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#1 2009-03-18 07:15:30
- pokemon_master12
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- Registered: 2008-09-26
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I Need Help with Programming
I really want to learn how to program using Java and then make a 3D game similar to World Of Warcraft or RuneScape. The problem is, I want to make a game where you can chat to other players and see what they're doing, but I don't know how to do that. Does anybody have any advice on how I could do that in Java format? Any help would be greatly appreciated. 
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#2 2009-03-18 09:16:18
- technoguyx
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- Registered: 2008-10-18
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Re: I Need Help with Programming
I know nothing about Java, but you could use these:
http://www.cs.duke.edu/courses/cps196.1/spring00/proj3/
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/java/java_applet_chat_with_gui.aspx
I'm not sure about the first one, but the second has a free source code which you could try to implement. Good Luck! 
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#3 2009-03-18 10:51:47
Re: I Need Help with Programming
What you are asking for is extremely difficult to create. It usually takes a team of professionals to create a game such as the one you are describing. If you arn't interested in getting a university degree for this then you may want to try using a pre made engine such as realm crafter or xtremeworlds.
http://mmorpgmaker.org/
http://www.realmcrafter.com/
As for making a java MMO, jagex (creaters of runescape) is the only company that has made a successful java MMO, and their code isn't open source. It would take a team of professionals to make something similar.
Anyways, this stuff is even beyond me. If scratch programming is giving you a hard time then I think that you will need to use the tools I posed above and even using those is much harder than scratch.
PS: I took java courses for a year and I don't know nearly enough to make a java MMO 
Last edited by archmage (2009-03-18 10:53:55)
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