Official Mys v1.4.0 Ideas & Suggestions Thread

[Hwona]

Ooooh! Will the stats be usable? Like in competitions?

 

[Tequila]

Ooooh! Will the stats be usable? Like in competitions?

That's what I'm hoping for, but it may be more difficult to code. Hoffie?

 

[Hall of Famer]

@Tequila
I like the idea of Limited Adoptable Space, it will be implemented in Mys v1.4.0 guaranteed. I am not sure a team limit is necessary for version 1.4.0, it will come in handy for Mys v1.5.0's battle system though as you cannot use all your adoptables in battles. The adopt-box idea is quite tied to limited adoptables space, I will consider it for sure, or maybe apply to items/inventory too.

For The Nests/Litters feature, is it just like a background for adoptables? I am sorry I dont quite get it, sounds interesting though. For the Ad system I will need a better description too, maybe a picture/drawing of how you want the ads to be displayed on the site's layout/screen?

Stats is a big topic, it is planned as main new feature for Mys v1.4.0 and I want it to be as flexible as possible. Maybe I will define some basic stats like HP, MP, Strength, Vitality, Intelligence, Spirit, Dexterity, but users can give them special alias(such as SP is to MP, Magic is to Intelligence and so on) which will actually be used as displayed name/attribute for adoptables when you view their stats. Admins will have full control of how they want the stats system to be, each stats can have its own formula of growth based on adopts species, level and some random numbers. You can specify a base stats for different specifies, which will be useful to diversify the stats among each adoptable species.


@Wallie987:
Yeah the stats will be quite useful and you can integrate it into other features of Mysidia Adoptables. I will provide a way for users to use items to increase/decrease their adoptables stats, but at this stage the stats do not serve much purpose beyond its appearances. Stats is a pre-requisite for battle system planned for Mys v1.5.0, thats likely where you will find their true usefulness. You can make a pokemon-like competition script yourself though, its unlikely to be included in the base script.

 

[Hwona]

Ah, ok!

 

[Tequila]

@Tequila
I like the idea of Limited Adoptable Space, it will be implemented in Mys v1.4.0 guaranteed. I am not sure a team limit is necessary for version 1.4.0, it will come in handy for Mys v1.5.0's battle system though as you cannot use all your adoptables in battles. The adopt-box idea is quite tied to limited adoptables space, I will consider it for sure, or maybe apply to items/inventory too.

For The Nests/Litters feature, is it just like a background for adoptables? I am sorry I dont quite get it, sounds interesting though. For the Ad system I will need a better description too, maybe a picture/drawing of how you want the ads to be displayed on the site's layout/screen?

Stats is a big topic, it is planned as main new feature for Mys v1.4.0 and I want it to be as flexible as possible. Maybe I will define some basic stats like HP, MP, Strength, Vitality, Intelligence, Spirit, Dexterity, but users can give them special alias(such as SP is to MP, Magic is to Intelligence and so on) which will actually be used as displayed name/attribute for adoptables when you view their stats. Admins will have full control of how they want the stats system to be, each stats can have its own formula of growth based on adopts species, level and some random numbers. You can specify a base stats for different specifies, which will be useful to diversify the stats among each adoptable species.

The nests/litters would be a background image with the eggs visible inside... I can show you an example from Flight Rising if you like. ;3 I'll do some generic mockups of the nests/litters and ad revamp once I finish waking up (only been up since 0630 EDST).

Awesome about the stats, possibly fix it so we can add more/subtract what isn't needed? And yes, limited space is awesome, makes users think twice before overadopting what is available.

Edit here's a link to my nest on Flight Rising... http://flightrising.com/main.php?p=lair&id=5648&tab=hatchery

Edit 17/09 here's an example of how I'd like to see ads displayed -> http://mysdevtech.tumblr.com/image/61511777746
do you want backend ideas as well?

 

[Tequila]

Again I'm going to bring up this Spam Blocker idea for the script...

I was looking at another script (that I am trying to merge) and saw this:

if (isset($_POST['submit']) && $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST") {
    $exploits = "/(content-type|bcc:|cc:|document.cookie|onclick|onload|javascript|alert)/i";
    $profanity = "/(beastial|bestial|blowjob|clit|cock|cum|cunilingus|cunillingus|cunnilingus|****|ejaculate|fag|felatio|fellatio|****|fuk|fuks|gangbang|gangbanged|gangbangs|hotsex|jism|jiz|kock|kondum|kum|kunilingus|orgasim|orgasims|orgasm|orgasms|phonesex|phuk|phuq|porn|pussies|*****|spunk|xxx)/i";
    $spamwords = "/(viagra|phentermine|tramadol|adipex|advai|alprazolam|ambien|ambian|amoxicillin|antivert|blackjack|backgammon|holdem|poker|carisoprodol|ciara|ciprofloxacin|debt|dating|porn)/i";
    $bots = "/(Indy|Blaiz|Java|libwww-perl|Python|OutfoxBot|User-Agent|PycURL|AlphaServer)/i";

    if (preg_match($bots, $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) {
        exit("<p>Known spam bots are not allowed.</p>");
    }
	foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {
        $value = CleanUp($value);

        if (empty($_POST['name']) || empty($_POST['email']) || empty($_POST['url']) || empty($_POST['collecting']) ) {
            exit("<p>Name, e-mail, URL and collecting are required fields. Please go back and fill in the form properly.</p>");
        } elseif (preg_match($exploits, $value)) {
            exit("<p>Exploits/malicious scripting attributes aren't allowed.</p>");
        } elseif (preg_match($profanity, $value) || preg_match($spamwords, $value)) {
            exit("<p>That kind of language is not allowed through our form.</p>");
        }

	}

It's part of the register file on two scripts I'm looking at actually, and may be a good idea to add into our script for more security and to make it safer for younger users.

What do you think? Something to add in if we can figure it out?

 

[Hall of Famer]

Thanks for bringing it up. I will definitely try to set up a much more advanced and customizable registration system for Mys v1.4.0. The sample script you posted will need some modification to work with Mys v1.4.0, but should be easy.

 

[Abronsyth]

Random idea I've had the past few days for the Stats feature!

Stats based on the gender ("m" or "f") of the pets would be wonderful! As well as Class-Stats, as in stats that apply to all adopts under a specific class. For the gender-defined stats a big one is weight, different sexes within animals almost always differ in size in a noticeable manner, and it would add a more realistic element to sites that would like such a thing ((Yes I know there is little realism in virtual pets that grow through clicks, but I am a scientist at hear!))

 

[IntoRain]

Random idea I've had the past few days for the Stats feature!

Stats based on the gender ("m" or "f") of the pets would be wonderful! As well as Class-Stats, as in stats that apply to all adopts under a specific class. For the gender-defined stats a big one is weight, different sexes within animals almost always differ in size in a noticeable manner, and it would add a more realistic element to sites that would like such a thing ((Yes I know there is little realism in virtual pets that grow through clicks, but I am a scientist at hear!))

I think it's easy to add, just adding attributes to the table basically (plus their respective methods in the respective classes), like weightFemale and weightMale, minStat, maxStat for each species?

 

[Tequila]

Another idea, instead of letting users upload an avatar, use Gravatar to pull a PG and lower rated avatar from their Gravatar account.

Some information here: http://css-tricks.com/snippets/php/display-a-user-gravatar-from-email-address/ and I'm sure we can tweak it to work with Mys.

 

[Hall of Famer]

Sounds interesting, does it involve a third party library to use?

 

[Tequila]

Doesn't look like it Hoffie. Just use their registered email in the gravatar image source. I'd be willing to try it. I'll see if there is a way to set only specific avatar ratings on the Gravatar site and link that information here.

Actually, after looking it over it looks really simple! http://en.gravatar.com/site/implement/ Has all the details on how to implement the Gravatar service.

 

[Hall of Famer]

I see, so it works on the Gravator's own server? If so, the integration will be quite similar to what facebook/twitter integration looks like for web applications. Interesting, I will take a deeper look later tonight. XD

 

[Tequila]

It does look neat. I found the code on css tricks and was intrigued... I figured I'd pass it on and see what others thought.

 

[MikiHeart]

There's a downside to using gravatar though.
I use to be really popular, but I find not a lot of sites use it anymore..

The downside is you have to have some kind of moderation system. Because what if they have an inappropriate avatar? You still need to be able to turn it off, and delete it from appearing on your site.

 

[Tequila]

There's a downside to using gravatar though.
I use to be really popular, but I find not a lot of sites use it anymore..

The downside is you have to have some kind of moderation system. Because what if they have an inappropriate avatar? You still need to be able to turn it off, and delete it from appearing on your site.

I've seen it used, some places...

Plus I found that if you use this code:

http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/205e460b479e2e5b48aec07710c08d50?r=pg

You can set the rating by changing PG to G.

 

[Clessidra]

User item galleries? Or a trophies spot maybe? Like... "user has acquired -number- of -item class-" and it displays them? o~o

 

[Tequila]

User item galleries? Or a trophies spot maybe? Like... "user has acquired -number- of -item class-" and it displays them? o~o

I've already seen it done on TaleofDragons.net. If you ask SilverKitsune she may share the code. ;3

 

[MikiHeart]

I've seen it used, some places...

Plus I found that if you use this code:

http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/205e460b479e2e5b48aec07710c08d50?r=pg

You can set the rating by changing PG to G.

Some people lie though when they upload their avatar.

You still need a moderation system.

For example, having a new permission. Like "Can user have avatar?"
If set to yes, they can have an avatar, if set to no, they've been banned from having an avatar due to misusing the feature.

 

[Tequila]

Some people lie though when they upload their avatar.

You still need a moderation system.

For example, having a new permission. Like "Can user have avatar?"
If set to yes, they can have an avatar, if set to no, they've been banned from having an avatar due to misusing the feature.

True... Would be an easy thing to implement I think. Send the avatar through an admin approval process. If the avatar isn't acceptable force one of the identicons instead.