Hero Save Idea

This is just an idea as I seen it in other post in the forums. Seems no one has let out a working online hero saving trigger other then passwords. I just wanted to know if there was a demand for such a tool. I wouldn't make it small it would rather be a complexed system that would greatly add to Rpg maps and save time. Please Note I am a coder :) meaning I'm not saying someone else should do it, I am saying if there is a demand I will code a system.

Whats so bad about passwords?

Hmm sounds good If you make but maybe wait for more responses. Maybe you shoulda made a poll. "Yes" "No" or "Other" might be some of the poll options

Passwords are ok but they tend to be not so easy. I could type my password and mess a letter up and have a level 90 char :) or I could make a random password to get a char in the game. Adding a 3party to the system would make rpg games have alot more options. You can do Clans, Ladders, Tourments, and so on.

yes definatelty make a program for this! it will definitely help!

Guys, just wait until Xmas when the DC mod is release and I will release a 2nd version of the DC program, with a config file.

See you are talking a single map/mod I am talking One Server. It would be a php based site with mysql, then use an app to store/save data to the sql server. Then you can log on browse peoples chars, add bios, screenshots of the char, Then you can use the chars for any amount of mods and maps. only people that would need to register would be the map/mod makers. The first thing is making it secure, then getting a list of things it "should do" Now all the stuff I just said is like a days work of coding, the hard part would be saving Ablilites I think.

cool

lol I just thought I have a blank server and domain name Im not using looks like this could work out.

Theres a new popular-ish map on b.net that supports saving heroes online for battle.net called Legacies, tide of the serpent. Its really good apart from the camera (made by the Force Majeure team, the creators had the FM_ tag)
Anyway look out for it, its gg could be better without the camera

Not if you use a check digit system that takes all the parts of the password and uses a formula, similar to how check digits are done on barcodes for actual products found in stores, the last digit in a UPC code is formulated form the entire code. it could be 1 extra digit in the PW.

Aww geez everybody always bashes the camera... we're trying the best we can to make a fun game to play that uses a camera showing what you see, you're a hero, not god. Obviously, wc3 doesn't support this idea that much, but we're doing the best we can to make it as tolerable as possible (I have heard from many people that they get used to it and dont mind it at all after a couple games). But you must understand, the gameplay, environment, and camera are all linked, removing one will detract from the others.

The save system we use is just another code, but it's going to get shorter, right now it's 30 digits, we're going to make it 20 soon, and that change will also encrypt it to make it harder to crack. At any rate, if you can get an online server working (I'm not experienced at this, but it *think* the hardest part would be to get the info out of the game and onto a website) that would be great, it would open up many new possibilities.

Kinda Off Topic but Osiris how did you do the weapons the way you did where it changed the actual amount of damage the unti did and not just add bonus damage?

Prolly with upgrades, but that's just my guess.

nah already tried u cant deupgrade and for some reason even if you set an upgrade data to negative it doesnt work??? can any one hele me?