Help with chat

[LonelyNekoLover]

Ok, so i want to take the chat out of the game and make it a separate exe. I'm doing this for 2 reasons 1: people who wanna talk with friends but not play can use it as a sort of messenger. 2: i can then expand the game window without expanding the overall size of the client window. I suppose a 3rd reason would to keep the players more focused on the game rather then the chat when actually playing the game.

I know the basics of vb6, how to open forms and find subs and such. But i need the experience of someone a lot more knowledgeable about the source to know what parts i need to take out exactly.

If anyone can help me, i would greatly appreciate it. Thx!

[Jacquelinett]

You can always make the chat appear on screen, and to make a separate chat,… well, just download the blank MS4 source code, it was the beginning source code of EO, which contained only the chat, no other thing.

[LonelyNekoLover]

A quick search for "ms4 source" got me nothing, what is the full name? im still looking too

And thank you, now how do i remove the chat from the game? while keeping the npc dialog?

[Jacquelinett]

@KoisuruKoibito:

> A quick search for "ms4 source" got me nothing, what is the full name? im still looking too
>
> And thank you, now how do i remove the chat from the game? while keeping the npc dialog?

I dont know where exactly is the ms4 source, but ask older forum member for a blank Mirage Source code where it already have all the enumeration + winsock set up. And how do you remove the chat from the game? well, 2 options:

1\. Delete the chatbox and every single code relate to chat (which will take a while)
2\. Just hide the chatbox, and pretend like it never existed

[Harris6310]

@Yumi:

> well, just download the blank MS4 source code, it was the beginning source code of EO, which contained only the chat, no other thing.

Nope.

MS4 is a fully equipped engine. It is what I use. A download can be found on echostorms.net

[Jacquelinett]

@Harris:

> Nope.
>
> MS4 is a fully equipped engine. It is what I use. A download can be found on echostorms.net

No i mean like the blank MS4.

Back then when i asked to restart EO, someone gave me a link to the blank MS4 source code

[Harris6310]

@Yumi:

> No i mean like the blank MS4.
>
> Back then when i asked to restart EO, someone gave me a link to the blank MS4 source code

Nope, MS4 had features other than chat. I think someone was joking with you, or they gave you MS1.

[LonelyNekoLover]

ok, i decided to say "fk it" and just make my own chat server/client. So i got a mockup working but now i need to figure out how to make it work with the EO server rather then my server. So that people will login with the username and pass they use with the game.