Discretion - Revision history

Hakaku: spell/gram

2009-03-20T17:52:26Z

spell/gram

Kaikydelan: /* Star Background */ Minor Grammatical Edit for Readability

2008-11-21T00:29:35Z

‎Star Background: Minor Grammatical Edit for Readability

BaK: /* Weapons */ removed bouncing bullet business

2008-10-01T02:58:52Z

‎Weapons: removed bouncing bullet business

Mine GO BOOM: Reverted edits by LitrbOcdar (Talk); changed back to last version by BaK

2008-07-12T17:11:23Z

Reverted edits by LitrbOcdar (Talk); changed back to last version by BaK

LitrbOcdar: racorlic4

2008-07-12T06:23:49Z

racorlic4

BaK: updates

2008-03-22T13:17:58Z

updates

BaK: added tutorial higher up

2008-03-16T05:50:32Z

added tutorial higher up

BaK: fixed some links

2007-09-30T05:44:08Z

fixed some links

CypherJF: fixed misspellings; corrected links within article

2007-09-29T04:13:22Z

fixed misspellings; corrected links within article

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Smong: added category: Discretion

2007-04-16T16:48:24Z

added category: Discretion

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 [[Image:discretionss.PNG|thumb|A Screenshot of SubSpace Discretion.]]
-Discretion[http://ss-discretion.sf.net] is a [[SubSpace]] client created by [[User:BaK|BaK]]. It is open source, like [[ASSS]], and is released under the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL GPL]. Discretion was developed because of the limitations of the in-use client, [[Continuum]]. Furthermore, the lack of development of Continuum led to a situation where limitations in the client would never be overcome. Making heavy use of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_DirectMedia_Layer SDL], Discretion is cross-platform, and is currently supported under Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Discretion is intended to be secure through design, rather than through obscurity like Continuum. It is designed to make cheating is impossible, rather than just difficult. There is also an extensive [[Discretion Module Tutorial]] on this wiki for those interested in helping out.
+Discretion[http://ss-discretion.sf.net] is a [[SubSpace]] client created by [[User:BaK|BaK]]. It is open source, like [[ASSS]], and is released under the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL GPL]. Discretion was developed because of the limitations of the in-use client, [[Continuum]]. Furthermore, the lack of development of Continuum led to a situation where limitations in the client would never be overcome. Making heavy use of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_DirectMedia_Layer SDL], Discretion is cross-platform, and is currently supported under Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Discretion is intended to be secure through design, rather than through obscurity like Continuum. It is designed to make cheating impossible, rather than just difficult. There is also an extensive [[Discretion Module Tutorial]] on this wiki for those interested in helping out.
-Since cheating is to be made impossible, the server must check the data players send it for cheating. This requires modifying the server, which rules out using [[Subgame]]. There is, however, a modified ASSS Server that allows Discretion clients to connect.
+For cheating to be made impossible, the server must check the data players send it for cheating. This requires modifying the server, which rules out using [[Subgame]]. There is, however, a modified ASSS Server that allows Discretion clients to connect.
-In order to encourage client development, Discretion is designed with a modular system similar to ASSS. There are interfaces which define actions for modules (such as "draw ship at 50,50"), and callbacks which signal when events occur (such as "player has been killed"). Where ever possible, magic values have been removed and are instead loaded from plain-text settings files. The goal of this is to eliminate any built-in constraints present in VIE SubSpace and Continuum. These magic values include the location / color of the FPS counter, 1024x1024 tiles in maps, each tile being 16x16 pixels, each ship image having 40 frames thus 9 degree turns, the number of fly over tiles, two sets of doors four tiles each per map, the 0x01 type packet corresponding to an arena login, friendly players showing up yellow in the stat box, the colors in the font file, the number of frames in the wormhole animation, the text that shows up when you press ESC, the number of ships, as well as all the settings Continuum does allow you to change such as the ship images, the game play settings, and the controls. The server is intended to be able to modify most of these, thus giving [[Zone]] developers maximum creativity and flexibility.
+In order to encourage client development, Discretion is designed with a modular system similar to ASSS. There are interfaces which define actions for modules (such as "draw ship at 50,50"), and callbacks which signal when events occur (such as "player has been killed"). Where possible, magic values have been removed and are instead loaded from plain-text settings files. The goal of this is to eliminate any built-in constraints present in VIE SubSpace and Continuum. These magic values include the location / color of the FPS counter, 1024x1024 tiles in maps, each tile being 16x16 pixels, each ship image having 40 frames thus 9 degree turns, the number of fly over tiles, two sets of doors four tiles each per map, the 0x01 type packet corresponding to an arena login, friendly players showing up yellow in the stat box, the colors in the font file, the number of frames in the wormhole animation, the text that shows up when you press ESC, the number of ships, as well as all the settings Continuum does allow you to change such as the ship images, the game play settings, and the controls. The server is intended to be able to modify most of these, thus giving [[Zone]] developers maximum creativity and flexibility.
 ==Modules==
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 ===Module Manager===
-The '''Module Manger''' itself is a module which is loaded by the program, which then proceeds to load any other modules. This uses the setting Modules::Names which is a comma separated list of strings to figure out which modules to load. It loads module files, '.dll's in Windows and '.so's in Linux, from the bin/ directory. Modules are loaded in stages. During the first stage, LOADMODE_Init, modules register their interface, if any, with the '''Module Manager''' and register any callbacks they want to listen for. During the next stage, LOADMODE_LoadInterfaces, modules load any interfaces they plan to use. Finally, during LOADMODE_PostLoadInterfaces, modules can use their loaded interfaces to other modules to initialize themselves. Upon successful program termination, LOADMODE_Unload is invoked which allows the module to free any data or resources it's using. The module manager also facilitates callbacks. Where possible, C++ exception handling is used to aid in catching errors in a non-fatal way and reports the cause of the problem.
+The '''Module Manager''' itself is a module which is loaded by the program, which then proceeds to load any other modules. This uses the setting Modules::Names which is a comma separated list of strings to figure out which modules to load. It loads module files, '.dll's in Windows and '.so's in Linux, from the bin/ directory. Modules are loaded in stages. During the first stage, LOADMODE_Init, modules register their interface, if any, with the '''Module Manager''' and register any callbacks they want to listen for. During the next stage, LOADMODE_LoadInterfaces, modules load any interfaces they plan to use. Finally, during LOADMODE_PostLoadInterfaces, modules can use their loaded interfaces to other modules to initialize themselves. Upon successful program termination, LOADMODE_Unload is invoked which allows the module to free any data or resources it's using. The module manager also facilitates callbacks. Where possible, C++ exception handling is used to aid in catching errors in a non-fatal way and reports the cause of the problem.
 Note that some initialization tasks should not be done in LOADMODE_PostLoadInterfaces since they require modules be initialized in a specific order. For example, the '''Text''' module, which writes text to the screen should not be initialized before the ''Graphics'' module is, since it would be unable to load the text image. Thus some initialization tasks are be done in callbacks, CB_LOADIMAGES in this instance.

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 ====Star Background====
-A '''StarBackground''' module that draws stars and planets similar to how Continuum does it. It would be great it this looked better than Continuum as it would really lead to the immersion necessary for a fun experience. This could also be used to draw all sorts of backgrounds, such as grass for earth-based zones, to provide an alternate to tiling LVZ all over the map. This would be a good module to make to get introduced to Discretion development.
+A '''StarBackground''' module that draws stars and planets similar to how Continuum does it. It would be great if this looked better than Continuum as it would lead to better immersion, making the gameplay more fun. This could also be used to draw all sorts of backgrounds, such as grass for earth-based zones, to provide an alternative to tiling LVZ all over the map. This would be a good module to make to get introduced to Discretion development.
 ====LVZ====

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 ====Weapons====
-Currently, only non-bouncing bullets are implemented. There are many items SubSpace uses which must be implemented. Care must be taken here to prevent cheating. For example, it would not be difficult to write a program to detect right before a player is about to get hit and automatically portal out or repel. Thus, these items may have to be modified to be on a timer, so that using a portal might require your ship to take a second to "charge up" instead of instantly warping. Also, it would be great if weapons didn't have to follow boring straight lines and instead could turn. Thus I could specify in the settings the direction a weapon would travel if the ship were facing straight up and it would happen. So a straight line would be (0,t), a curvy shot may be (sin(t),t), a shot that speeds up over time may be (0,2^t).
+There are many items SubSpace uses which must be implemented. Care must be taken here to prevent cheating. For example, it would not be difficult to write a program to detect right before a player is about to get hit and automatically portal out or repel. Thus, these items may have to be modified to be on a timer, so that using a portal might require your ship to take a second to "charge up" instead of instantly warping. Also, it would be great if weapons didn't have to follow boring straight lines and instead could turn. Thus I could specify in the settings the direction a weapon would travel if the ship were facing straight up and it would happen. So a straight line would be (0,t), a curvy shot may be (sin(t),t), a shot that speeds up over time may be (0,2^t).
 ====Custom Client Side Code====

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 [[Image:discretionss.PNG|thumb|A Screenshot of SubSpace Discretion.]]
-Discretion[http://ss-discretion.sf.net] is a [[SubSpace]] client created by [[User:BaK|BaK]]. It is open source, like [[ASSS]], and is released under the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL GPL]. Discretion was developed because of the limitations of the in-use client, [[Continuum]]. Furthermore, the lack of development of Continuum led to a situation where limitations in the client would never be overcome. Making heavy use of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_DirectMedia_Layer SDL], Discretion is cross-platform, and is currently supported under Windows and Linux, with Mac OS X support on the way. Discretion is intended to be secure through design, rather than through obscurity like Continuum. It is designed to make cheating is impossible, rather than just difficult. There is also an extensive [[Discretion Module Tutorial]] on this wiki for those interested in helping out.
+Discretion[http://ss-discretion.sf.net] is a [[SubSpace]] client created by [[User:BaK|BaK]]. It is open source, like [[ASSS]], and is released under the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL GPL]. Discretion was developed because of the limitations of the in-use client, [[Continuum]]. Furthermore, the lack of development of Continuum led to a situation where limitations in the client would never be overcome. Making heavy use of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_DirectMedia_Layer SDL], Discretion is cross-platform, and is currently supported under Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. Discretion is intended to be secure through design, rather than through obscurity like Continuum. It is designed to make cheating is impossible, rather than just difficult. There is also an extensive [[Discretion Module Tutorial]] on this wiki for those interested in helping out.
 Since cheating is to be made impossible, the server must check the data players send it for cheating. This requires modifying the server, which rules out using [[Subgame]]. There is, however, a modified ASSS Server that allows Discretion clients to connect.
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 ====Radar====
 Subspace and Continuum include a radar for locating enemies. This will have to be implemented in Discretion. The users should also be able to make the radar bigger by pressing a key (alt).
 ====Sound====

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 [[Image:discretionss.PNG|thumb|A Screenshot of SubSpace Discretion.]]
-Discretion is a [[SubSpace]] client created by [[User:BaK|BaK]]. It is open source, like [[ASSS]], and is released under the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL GPL]. Discretion was developed because of the limitations of the in-use client, [[Continuum]]. Furthermore, the lack of development of Continuum led to a situation where limitations in the client would never be overcome. Making heavy use of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_DirectMedia_Layer SDL], Discretion is cross-platform, and is currently supported under Windows and Linux, with Mac OS X support on the way. Discretion is intended to be secure through design, rather than through obscurity like Continuum. It is designed to make cheating is impossible, rather than just difficult.
+Discretion[http://ss-discretion.sf.net] is a [[SubSpace]] client created by [[User:BaK|BaK]]. It is open source, like [[ASSS]], and is released under the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL GPL]. Discretion was developed because of the limitations of the in-use client, [[Continuum]]. Furthermore, the lack of development of Continuum led to a situation where limitations in the client would never be overcome. Making heavy use of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_DirectMedia_Layer SDL], Discretion is cross-platform, and is currently supported under Windows and Linux, with Mac OS X support on the way. Discretion is intended to be secure through design, rather than through obscurity like Continuum. It is designed to make cheating is impossible, rather than just difficult.
-Since cheating is to be made impossible, the server must check the data players send it for cheating. This requires modifying the server, which rules out using [[Subgame]]. There is, however, a modified ASSS Server that allows Discretion clients to connect. [http://rshl.org/bak/Server.zip]
+Since cheating is to be made impossible, the server must check the data players send it for cheating. This requires modifying the server, which rules out using [[Subgame]]. There is, however, a modified ASSS Server that allows Discretion clients to connect.
 In order to encourage client development, Discretion is designed with a modular system similar to ASSS. There are interfaces which define actions for modules (such as "draw ship at 50,50"), and callbacks which signal when events occur (such as "player has been killed"). Where ever possible, magic values have been removed and are instead loaded from plain-text settings files. The goal of this is to eliminate any built-in constraints present in VIE SubSpace and Continuum. These magic values include the location / color of the FPS counter, 1024x1024 tiles in maps, each tile being 16x16 pixels, each ship image having 40 frames thus 9 degree turns, the number of fly over tiles, two sets of doors four tiles each per map, the 0x01 type packet corresponding to an arena login, friendly players showing up yellow in the stat box, the colors in the font file, the number of frames in the wormhole animation, the text that shows up when you press ESC, the number of ships, as well as all the settings Continuum does allow you to change such as the ship images, the game play settings, and the controls. The server is intended to be able to modify most of these, thus giving [[Zone]] developers maximum creativity and flexibility.
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 ==External links==
-*[http://rshl.org/bak/client.php Main Discretion Website]
+*[http://ss-discretion.sf.net Main Discretion Website]
 [[Category: Clients]]
 [[Category: Discretion]]

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