Hi from a newbie in Mississippi

[xjermx]

Hi folks,

 

I've asked a few questions on the boards here, and gotten a few answers, and figured I'd throw my hat in here as well.

 

I'm a hardware/networking IT guy who once knew some C/C++, and recently decided to learn some PHP - in part because I hope to open up some new career avenues, and in part because I hope to put together a php based browser game, based loosely on the old Atlantis PBEM game engine.

 

I've made some headway and have managed to code myself a from-scratch 'email' style messaging service, along with authentication and all kinds of fun stuff.  The part that's really throwing me for a loop though, and is a hurdle to much continued development on Project X is creation of a hex based map.

 

I've had some luck generating hexes procedurally,  and I've had a little luck hacking at hex-map code from the internet, but I have yet to find/create a workable solution.

 

So Hi, and Anyone interested?