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DimensioneX 6.4.4 - New features

cleoni@users.sourceforge.net (Cristiano Leoni) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:18:07 GMT

A new release of the free, DimensioneX massive multiplayer game engine is available, with these news:

- GUI: The preferred screen resolution is now stored in users' cookies. This allow a better experience on embedded plays (see also: DimensioneX Multiplayer Plugin at http://www.dimensionex.net/en/wordpress_multiplayer_plugin.htm )
- SKINS: Skins are now loaded always from the 'skins' folder - so they don't mess up your system folder
- Enhancement: Extended @description system to all objects
- Bug fix: Parser did tolerate calling function with less parameters than expected - fixed
- Enhancement: Added string concat operator '&'
- Enhancement: maintenance Panel: Added option for deleting profile with login before date
- A few fixes.

The package comes together with a fresh version of the "Underworld" MMORPG game, which shows how the dynamic hide/show controls functinality work. Just connect as a warrior and click human robots to see.

Check out the updated Developer's Reference for more information. (0 comments)

DimensioneX 6.4.3 - More power at your fingertips

cleoni@users.sourceforge.net (Cristiano Leoni) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:07:49 GMT

A new release of the free, DimensioneX massive multiplayer game engine is available, with important news:

- new getPlayer() function to quickly search players by name and access their in-game data

- New client functionalities, such as the ZOOMIMAGE new tag which allows the third level of object zooming (INCON/IMAGE/ZOOMIMAGE).

- New Javascript code on the client to hide/display controls dynamically

- Several fixes and optimizations.

The package comes together with a fresh version of the "Underworld" MMORPG game, which shows how the dynamic hide/show controls functinality work. Just connect as a warrior and click human robots to see.

Check out the updated Developer's Reference for more information. (0 comments)

DimensioneX 6.4.2 - Context sensitive menus and dynamic text

cleoni@users.sourceforge.net (Cristiano Leoni) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:43:32 GMT

A new release of the DimensioneX massive multiplayer game engine is available, with important news:

- Fixed custom panel's DROPDOWN controls so that $OWNER and $AGENT system variables are fully supported. You can now implement context-sensitive commands associated to an object or character.

- Added the @description operator in order to associate a custom function to a room or panel LABEL, so that text is dynamically generated. Simple and effective.

- On the DimensioneX web site, a Textpad extension lets you work on DimensioneX scripts with coloured syntax.

The package comes together with a fresh version of the "Underworld" mmorpg game, which shows how the context-sensitive menus work.

Check out the updated Developer's Reference for more information. (0 comments)

DimensioneX 6.4.1 - Improved Persistence Support

cleoni@users.sourceforge.net (Cristiano Leoni) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:48:31 GMT

The new release 6.4.1 is out with important news:

- Improved persistence support via the saveInfo / restore method (serialization). Live example in the game Underworld Online (source code included)
- Fixed visualisation problems in IE with double column view, inventory display

As always, the package comes together with a fresh version of Underworld online.

The software and the games has been tested working under Vista with both IE and Firefox. (0 comments)

DimensioneX and the Multiplayer Games Plugin for Wordpress

cleoni@users.sourceforge.net (Cristiano Leoni) — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:26:11 GMT

We have updated and released our Multiplayer Games Plugin for the popular Wordpress blogging platform.

The plugin works with the latest available Wordpress today and it's available directly from their plugins section, here:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/multiplayer-plugin/

This plugin will let any Wordpress-powered blog or website to feature a free Multiplayer/MMORPG games to be played online for free, browser based.

The list can be customised as well inserted into any page or chosen theme. (0 comments)

DimensioneX 6.4.0 - Springtime edition

cleoni@users.sourceforge.net (Cristiano Leoni) — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:25:15 GMT

Some interesting changes for users of the DimensioneX Multiplayer Game Engine:

* Enhancement: New HttpFetch() function - Fetch any web resource from inside a game: opens the door to a wealth of possibilities via using web services from inside game scripts.
* setIndexOf: it is no more case sensitive.
* Enhancement: New Copy() function will let you quickly copy arrays and sets
* Enhancement: New Include directive allows to include not only script code, but also GUI stuff, rooms, links and more (thanks to Carl Nagle).
* Enhancement: Support for java-based modules - custom command processors (thanks to Carl Nagle). It is today possibile to plug-in a custom command processor for managing user-entered text. User's text can be now echoed in the chat window and also parsed to produce in-game behaviour. Check out the CustomCommandProcessor Demo in the package for a demonstration of the new CUSTCMDPROC world tag.
* Enhancement: We have speed up array management by using the quicker DictSorted class.
* Skins: Icon names are now all-lowercase characters for simpler dealing with under Linux.

the new DimensioneX package includes the full set of available skins and a fresh version of Underworld Online MMORPG game with the full catalog of items for you to take inspiration from.

Download the new engine's release here:
http://www.dimensionex.net/en/download.htm

How to upgrade your DimensioneX installation (while preserving your own files)
http://www.dimensionex.net/en/docs/art011.htm (0 comments)

DimensioneX 6.3.6 - Important Release

cleoni@users.sourceforge.net (Cristiano Leoni) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:37:50 GMT

There are important fixes and enhancements for game programmers wishing to develop MMORPG games in their local languages:

* Bug fix for games written in non-English languages (Eastern, Chinese, UTF-8 encoding and others): It was discovered that the game engine was producing pages with the wrong character encoding (thanks to Przemek!) - now fixed, the character encoding is taken from the messages file and the contents are properly displayed.
* Bug Fix: Initial screen resolution bug was fixed, now default game resolution will be 640x480 to allow easy embedding of games into HTML pages.
* Enhancement: New function: gameInfo("imagesfolder")
* Enhancement: New instruction: printRight, and "right_column" management
* Messages file: Added cmd#26: Help in messages file
* Refined caching prevention method

Download the new engine's release here:
http://www.dimensionex.net/en/download.htm

How to upgrade your DimensioneX installation (while preserving your own files)
http://www.dimensionex.net/en/docs/art011.htm (0 comments)

DimensioneX 6.3.0 - Integrate games with any web application

cleoni@users.sourceforge.net (Cristiano Leoni) — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:28:30 GMT

The newly-released version 6.3.0 opens a new era in DimensioneX: any game can be integrated with any number of external services, by comminuicating with the standard HTTP protocol.

- HOOKS feature: list a number of commands that will be accepted from the outside, and associate them with handling events.
- Solved caching problem in IE (also known by "the Marius' Cursed computer syndrome")
- Improved Maintenance Panel
- Misc Bug Fixes (see history.txt file for details)
- Updated Developer's Reference
- HOOKS video available for download or on-line play

Download the new release here:
http://www.dimensionex.net/en/download.htm

How to upgrade your DimensioneX installation (while preserving your own files)
http://www.dimensionex.net/en/docs/art011.htm (0 comments)

DimensioneX 6.2.4 - More power to multiplayer developers

cleoni@users.sourceforge.net (Cristiano Leoni) — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:26:31 GMT

Some enhancements of the game engine made possibile to offer a new set of functionalities:

- Use text commands in your games: see our new Text Input Demo and learn how to use text commands to move, in conjunction with the new player.go( ) method. Implement mutually speaking objects (such as cellular phones).
- The new Picture Gallery Demo will show you how you can disable objects' focus and use on-screen objects to create good-looking controls in your game. This demo is also an interactive, multimedia environment which integrates with an online

shopping cart (feel free to buy a print of mine!)
- Updated Developer's Reference
- Installation Tutorial video available for download or on-line play
- New demos included, graphics for turn-based games included

Download the new release here:
http://www.dimensionex.net/en/download.htm

How to upgrade your DimensioneX installation (while preserving your own files)
http://www.dimensionex.net/en/docs/art011.htm (0 comments)

DimensioneX 6.2.3 - Accessibility and better DB support

cleoni@users.sourceforge.net (Cristiano Leoni) — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 09:35:48 GMT

The latest release of DimensioneX, the Open Source Multiplayer/MMORPG engine is now available with some important enhancements:

* Towards accessibility: Cleaned up HTML code produced by engine, specified DOCTYPE, most frames will validate now
* Added function in Maintenance panel: Check DB/Initialize
* DB Management: Game Engine modify to establish on-the-fly connections
* Added onDbDown/onDbUp events for DB failure management
* Added configuration for cluster list and auto area pull-up for clusters
* Added player methods: getCookie(key) and saveCookie(key,value)
* Bug fix: Management of appearence of 4-sided avatars, looks to no-more-present objects (thanks Marius!)
* Some NullPointer bugs fixed

Clearly, the new release focuses on better database management and accessibility.

How to install the new release here:
http://www.dimensionex.net/en/download.htm

How to upgrade your DimensioneX installation (while preserving your own files)
http://www.dimensionex.net/en/docs/art011.htm (0 comments)