You Decide!

Decide what game I should open up as a chat. My idea is another epic fail, so let me know. Post it in the forums if you want a particular RPG in a chat. Mekton, Call of Cthulhu, Elf Quest, name it! Original D&D even.

Testing a new module, choose your own adventures. Just type !adventures and one of the commands (list, begin, random, choice) to play, more will be added to the help later.

The server has been completely and successfully converted to Python ... so the server is Python while the client is a Java applet. One huge benefit is that now modules can be added, changed, and taken away without restarting the server. The new packages will be available soon, I will be dropping support for the Java Server as the resource requirements to run it are unreal. However, expect much more development for the Python server.

Mixing the two languages was a challenge, getting the Java and Python sockets to communicate actually turned out easier than I thought, just prepend the data being sent to Java with the number of bytes being sent in a low-order two byte value and ignore the first two bytes sent to Python (this last part will change to make a better system).

Porting a Python version of the server due to high resource usage of the Java version. The client will still be Java applet, so still secure.

Currently the chat server is running, though if there is a problem it may be shit down again. Attempting to code it so it will work on all configurations without any problems, so expect a major update as soon as my medical problems are manageable again.

Currently dealing with medical issues and there is a major error in the server app so I have to shut it down for now. Sorry.

Just found out (the hard way) that I have to tweak the image loading ... strangely the security in Java won't let it work the way I coded it to avoid caching the image. Will work on it soon.

Minor update, now the canvas can have images from other locations loaded to it.

New Feature: Well, it's actually a new module feature now. When a die roll a made a note can now be sent to post with it. When using the GUI you can put your note in the text field then click on the roll button, if you prefer to type in the die rolls add a colon : then the note.

Logging will be enabled soon, as well as "back tracing" for clients and moderators to allow you to catch up in scenes if you fall behind because of a force log out.

New feature: modules. Using a few tricks I had discovered a long time ago I added a module feature to the server. For IRC programmers this is the advanced bots, allowing small programs to be added, however the Java security is not compromised. Test it out, there is a nanny bot in the Foyer that prevents you from posting most "swear" words. With minimal knowledge in Java programming you can add more modules to your own chat server. I will be updating the downloads soon, and adding in an Uno game to the demo server, with a simple AI you can play against if no one else is present.