I recently changed my server from CentOS 6 to CentOS 7 and in the process decided that to avoid having to upgrade everything later, installing PHP 7.2 before migrating the sites would be a better option than staying with the default PHP 5.4. This was a good idea – mostly. It forced me to upgrade… Continue reading SMF 2.0 on PHP 7.2
Category: Shartak
Shartak internals – speech and translation
Within Shartak there are two main factions – natives and outsiders. To make things somewhat realistic (and interesting), when they first start off there is quite a hefty language barrier in that a native can’t really understand an outsider and vice-versa. This situation can be improved by gaining the various language skills that help with… Continue reading Shartak internals – speech and translation
Shartak internals – Maps and movement
The map for Shartak is held in a database table with over 140,000 rows in it. Each row corresponds to a single location on the map, also called a tile. The initial island map was generated automatically based on a simple bitmap image with varying colours for the different terrain types. Since 2005 there have… Continue reading Shartak internals – Maps and movement
IPv6 and Shartak
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been trying to figure out IPv6. Having worked through some of the IPv6 certification at http://ipv6.he.net/ I now have an IPv6 enabled web server and mail server as well as IPv6 connectivity at home via tunnelbroker.net I thought I’d update Shartak to allow access via IPv6 as well… Continue reading IPv6 and Shartak
Shartak – now with added music
Before you start complaining, I didn’t go crazy and add a dodgy midi track to the Shartak website. I stumbled across a forum thread this evening and apparently Shartak players are forming their own record label. Once finished, the Heads Down tracks will be available at a MySpace account – http://www.myspace.com/headsdownriot *EDIT* URI of MySpace… Continue reading Shartak – now with added music