1 (edited by shayne 2004-07-23 18:51)

Topic: The Mars Project

Well, i was crusing through the "Show Off" and didnt see anything to out of the box, so im gonna post mine here to show that small changes can do a lot.

...first off, these are forums for an upcoming "Browser Based Strategy Game", and since its all behind closed doors till august, their is no posts on the forums (that mean anything)

LINK: http://forums.mars-project.com

...i made a few changes, most noteable is the removal of

<table class="punspacer" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4"><tr><td> </td></tr></table>

..replaced with...

<img src="/img/spacer.png" alt="" class="punspacer">

..that allows for A TON more flexability in spacing between elements.

...ive removed the doc-type at the top so that i can stretch the forum to 100% (loses 4.01 standards, i know, im working on that), small modifications to the template file, ive added the No-Reply hack, and the CSS is slightly modifided version of Mercury.

..questions, comments, etc,?

I'd like to thank Rickard for his fine work, and a good start at some sweet lite forums

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Very nice and very, very fast.

Where is it hosted?

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...personal co-location server (AMD 1800XP, 512MB DDR) in downtown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (http://www.tera-byte.com)

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shayne wrote:

...personal co-location server (AMD 1800XP, 512MB DDR)

Nice machine, the memory is key, all the database in memory and all.

What are you using for the front end?

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hcgtv wrote:
shayne wrote:

...personal co-location server (AMD 1800XP, 512MB DDR)

Nice machine, the memory is key, all the database in memory and all.

What are you using for the front end?

Front end?  As in Operating System?  FreeBSD 4.10, MySQL 4.0.20, PHP 4.3.8, Apache 2

Servers are cheap, and a good investment, when i put together that machine (about a year ago), i think it cost me under $600.  No need for a video card (im using a second hand Voodoo3000), RAM, Board and CPU were all about $150-$200 each, and the case is a generic with a 300W PS...plug that into a $50 UPS Battery Backup, and you got a good server with low out of pocket.

Originally we were hosting on one of those "deals" where it was like, db, php and some other stuff for like $30 a month or something (im foggy on numbers), but you couldnt do much in terms of "fun", cant install packages, cant modify the kernal, cant do anything outside your little box.

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shayne wrote:

Front end?  As in Operating System?

Front end as in what will drive http://www.mars-project.com/

7 (edited by shayne 2004-07-23 20:18)

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hcgtv wrote:
shayne wrote:

Front end?  As in Operating System?

Front end as in what will drive http://www.mars-project.com/

Custom game, custom front end, custom backend...6 months in development, weeks from release...

Screenshot:
http://www.mars-project.com/1.gif
http://www.mars-project.com/2.gif
http://www.mars-project.com/3.gif
http://www.mars-project.com/4.gif
http://www.mars-project.com/5.gif

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shayne wrote:

Custom game, custom front end, custom backend...6 months in development, weeks from release...

Wow, I can see what you mean by online, web based game.

Let us know when it's done, I want to play :)

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Looks awesome.

"Programming is like sex: one mistake and you have to support it for the rest of your life."