Mohenjo Daro

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Thanks for finding the fix :)

Nice lol, can't wait to see where this goes :) and nothing wrong with using libs to save time and effort, still from scratch in my book

To clarify, you coding the engine from scratch? Any plans to release the code, or is it just for your game? Looking good so far. We haven't had many isometric games here, so it should get more interest than most games lol

Don't thank me lol, I just took a few minutes to use Eric Matya's images. Check out his website, he has tones of them :) just resize them and change them to fit your needs (I use Faststone Image Viewer for all my resizing, converting, etc. since it can do it in bulk and have plenty of options). Don't forget to give Eric an upvote for all his work :)

I had a bit of time and resized [This Image](http://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/P1040389a_Seamless.jpg) to 32x32. Nothing fancy, just a resize so it was the size of a tile. I have to say, it looks pretty good. Had a bit more free time and downloaded [This Image](http://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/P1040389_Seamless.jpg) and did the same thing to it. After that, I rotated the images, added them to a tileset, and use AE to randomly place the tiles on a map... Here's the result:  Here's an image of just the first picture resized filling the map:  *** For those of you who are too lazy, here's the [tileset](https://s26.postimg.org/ehauy3fyx/Tileset.png) (credits you @Eric-Matyas ) 

Can't wait to see more :) And I think that was when the forum software was changed, so that might be the reason why it says you last logged in then. I can see your old email on that account, if you'd like me to PM it to you, let me know (I can only tell you the email, I can't help more if you forgot the password for it) (I'm a mod for clarity lol, non-mods can't see the email)

Welcome back :) sadly, I don't recognize either of those name. Someone on AGD (ascension game dev) might know more than I do. So, here to stay or just passing through? And more projects are always nice.

Been a bit since the last update... I'm basically just breaking everything so I have to fix it later XD I'm currently working on saving/loading characters. I know a lot of people like multiple characters per account, so I'm currently setting it up so it's a *possibility* later. I'm thinking about having a server value for the number of accounts players can have. (You will get to choose if your game lets players have multiple accounts or not) I'm just redoing how things are loaded and saved. The new folder structure will be something like... ``` data players Test Account Test Character 1 Bank Pets Inv ... Cool Char ... Mohenjo Mohenjo Daro ... Admin ... ``` Once that's all setup, I'll be fixing login (since I broke that [and everything else]), and get all that working. *** Quick update: making a new account is saving the account (not char) details in it's file. This includes the account username, password, and ID (it's used when logging in so that each character doesn't need to be loaded and unloaded).

Changed the thread to normal instead of question. I also added formatting and a more clear tutorial for fixing the issue :)

It's a possibility, but I don't see it happening unless it ever got to be a bigger game

You can either post suggestions in this section of the forums, or use the [Eclipse Renewal Suggestion Tracker](https://tracker.eclipseorigins.com/#/categories/1). Login with your forum account and submit a suggestion ticket there. *** This thread is to tell you what information is needed and helpful when posting a suggestion. Saying a few words or sentences doesn't usually give me a clear enough idea of what you want. Remember, the more information and details I have, the better I can implement the idea. *** *** **REQUIRED** - This information is needed to help me find a bug, I won't be able to help much without it: * Detailed description of the idea *** **OPTIONAL** - This information is optional to include but can help find the bug: * Images or videos of a game with the feature *** *** **Example Suggestion:** Can you add player stores where they can sell their items. They could set up a small store that players would come buy things from and the player doesn't have to be there. Here's a skyrim mod that has a similar idea https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/35305/ *** This suggestion helps me understand the idea as well as have a reference/idea of what I'm going to add. This also let's me expand on the idea since I understand it: I might add stalls and player buildings that players can buy and place items that they're selling. Stalls would let them sell (almost) anywhere, but stores would hold more and be more well known. ***

I get it, and for me, this is more of a practice to see what I should and shouldn't be doing when I finally get around to making an engine in a newer lang. At the very least, this next update will be able to support a lot more content if not more people. People just want a hobby, and the engine can be fine for hobbies when the bugs are removed. ER is currently pretty buggy, as is EO 2, 3, and most every engine on the site, but they can still be used to learn and for hobby projects.

The main post now has a name next to the versions. This name will reflect what the update is mainly focusing on so you know with a glance rather than having to read a bunch of stuff.

@giukko Woops, forgot that part. And it sounds like you're having an old issue that I (thought I) fixed in the last hot fix

@giukko Here's hte code if you want to give it a test that badly lol Before ``` RenderTexture Tex_Character(Sprite), X, Y, rec.Left, rec.Top, rec.Right - rec.Left, rec.Bottom - rec.Top, rec.Right - rec.Left, rec.Bottom - rec.Top, D3DColorRGBA(255, 255, 255, 255) ``` Add ``` Call DrawShadow(X, Y, Sprite, rec) ``` *** Then Add ``` Public Sub DrawShadow(ByVal X As Long, ByVal Y As Long, ByVal Sprite As Long, rec As RECT) Dim degrees As Long, heightPercent As Double, widthPercent As Double, yOffset As Double, xOffset As Double Dim Height As Long, tempHeight As Long, tempWidth As Long, Width As Long Dim maxHeight As Long, minHeightPercent As Long, maxHeightPercent As Long Dim maxWidth As Long, minWidthPercent As Long, maxWidthPercent As Long Dim rad As Double ' tempVal = tempVal + 1 ' If tempVal = 90 * 5 + 1 Then tempVal = 0 ' Constants to Get Out of the Way Height = rec.Bottom - rec.Top Width = rec.Right - rec.Left ' Set Variables degrees = 45 ' tempVal * 0.2 ' 45 ' Change this value to change the rotation rad = degrees * DegreeToRad ' Height Stretching minHeightPercent = 60 ' Change this value to make the shadow be shorter at noon/0 degree rotation maxHeightPercent = 300 ' Change this value to make the shadow be taller at sundown/90 degree rotation maxHeight = Height * (minHeightPercent * 0.01) ' num * .001 is the percent of the height heightPercent = Cos(rad) If heightPercent = 0 Then heightPercent = maxHeightPercent Else xOffset = Sin(rad) * ((Height - maxHeight) * 0.5) heightPercent = (((maxHeight / heightPercent) - xOffset) / Height) * 100 End If If heightPercent < minHeightPercent Then heightPercent = minHeightPercent If heightPercent > maxHeightPercent Then heightPercent = maxHeightPercent ' Width Stretching minWidthPercent = 70 ' Change this value to make the shadow be thicker at noon/0 degree rotation maxWidthPercent = 100 ' Change this value to make the shadow be thinner at sundown/90 degree rotation maxWidth = Width * (minWidthPercent * 0.01) ' num * .001 is the percent of the height widthPercent = Sin(rad) If widthPercent = 0 Then widthPercent = maxWidthPercent Else yOffset = 0 ' Sin(rad) * ((width - maxWidth) * 0.5) widthPercent = (((maxWidth / widthPercent) - yOffset) / Width) * 100 End If If widthPercent < minWidthPercent Then widthPercent = minWidthPercent If widthPercent > maxWidthPercent Then widthPercent = maxWidthPercent ' Set Size tempHeight = Height * (1 - (heightPercent * 0.01)) tempWidth = Width * (1 - (widthPercent * 0.01)) ' X and Y Offsets Based on Rotation yOffset = (Cos(rad) * ((Height - tempHeight) * 0.5)) - ((Height - tempHeight) * 0.5) + (Sin(rad) * ((Width - tempWidth) * 0.2)) xOffset = Sin(rad) * ((Height - tempHeight) * 0.5) RenderTexture Tex_Character(Sprite), X + (tempWidth * 0.5) + xOffset, Y + tempHeight - yOffset, rec.Left, rec.Top, Width - tempWidth, Height - tempHeight, Width, Height, D3DColorRGBA(0, 0, 0, 100), degrees End Sub ``` And add this to modConstants ``` ' Graphics Public Const Pi As Double = 3.14159265358979 Public Const DegreeToRad As Double = Pi / 180 ' 0.0174533 ```

The shadows in that image shouldn't have anything to do with the server. It should be 100% client side. All shadow code AE and ER 1.9 use does is takes the sprite, changes the color to black, makes it transparent, and renders it (it does some fancy rotation and resizing stuff). The only error you should get is a DX8 error. However, you could have each NPC and resource be assigned a shadow, but that would need to be saved and all NPC and resource files deleted. This isn't that good of a method to use.

@giukko Already added in 1.9 (I'll probably end up changing lighting and shadows in a later update) https://www.eclipseorigins.com/topic/86342/er-1-9-0-upcoming

Moved the thread to the correct forum, and I changed the format of the post to use the code block (This is the code block's symbol ``` )

This is just a problem with ER 1.8.2 and prior. ER 1.9 (which I'm currently working on) should fix this as it only loads what the server needs. (So you can have 30,000 maps and the server might only have 10 loaded).

Looks great :D

This was posted in the past: http://www.aldeiarpg.com/t11223-wing-rm-shield-protecao-para-seus-recursos-e-scripts?tt=1 This isn't a Brazilian forum, it's a forum where plagiarism is taken seriously. If he's your brother, provide proof, otherwise just credit them. We don't care is you copy the tutorial and post it here crediting the original poster, we do care if you copy someone's post and don't credit the original poster. Edit: Until you provide proof of being one of the creators (you should still credit all creators), the first post will contain the link to the other forum post.

Please refrain from posting threats on the forums. Crashing servers isn't taken lightly.

Mind posting proof that the other poster of this is your brother? Give credits where credits are due.

@ollixsykes Alright, I added a new `` node to the config and the tut, it should be pretty clear. By default it's blank or false. I also changed a lot of the self updating code so there should be less bugs with it. You will have to do 1 of 2 things to get the updater to update properly... 1) [Redownload](https://www.dropbox.com/s/bx42wr50lh6z8ug/Program%20Updater%20v1.0.0.rar?dl=0) the updater and replace the new `\data` folder with the old one. (Once you run the updater, the `` node will be added to the config). Or 2) Rename the updater exe to `Program Updater.exe` and the updater exe.config file to `Program Updater.exe.config`, run it and let it update, and rename it back to whatever you want (you won't have to rename it again). Sorry about this bug requiring more work than normal to update. This should be the last time you have to do anything other than start the updater to update the program.