A few questions about eclipse 4.0 silver and gold

[destructoboy]

I have a few questions that i need help with i know i can search and find them but before i purchase this i need these to be answered i have 147 10 days of work ahead of me so you can see im a little short on time so any help from the community would be very appreciative and when i learn more about this system i will return the favor

if you have links to already answered questions or tutorials these will be great and i will accept them as an answer, i have no time to test any of these so they may be simple questions

1\. if i buy a copy of gold will i be able to use the gold server that eclipse origins provides for $9 a month and vica versa if i were to use the server first and then buy a copy of the gold server will my progress be safe and i will be able to get it to my server that i will host or find another host? how well is the server that eclipse origins provides.?

2\. i am confused on how the character generator in the class editor works how the face becomes a character sprite in the game does it have 1 hair = 1 sprite hair and so on?

3\. the auto updater for the server is it an update that will go before they log in and is there a tutorial on how to set up so that my small team will have the files that i add on login and anyone testing will not have an issue?

4\. i realy hate the map editor but i will work with it is there a map editing extension where i can work with it in a bigger scale zoom in and zoom out for tools undo redo copy paste or does anyone have any tips and tricks that will aid me because it is very difficult to work with?

5\. i have now found a way to edit pet speeds and other attributes i know it may be still being worked on but am i missing something?

6\. does anyone have any templates or good programs that i can use to make my own character sprites and other assets to the right specs (paperdolls, etc) what sizes and i supposed to be using?

7\. there is no open source code? will there be? i and no coder but i can definitely use mess with it to my liking?

8\. what are the legality on using assets with 2d i work with most 3d and i know where to get assets for use and where to buy ones that i will need but i am new to 2d and i have assets from rpg maker versions can i use these for commercial use or the eclipse assets already in the package

im sure there are many more questions but for now these are some PLEASE DO NOT DELETE MY POST i will move it if i am in the wrong place and delete it on my own if i violated any forum rules please let me know thank you for your time i hope to hear back from the community

[Richy420Rich]

~~1\. if i buy a copy of gold will i be able to use the gold server that eclipse origins provides for $9 a month and vica versa if i were to use the server first and then buy a copy of the gold server will my progress be safe and i will be able to get it to my server that i will host or find another host? how well is the server that eclipse origins provides.?~~

I have been working on Labyrinth Hearts for 3 months now and have had no problems with the hosting, I believe it's safe to say that your project progress will be safe. The upkeep is a good 99.9% and is only shut down for reboots and updates, but only for a minute or 2 out of like, weeks? Lol.

I'm not sure how JC handles the hosting, if you have to buy the hosting first and then the server, or if transferring can be an option at a later time.

~~2\. i am confused on how the character generator in the class editor works how the face becomes a character sprite in the game does it have 1 hair = 1 sprite hair and so on?~~

I don't have an answer for this, as I've never messed with the character generator.

~~3\. the auto updater for the server is it an update that will go before they log in and is there a tutorial on how to set up so that my small team will have the files that i add on login and anyone testing will not have an issue?~~

JC just posted a link on another topic about the updater;

[http://www.eclipseorigins.com/community/index.php?/topic/133589-how-to-setup-the-built-in-updater/](http://www.eclipseorigins.com/community/index.php?/topic/133589-how-to-setup-the-built-in-updater/)

~~4\. i realy hate the map editor but i will work with it is there a map editing extension where i can work with it in a bigger scale zoom in and zoom out for tools undo redo copy paste or does anyone have any tips and tricks that will aid me because it is very difficult to work with?~~

Right clicking removes a tile from the map. Shift + C copies events, Shift + V pastes events.

You can use the multi-tile selecting by holding the left mouse down while in the tilesets and drag over a multitude of tiles. This will place the payload onto the map when you click on the map.

The autotile features make mapping very simple if you can obtain autotiles, that would be a better bet.

Currently and I highly doubt, there will be any zoom in or zoom out methods.

~~5\. i have now found a way to edit pet speeds and other attributes i know it may be still being worked on but am i missing something?~~

When a pet dies, the player will lose the gained level and stats of the pet, by design. JC is still working on this to give players more functionality of the pet system, (I hope).

Other than that, you can set the newly created pet to an item to use (or spell, if I'm not mistaking).

The pet attacks by holding down shift while left clicking the target, this also moves the pet to your mouses location.

~~6\. does anyone have any templates or good programs that i can use to make my own character sprites and other assets to the right specs (paperdolls, etc) what sizes and i supposed to be using?~~

Google GIMP or Paint.NET or GraphicsGale, or you can purchase Photoshop.

EO 4 uses dynamic sprite sizes, the items are 32x32, basically everything that is offered in the demo, can be used as references to what sizes each specific resource is.

~~7\. there is no open source code? will there be? i and no coder but i can definitely use mess with it to my liking?~~

EO 4 is closed at the moment and I've no clue if it will ever be opened or not.

~~8\. what are the legality on using assets with 2d i work with most 3d and i know where to get assets for use and where to buy ones that i will need but i am new to 2d and i have assets from rpg maker versions can i use these for commercial use or the eclipse assets already in the package~~

Any 2d assets follow the licenses of where you obtained them, RPG Maker assets are licensed to only be used inside RPG Maker engines, most of them anyways, there are a couple free resources, like Breeze, with credits. Reiners Tilesets, (Just google them up.)