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Sorry about posting so much but i think i managed to find a chat program. I am just testing it out for you. and making a quick tutorial on how to use it... if need be.

np about posting, these forums need it there is currently only 3 of us for an entire forum lol.

I know how to round it to nearest whole number, but not nearest .01 sorry..

The banner is incomplete, my artist is in the UK for the week, so if you get the layout done soon, I'll have him design the banner more towards your layout.

Thanks!

Well it I want to place the like the stat logos and stuff like that with in the banner depending. to save on space. so I will work on the design but... i can't finish it 100% due to the fact i still have to incorporate the banner but i will have it finished before the banner is done...

Well I have a basic banner now that I made, but all it is is a retextured image to be black and white.

Do you just need the dimensions, or are you trying to embed the buttons into the banners image? let me know!

jpoisson wrote:Yea I will help you develop the status bars. Umm it isnt really that challenging.

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<div id="wrapbars">    
   Health (HP): <? print $character->hit_points; ?>/<? print $character->max_hp; ?><br/>
   <div class="bars">
      <div>
         <img src="images/Layout/bar_red.gif" alt="" width=" <? print $character->hit_points / $character->max_hp *100; ?>%" height="5px">
      </div>
   </div>
   Stamina:  <? print $character->stamina_points ?>/<? print $character->max_stamina;?><br/>
   <div class="bars">
      <div>
         <img src="images/Layout/bar_yellow.gif" alt="" width="<? print $character->stamina_points / $character->max_stamina * 100;?>%" height="5px">
      </div>
   </div>
   Level Up:  <? print $character->xp / $char_next_lev_xp * 100;?>%<br/>
   <div class="bars">
      <div>
         <img src="images/Layout/bar_cyan.gif" alt="" width="<? print $character->xp / $char_next_lev_xp * 100;?>%" height="5px">
      </div>
   </div>    
</div>


and this is the styles you need to add to get this working.

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.bars {
   border: 3px solid #333333;
   margin-bottom: 2px;
   width: 120px;
}

.bars div {
   background-image: url(../images/Layout/bar_no.gif);
}

#wrapbars {
   clear: both;
   padding: 5px 0 5px 0;
}


If you would like for me to explain the code for you I would be glad to but it seems pretty self explanitory. and for the images just go to my site and save them.

Awesome dude I really appreciate the help.

You know there may only be three or four of us on these forums right now, but if we keep plugging away at it, we will attract more people. And in any case it seems we are all making huge headways in our games. They are all looking awesome.

I also wanted to add that I added the bar feature onto my side bar and it looks great...thanks again!

McCragge

It seems there is a problem with the XP bar. When you gain a level it doesn't reset the bar to zero, rather it counts all your current xp vs the xp needed. So when you gain a level you have a bar that is nearly full rather then being empty and gradually refilling.

How would I go about fixing this issue?

McCragge

Honestly McCragge, I think that would be a better way anyway, it lets people see that there is always progress.

DaWolf wrote:Honestly McCragge, I think that would be a better way anyway, it lets people see that there is always progress.

No I don't think you understand.

For example, I am level 1 and 0 xp...I need 100 xp for the next level. The XP bar starts empty and gradually fills until I get to level 2.

Now, I have 100 xp, and I need 200 xp to get to the next level....but the xp bar doesn't go back to empty showing I am at the beginning of this current level, rather it shows that I already have 50% of the xp needed for the next level.

See the code is taking the total amount of xp i have and comparing it to the next level and returning that percentage.

McCragge

I understood that, I like that idea.

I think it gives players the idea that they have already made progress based on last level, towards level 3, 4, ect...

Mccrage in order to fix this problem we need to modify the way a player levels, or at least add some type of a level lock... that we can set a base for each level

jpoisson wrote:Mccrage in order to fix this problem we need to modify the way a player levels, or at least add some type of a level lock... that we can set a base for each level

How did you fix the problem on your game?

McCragge

I havn't got around to fixing it but here are my thoughts on the idea so far.

I need to split the users xp into current_exp and base_exp

so every time you level your current exp gets added to the base exp, and the current exp reverts to 0.

also this shows your current exp towards the next level while the current exp is always added onto the base which the base determines your level.





if anyone understands this then my job is yet to be finished.

jpoisson wrote:I havn't got around to fixing it but here are my thoughts on the idea so far.

I need to split the users xp into current_exp and base_exp

so every time you level your current exp gets added to the base exp, and the current exp reverts to 0.

also this shows your current exp towards the next level while the current exp is always added onto the base which the base determines your level.





if anyone understands this then my job is yet to be finished.

That is what I had to do to fix on my game, which means adding in 1000 entries in the level database

McCragge

yay a thousand entries..

jpoisson wrote:yay a thousand entries..

a thousand levels in the game, a thousand entries in the database

McCragge