[SOLVED] odd question

[almightyegg]

In my game I want it a user to be able to mine for ore...but I have no idea how to make a random map image (with walls and such) AND have ore hidden in random places...which are only revieled when you own the compass and you can only see the map when you own the map...but it still needs to know whether you can move North, South, East, West etc...

 

an example image of a random map might be something like:

 

the dark green is walls, the black is where you can walk and the blue is where you can mine. Can this all be done in PHP???

 

ps also there would be another square colour which would be the users position....

[MadTechie]

Can this all be done in PHP???

 

yes it can, readup on Image Functions and rand

[almightyegg]

I was afraid you'd mention GD >.< I've tried downloading it before but I've never gotten it to work

[almightyegg]

hmmm....GD is confusing....

 

#!/bin/sh
echo "
  There is no \"configure\" script in this distribution of
  libpng-1.2.20.

  Instead, please copy the appropriate makefile for your system from the
  \"scripts\" directory.  Read the INSTALL file for more details.

  Update, July 2004: you can get a \"configure\" based distribution
  from the libpng distribution sites.  Download the file
  libpng-1.2.20.tar.gz or libpng-1.2.20.tar.bz2
"

 

it says that when trying to run configure....I hae no idea what to do?!?! can anyone point me in the right direction???

[phat_hip_prog]

Is the game in real-time, if so it'll need to use dhtml (js, css & html), otherwise if it's turn based then using the image functions (gd) will be ok but server heavy...

However php would be used to generate the play zone...

[almightyegg]

my game is text based using PHP....

[MadTechie]

on a game i wrote awhile back i created a few static maps for the low level players, after this was working i created the random ones, i assume your creating the same basic thing a MUD (Multi User Dungeon),

[almightyegg]

erm....If you mean what I think you mean...yes....

 

It's only a small part of my game though...not all based around this...

 

So how do I download GD??

[phat_hip_prog]

What os / server?

[MadTechie]

windows or *nix?

 

if *nix then what flavor (version)

 

latest versions are here

[almightyegg]

hmm...is that my operating system or what my server is run by or what??

 

if it is my operating system then I'm windows...

 

else wise I don't know

[phat_hip_prog]

What's your server (is it own or a host?)

If own then this should be of help:

http://www.libgd.org/FAQ_PHP#How_do_I_get_gd_to_work_with_PHP.3F

 

And you'll probably not need to dl and compile yourself:

From 4.3.x, PHP includes its own version of gd, bundled in each PHP release.

[MadTechie]

create a file (below)

phpinfo();

 

upload to the server and run, you probably have the GD Lib installed,

[phat_hip_prog]

Your server is 'Apache/1.3.37 ', so i'm presuming it's a host running a linux os, no phpinfo though...

[almightyegg]

http://www.lordoftheabyss.com/info.php

 

That's the info that came up

[MadTechie]

GD is installed

 

gd

GD Support enabled

GD Version bundled (2.0.28 compatible)

FreeType Support enabled

FreeType Linkage with freetype

GIF Read Support enabled

GIF Create Support enabled

JPG Support enabled

PNG Support enabled

WBMP Support enabled

XBM Support enabled

[phat_hip_prog]

Yep... http://72.232.76.68/phpinfo.php

[almightyegg]

so how do I use it? Sorry I'm such a newb...I normally just concentrate on raw PHP  :-\

[hostfreak]

http://php.net/gd is a good place to start.

[phat_hip_prog]

Here's a quikie...

<?php

header("Content-type: image/png");

$w = 230;
$h = 45;
$im = ImageCreate($w, $h);

$white = ImageColorAllocate($im, 255,255,255);
$black = ImageColorAllocate($im, 200, 100, 100);
$red = ImageColorAllocate($im, 255, 50, 50);
$green = ImageColorAllocate($im, 50, 255, 50);
$blue = ImageColorAllocate($im, 50, 50, 255);

//	DRAW BACKGROUND
ImageFilledRectangle($im, 0, 0, $w, $h, $red);
ImageFilledRectangle($im, 10, 10, 25, 25, $blue);

# Output the image to the browser
ImagePng($im);


?>

[almightyegg]

Wow, there's about 1 billion functions in GD

 

Thanks for all your help guys, just for future reference, when requiring help for GD, do I use PHP help or another board???

[MadTechie]

Use the PHP Help (you may want to add GD in the subject, ie changing colour via GD)

[phat_hip_prog]

Thought I might now do a quick tut for my site so here's most basic draw functions and output formats...

<?php

header("Content-type: image/png");

$w = 230;
$h = 45;
//$im = ImageCreate($w, $h);
$im = imagecreatetruecolor($w, $h);

$white = ImageColorAllocate($im, 255,255,255);
$black = ImageColorAllocate($im, 200, 100, 100);
$red = ImageColorAllocate($im, 255, 50, 50);
$green = ImageColorAllocate($im, 50, 255, 50);
$blue = ImageColorAllocate($im, 50, 50, 255);

//	DRAW BACKGROUND
ImageFilledRectangle($im, 0, 0, $w, $h, $red);
ImageFilledRectangle($im, 10, 10, 25, 25, $blue);

# Output the image to the browser
ImagePng($im);
//imagejpeg($im);
//imagewbmp($im);
//imagexbm($im);

/*
bool imagearc ( resource $image, int $cx, int $cy, int $width, int $height, int $start, int $end, int $color )
bool imageellipse ( resource $image, int $cx, int $cy, int $width, int $height, int $color )
bool imagefill ( resource $image, int $x, int $y, int $color )
bool imagefilledarc ( resource $image, int $cx, int $cy, int $width, int $height, int $start, int $end, int $color, int $style )
bool imagefilledellipse ( resource $image, int $cx, int $cy, int $width, int $height, int $color )
bool imagefilledpolygon ( resource $image, array $points, int $num_points, int $color )
bool imagefilledrectangle ( resource $image, int $x1, int $y1, int $x2, int $y2, int $color )
bool imagefilltoborder ( resource $image, int $x, int $y, int $border, int $color )
bool imageline ( resource $image, int $x1, int $y1, int $x2, int $y2, int $color )
bool imagepolygon ( resource $image, array $points, int $num_points, int $color )
bool imagerectangle ( resource $image, int $x1, int $y1, int $x2, int $y2, int $color )
bool imagesetpixel ( resource $image, int $x, int $y, int $color )
*/
?>