Quote: Original post by MichaelNolan
I'm curious - although i doubt this'll consern me - but does a mad man stealing European monuments and landmarks count?
Richard "Superpig" Fine - saving pigs from untimely fates - Microsoft DirectX MVP 2006/2007/2008/2009
"Shaders are not meant to do everything. Of course you can try to use it for everything, but it's like playing football using cabbage." - MickeyMouse
Quote: Original post by Silent Dragon
It mentions briefly in the rules about browser based games, but I was wondering what the actual ruling for them was. Are you allowed to do a, say, PHP browser based game? Would it then have to have 'closure'?
Also I saw about submitting the server code, so if this type of game is allowed, what code would need to be submitted? The link to the game + ?
Richard "Superpig" Fine - saving pigs from untimely fates - Microsoft DirectX MVP 2006/2007/2008/2009
"Shaders are not meant to do everything. Of course you can try to use it for everything, but it's like playing football using cabbage." - MickeyMouse
Quote: Original post by paulecoyote
SuperPig - perhaps a specific announcement about XNA - yay or nay.
I know it's not even out yet, and very beta sounding - so I'm expecting a "nay", as with MDX 2.
As the Visual Studio Express XNA beta is coming out very soon I expect there's going to be a few people whom haven't started coding yet (or may even be starting out developing altogether) that might think of using it otherwise.
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Any entry that uses third party technology without a valid license to do so will be immediately disqualified. If in any doubt as to whether your license permits distribution of your entry as per our terms and conditions, check with your licensor.
Richard "Superpig" Fine - saving pigs from untimely fates - Microsoft DirectX MVP 2006/2007/2008/2009
"Shaders are not meant to do everything. Of course you can try to use it for everything, but it's like playing football using cabbage." - MickeyMouse
Quote: Original post by superpigQuote: Original post by Silent Dragon
It mentions briefly in the rules about browser based games, but I was wondering what the actual ruling for them was. Are you allowed to do a, say, PHP browser based game? Would it then have to have 'closure'?
Also I saw about submitting the server code, so if this type of game is allowed, what code would need to be submitted? The link to the game + ?
You need to submit everything that we'd need to run the game on a closed network, i.e. without any access to your server. We're willing to install server pieces, and to treat those pieces as separate from the rest of the entry - if you don't want it releasing to the public, we can work something out - but you should assume that we will be testing on a network that does not have a connection to the general internet.
Quote: Original post by Silent DragonYep.
It would require MySQL and PHP to be installed on the testing machine
Quote: and then the PHP connect script would have to be set up with user/pass from the MySQL install.Yep. That's not exactly difficult to do - just include "edit server_config.php to specify the MySQL username/password."
Quote: It would also need Apache to run.Yep.
Richard "Superpig" Fine - saving pigs from untimely fates - Microsoft DirectX MVP 2006/2007/2008/2009
"Shaders are not meant to do everything. Of course you can try to use it for everything, but it's like playing football using cabbage." - MickeyMouse
Quote: Original post by superpigQuote: Original post by Silent DragonYep.
It would require MySQL and PHP to be installed on the testing machineQuote: and then the PHP connect script would have to be set up with user/pass from the MySQL install.Yep. That's not exactly difficult to do - just include "edit server_config.php to specify the MySQL username/password."Quote: It would also need Apache to run.Yep.
Provided the server package you submit contains the relevant versions of Apache/MySQL/PHP and reasonable instructions for configuring it all, it'll be fine.
Quote: Original post by superpig
If they release an XNA redist under a compatible license, then you can use it even if it's still beta. That said, I'm advised that MDX 2.0 has now been granted a proper redist in the August SDK, so if the license for that checks out you should be able to submit an entry developed on it
Quote: Original post by Silent DragonYes. Please, don't take the piss; while we won't judge the quality of the server-side install process as end users won't be doing it, we will still disqualify your entry if it takes weeks to get the server running.
Ooh, so you're willing to do all that?
Quote: If the trade is based on player -> player transacitons, then how will that be judged on the 'economics' side? Or should I just add NPC trading to make sure the trading is obvious and can be done with 1 player?
Richard "Superpig" Fine - saving pigs from untimely fates - Microsoft DirectX MVP 2006/2007/2008/2009
"Shaders are not meant to do everything. Of course you can try to use it for everything, but it's like playing football using cabbage." - MickeyMouse
