Nice Gold! That's pretty cool! I don't really see a problem with it.

well I don't have a problem with the format of Nerr 2.0, and yours is looking like a good start. One thing I am wondering though is, I saw in there that there was a reply to a reply. Will this be like the old quoting system or will it be treated like a whole new topic as it is currently where it takes you to a separate page?

I based it off Francis' ideas of each post being it's own topic - he explains it better than I can, over in one of the other threads.

hmmmm well I'm kind of on the fence about it but if you can make it work out so each post can be seen in the over all parent topic (the original one) then I'm okay with it. By this I mean if you start a topic on, lets say mario bros nes, and you have 8 replies. well lets say someone replies to the 3rd reply to the original topic. would the reply to the reply be visible in the original topic, or would you have to go into the "topic" of the reply itself to see it?

Instead of replies being in their own page though, can we get some sort of drop down thing? I've used tiny boards and it's kind of a pain in the arse to navigate all those pages.

Maybe. It's certainly possible, but I'd need to hook up a fair amount of code to make it work.

something like this might work:

Yeah that. Though replies having their own page wouldn't be bad either. If we can have both.

Each reply having its own page sounds like it could easily become a maze of reply pages.

Well I mean digi right now has multiple set up options (though I'm pretty sure everyone uses normal)

not if done right dimenciao

Sounds cool, but why don't we just edit Nerr 2.0 instead of making a brand new site? Not only does it seem like it's quicker, but that means that anything on Nerr 2.0, like accounts and posts would be a pain to port, if it was possible to even port at all.

oh wow yeah vidd kind of has an idea. Why can't we do that? Unless Gold has code redesign plans or something.

with alot of the stuff we have planned for later on it might just require a total remake of the site. would still look similar but would have functionality far beyond of nerr 2.0, something we can't just do with a few programming add ons. also porting over the accounts wouldn't be that hard would it? I would think he would just have to make nerr 3.0's database use a view on/of the database used by nerr 1.0 and 2.0

ill try to have something for you to test out this weekend

coolio, thanks francis, you da man

bump because it's the only thread I care about

Integrating into Nerr 2.0 is the ideal solution, assuming Francis can integrate everything we come up with. There are some situations such as Francis' hiking trip however, in which he was unable to monitor the community as much as he usually does, where this is less of an option. If nothing else, setting up a competing project in the slow periods keeps Francis on his toes and ready to keep pace with said project.

Been toying with a proof-of-concept for the combat system, nothing usable yet but it should only take a day or two. Still no users yet, but you'll be able to simulate the results of battles from a selection of test items.

That's awesome gold! Sounds like you're going at this pretty quickly.

It's easy enough to create the components of the system, the hard part is taking my various experiments and combining them to form a coherent website.

i replaced nerr chat with a first-attempt at nerr 3.0. http://nerr.biz:8080/
I don't have time to explain it now, but feel free to try it out. Sorry if it crashes in the night.

you already got my two cents francis when we were being your guinea pigs. anyways guys click reply under a person's name to use that message like a topic, press open under there name to open it in a window like format for more of a topic-y feel.

Nerr 3.0 Battle System Test!

I've just finished the proof of concept for the battle system. It's a little different to some of the plans in the other thread since I started it before those were laid out, but I can tweak it if necessary.

http://nerr.g33k.org.uk/battle.php

I've populated the database with an initial set of items (including one marked as not a combat weapon, but that's for internal testing and later stuff and can't be used in this test) which you can use to experiment with the battle system. The system doesn't make a difference between attacker and defender - both users attack at the same time and the loser takes damage.

The type of weapon (Attack, Defence or Trap) determines whether or not the attack hits through a rock-paper-scissors system. The power is the base damage of the weapon. The element determines the final damage against the loser in the same way as the type, with a chance to double the base power, halve it, leave it unchanged or do no damage entirely. In a real fight each user wouldn't be able to see the other's weapon until the round completes, making it a game of luck and strategy to win the fight.

Have a play and see what you think. If people want extra items to toy with, let me know the stats and I can add them easily enough.

Looks pretty cool. Nice to know an element triangle works. But there's kind of a thing. Here's all the possible outcomes against a Water 10 attack.
Null - Null - Null - Null - 0 - 20 - 10 - 5 - 0 - 5 - 10 - 20

Seems like there's too much room to do nothing. It also requires both users to be doing something at the same time, items are required to be a certain element or type, and it just doesn't seem to leave much freedom in item creation or battle, among other things.

What did you think about the system posted in the Digibattle topic? Yours is cool, but I can't see it working.

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this topic isnt your mom sorry

i'd program for nerr 3.0 if i wasn't so busy with professional stuff of my own
i'd make everything in unity, the best game engine ever