whitespirits Posted July 10, 2015 Author Share Posted July 10, 2015 Hi guys, I'm planning my game and scooping resources, I'm just increasingly worried about the life of VB6 and inevitably my game created using eclipse. Would Orion be a safer option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YourBestNightmare Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Ehat is Orion? If you mean chocolate, then eat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Officer Johnson Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 @whitespiritsprobably a bad idea to talk about another engine on here people will prob freak out just saying… but yes id go with orion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitespirits Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 I thought Orion was posted? Don't get me wrong I love eclipse :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcsnider Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Check your PM whitespirits. I think that image will help with the decision making process XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalacticGlum Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Honestly, in my opinion don't even use Eclipse anymore, don't use Visual Basic! It's a great programming language but it's not really cut out for online games. Eclipse used to be a top-notch awesome kickass ORPG engine, but now flash into summer of 2015 you have so MANY other choices like Unity, Unreal, etc… or even build your own in-house engine using a better language like C# or Java. It is not the look of Eclipse that is bad, it's the programming language. If you want to make a topdown 2D ORPG. Great! but use a different language, code your own language or port Eclipse to C#. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puregamemale Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 What is Orion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitespirits Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 Orion is Eclipse V1 converted to VB.net but its so buggy and 0 features Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helladen Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Orion is bad. Don't use it. It is basically VB6 in VB.NET. VB.NET has a lot of improvements that were never realized in the port.There are plenty of engines farther along that use proper OO programming. Procedural programming is an old form of programming that is harder to maintain over long periods of time.https://github.com/hilts-vaughan/OpenORPGPandaCoder and Vaughan are actively working on this engine, it is the best ORPG engine that is open-source right now. If you are concerned with getting a high player count on your servers, you are obviously super inexperienced anyway. I doubt you will get those numbers. Not saying that use VB6 cause of that, but these old engines have way more features. The choice is up to you. If you know how to program really good, I suggest going C# otherwise mess around in VB6 to learn the ropes. This is what I have been doing for a long time, and I have no regrets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeNjO Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 @'GalacticGlum':> Honestly, in my opinion don't even use Eclipse anymore, don't use Visual Basic! It's a great programming language but it's not really cut out for online games. Eclipse used to be a top-notch awesome kickass ORPG engine, but now flash into summer of 2015 you have so MANY other choices like Unity, Unreal, etc… or even build your own in-house engine using a better language like C# or Java. It is not the look of Eclipse that is bad, it's the programming language. If you want to make a topdown 2D ORPG. Great! but use a different language, code your own language or port Eclipse to C#.I'd also like to state Hacker (guy above) is a novice in both fields. First time I'm pointing this out even though he's posted a lot about how great/bad something is when he's spent like a month with unity and thinks he knows everything.. He was using vb6 a few months ago (for about a month?) like most people here. Use whatever you want to use. Consider cross-platform/mobile etc and see what engines tick that box. I'm still using a really old vb6 engine its more enjoyable to work with than my Unity MMORPG.TL;DRDon't listen to the guy I quoted he's new with VB6 AND Unity but pretends he's not. Use whatever suits your needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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