Xlithan Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Final Saga is a partially graphical, text-based MUD (Multi-User Dungeon). It is inspired by old online text adventure games that used Telnet as a client. There are still many of these types of games available, and since 2009 I have been developing this game on and off.You wouldn't believe it if I told you, but this game is based off of Mirage Source (Which is what Eclipse was originally based off). Obviously there has been some very heavy modifications, and unfortunately I do not have old screenshots to show where it started and where it has become. There is a surprising amount of the source code which has been unchanged or slightly modified to fit with the games new style, the main things being the removal of the 2D engine, and a room system replacing the map system. Some Eclipse source code has also been used in some parts of the source, but nothing completely major, as most of the upgrades are completely original coding.You definitely wouldn't be able to tell it was Mirage Source by looking at it, but any old school veterans like myself would be able to pick up traces of the old source by playing a little.* * *This is the room editor. Obviously this had to be completely written from scratch as the map editor was no longer needed.This is the shop editor, may start looking familiar to some of you.The latest change has been the graphical inventory. Before that it was still using the original Mirage Source inventory system but with some help from Eclipse Origins source code, i've been able to upgrade it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetasis Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Wow, this looks pretty cool. I remember seeing it a few years back and it looks like you have made some improvements since then and everything looks great. It has been a long while since I have played a mud but this makes me want to start again. If I remember correctly you once had this posted as open source, are you planning on releasing the source for this again at some point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexkymbeth Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Interesting! GUI + Mud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlithan Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 You have a fantastic memory Zetasis. I was very lucky that I released the source code as my hard-drive packed up and I lost all of the original material.I'm not planning on releasing the source code this time unfortunately.I was working on the graphical inventory and wanted to do an equipment box similar to Eclipse. There was no 'easy' way for me to do this without changing a lot of the source code. The problem with Mirage Source (Well it's not really a problem but a feature), is that the weapon, armor, helmet and shield data is retrieved from checking the inventory slots. There are many many times the data is referred to in the source code, so having a separate equipment list would mean finding and rewriting tons of code.To compensate for the reduced inventory taken by equipped items, I have increased the capacity by 10, and worn equipment will now be indicated by a 'Worn' text. It's not exactly what I wanted, but it works, and having the 10 extra slots means that you could equip 10 items (In theory), and still have 20 slots for other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariel Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 nice work man! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlithan Posted February 24, 2016 Author Share Posted February 24, 2016 I've released a download for testing purposes. There's not much there right now but just want to test the very basics of the game.http://finalsaga.draignet.uk/downloads.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlithan Posted February 25, 2016 Author Share Posted February 25, 2016 There appears to be a major bug with people getting a run-time error when logging in. I'm trying my best to recreate this error so I can fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draken Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 O.o 381 MB download for a game that doesnt use graphics. Can you trim it down some like get rid of music files you are not using ect. that's a bit extream for people with data caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Janes Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Data Caps are still a thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exception Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Even then, 381 MB is still a ridiculous size for a Mirage game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeNjO Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Considering it's a MUD game the file size is outrageous. An eclipse game with music/sounds/graphics etc is slightly more than that (554MB data in EOO)It's all the mp3's in the download, 375MB in 251 files of mp3 music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlithan Posted February 26, 2016 Author Share Posted February 26, 2016 There were a lot of sounds and music included with the download. They weren't really needed but I added them anyway. This will be trimmed down, as I will be removing music from the game. The sounds however make a nice addition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlithan Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 So i've fixed a couple of bugs. The first being the text box you type into doesn't clear after typing a message. Secondly, the server and game loops have been updated to prevent them from crashing when the server has been running for a long period of time. This was causing HP/MP/Stamina to stop regenerating and monsters to stop attacking (And anything else controlled by the server loop).I'm currently redesigning the character general menu so a new download will be up soon. Accounts will be wiped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlithan Posted February 27, 2016 Author Share Posted February 27, 2016 **Updates:**Character Generator updated.Re-added the races (6 in total)Added stat rollerAdded name verification check on character generatorAdjusted experience formulaFixed a bug that caused the server to crash when exiting the character generatorDownload now available for testing:[http://finalsaga.draignet.uk/downloads.html](http://finalsaga.draignet.uk/downloads.html)if you get a subscript out of range error, just try to log in again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeNjO Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Looking good, But please remember to leave 24 hours between your posts (unless someone else replies). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlithan Posted February 28, 2016 Author Share Posted February 28, 2016 MAJOR UPDATEDelete what you have and re-download from the website. I've included an automatic updater in this version.http://finalsaga.draignet.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draken Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Oh nice and the download is under 3 mb now :D. Downloading and going to try it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonello Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Very very cool looking! I'll have to give this a try later. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlithan Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 Another test release is now ready for download.http://finalsaga.draignet.uk/downloads.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sekiguchi Okitsugu Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 ah, ive played a game similar to this type of game:http://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com/started playing this, got addicted for 2 weeks. dont know why, so dont ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlithan Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 Just updated the interface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlithan Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 Accounts have now been added. This system is still in testing stages so may break :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Knight Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 I would play this game so hard. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidTumbleweed Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 This project looks awesome. I will gladly play this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlithan Posted May 19, 2016 Author Share Posted May 19, 2016 You would never guess it was a Mirage Source game though :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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