I’m only about 1 patch away from putting my old research level networking code in to be full mmo. The patch I need to do before it is buying and selling at stations… But I thought, the user could save a lot more time if they in their inventory labeled the minimum they’d accept for selling items like iron or ship augmentations or gasses, etc. Then all they’d need to do is drive by a station and it auto sells with a pleasant tween animation +X $ or credits and a nice sound.
Players could do this with other players too:
Autotrade buy item X for y$ or z credits.
Autotrade minimum sell item A for B$ or C credits.
Pass by a player, ching ching ching, auto trades!
A skill could even be had called negotiation: where you can get edge case deals in your favor. One player with negotiation says I’ll sell iron for 4$ another player says I’ll buy iron for 5$, you pass by, and instead of buying for 4$, you buy for 4.25$ because of a good negotiation roll by seller.
What do you think about a system like this? It’d save time flying around, it could get complicated with trading, but it could do weird popular zone mechanics… Like some players would be just flying their ships around everyone hoping for auto trades. When you scan a ship, it could show their auto trade tables so you know values… Kinda like an auction house, but decentralized… Sounds cool, eh. I should do it eh?
I just thought of it and want to sleep on it, let me know what you think.
Starfighter General has a realistic true economy where vendors don’t buy stuff unless they sold product and have liquidity. https://www.starfightergeneral.com/2022/08/true-economy-stations-to-sell-buy-rob/ All the players on an entire server is not selling one poor businessman tons of luxury yachts to get billions. It’s a buy/trade economy from different systems that ends up balancing prices due to supply/demand and trade route impacts.
I want to improve the industry in more ways than making better games. I want to respect player’s wallets. I want to design my games not to exploit you to buy stuff. I want the game to be fun, not pry money from you til you’re mad you ever bought the game. Reddit’s MMORPG group helped me forge a pledge of player’s rights: https://www.starfightergeneral.com/2021/10/player-bill-of-rights/
The news ticker at the bottom will constantly be getting more news items every patch.
Now it displays a fun or funny AI with the news item, and there many pictures per news item, sometimes over 200 to choose from randomly! This is to not get ya bored, but maybe stoked to see the next fat dolphin, or the next derpy looking guy with coffee that fried his brain. Its fun, funny and I needed to put it in, but it was mainly just to get addressables tech working.
Long story short, Addressables has about 5-6 bug you have to work on to get em to work. UNITY says these bugs do not exist, but other users say they do. I’ve seen em(cost me 500 hours of development time this year literally), didn’t know if I could work around em, but now I know I can use these for the long haul.
Since Addressables tech in, it opens many doors for the future.
Next two patches, exciting stuff:
VII) BUY/SELL/ROB of space stations and other actions like DOCK/Hail/Scan/ETC
VIII) Full Scale multiplayer code in. I have the most advanced multiplayer code on Earth, been sitting since 2004. I tried to sell it to a 2d fighter and they said it was impossible, despite I actively playing it with friends in an inhouse 3d fighter world MMO. Now all the 2 fighters use the rollback component I codiscovered. Long story short, multiplayer battles in Starfighter General will be bigger than any space game ever, and action oriented combat as well. You could have everyone on Earth play in one action zone, and you’re limited only by GPU and other hardware… Let that sink in, you’re about to experience something no one ever has experienced ever and its just a boring core tech, not the awesome story, plot, game mechanics or live role play that can change ANYTHING In the game, like you’re truely living in a acive Space Opera.
Bonus: Don’t forget the best live role play will go in movies. So pick up a founder’s medallion or two while they’re still for sale because they’ll never be for sale ever again, and you can sell/trade them if you want: https://store.steampowered.com/itemstore/658480/browse/?filter=all Any virtual goods purchase literally help me develop the game more effective as I do not struggle with day to day expenses and get more code in. If you like the game, or want the game to get better and have more than enough to get by, consider it. Founders Medallions, they can help your character get in the actual movie theater.
If you wonder why I didn’t get my update on time, I had to spend some time standing up for my rights as a US Citizen under the 1960s civil rights act. Unity Employees pushed hate and exclusion on me targeting me for no reason that I’m a Christian.
I was excitedly telling Official Corporate Unity developers some of my achievements seeing how I thought they’d want to hire me in discord, and these official UNITY employees started hating me for being Christian. I don’t look for fights, I was excitedly hoping to get a job! Then this Unity Employee Osteel guy who’s hated me for being a Christian in the past jumped in and started trouble, then his friends jumped in, unfairly called me a liar(I haven’t lied in 19 years since finding Jesus), and others slandered me, while they all congratulated each other on insults given to me. This is tribal mob behavior, and some of these guys are Official Unity Employees acting incredibly unprofessional as they break 1960s civil rights act in their hatred and lies.
I brought this to the attention of Unity corporate and the CEO John Riccitiello and they did not choose to apologize. I’ve tried HARD since 1980 to be a pro gamer/coder/designer. To date I have over 150,000 hours in it, a Carnegie Mellon CS degree, and many games made because no BIG TECH would hire me out of college, I put out 1000 resumes and talked to 100 head hunters. Despite vast success in school and home projects with a CS degree in an indemand field, I couldn’t get even an entry level job: www.starfightergeneral.comwww.crystalfighter.com So I know my stuff to a huge degree, spent years and years behind a computer making games, and when I do make games, BIG TECH doesn’t honor their side of the contract.
MTV/Shockwave/Defy media alone owed our company an estimated 600,000-1 MILLION DOLLARS in royalties from ads, they gave us none, Apple wouldn’t let us update our game, Google takes our games down, Kongregate lied that we could use virtual goods, Twitch/Amazon banned me for talking about Christians being executed in China and Hong Kong.
I have student loans in my 40s man from all these BIG TECH companies scamming me. I have two bank accounts each with one penny last week, then ran out of food and my car broke down, so I had to get family to get me so I could even survive. BIG TECH ripping off Christians and discriminating is no joke, they think they can censor it all away, or claim they don’t hire us because we lack skill… I think this is why UNITY3d does not apologize, they think it will make them look bad if they admit fault or something. No it makes you look bad to not apologize. It says the entire organization from the top CEO down stands for the hatred and slander acts of their employees. I’m understood why this CEO got in trouble in the news before, but this is way worse than what he did before.
I’ve not only coded entire projects myself, but I’ve been #1 world in games like Starcraft/Warcraft3 www.crystalfighter.com/a.html I’m not asking for the world to be a top senior engineer, but Big Tech would not hire me as an intern, jr, or any job. Hyperbole is there to say,”Why does a man of my caliber, skill set and dedication never get a single chance?” This is why I was passionate to finally talk to some UNITY employees to show them my skill set. I thought,’Surely I could impress em and get a low paying job to start, then impress em with my work and get paid what a normal software engineer gets paid.’ When a user asked if I could do better than Unity Software Engineers, I was trying to explain,”Yes, in certain ways I can do better than top software engineers, and they can do better in many ways than me. That’s why I’d be a good fit.” But before I could excitedly give my credentials, Unity’s Osteel started the hate fest and muted me.
If a lifelong try hard overachiever can’t get a chance, the system is rigged. When I finally got the chance to talk to official UNITY Corporate developers, I thought I could impress em with achievements and finally, finally get in with a company… Nah, they started making fun of me because I’m Christian and it became a hate fest, watch for yourself:
It does go on for 2 hours, because I explain how censorship and discrimination of Christians is rampant in Big Tech these days… This is why it is important not to have censorship and why we can’t let government take away free speech: https://fatherspiritson.com/2022/08/advanced-legal-communication-correspondence-usas-freedom-of-speech-applies-to-social-media/
The fact that Corporate Unity remains silent on this without giving me a rapid apology is a sign that they support and endorse the hate pushed by their employees towards Christians users wanting to contribute to the community. I did nothing to incur this guy’s Osteel’s hate. He unfairly targetted me. He claimed I posted too much, but I posted far less than others. He would merrily come down and tell me to stop posting every time I posted something which he did not do to others. If you watch the video, he claims not to hate me, but his friends and him show their true colors, as they congratulate each other on their hatred and slanderous lies about me. These are official UNITY3d employees, hating on passionate users who want to help. Why does the CEO John Riccitiello support hatred of Christians? He’s the one who unapologetically fostered this anti-Christian community.
I have a lawsuit I have to prepare for Linkedin. They banned me from Linkedin for raising awareness of discrimination and exclusion in Big Tech against Christians. Yes, this is not an ironic joke, you can watch this video to see: https://rumble.com/vpe3in-banned-on-linkedin-for-complaining-about-liberal-discrimination-in-tech-aga.html . Big Tech Linkedin excluded me because I was raising awareness of Christians being excluded by Big Tech. This actually happened, twice. I contacted the California Department of fair Employment who won vs Blizzard Entertainment to get on this case. So I have to prepare for the 26th which takes a lot of time out of my game dev time. I don’t think I’ll win though I should because Christians don’t have rights in America anymore, but I have to stand for human rights abuses and Freedom of Speech. I asked Linkedin just for an apology, and they would not do so. I’m very forgiving, but if they continue to do wrong, it must be known they choose to do wrong and stand behind their wrong. It is not right to hate anyone due to their race, sex or religion.
I just want to be developing, but standing up for my rights as a US Citizen not worthy to be hated due to my religion takes significant time. This is why I wish companies would just apologize up front instead of declaring,”We’re UNITY3D and we stand behind the actions of everyone in our corporation even when they hate of people due to race, sex or religion. This fallen world man, UNITY3D runs advertisement campaigns saying they don’t do this, but in actuality where the rubber hits the road, they discriminate very hard and stand behind it! All I ask for is an apology, they’re free to give.
Turns out… I don’t just have the best multiplayer code on Earth that supports infinite players in the same zone, But also Unity3d is looking to buy the best multiplayer code they can find.
This multiplayer code is beyond awesome. It has basic security standard to everyone’s knowledge, ways of just watching the video to see what changed in the game for security game masters to root out who hacked what, and player policing, so the security has worked in many games, nothing new here. It doesn’t just do infinite players same zone, it also is cross platform Steam/Android/Iphone/ipad/Mac/Linux/Windows/Xbox/PSx/Nintendo/potatoes….
It’s funny… I’m probably gonna get bought out like no other because I have two MAJOR IN DEMAND multiplayer TECHS by Two major players: Steam/Valve who approached cross play with Android/Iphone/Steam with Steamdeck after Apple/Android denied em a deal…. Why didn’t steam just set up their own cross platform unifier like I did? Steam, you can buy me out, people can link their android/iphone with their steam account with my server. So when they’re on the bus, they access their steam account. I have possible right now.
So Steam/Valve would want to buy me some techs of mine.
But Unity is DYING to get out of the box MMO/RTS/FPS/action code, and I’ve had it sitting around since 2004. I tried selling it to ‘a gory 2d fighter company’ and their hiring manager called me an insulting names on the phone explaining how the roll back code in every fighter was IMPOSSIBLE. Lets ignore the unprofessionalism of Midway at this point, just focus on I independently discovered/researched rollback code… And know the MMO code has research techs are way way better than that!
So since I’m in demand and the reason people aren’t beating on my door with giant bats made of dollar bills is that they’re in disbelief, time to execute to that point ASAP.
Guys, gals, Three patches coming.
Tomorrow/Tonight: GNN ticker gets graphics and some more news items A few days: Buy sell at stations. 2 weeks after that (or less I hope): FULL Basic MMORPG functionality in. OH YEAH It’s ON BABY!
PS, sorry no updates last week, I have 2 bank accounts and a total of 1 cent in each of them, I ran out of food and my place had no water + my car would not start. So I had to get family to pick me up and help em out with odd jobs while they fed me and got me some water. I have a gamer friend who knows me as the Greatest Video Gamer of All time, 150,000 hours gaming/coding/design who believes in me and dropped me a few bucks to keep going on! Reminds me of that Will Smith movie where the homeless guy finally gets a chance, that’s my life… And it’s weird since I’ve excelled at Computer Programming with a CS degree from Carnegie Mellon started coding at 3…. Why would a guy like me never get a chance? Why would when I do make games on my own Big Tech takes my work and doesn’t pay royalties. I’m not broke by choice. I’m actually one of the world’s greatest talents in game develop, I think it may be due to discrimination against me believing in the God of Love which Big Tech culture is against…
Either way, we’re gonna make it! In my mid 40s, student loans, barely any change to scrape by, no running water, no kickstarter, no crowdsource, and one or more of the following three things happens soon:
1) Steam/Valve buys my server tech that connects Steam accounts to Android/Iphone accounts like they wanted.
2) Unity buys my secure multiplayer code, the best multiplayer code on Earth.
3) We just start playing a really fun MMORPG.
Take care guys, it’s about to be awesome, founders medallions are no longer going to be for sale soon once we start taking in revenue and will never be able to bought ever again, though you can sell/trade them… Some trading cards are now going for over 10,000$… Now imagine a token which helps your chances of being in live role play which can get you in the movie theatres.
When the Galactic News Network does its dystopian ticker, you get a randomized image of that GNN!
IE: Rich and well loved Aristocrat Albrecht Mackinley the 99th purchased some no name agricultural planet and made something of it by turning the entire planet into a rental storage unit shop.
Then it would randly pick one the following images to show:
IE2: Tonight on House of Scary network ‘It’d Be Bad to be a Wereslug’. Watch a man with everything, style, class, a family, throw it all away when he discovers he’s a Wereslug. He turns to Margaritas then searches for his lost shaker of salt.
Of course this Were-Slug movie is fiction, but sometimes reality in the game slips in unaware and gives clues to quests.
PS: Sorry for no updates for 2 days. I literally ran entirely out of money/food/water so I had to hustle just to survive and didn’t get any time to be behind computer. Starving Artist achievement unlocked: Two bank accounts each with only 1 penny and less than 10 cents in change in my wallet! I’m okay now, friends, fam n at bailed me out.
In Starfighter General, just as Spaceballs, you can put warp drive on anything. There is an invention known as a warp drive oscillating reverb condenser(orc). It slows your forward speed while conserving momentum by adding molecular stability dark energy mass… So the further you travel in a straight line, the more impact you can absorb. You appear to be travelling slow, but can have a huge momentum and resistance to damage because of molecular stability. So vehicles with ORCs can plow straight through capital ships, planets and such without breaking a sweat. The only defenses really are staying out of their way or warp interdictors which see the signature a long way off. As such most every planet has multiple warp interdictors to stop vandals.
It’s not a Merchantile Prep Patch notes without some Mechs, because Merchants are boring.
Hello, I made an art book called Space Road Truckin yesterday as I gained art for Starfighter General.
I’ll set up a second ‘puter to harvest these automatically as I code today.
I found other cool art too.
I like this AI generated image. It presents a fan hiding the foundation of a Torii building. You can see and look, there is no foundation, just a tossing sea. Yet, the fan is there, like an illusion in hopes others see that your life is not tempest tossed, but standing straight. I can’t explain how powerful of a painting this is that AI generated by chance.The Great Green WaveMy absolute favorite art. I want this in my house.
Looks like I’m trimming down scope this patch. I just want to get character creation in and then buying/selling of iron at stations. Developing is very difficult since I ran out of water yesterday and spent hours getting it. If I run out of water, I can’t even make beans. Imagine if I was funded even a teeny bit, I’d get so much more work done. Oh well can’t complain, no one cares anyway, lol. Hey check it, Merchantile Preparation is such a boring patch name, so I give you Mecha Preparation pictures. :)
In Dimensional Alignment Patch V, we’re going to give the player the ability to customize items literally anyway: name/graphic/functionality 3d model/ what type of item it is like food or weapon/if it can be combined into new items or what combines into it(minecraft crafting style). Literally NO Creative LIMITS, Make ANY ITEM IMAGINABLE.
Same with Star Systems, Asteroid Belts, Aero/Aqua Nebula, Pirate Dens, Orbits of Planets, Any Zone you can imagine, you can make and be in the game permanently.
If you want to send us custom graphics/3d models if you insist on making the perfect item, we can use em too if you want, but we have thousands from you to choose from now, and you can assemble several together like building blocks.
This tech should be available not only in game but eventually for Android Smart Phones! I’m not sure Apple lets developers who don’t own a Mac develop for iphone yet. I want to roll out then, but I can’t afford a Mac right now. Tough affording beans and water, lol. But we’re making a MMORPG anyway without kickstarters, crowdsourcing or even 2$ to my name! Lets go, no one has my back, but The Almighty. No one cares about the small indie… yet we still want to get you fun video games! Gotta love everyone even if you’re not loved, its how life is done.
Techs Expected for Patch V: Mercantile Preparation
A) STATISTIC ROLLING: Starfighter General will ‘roll’ your character.
Traditional rolling of characters meant players would sit all day for thousands of rolls til they got the best character, akin to grinding before the game. This is lame so most do not have this.
I give a limited number of rolls per day, so you will run out and play your character while still having the fun of rolling.
There’s little incentive to multi account since there’s enough crew to get a good roll on vs the hassle.
So Starfighter General will have character rolls! I am not aware of other MMORPG able to have cracked the design on this one.
B) SKILLS: Starfighter General uses the Intergalactic Bounty Hunter unpublished RPG ruleset: www.crystalfighter.com/igbh. Its been called the most fun pencil and paper RPG ruleset ever and I wasn’t going to use it since MMOS normally have a different progression, but I dropped down the attributes to fractions knowing D&D online was successful. So get ready for the most fun PNP RPG ruleset ever!!!
Now skills are just like Wasteland, later Fallout series. I took D&D, made armor actually reduce damage(for real), and added skills related to attributes. It rules… Straight rules. Problem is… When you start the game, some skills are super less useful than others… Like in space, you ain’t going to be throwing hand grenades much… Even if you do simulated bar fights on stations, you ain’t goin to be throwing hand grenades as much as repairing your ship or shooting plasma bolts…. So I was at an impasse when letting people choose their skills. I know if I let the character creation go unmodified and people chose skills at the start there would be many many many gimped characters for the first run.
Gimped characters are players who realize they made bad choices in character select weeks ago and then play the game with “buyers remorse” thinking to either remake the character or just push on knowing they’ll never be that strong. As a MMORPG designer, you never want your players to get a “my character is gimped mentality”. It is mitigated by buffing weak stuff in patches, but knowing your core design will lead to it, you have to avoid it.
I did this by removing the starter skill selection screen completely! Instead, you will play the game skill less. You can still attempt using skills in game without a skill, but you have a -5 penalty. You can even learn skills just by getting really lucky using skills over and over again. So its not big deal to start with no skills…
The kicker is when you try to do something in Starfighter General, it will tell you what skill you used so you know what to train later if you like doing that activity a lot. Then you’d have to seek out a trainer for that skill, pay em or do a quest or something. Then boom, you have the skill, consciously knowing you wanted it for what your character would be, viola, no gimping…
Of course your role you want late game may be different than early… Then you may want to roll a new crew member for that purpose. One crew member probably won’t do it all anyway. You do want many crew members for many purposes, especially when you staff your capital ships later.
We just put in the funny Galactic News Network ticker tape and chat box.
Next two patches:
1) Character creation live & the ability to buy/sell/rob from Space Stations.
2) Turn on this research level networking code that has worked for me since 2004, part of it has rollback in it, which is funny since Midway trash talked it when I proposed it to them. Now all fighters have rollback. I had a working in house Tekken meets WOW MMO like a Dragon Ball Z world, so I know it rules. And… it allows infinite action players in the same zone, limited only by rendering hardware… This is why I needed ECS DOTS, we should be able to have battles of 100,000 ships in the same zone, no lag.
