What do YOU want to see in 2.8?

[Mellowz]

The title speaks for itself.

[Drummerpete]

Uhm, I think this is already being fixed, but VBMP is giving lots of people problems..

I can't think of anything that wasn't already mentioned in the wishlist.

[Kusy]

Shooting npcs…

[gaming ace]

Built in quest system? Could be hard to do, but id be nice

[Warconn]

hmm maybe a better housing system,  like a furniture system or something.  Some of the scripts now are to hard to understand and implement.

and a better battle animation would be cool to, like a two sprite attack instead of a 1

[Kusy]

Build in script editor - like in RPGmaker (you chose and the program writes scripts for you). I know it's almoast impossible but would be funfuckentastic.

And a drag&drop item system - map-map, map-inventory, inventory-inventory. If you know what I mean.

[Anna Comnena]

More generic built-in strings (ex. "You drank a health potion." - what if you arent using potions but bandages or something?).

[Another simple string change](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,18656.0.html)

[Item and class improvements](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php/topic,10360.0.html)

[Homicidal Monkey]

be sure to do data conversions (val) for whenever you use readini to store an integer and several of the things stored as 'long' should be 'integers' such as indexes. I think arrays in vb6 are limited to the max value of the integer.

[DrNova]

I trongly second shooting npc's.

Also As anna pointed out, some control over hardcoded message text

(If it would matter)
A new tool that would allow editing of main.txt and then saving it to a .dat file, which you can still open with tool later for editing.
Like player files.
If this would speed up reading of main.txt.
(if not, disregard this)

[Homicidal Monkey]

there's no reason to convert the main.txt into a binary file. VBScript interprets strings, not bytes. Its best to keep it in text form for that reason.

[Homicidal Monkey]

@Hairo:

> How about making it into Direct X 8.

i actually have a almost complete EE2.5 client with DX8 for graphics.

[Snovind]

Visual spell icons
3D graphics…....... maybe not XD

[monowolf00]

3d graphics….yeah right. It will be a long time before eclipse makes it that far.

[Sterling]

Visual Spell Icons is implemented already, just not fully set up. It wouldn't take much time to get them fully functional. :P

[bambam]

this is probably alot to ask for but built in skill and quest scripts with custom menus

[Homicidal Monkey]

@Snovind:

> Visual spell icons
> 3D graphics…....... maybe not XD

3D is hell in vb and requires much more time than spriting. (and is not free)
possibly do [mode7](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mode7)…

[bambam]

whats mode7?

[Homicidal Monkey]

click the link. you know, the blue text.

[Zuleloan]

move-able blocks for puzzles and such.

ability to sell and equip stuff to multiple classes…(can't really remember if this was done yet)

ability to set the direction and location when you use the fire arrow command.  (for traps)

more than 10 npcs per map (Balliztik said he was working on this)

[DrNova]

shooting npc's

pets that can attack, or at least give you stat boosts or something

player trade system

Yoda

Visual Bank

Make elements also be able to affect equipment, current system has little use IMO

Fullscreen mode-Same size game screen, but things like inventory, equipment, stats, all open in the surrounding area.

!!!!-When using scrolling maps, screen can/auto resize up to max map size-or-max screen size (this might be to much for server or client though)

[Drummerpete]

Yoda?

[king_god_killer]

yoda would be pretty awesome if by yoda you guys mean SW yoda and i hate SW

[L0lz]

I'd like mode7 too, mode7 in rpg maker was sweet, it could be even sweeter for eclipse XD. A good quest system, custom menus, a bit easier mapping like zooming in an out,  and possibly buffs, and an implemented skill system like mining etc.

[Homicidal Monkey]

hey lolz, I posted a dll in the veteran's board. The drawSprite sub can be used for Mode7 if you effectively use the scale sizes. btw, I added an example to my post.

[DrNova]

MAYBE base implemented skills.

But personally I think a skill system should not be included, gives inventive to learn scripting, and prevents a flood of noob games thinking they are ready just because they had features handed to them.

User freindly is one thing, but you cant make it TO simple, otherwise there is just going to be more crap churned out.

Learning scripting is a MUST, its not even that friggin hard to learn if you actually TRY to.