Java MMO's

[Ivar T]

I'm exploring Java at the moment, and see that making Java-based MMO's is possible. Examples are RuneScape, Hack Wars and Wurm Online - the first one being applet-based, the second some kind of pop-up I think without any download, and the latter being a webstart application demanding an install before use.

 

While these games use some special kind of server software, apparently it should also be possible to make Java interact with a MySQL database... which I guess could possibly bring abit more visual interactivity to the current browser-based MMO's, or how would that work?

 

Is it in any way possible to make simple Java-based MMO's using a free host-server that offers a high amount of bandwidth? What would the limitations be?

[Wizard]

Free host server? Ha, you're funny. I think you would *definitely* need a dedicated server for anything mmo orientated.

[Ivar T]

My quest for a simple way to make simple online games have among other things led me to this thing:

 

http://arianne.sourceforge.net/?arianne_ur...server_marauroa

 

Could this be something you could run for a small-scale MMO game on an ordinary stationary computer?

[Wizard]

Hey I remember stendhal! fun game. And as for your question, maybe. You'd have better luck asking the guys who are in charge of that project and not the helionet forums.

[Ivar T]

Sounds like there's hope. :-)

 

Someone say so if there really isn't any.

 

I tried Stendhal. I believe the player movement could have been improved, as it is now it is unpredictable how the player will move if you have some lag.

 

I like the idea of a simple game, like Stendhal, with lots of cool content that might be player-made.

[Arion]

Good luck finding a "free host" for this task.

To host a (game)server you need a computer, yea, on which you have full control to run and kill applications (dedicated server).

Webservers wont work (well, hehe, using PHP you might script a server)

 

Think of paying some bunch of money before making plans, you could also just run the server at your home computer

Who knows, maybe there is a free dedicated host somewhere hidden in the web...