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[True Valhalla]

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[D_Nalsi]

Only read a few pages so far, but my first impression is that the site's layout is really nice, easy to navigate and has nice colors. I'm been trying to make an mmo, and of course it can seem overwhelmingly hard at times, but this resource should be really helpful. Thanks for making it!

edit: unfortunantly I cannot continue as the example is done in GM8.. is there any chance of making a GM7 conversion, as alot of people still use that? Thanks

Edited by D_Nalsi, 20 July 2010 - 08:22 AM.

[True Valhalla]

Ah, forgot about GM7 conversions! I'll look into it immediately -- thanks for the feedback.

edit: I've decided not to include GM7 conversions.

Edited by True Valhalla, 01 October 2010 - 10:12 AM.

[ramses12]

Shouldn't it be "a MMORPG" instead of "an MMORPG"?

Anyway, nice site.

Edited by ramses12, 20 July 2010 - 11:10 AM.

[True Valhalla]

Anyway, nice site.

Thank you.

Edited by True Valhalla, 26 December 2010 - 05:04 AM.

[Seamonster]

Can't say the site has a very good design, but it's okay
I'll be sure to check out the content as soon as I get time.

[quadriseene]

Nope, you use 'an' when preceding an acronym =)

Not quite, 'an' precedes a vowel sound while 'a' precedes a consonant sound. As MMORPG starts with an 'eh' sound, 'an' is appropriate. There are no exceptions to that rule.



Anyway, I reinforce my point made on the MO forums that your colour scheme or lack thereof makes me sad D:


EDIT @ TV'S EDIT: It's anything, not just acronyms.

Edited by quadriseene, 22 July 2010 - 07:42 AM.

[twelveways]

Its not an acronym unless you can read it as if it is a word. e.g. RADAR, NATO etc. If MMO was to be read like a word 'Mo' then it would be prefaced with 'a' rather than 'an'.

[sabriath]

This post was mainly so that I can keep track of your progress.

colour scheme or lack thereof makes me sad

I actually like a dull color when looking for information...similar to wikipedia. Learning isn't about "yay, trampoline, oo pretty colors...yipee" fun, in learning itself should be exciting enough (and if you don't have the thirst for knowledge, then why are you in programming -- that's just me I guess).

[True Valhalla]

colour scheme or lack thereof makes me sad

I actually like a dull color when looking for information...similar to wikipedia. Learning isn't about "yay, trampoline, oo pretty colors...yipee" fun, in learning itself should be exciting enough (and if you don't have the thirst for knowledge, then why are you in programming -- that's just me I guess).

I am actually quite content with the 'color scheme' too -- I prefer white and grey shades when reading information.

I'd also like to extend my thanks to Sabriath who has highlighted a few important errors -- I have since fixed these.

Edited by True Valhalla, 30 July 2010 - 11:04 PM.

[quadriseene]

Learning isn't about "yay, trampoline, oo pretty colors...yipee" fun

Hehe, that's not what I meant. I guess what I mean is that the lack of colours coupled with the current layout design makes me sad. I didn't mean you should make it so that it's appealing to three year olds, I meant perhaps it could do with, say, a little splash of low saturation colour rather than looking like a mental hospital. Also, that gradient above the links bothers me. It's unnecessary.

Edited by quadriseene, 22 July 2010 - 07:53 AM.

[Darkenblade]

That site was great. I was looking for another 39DLL Tutorial (After I finish Sabriath's). I like how the tutorials are pretty short and easy, and you didn't add unnecessary information that just makes everything longer. The site looks okay up to know, so I'd stay stick with this project and don't give up. Nice work in all.

[abyssaltwilight]

Great site TV. Its amazingly helpful in so many ways. This site can bring people with no knowledge of game maker to mmorpg programmer. Great job I really do like it alot!

[snabelost]

This website is great because of 1 thing: It teaches me how to use this dll once and for all. Moastely ive been using examples or prebuilt engines to make everything work but this time it tought me the basics from the start in a matter you can understand. The site is nice to look at, not too muche stuff all about. The text got close to no faults and is easy to read because its split into many sections on every page. The navigation can be made better. I would like drop-dow-menus at the bottom of the pages and a section-menu (I dont quite know the name but a menu with the sections that u press a "+" and expose sub directions).
Great job!

[CloudWolf]

VERY good site, however I have picked up on a few flaws.

I noticed a spelling mistake on one of your preparation pages (can't remember which), on top of some inconsistencies.
On http://www.howtomake...processing.html you call the function "event_user()", but in the main text body you refer to it as "USER_EVENT()". This could confuse some people. I haven't checked any further but you might want to check through yourself and make sure that any mistakes are cleaned up.

I think that it might be confusing for someone who is new to game maker. If I didn't already know 39dll, the masses of information you are giving at once could look kinda daunting. Perhaps split it up a bit more on the heavier sections, or organize it into "chapters" so that a user can stop and come back to it at another point.

Also, although it has a lot of useful information in it, the front page reminds me a lot of those "GET A FREE <insert expensive Apple Mac product here>" sites. You might want to change that.

Overall a good site though. Now we know where to send all the GM noobs

[newkill]

Nice website. Simple and easy to navigate.
I've always wanted to make an online game, but it seems quite a hard programming task
I've put your website in my "Favorites" and I'll read it if I ever start creating an online game.

[True Valhalla]

Thanks for all the feedback guys, very useful!

[Mailas]

Really nice guides.
Great site man, wonderful job.

[True Valhalla]

Thanks Mailas, much appreciated.

Updates: I've nearly finished the Login + Registration tutorial and example. The tutorials really take a long time to write when I'm writing for new programmers! I'm thinking I might just code all of the other examples and write the tutorials afterwards.

Thanks for all the support,
-Tv

[mrme]

This site will be very useful. Thank you for taking the time to create this site. The advertisements really ruin the neat appearance of the site and it's hard to read a line of text without looking at the advertisement that follows. I would strongly suggest getting rid of the ads on the sides and keeping the ones on the top and bottom.