Multiplayer???
ad_harwood
04 Dec 2003, 13:37HELP i need to add a multiplayer option to my games, any hints 

kingmorgoth99
04 Dec 2003, 13:38wadda ya mean ad multi player? you mean make a multiplayer game?
oh yeah ya seen the cool xmas smilies
oh yeah ya seen the cool xmas smilies

Cryophile
04 Dec 2003, 16:16Read the manual. That's all I can say. I think you have to choose between single and multiplayer though. It's not hard to implement.
Cryophile
04 Dec 2003, 20:26There's basically two or three things you need to know:
When making a multiplayer game, the startscript is used for server initialization ONLY. Use the player startscript for player init. If you have QuestNet installed, there are some additions to the QDK Game Properties that will do this.
If you want to involve specific players rather than the entire game, use userid.
Examples:
health[userid] will change the health for the userid that activates it (Read Manual)
$name(%userid%)$ will show the player name for that userid (Read Manual)
$name and $id are new as well.
READ THE MANUAL! It is invaluable. I use it ALL the time.
If you don't have a copy of it, the link is here:
http://www.axeuk.com/quest/developer/asl/manual.htm
When making a multiplayer game, the startscript is used for server initialization ONLY. Use the player startscript for player init. If you have QuestNet installed, there are some additions to the QDK Game Properties that will do this.
If you want to involve specific players rather than the entire game, use userid.
Examples:
health[userid] will change the health for the userid that activates it (Read Manual)
$name(%userid%)$ will show the player name for that userid (Read Manual)
$name and $id are new as well.
READ THE MANUAL! It is invaluable. I use it ALL the time.
If you don't have a copy of it, the link is here:
http://www.axeuk.com/quest/developer/asl/manual.htm
Alex
04 Dec 2003, 22:39More up-to-date documentation is at this subtly different URL:
http://www.axeuk.com/quest/developer/asl/index.htm
manual.htm was automatically generated from the individual pages for my own purposes and shouldn't have got as far as the web server. Oops!
http://www.axeuk.com/quest/developer/asl/index.htm
manual.htm was automatically generated from the individual pages for my own purposes and shouldn't have got as far as the web server. Oops!
Cryophile
04 Dec 2003, 23:51I couldn't find a link to any documention so I used the search feature. manual.htm can up there.
GameBoy
05 Dec 2003, 02:37speking of a manual
http://www.axeuk.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000051.html
im Gautier UK on that. (those were the days)
http://www.axeuk.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000051.html
im Gautier UK on that. (those were the days)
paul_one
07 Dec 2003, 01:15More up-to-date documentation is at this subtly different URL:
hahahaha.... that's nice!

Alex - why is the old one still there (I haven't clicked either link) ?
Alex
07 Dec 2003, 02:45Laziness.