' etc.., these define the type of weapon. Each character will have a level of skill for each weapon classification, using that type of weapon will increase the exp for the classification by 10 (customizable), however other classifications exp drop by 2 (customizable). As you use 1 type of classification more your level of skill will improve, but you will get rusty with the other ones, however if you have say 'Axe Mastery' to level 2, then it will not drop below that level, the exp will just deliminate to 0 exp, and the level will remain at 2 (so it won't back track levels). This allows characters to create with enough training a player that is able to use a wide amount of weapon classifications at great skill, as your skill increase so will damage and other affects items may have. On the admin side, masteries can be added/edited/deleted, so when a character crafts an item from components, they choose the type of weapon it will be. Approximate Percentage Of Whole Feature List Explained Here: 5.1% __________________ I can do anything that a 9-year-old and a monkey can do.

08-01-2006, 10:01 PM	#2
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08-01-2006, 10:02 PM	#3
Joker Lord of Vampires / God of Vengeance Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: The Planet of Eternal Darkness Gender: Posts: 10,477 Thanks: 2,710 Thanked 406 Times in 263 Posts Blog Entries: 6 Points: 2,654.20 Bank: 36,521.88 Total Points: 39,176.08 Donate	When this thing kicks in to affect, I want to be the first in line

08-02-2006, 09:37 AM	#5
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08-02-2006, 09:58 AM	#6
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08-02-2006, 01:26 PM	#7
Joker Lord of Vampires / God of Vengeance Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: The Planet of Eternal Darkness Gender: Posts: 10,477 Thanks: 2,710 Thanked 406 Times in 263 Posts Blog Entries: 6 Points: 2,654.20 Bank: 36,521.88 Total Points: 39,176.08 Donate	I will be more than willing to lend a helping hand if things get to be too much for selene once this updated version becomes operational.

08-02-2006, 02:26 PM	#8
Sarai and Samiel Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Aisle 12, between the kumquats and the radicchio. Gender: Posts: 2,297 Thanks: 164 Thanked 128 Times in 88 Posts Points: 627.37 Bank: 117,547.21 Total Points: 118,174.58 Donate	...quoth the inactive battlefield mod. ????

08-02-2006, 02:38 PM	#9
Joker Lord of Vampires / God of Vengeance Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: The Planet of Eternal Darkness Gender: Posts: 10,477 Thanks: 2,710 Thanked 406 Times in 263 Posts Blog Entries: 6 Points: 2,654.20 Bank: 36,521.88 Total Points: 39,176.08 Donate	^ Hey I'm active, not my problem that most of the members on the BF don't flame each other or spam up to high hell Besides there looks like this version might have alot more for you to muck with, just thought a second hand might be helpful

08-02-2006, 02:42 PM	#10
Sarai and Samiel Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Aisle 12, between the kumquats and the radicchio. Gender: Posts: 2,297 Thanks: 164 Thanked 128 Times in 88 Posts Points: 627.37 Bank: 117,547.21 Total Points: 118,174.58 Donate	Ah so. Naah, like I said- I'm looking forwards to lots of tweakage to perform.

08-02-2006, 10:51 PM	#11
Irkenwarrior12 Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Your mother's face. SNAP! Gender: Posts: 1,144 Thanks: 26 Thanked 23 Times in 18 Posts Points: 16,565.80 Bank: 2,729.79 Total Points: 19,295.59 Donate	This is beyond awesome.

08-11-2006, 03:04 PM	#12
Sarai and Samiel Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Aisle 12, between the kumquats and the radicchio. Gender: Posts: 2,297 Thanks: 164 Thanked 128 Times in 88 Posts Points: 627.37 Bank: 117,547.21 Total Points: 118,174.58 Donate	Once I've gotten used to working with things in the new system, mind, I'll be happy to take suggestions. But only after I have the basic things set up properly, natch?

08-11-2006, 03:59 PM	#13
Joker Lord of Vampires / God of Vengeance Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: The Planet of Eternal Darkness Gender: Posts: 10,477 Thanks: 2,710 Thanked 406 Times in 263 Posts Blog Entries: 6 Points: 2,654.20 Bank: 36,521.88 Total Points: 39,176.08 Donate	I know what a snatch is, but what is a "natch" ??

08-11-2006, 05:30 PM	#14
Sarai and Samiel Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Aisle 12, between the kumquats and the radicchio. Gender: Posts: 2,297 Thanks: 164 Thanked 128 Times in 88 Posts Points: 627.37 Bank: 117,547.21 Total Points: 118,174.58 Donate	'natch'. It's a slang term indicating that I wish to know if you 'grok' what I am saying. Also: DAMMIT, GET BACK OUT THERE ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND FIGHT ME!

08-11-2006, 05:59 PM	#15
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 19,168 Thanks: 379 Thanked 1,645 Times in 836 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Points: 115,019.89 Bank: 31,567,564.03 Total Points: 31,682,583.92 Donate	Oh m'gosh, you're so cool Miss Starblade. I totally grep what you're talking about. Anyways, at this point, it looks really complex for complexity's sake. Still, I look forward to seeing how the UI feels like.

08-12-2006, 02:30 PM	#16
Sarai and Samiel Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Aisle 12, between the kumquats and the radicchio. Gender: Posts: 2,297 Thanks: 164 Thanked 128 Times in 88 Posts Points: 627.37 Bank: 117,547.21 Total Points: 118,174.58 Donate	Yeah. Expect that it will start off with large portions disabled, after a preliminary testing period- just for the sake of simplicity.

08-12-2006, 08:30 PM	#17
Slife Member Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Swamped with work! Hanging with the zombies in the VGF RPG forum! Gender: Posts: 1,572 Thanks: 11 Thanked 13 Times in 10 Posts Points: 4,823.00 Bank: 744,498.81 Total Points: 749,321.81 Donate	Will cash, et cetra, roll over? I don't want to stop being a millionare.

08-13-2006, 09:34 AM	#18
Necromancer Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Mesa, AZ Gender: Posts: 142 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Points: 1,929.68 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 1,929.68 Donate	Looks good to me, I will be looking forward to it.