EOHax

A lot of you here won't get a chance to read this if I don't post it here.

http://forum.eohax.org/topic/1949#post10804

If you don't have an account there feel free to reply here.

It's too annoying to have two entirely separate boards (especially since this one is getting no attention), and when new projects are released then I'd either have to pick a board to add to or create a THIRD one.

Once I finish writing FORUM2 the accounts, posts and forums of eoserv.net/forum and forum.eohax.org will be merged together. Once EO.alt is ready a forum will be created for that too.

There will be four main benefits from this:

• The EOHax forums will get a better chance for some decent moderation and new features
• The moderators have only one forum and one account to worry about
• The eoserv.net forum users can bring activity to the Lounge (there is no off-topicness allowed anywhere on eoserv.net currently) and easily catch interesting posts in other forums they were missing before. The communities won't be as separated.
• The forums look more active, so people might be more encouraged to join.

There are, however, some problems that need to be resolved also

• Name conflicts: Two people registering the same name on eoserv.net and forum.eohax.org: For the accounts created after the split the most active account will be chosen and the inactive one renamed.
• Moderators: forum.eohax.org and eoserv.net's moderation team differ quite greatly: The lists will be pretty much merged (and the obsolete 
• eoserv.net user average intelligence level: It seems to be a lot lower than the average Internet citizen, so there will be rage and confusion comparable to Facebook changing their layout.
• Theme: What style do we use? The current EOHax one or write a new, clean one?

Staff roll:

• Administrators: Sausage, Scott, Sordie
• Moderators: Plasmastar, Addison, Apollo, "sblord"
• Peacekeepers: Sickshot, Syran

Unrelated FORUM2 changes:

• Private messaging
• Notices when your posts are deleted, moved, rated etc.
• A decent moderation panel
• A BBCode posting box (an improvement for everyone who hates this RTE crap)
• Post citing instead of quoting

Feel free to discuss your feelings on the merge, vote for or against it, and give your opinion on the moderation. This will happen when FORUM2 is ready, so it could be a while.

People who like to download and compile the latest versions of EOSERV will need to take note of two things.

• Rates are now stored as a decimal number - Where you had "100" before, you need to change it to "1x" or "100%"
  This affects: DeathRecover, EXPRate, DropRate, MobRate, PKRate, SpawnRate
• The version of gcc that apparently comes with Dev-Cpp/Code::Blocks (gcc 3.x) doesn't work anymore; it doesn't seem to be able to handle precompiled headers properly. I recommend using the package from http://www.tdragon.net/recentgcc/.

Edit: Since it's not really listed anywhere readily available, here's a list of required libraries. (If you don't have Dev-Cpp, you can rename the DevPaks packagename.tar.bz2 and extract them with WinRar or something).

• AngelScript (2.17.x+ required)
  - Home: http://angelcode.com/angelscript/ (Source)
  - DevPak (2.17.2): http://devpaks.org/details.php?devpak=272) (32-bit)

• SQLite
  - Home: http://www.sqlite.org/download.html (Source+Tools)
  - DevPak (3.5.6): http://devpaks.org/details.php?devpak=215) (32-bit)

• MySQL
  You should get a copy of the required files when you install the server, look in the following locations:
  - C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server (version)\include\*
  - C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server (version)\lib\opt\*
  - C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server (version)\bin\libmysql.dll
• pthreads
  - Home: http://sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/ (Source + 32-bit)
  It can be hard to find what you want on that site, so bring your brain with you
  

Decent Linux systems should be able to get mysql/sqlite from their package managers (but AngelScript will probably need to be compiled yourself).

Warning: A critical bug has been identified in 0.5.1, this post will be updated shortly, avoid downloading just yet.

Just another release to fill the gaps, 0.6.0 will be released once a scripting and quest system is added.
A critical bug was fixed shortly after 0.5.1's release, please use 0.5.2 instead.

EOSERV 0.5.0 -> 0.5.1 changes: (see http://eoserv.net/changelog for a full changelog)

• Prevent crashes even in the craziest situations (eg. failed read during the reloading of a map with clients on it)
• Fixed distance calculation algorithm
• PK / GlobalPK option
• Deadly mode (drop all items on death)
• Longer view range on NPCs (same as chase range)
• HP recovery on death
• Chest + spawns
• MaxPlayers limit enforced
• Town boards
• Fix a dupe using banks

EOSERV 0.5.1 -> 0.5.2 changes:

• Stop copies of characters getting stuck on maps on death
• Fix invisible characters when dying at your spawn point (as long as there's little lag)

It's been a while since I've posted anything, but I think you'll like this.

EOMap2 can currently only edit floor tiles, though I will update this as soon as it can edit other layers, this is just a preview release to see if there's any major problems.

EO Map Editor 0.2.0 (alpha 7) (279KB)

Instructions: Place it in a directory with a copy of the EO graphics in a sub-directory called gfx.

Requirements: Windows XP or higher, reasonably fast OpenGL compatable graphics card.

Please post about any problems you have (eg. no graphics, invalid map files, crashes) along with your specs (OS and graphics card mainly).

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Todo list: (removed to save space, it's about 40 lines now)

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Changelog:

alpha7

• Tile "spec" editing
  
• Warp editing
• Reset out of bounds windows
• Resizable palette window
• Scroll wheel + middle click drag
• Fixed animated walls
• Hovered tile coordinates shown

alpha6

• Editing all graphical layers
• Save as

Due to a particular EO artist who's name may or may not begin with A who is somehow deluded by hatred in to thinking he still owns his artwork, all material copyrighted by Endless Online is now banned from being posted on the forum or linked to, and will be removed from the dowloads of EOSERV andWebCP.

This includes:

• Official EO Map files (especially modified originals)
• Official EO Pub files (especially modified originals)
• Images containing any EO artwork (including screenshots and signatures)

No EO servers (EOServ-Main and EOServ-Test) will be hosted here until completely custom pub and map files made (if that ever happens).

Advice for server hosters:

If you wish to keep running an EOSERV server legally delete ALL map and pub files from your server, right now, and follow these steps:

• Re-create all pub files yourself, try not to exactly copy EO (taking inspiration from it is OK) - it is fine to use their graphics here since you're only storing a number (which the EO client happens to associate with copyrighted artwork). If you have a copy of the pub files open copyingtheitems line by line this would still be plagiaurism. If you complete a set of pub files, feel free to post them on this forum for others to use.
• Create map files manually, taking inspiration from EO should be fine again, just don't copy them tile for tile (you may as well be copying them byte by byte in that case). This is a big job, but if you're not up for this then you can never legally host an EO server. Keep in mind you don'tneedto immediately re-create an entire world, start with a few maps and work your way up (once my map editor is finished this should be a lot easier)
• Do not host Endless Online clients or graphic files on your website (especially modified ones). If you want to modify EO graphics distribute them in a patch form (aka. only containing changed information, not the original graphics)
• To be extra safe, do not use any EO artwork at all on your website. This includes screenshots of the game.

You should erase and reinstall your database or alter your tables to reflect the changes to install.sql
You should replace config.ini and admin.ini with the new ones, and edit them instead.

This is a release just because it's been such a long time since the last one. I had originally planned on rebalancing all the items/npcs first. Oh well.

EOSERV 0.4.0 -> 0.5.0 changes: (see http://eoserv.net/changelog for a full changelog)

• INCLUDE/REQUIRE config constructs
• SLN update client
• Quake command ($quake)
• Fixed all NPC problems
• Use of scrolls and healing potion items
• Character info command ($info)
• Two-way NPC combat system
• Anti-speed system
• NT service mode (eoserv install, eoserv uninstall)
• Party system
• Shops (trade + craft) (only some are implemented by default)
• Bank / bank lockers
• Persistent bans (survives reboot)
• Announcements on kick/ban/jail (+ silent versions)
• Clean shutdown on sudden exit
• Map mutation ($remap)
• Colored console output
• Arena (+ manual launch command $arena)
• NPC spawning command ($snpc)
• Many many many small changes/fixes
  

WebCP 2 -> 3 changes: (see http://eoserv.net/changelog for a full changelog)

• Get online list from server
• Theme changes
• Pub file reading
• Unified search system
• Ban control panel
• Several small changes/fixes
  

I've been working on this for the last couple of days, it can't edit anything yet but I decided to release this early because I think it could help people editing maps with Rena's editor.

EO Map Editor 0.1.0 (477kB)

Read the readme file for controls. Big maps can use A LOT of RAM. (Aeven in 32-bit color depth = 160MB)

Please don't post about any of the bugs below:

• Most tiles don't line up properly ( very very annoying :( )
• The bottom few tiles on some maps are missing
• Shadows don't work
• Black tiles show up as the fill tile
• Animated tiles sprawl across the screen
• Can't edit anything (DID YOU EVEN READ THE POST)

I killed the server (clap clap sausage) and I\'m busy trying to get everything running again, eoserv.net amazingly works already and I\'ll work on fixing everything else today.

Probably not the news you want to read, but oh well.

Updated the eoserv.net theme (though it still looks pretty much the same) so it works at least reasonably well on less compliant browsers such as IE and Firefox.

Still in the process of redoing the forum. (I'll also remove the last traces of the old EOHax theme)