March 2nd Started Infinitum
Project
January 31st Its opened now for public
testing
Please read below.
February 14th Began work on Infinitum, In now learning
Direct X for it too :)
March 11th Updated screenshots
page, and got rid of older pictures.
April 9th
It has been a while since Ive actually worked on XLegends, to tell you
the truth there was a time when I lost complete
interest, I was also very busy, But not to worry, Im back, Im interested
and
I should have a lot more time to work on it,
I was thinking about giving the server to GameAxis, so then it would be
faster
and such. What made me decide to work on
it was: I check Archbanes Ody Page and he said that Odyssey is no longer
being
worked on, and then i checked the Xenith page
(the game which Xlegends is cloning :) and that is no longer, then I checked
the Xenology page and thats down, and Insomnia
isnt out yet and I came to the conclusion that the whole Online VBmud circle
is in a rut, and in short im bored there are
no really good online vb games, ody classic is ok but there are to many
servers to find a good game, because the main RPG is down. Another
thing a lot of people tell me they like the graphics. Thanx a lot,
I have a great graphics guy (his name changes
a lot now its Cuthiel), and I made all the tiles (and a few chars) myself.
No I
didn't get any of them from RPG-Maker they are
all original, I know its a Xenith clone, but when I started I didnt have
any
Xenith graphics so I used all original ones of
the FF style. also I want to add more tiles to make the world bigger,
any of
you who have actually played the game before
know that it takes place on an island, i like that idea but i want to make
it a
series of big islands, like the further north
you go, you hit snow, and south leads to desert. My original goal
was to make the
game PK based and have a player ranking system,
which means there is no penalty for pking, and I dont think your gunna
loose much when you die, I just like it better
that way, well im gunna go fix the server code a bit, till next time.
-SlipStream
July 1st
Sweet Mother of God its been a while, I appologise it has been too long
since I updated this page. Have no fear though I have been working
on the game a real lot lately and I've fixed many many bugs and things,
I got an updater almost totally done and the character generator is done,
the in game stuff is almost finished. My map editor kicks ass, its
totally done, it uploads/downloads from the map server fine, and the game
will too. It is store/npc/quest complient though none are in the
actuall game yet :) The Outer World itself consists of over 1200
maps, and thats without inside houses, stores, dungeons, caves, etc.
So there will be a lot of maps. The crew will be able to edit and
upload them and if you in the game you will see the changes as they happen,
I like that aspect a lot. The game itself shouldn't be to much
longer before the next public release. Im working as much as I can
to get the game ready, the main thing is ths maps, I have a lot of maps
I have to make :) Till next time.. Thanx for being so patient to
any of you who keep checking my site. The game will be worth the
wait. You will be able to buy houses guild halls castles and caves
and stuff. You will be able to PARTY with your friends and go on
quests etc, and the items are done to, you can trade etc. Till next
time...
-SlipStream
July 20th Alright, I fixed a ton of bugs, and stuff right now I need map makers, so If your interested in making maps lemme know and ill send you the editor, i only need like 7 people though. Quest and NPCs are coming I took out combat all together Ill put it back in soon, I just want to test stuff. I also have a server for a while his name is ThUgGy, hes on a T1 so it should go good. thats all for now.
August 24th Its been a while I know,
sorry. Its been a busy summer. Ive been doing a LOT of theatre,
now Im in the world premere of 'Jack the Ripper'. Thats
cool. Im still working on the game just slower now,
yes I know the server is never up, my problem
is anyone who wants to run the server only wants to run it for 5 minutes
and
then never again :( Im still looking the
last server decided he would rather host Odyssey, oh well, Im still looking
but maybe
my brother can. Ill ask him. But
have no fear. I am still working on the game and it is movng a long.
Ill upload the map editor for anyone who wants to try.
October 1st Im really
sorry everyone that I havent been around a lot lately, either on ICQ or
mail. And I have gotten a penaplae of mail and I have read them all,
and Id like to Thank everyone for letting me know about
your feelings on the game. And no I havent
stopped, but here is the bottom line, and some may like this.
My work on the game has not stopped but slowed a great deal, and many people
have been ofereing to help finish my game and since I dont have time right
now to do a lot of work. This is what Im gunna do. I
am going to continue work on the RPG but also I plan on soon uploading
the complete source code for VB5, and that way all the programmers who
want to download it can. This is all I ask, first off all you MAY
make xlegends games of your own, but you have to credit ME of course, and
you MAY NOT change the graphics at all and must also credit CUTHIEL for
those. You can of course use new graphics and make your own
game but must still credit me. And this way I will still be able
to work slowly and finish the actual game, as where other
programmers may also work on making an online
XLegends of thier own. But you must credit Cuthiel and I for it.
And if you do download the code and are making a game of your own, give
me your URL and I will add a link from the main page. And I ask if
you download the game and would like to use the code to teach yourself
thats cool, but if you would still continue XLegends I would appreciate
it. Lemme know. Thanx alot
November 15th It has been a while. Man I always forget about updating my web page. I appoligize for that. I have uploaded my source code. Now listen everyone, the past few weeks I have been getting many threatning emails, and some damn bothersome ICQ messages. There is NO server for my game, so I can't put it up. Which I have stated on this web page before. And I will not send the code to individuals, if you want it download it here. So here you go. For those of you who are making your own games and have no idea how to program and are counting on getting this to basically BE your game, or get you into it. This isn't going to help much, because you will only be further along and still have no idea where to go from here. But anyone can use this for what ever they want. Its pretty easy to understand. Just let me know and Ill add your game to the links page. And please, this is intended for people who already have a pretty good understanding about programming in VB, so don't email me with all sorts of questions and things. Chances are I won't know the answers anyway. But have fun. And stop threatning me :) Heres my code.
XLEGENDS Complete Client/Server/Map Editor/Char Gen. Etc. VB5 Code
A Real Lot of people have been complaining about
the server never being up, thats understandable its like never up, and
I've decided that the person that was hosting
it before is never around so Im looking for someone else, anyone else.
If any
of you have a Static IP and a cable modem or
T1-T3 connection, and a fast computer and want to host just lemme know,
it would be greatly appreciated, I really can't
be choosey now Ill settle for a Static IP and thats it, Oh and for those
of you
who try to log on and it Just turns white and
hangs that means the server is down :( its not broken.
ICQ #11184725 If anyone gets an error with
the Richtx32.ocx then goto the START | RUN from the desktop
and type 'regsvr32 richtx32.ocx'
-SlipStream
*VERSION HISTORY*
v1.4
-Added Many maps, and redid the map editor so I now
have NPC capabilities. Added other stuff that I forgot
there are still many bugs dont get me wrong, and as soon
as I have a few hours Ill fix some of them :)
v1.3
-Did away with the god commands, to many people
were asking me to be a god so I figured I don't wanna
Play favorites :) and updated the server. And another
Character type.
v1.2
-Fixed the /MSG command so players can now talk
privately. Added another character guy, thanx Neko
added a few more chat commands and maps.
v1.1
-Added REALLY basic combat.
But i think I broke the /emote command
And added another God cmd.
v1.0
-First Public Release.
*DOWNLOAD*
Latest Version
of XLegends
* A note on the map editor*
Anyone interested in making maps can download
the map editor and use it at their will. The only things are, you
can't make
any triggers or doors or shops, only outside
maps are all I need right now, They are automatically uploaded to
the map server
Keep all the maps clean! no stupid names
or maps, keep them all reasonable, and in the style of the game you know.
Thanx a lot.
Download
Xlegends Map Editor
You
Need The VB5 runtime files which I didn't upload but You can get them from
the Odyssey Download Site
Besides Infinitum I'm also working on two other
online games, An online Paintball game
called WarPaint
and a strategy game called 'Star Colony'. Infinitum is still my top
priority now though, so don't worry.
Infinitum (c) 1999 -Justin Moran, Infinitum was made in Visual Basic 5.0 Prof. Edition