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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / DBPro:Show Damage (Help)

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BlackChaos
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Posted: 11th Jan 2011 09:21
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Ive been trying to figure out a way to show a damage in my game(like a mmo)

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Does anyone else have any idea as to how i can go about doint this.

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Posted: 11th Jan 2011 13:32 Edited at: 11th Jan 2011 14:06
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Particles are pretty fast really but there are lots of ways of showing damage.

One fast way is to have a transparent object [NB. Use "Set Object Transparency" and "Set Alphamapping on"] maybe star shaped which grows (fast) over the position of the player and gradually fades out [NB. Use "Set Alphamapping on" to increase transparency]. Once transparency reaches maximum allowed (255 I think if you use these commands) you just delete or hide the 'Star' object.

Combine this with particles and/or ghosted planes / explosions you can create some pretty cool looking effects.

EDIT: Attached is an example of what I described. Hope it helps!

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BlackChaos
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Posted: 11th Jan 2011 16:02
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Brilliant!

Thanks.

Also(off the topic), i am trying to send net msg's (IP TO IP), but i just seem to fail every time.

Quote: "Iam trying to gradually build my own mmo, and i have coded a mmo style chat system; i just need it to be able to send peer to peer"


Or should this be a whole new chat session?

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Posted: 11th Jan 2011 20:47
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Quote: "Also(off the topic), i am trying to send net msg's (IP TO IP), but i just seem to fail every time.

Quote: "Iam trying to gradually build my own mmo, and i have coded a mmo style chat system; i just need it to be able to send peer to peer"

Or should this be a whole new chat session?
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You will have trouble doing peer-to-peer unless the peers all have port forwarding set up. There are ways to avoid having to set ports up such as UDP hole punching, but they all require a server.

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