June 2010 Status of Shoddy Battle 2

[Strik3]

Will it be open beta or just for a selected few?

 

[alive]

while looking through the code titles i noticed some things that said "preliminary work on generations" or other things with similar titles, i was wondering if this was referring to older generations of pokemon or if generations meant something completely different in programming.

 

[Her0]

How will you include the 5th gen?

 

[Super]

while looking through the code titles i noticed some things that said "preliminary work on generations" or other things with similar titles, i was wondering if this was referring to older generations of pokemon or if generations meant something completely different in programming.

While I said generations, it applies more to server mods. Generations could be implemented in the future through that though.

 

[En-Cu-Kou]

What's up with the repository? hg pull isn't working... Did someone just rebase/linearize the history, or is there more to it?

 

[Cathy]

You will have to clone a new copy of the repository to continue pulling.

 

[San_Pellegrino]

will shoddy battle 2 be a java simulator?

 

[Duck92]

@San_Pellegrino - The client will be written in Java, which means it can be used on all operating systems. The server is written in C++ (as far as I know). So, yes it will be a Java simulator.

 

[bearzly]

Duck is correct. However, we aren't going to be using Java Web Start anymore - it has caused a huge number of problems and is just bad in general.

 

[Not Scicky]

Is Shoddy Battle 2 going to support rotation battles as featured in Pokemon Black and White, or is it not a priority right now?

 

[JJames19119]

Has anyone else had any luck in compiling the shoddy 2 server? Even after getting all the libraries together and linking them properly I get tons of errors, particularly related to tracemonkey, even though I'm using the version linked to in the server guide.

The amount of libraries you have to compile is daunting to say the least...

 

[Super]

More recent versions of Tracemonkey work again. I think it may be still backwards compatible, but there's no reason to use the old tracemonkeys anymore.

Also, note that you may have to create a couple symbolic links/duplicates of library files. You may be using a different version of boost, and the linker checks for -lnspr but not -lnspr4.

EDIT: duplicates/symbolic links are if you plan on programming. If you only want it for personal use, do as Bearzly says and change the linker flags.

 

[JJames19119]

More recent versions of Tracemonkey work again. I think it may be still backwards compatible, but there's no reason to use the old tracemonkeys anymore.

Also, note that you may have to create a couple symbolic links/duplicates of library files. You may be using a different version of boost, and the linker checks for -lnspr but not -lnspr4.

I originally downloaded Boost 1.43 before looking at the source but when I looked at it and noticed the embedded linker paths, I downloaded Boost 1.38 instead and started using that.

However, the tracemonkey tip is very helpful, I will get right on that when I have time. Thanks!

 

[bearzly]

Newer versions of boost work fine, you just have to change the linker flags etc to match your environment.

 

[Arctic Eclipse]

Any new updates on this? A beta release date or something?

 

[San_Pellegrino]

^^I'd like to know too, will the beta be full community, or only a select few? (If this has been answered already, just ignore me.)

 

[Delta 2777]

Will Windows users still be able to start the program by using Run from the start menu? (the old text to start it was/is:
javaws http://shoddybattle.com/client/shoddybattle.php (for reference)).

EDIT: A question for the developers, would it be possible/would you consider making an alternate version that runs on Java WS?

 

[Duck92]

@Delta 2777 - Shoddy Battle 2 will not be using Java Web Start. I am unsure if you can do this, but it is likely that you can.

 

[Epic_Andy]

Thanks for making SB and SB2, you guys are awesome :P

 

[Ice-eyes]

Shoddy Battle 2 will not be using Java Web Start.

Damn. Probably won't be able to get it at school then. What will it be using?

 

[YoshiX]

Will this run on Win98?

 

[Duck92]

@YoshiX - Only if you have a java that runs on Windows 98.

EDIT: (didn't see Ice-eyes question)

@Ice-eyes - I don't know yet.

 

[San_Pellegrino]

Will there be an option for users to play previous Generation metagames like ADV/GSC/RBY?

 

[lJLeeRSX7]

Will there be an option for users to play previous Generation metagames like ADV/GSC/RBY?

no but you can create it yourself on your own server but i'm sure there are others planning on doing this also

 

[Tomoki]

Beta almost ready? Any setbacks, problems, or anything? Some updates would be much appreciated. :]