[Request]DC Hatchery

[Tsar'Lena]

Hi there,

I would like to request a plugin or header coding that would make a Hatchery for Dragcave.

modled after this

Enter in Tsarlena for the scroll name so you can see the rest of the functions.

[Wormopolis]

Well I dont know anything about the hatchery trend, so you will have to give me background.

Im assuming each member will get a collection of eggs? does clicking the eggs hatch them or is there a minimum amount of time involved? what does clicking do then? will these dragons have names? how many are you looking to store? it cant be inifinite, there just isnt that kind of storage space. how does one acquire an egg? where do these images come from (where are they stored on the web?). is it random what kind of dragon comes out of the egg?

[Tsar'Lena]

[replyingto=admin]%3Cfont%20color%3D%22FF5500%22%3EWormopo%3Cfont%20color%3D%22FFFFFF%22%3El%3C/font%3Eis%3C/font%3E[/replyingto]Dragcave in a nut shell.

You go and collect eggs from the cave. An egg has 7 days to hatch before it dies. Normally they hatch at about 4 days. Then the hatchling has 7 days to grow up. Again they do so at 4 day.

In order for them to hatch and grow up, they need clicks. Sites like Vallysherwood lets people go there to submit their eggs for all the other people on the internet to click.

Eggs and Hatchlings below the 4 day mark are called ER's. On those sites, they are moved to a different box so they can get more attention from people.

All the DC info is stored on the same server that has DC on it.

the Dragons on the click sites are coded like this
[url=http://dragcave.net/view/dhHD3][img]http://dragcave.net/image/dhHD3.gif[/img][/url] with their Image leading to view them.

Once they hatch you can name them. When you catch an egg, you know what dragon it is.

I know this will hatch to this and then grow up to look like this .

For the hatchery code, making so alt+clicking or ctrl+click or button+click to take out an entry could work. Or a timer. Or a if then code line, If adult then remove.

Simply put, an input that will grab non-adult codes. put them in a iframe " [ img]http://dragcave.net/image/*CODE*.gif[/img][/url]. a second iframe above that for the less then 4day timers. And some easy way to take out the adults.


I hope I answered your questions and haven't confused you any more.

[Wormopolis]

so the egg image changes automatically to a dragon image if it gets enough clicks?

basically, you are looking to have the user insert a link for all of their eggs, right?

[Tsar'Lena]

Yes. Have you been to vallysherwood to see the example?

[Wormopolis]

yeah.. just couldnt wrap my head around what would actually need to be stored.. looks like all the URLs are the same, with just that 5 character code at the end?

[Tsar'Lena]

[replyingto=admin]%3Cfont%20color%3D%22FF5500%22%3EWor%3Cfont%20color%3D%22FFFFFF%22%3Em%3C/font%3Eopolis%3C/font%3E[/replyingto]yes, the last part is each dragon's ID code. So something to do:

Enter Scroll Name: Blah

goes to dragcave.net/user/Blah

grabs non-adult dragon codes

Puts codes in to viewing box

[url=http://dragcave.net/view/Code1][img]http://dragcave.net/image/Code1.gif[/img][/url] [url=http://dragcave.net/view/Code2][img]http://dragcave.net/image/Code2.gif[/img][/url] [url=http://dragcave.net/view/Code3][img]http://dragcave.net/image/Code3.gif[/img][/url] [url=http://dragcave.net/view/Code4][img]http://dragcave.net/image/Code4.gif[/img][/url]


Sorry if I keep over explaining it.

[Wormopolis]

I think I can pull this off. I will work out what I need to do over the weekend. I will likely have to add a new tab in profile edit that will list all the eggs/dragons they have stored.

you want all these to show in signature area right?

[Tsar'Lena]

[replyingto=admin]%3Cfont%20color%3D%22FF5500%22%3EWormopol%3Cfont%20color%3D%22FFFFFF%22%3Ei%3C/font%3Es%3C/font%3E[/replyingto]O.o that might be interesting to see. Actually if this could show up on the main page. Or the choice of putting somewhere on a Proboard. So everyone's eggs are in once place that is easy to click on.


This is where it is going.

Sorry for the long wait on replys. Busy life.

[Wormopolis]

key data is only available if the members are already listed on the page. PB only sends out the data for those appearing and NOT the entire memberlist. otherwise it would be sending out a LOT of information with every page load and it would slow it down.

that said, however, if you wanted to say put a box on the main page, everyone who has logged in over the past 24 hours would have their data available (since they appear in the info center), and it could show a list that way. but there wont be a list for EVERY member of the site. its not possible.

alternatively, you could make it where it shows on a new tab in the profile and people could click from there. the member themselves would get an extra "add egg" button that would allow for another egg to be added to their key data.

when I have seen these eggs in the past, I usually saw them in someone's signature. and since the key data is stored seperate, it doesnt take up signature storage space.

[Tsar'Lena]

[replyingto=admin]%3Cfont%20color%3D%22FF5500%22%3EW%3Cfont%20color%3D%22FFFFFF%22%3Eo%3C/font%3Ermopolis%3C/font%3E[/replyingto]I like the box that shows members dragons/eggs from the past 24 hours log ons. Means they have to log on to get clicks. haha.

Some of the members don't use their scroll name as their login (admin plays) or display name.

So how would you go about doing that? The extra tab in their profile of enter scroll name: <blah> [Add dragons] <-button?


By the way, thank you very much for working on this. I have C++ coding degree however proboard coding is different. My strengh is pseudo coding.

[Tsar'Lena]

[replyingto=tsarlena]tsarlena[/replyingto]and I just noticed that my example dragons grew up. haha. As you can see DC updates their images when they age.

[Wormopolis]

plugins are written with javascript, which is just another evolution of C++, and jQuery, which is an evolution of Javascript and a function library. if you take a look inside a plugin, you will see a lot of familiar syntax.

I dont we need to store the login name for any of this.. unless you are looking to provide a quick link to their account. I was just planning on storing the 5 digit code for each egg, so that it displays the image and provides a click ON that image

[Tsar'Lena]

Oh, that will work. How will the grown up dragons be removed? Auto removed? Or clicking something?

Not really good at java but I do see the syntax that are the same.

[Wormopolis]

are you allowed to click your own eggs?

after the egg hatches, what does clicking the dragon do?