Hello Eva,
Whether you can implement your game in Rev depends on what
exactly you have in mind, of course. Communication over the
network is pretty fast with Revolution. Xavier mentioned
ChatRev, which is indeed a good example of how to communicate
between standalones over the network or the internet. It easily
handles a few dozens of users and I expect it to handle more
than 100 users without any problems.
Since I am no longer updating the computer stuff on my wanadoo
account, you'd better download my ChatRev client at
<http://economy-x-talk.com/chatrev.html>
rather than from the link posted by Xavier. Bjoernkes version of
the chatrev clien is available at
<http://chatrev.bjoernke.com>
A scrolling screen is easy. Just make a scrollbar and add a
script to set the scroll of the card. Even easier might be to
create a group and give it horizontal and vertical scroll bars.
Set the lockLoc of the group to true and use the geometry
manager to let it resize with the card. I believe that the
geometry manager is incompatible with Metacard. So, you may want
to write your own script for that.
I very much agree with you that Malte's Arcade Engine Tutorials
are very good. They contain quite a few very neat tricks for
animation in Rev. The AE itself is a very useful and stable
addition to Revolution.
Best,
Mark
Eva Isotalo wrote:
Hi everybody,
I am new here and am not a Revolution user yet. But I am using MetaCard
and used to be on the MC list long time ago. Don't think anyone remember
me though. :o)
Before eventually getting involved with Revolution I need a little
clarification. It has to do with game development.
1. Can Revolution handle a multi player environment?
Up to 20 players would be enough for my needs. Keeping connection
between cards and stacks. Sending information between
clients/server/clients. I have red some tuts on handeling databases
which gives a hint it ought to work.
2. Can one have a scrolling screen?
The card is larger than the visible play area. Character stays in the
middle while the rest is scrolling.
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I want to send a thank you to Malte Brill for an excellent tutorial and
work on the Arcade engine.
It made me curious if Revolution may be of use to us again.
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Eva Isotalo
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Please inform me about vacancies in the field of
general economics at your institute. I am also looking
for new freelance programming projects.
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