James

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Hello everyone,

Most of you would have seen me around runuo forums for a few years now.
My name is James and Runuo had been a hobby of mine for awhile now.
Once you get UO in the blood it never seems to go away I think.

For a few years I have played around with a private server nothing big or open
to the public just something for me and a few friends/family to play on.

I am not a scripter or coder but just a peck and poke at other scripts to see if I can
do small things or edits I needed.

I was away from the community for awhile and just recently came back and learned of the end of Runuo which saddened me. But just found out about playuo and serveuo and happy to see many familiar faces I got used to over the years are still hard at it.s to

I have new goals now and that is to finally learn to script and code myself.
Very scary thought but Hopefully I can see it though.

Anyone who would like to give any advice on a good way to learn enough to primarily do runuo scripting I would be very happy for the advice. I am confused where to start buy a few books? take some online courses? Does learning C versions and ways of coding today apply to the way UO scripts are set up it is an aging system and a friend looked at a few scripts and said it was way old school the way they are written these days so I am confused where to start learn the way scripts was written in 1997 or learn new stuff today.

I really am very serious about trying to learn so anyone who wants to friend me or catch me on here and help me out or post any pointers or starting places I would appreciate very much.

I am happy to be back in the community again and to see many of the same faces around wish you all the best as well.
 
So there has been a lot of changes runuo is no longer being updated and playuo and serveuo are not the two major UO projects out there now correct?
If someone doe is not mind filling me in without me starting a war of words about one project or the other what the differences are between them right now
as far as content and goals/focus etc. I seem to have missed a lot of going ons last year or two.
 
Welcome to ServUO James :) ServUO would be Runuo but with more content added as complete ML along with SA, PlayUO is after Runuo/ServUO not sure what they have added with this. Runuo no longer updates plus it never contain complete ML, hope this helps some!
 
There are several Core systems out there. Each has it's own benefits/advantages/drawbacks.

RunUO - This is still in existence, and works with older clients, I think devoted followers have gotten the official RunUO core up to 2.5.
RushUO - This is probably one of the first "official" spin-offs with support for UOP files.
JustUO - This is PlayUO's version of the ServUO core. They include VitaNexCore.
ServUO - Our repo includes XmlSpawner, support for TerMur and the latest Client. Our system will continue to evolve and grow based on feedback and bug reports.
OrbUO - This was Orbsydia's branch of RunUO. (It split from RunUO around 2.1 - 2.2 somewhere, and added XmlSpawner, support for UOArchitect, and several other custom systems. It was so different from RunUO that many systems written for one Core had to be totally rewritten for the other. Also, their site is consistently going up and down. I had many conversations with the owner, and he admitted to me that UO was a minor part of his overall list of priorities.)

As far as learning C#, one of the best ways to do that is to get Visual Studio Express (or the full package if you are a student, or can afford it.) While using Visual Studio, you will get more insight into the inner workings of the scripts. The built-in intellisense feature will provide immediate feedback on what each Item, Mobile, etc. is capable of doing, or what properties it holds. This makes modifications much easier to do. Once you have started getting into Visual Studio, go to Microsoft Virtual Academy. It's free, and they have great videos and tutorials on using Visual Studio, and how to program in general.
 
Thanks Lokai that was very informative and helpful. Your shovel and poop script indeed will be helpful.
 

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