Building Browsergames - Latest Comments

Re: Building Browsergames: a simple combat system (PHP)

Xenon — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:20:25 -0000

I get errors like this:
"Notice: Use of undefined constant attacker - assumed 'attacker' in /Users/Niels/Sites/bg/smarty/bg/forest.php on line 53"

Caused by the arrays:
$combat[$turns] = array(
attacker => $attacker['name'],
defender => $defender['name'],
damage => $damage
);

I fixed it this way:
$combat[$turns] = array(
'attacker' => $attacker['name'],
'defender' => $defender['name'],
'damage' => $damage
);

PS: I realy like this tutorial, i was searching a long time for something like this :) .

Re: We’re Finished!

Mystic — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:23:21 -0000

I read this tutorial and it help me get in the mindset I needed to be in to start my first big project. Nice job on the tut and I look forward to reading more from you. If you want to check out my game hit me up and I'll pass a link.

-M-

Re: Building Browsergames: Implementing a flexible stats system (PHP)

bbgames — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:06:16 -0000

You're missing the string formatting that puts arguments into your SQL
statement - add that, and you should be good to go.

Re: Building Browsergames: Implementing a flexible stats system (PHP)

sHyuAn — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:26:02 -0000

"SELECT value FROM user_stats WHERE stat_id = (SELECT id FROM stats WHERE display_name = <foo> OR short_name = <foo>) AND user_id = <bar>"

i have inserted this into sql query.. however, the error message came out as below:

"MySQL said:

#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '<foo> OR short_name = <foo>) AND user_id = <bar>
LIMIT 0, 30' at line 1"

what should I do now?

Re: We’re Finished!

bbgames — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:28:07 -0000

The source is definitely all still there - take a look at
http://code.google.com/p/building-browsergames-..., and click on the
'Source' tab.

Re: We’re Finished!

Vlad — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:15:44 -0000

This was all a great help. I've noticed that the source codes aren't on google anymore. Could you please repost them somewhere or could someone who already has them send them to me via email ?

Re: Building Browsergames: Adding Stats (PHP)

Mariano — Thu, 21 May 2009 05:39:09 -0000

Ive got the same problem, when register it just say it couldnt connect to mysql db, altough it adds the user in the db, it wont add the stats. Oh, and the confirmation mail wont work either.
The problem only happen when i tried to add:
$userID = mysql_insert_id($conn);
require_once 'stats.php';
setStat('atk',$userID,'5');
setStat('def',$userID,'5');
setStat('mag',$userID,'5');

anyone can help me out? thanks in advance

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Re: Putting It All Together (Ruby on Rails)

freelance_web_designer — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:34:40 -0000

thank a lot
I am going to try it myself now, hopefully my expieriance with html will help, lol
regards

Re: Building Browsergames: Putting it all together (PHP)

a`a — Sat, 02 May 2009 07:51:25 -0000

no it puts ur session into an array

Re: Building Browsergames: Implementing an e-mail confirmation system (PHP)

Tem — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:43:20 -0000

Hey Shade, which variable was wrong? I've been trying to follow your code and I can't find the bug.

Re: Make your game known: an Open Approach

playgames — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:02:08 -0000

Tks a lot for the share Thijs. I've been playing to dolumar and the game is really nice. The map with ajax calls in the background to reload it is really well done. I know you guys are a small team of programmers but clearly you guys have a real passion for games. I will try your code on my site. Tks!

Re: Stop Using MD5

Bob Dole — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:18:08 -0000

Bah... the guy bashing security through obscurity is a moron or simply approaching the subject way too narrowly. First, no one is suggesting that you EVER use ONLY security by obscurity, but that you use it in addition to all other best practices as well. Not only that, but obscurity isn't limited by simply changing your database names from the generic 'password' name to something like 'pWord'. There are lots of things you can do:

- Use Post instead of Get
- Don't use common file names like admin.php, config.php, etc.
- Hide your files by starting your directories with a period
- Generate random field names for each users request.

These methods aren't the end-all-be-all of security, but when used in conjunction with other best practices, they make it that much more difficult for a would-be villain to nab your stuff.

Re: Designing Browsergames: a flexible stats system

Anubis — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:26:19 -0000

It would actually be just as fast to do it this way as in 1 table... for example:

3 tables, users, stats, user_stats (to use the example tables)

I want to grab the stat "Attack" for the user with ID 1.

Attack's ID = 1, User ID = 1. SO

SELECT `user_stats`.`value` FROM `user_stats`,`stats`,`users` WHERE `user_stats`.`userid` = `users`.`id` AND `user_stats`.`statid` = `stats`.`id` WHERE `users`.`id`=1 AND `stats`.`id`=1 LIMIT 1;

And there you have it.

Re: Building Browsergames: The Registration Page (PHP)

bbgames — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:23:24 -0000

If you're getting that error, it means that something is wrong with your
connection to MySQL - double check the values that you passed to
mysql_connect.

Re: Building Browsergames: The Registration Page (PHP)

Gradient — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:25:08 -0000

Warning: mysql_fetch_row(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource in /home/a8891953/public_html/register.php on line 15

That is what I get when trying to register.

Re: Building Browsergames: Healing your players (PHP)

bbgames — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:14:01 -0000

That'd definitely be better for the sake of minimizing database hits - while
I was building these scripts, I'm afraid they sort of grew organically, so
optimizations that should have been made sometimes didn't.

Re: Building Browsergames: Healing your players (PHP)

Rick — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:07:41 -0000

Hi! Firstly, I'd just like to say thank you for putting this site together. Its truly awesome and has given me a bit of a kick to actually stop thinking about doing something, and actually doing something!

Secondly, on line 28, you poll the database to get the current gold count, yet on line 20 you've already done this and not changed it. Wouldn't it be more efficient to insert a line above 28 such as:
$gold = $gold - $amount;
and then change the setStat to:
setStat( 'gc', $userID, $gold);

You could do the same with the actual healing value as well. Avoid two calls to getStat('curhp',$userID) as you've already got that value.

From a performance point of view wouldn't this be better?

Re: Building Browsergames: DRYing out our database connections (PHP)

BBBB — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:47:07 -0000

I don't think you really should do this. Later there will be much more values in it and you dont want to connect to mysql always when you include the file. Also I would start searching in the config for the mysql config and not in the database file

Re: Stop Using MD5

George Olah — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:37:59 -0000

I use static salt, dinamic salt and sha1. A very good article about this can be found on CodeIgniter's Portal : http://codeigniter.com/news/codeigniter_communi...

Re: Building Browsergames: Implementing an e-mail confirmation system (PHP)

Shade — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:16:24 -0000

I got it now...it was just a wrong variable. ;)
But the "confirmation_token" is free of errors.

Anyway, thanks for answering!

Re: Building Browsergames: Implementing an e-mail confirmation system (PHP)

bbgames — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:21:26 -0000

If you're not getting an e-mail after registering, chances are your SMTP
settings aren't configured properly in your php.ini. You'll probably need to
talk to your webhost to see what they should be.

Re: Building Browsergames: Implementing an e-mail confirmation system (PHP)

Shade — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:45:00 -0000

Hi!

I added this "confirmation_token". Have a look at this: http://pastebin.com/fd19ea57

Oh and btw... i dont get any email after registering. :( But the the account is generated in the Databse.
This is my register.php:
http://pastebin.com/f3b82f8bb

Re: Battle Machines (Robotechnik) Design Document

KarnEdge — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:47:25 -0000

Long time reader... first time poster, I think. Great work, can't wait to see this in action. BTW, I was wondering if knew of any good resources for more tutorials or how-to's for developing PBBG's. This is the best place I've found but you can only do so much at one time.

I like PBBGDev.com forums but that's still a bit limited. Anyway, if you have any suggestions: thekarnedge AT gmail DOT com.

Keep up the great work!

Re: Building Browsergames: Using Configuration Files (PHP)

bbgames — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:08:30 -0000

Hi Sean,
What do you mean by 'fails'? As long as you've written an .htaccess rule to
disallow users to view config.php, it should be virtually impossible for a
user who doesn't have access to the web server to read your configuration
file.