The Ultimate Beginner Tutorial

[kilonox]

Introduction
Hello, and welcome to my tutorial. I made this because I am tired of the shout box being attacked by people looking to get in their game. Lets get down to business!

Your First Time

First you have to diecide what engine version you would like to use. Sure there are custom made engines but this tutorial only covers 2 of them. A good starting engine is [http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,49913.0.html](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,49913.0.html), but [http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,57637.0.html](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,57637.0.html) is currently the superior engine. Lets dig deeper into each engine!

    Eclipse Stable
It was created and complied by Damian, with the help of many other people. It is a Sub-Engine from Eclipse Evolutions, focusing on bug fixes for the most part, but also added some features, such as the In-Game Inbox. For more information read [http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,49913.0.html](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,49913.0.html).

    Eclipse Orgins
My personal favorite. Created by Robin, this stand alone engine brings alot to the game making table. This engine is made 100% from Sourcing. For more information READ [http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,57637.0.html](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,57637.0.html).

The Next Step

Now that you have chosen your game, lets install it. Find the download link and go to it.

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Depending on your browser, you will have a different process. I will show Internet Explorer and Google Chrome.

Download it and extract the file to your desktop, because it is easy to find it there.

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Next, open the server file and open the server, which should take about 2-5 seconds. After that, simply find your client folder and open the game client! If you are getting Run Time Errors, check [http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,12254.0.html](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,12254.0.html). Also, you will need the library files, here [http://www.freemmorpgmaker.com/ELIS.exe](http://www.freemmorpgmaker.com/ELIS.exe)

Basic Skills

Unless you are really lazy, or your really not good at life in general, you will need to learn a skill. There are plenty of opportunity for jobs in your own or other people's games. These skills include, but are not limited to, as these are just basic ones, Scripting, Sourcing, Mapping, and Artist. Lets learn the basics.

Scripting

Scripting is one of the more difficult skills to learn. Being so, you must understand what you are doing to the fullest in order to be successful. So, here is a simple tutorial on how to make a simple command.  [http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,54684.0.html](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,54684.0.html) (Made by Soul). For more tutorials, go to [http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/board,70.0.html](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/board,70.0.html)

Sourcing

As above, sourcing is also a complicated skill to learn. So, here is another great tutorial that will help you understand the basics of Visual Basics. [http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,39991.0.html](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,39991.0.html) (compiled by Dragon). Remember, you can find more tutorials on [http://www.google.com/](http://www.google.com/) or [http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/board,87.0.html](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/board,87.0.html)

Mapping

My personal favorite skill. It is simple, yet a very important part to any game. My favorite mapping tutorial is [http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,19455.0.html](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,19455.0.html) (made by Kreator, but there are also many other good ones on [http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/board,424.0.html](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/board,424.0.html)

Artist

Monsters and Sprites and Tiles, OH MY! Graphic artists have a very creative and interesting job, that allows them to make different objects like tiles, sprites (avatars), items, and monsters. [http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,54358.0.html](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,54358.0.html) this tutorial made by Draken will help you learn Graphics.

Well, thank you for reading. Hope this helps you.

x Kilonox

[SilentGamer]

Nice tutorial. Nothing I can say really to improve, well from my end. Looks all good to me :)

Good job

[DrNova]

To generic. Doesnt tell much about each engine, nor stress the differences between the two. For example This doesnt tell me i cant script with EO, or that EO NEEDS vb6 to do anything with. ect ect

[Kool_dude4ever]

Good job..

@DrNova:

> To generic. Doesnt tell much about each engine, nor stress the differences between the two. For example This doesnt tell me I cant script with EO, or that EO NEEDS vb6 to do anything with. ect ect

yes add more detail

[chuchoide]

Shouldn't this include that to make the Sourcing, you first need VB6 IDE, what VB6 versions work, and how you can get it?