Website — Orx: Portable Game Engine

We're back!

sausage — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 04:47:19 +0000

Thanks @iarwain it's all back. This is more of a test

New tutorials: Relative Position and Scale for Objects and Spawners

sausage — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 02:21:10 +0000

Objects and Spawned objects can both operate within a Parent's relative position and scale. These two tutorials show you how easy it is:

Copy paste commands into the Orx Console

sausage — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 02:04:33 +0000

Documentation for this new feature is here: http://orx-project.org/wiki/en/tutorials/guide_to_the_orx_console#copypaste_commands

Broken tutorials

sausage — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 22:09:51 +0000

Spent a bit of time last night working through the wiki and tutorials for Codelite and Code::Blocks for Linux and Mac. A few missing links and some going off to the wrong pages. Not sure what happened there, but I'll be testing all tutorials to ensure they are on track.

Beginner's Guide Updated

sausage — Fri, 29 Jun 2018 12:45:36 +0000

Just a note that the entire Beginner's Guide has been revamped to work with git, and projects created using Orx's init command. It's now much more streamlined and easy to follow.

5-Part 2D UFO game series on gamedev.net

sausage — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 10:18:48 +0000

How to write a 2D UFO game using the Orx Portable Game Engine is a new 5-part tutorial series designed to help beginners set up an Orx project and create a simple 2D game.

It's being hosted by our friends at gamedev.net.

Part one is: https://www.gamedev.net/articles/programming/general-and-gameplay-programming/how-to-write-a-2d-ufo-game-using-the-orx-portable-game-engine-part-1-r4853

Reference section closed

sausage — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 21:06:11 +0000

Hello everyone. Just a note that the reference section of the wiki has been closed off.

This section was started a number of years ago by gemberkoekje (huge thanks from us all). This section served as the inspiration for the Examples section that we have now.

All the material from the reference section has been moved to tutorials, examples and other places that suited it better.

Guide to the Orx Console and Commands

sausage — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 02:47:57 +0000

Every Orx game or application has a console mode compiled in. If you would like to get more familiar with how it works and how the Orx Console can help you, take a look at the Guide to the Orx Console.

Futurama Appearance Effect Tutorial Added

sausage — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 12:23:35 +0000

A new tutorial that helps create an appearance effect (using spawners) is available on the learning wiki here:

http://orx-project.org/wiki/tutorials/spawners/futurama_appearance

At the start of every episode of Futurama, a blue appearance effect is seen. This is a little inspired by that, and makes a great way to dramatically create an object onscreen.

Beginner's Tutorial Updated

sausage — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 09:47:40 +0000

Minor news: The beginner's tutorial still contained instructions for the old animation system.

Updated for the new one.

Forum search improved

sausage — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 04:55:28 +0000

Forum searches cover all forum posts now, not just the ones in the last 12 months. This should reduce frustration when searching for things solved prior to a year ago.

New Wiki

sausage — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 02:17:06 +0000

In case you missed it in the news section, the wiki has been restyled and changed to it easier to find what you are looking for

New features:

* A new look (of course).
* Tool links are hidden from non-logged in users.
* Menus cleaned up, only what is required is shown.
* Top level category navigation buttons added.
* The Orx logo links back to the main Orx site.
* New Tutorials section.

Navigation on the wiki.

sausage — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 13:24:05 +0000

Left hand nav links have just been added to the wiki. Turned out to be not so hard.

Restyle is still in progress.

Looking for a new web host

iarwain — Sun, 26 Jul 2015 02:25:13 +0000

Hey all,

It's time for me to renew orx's site hosting. However, my current host, BlueHost, is getting quite expensive and I can't really afford it any longer.
To give an idea, it's ~300 USD for a 2 years period, and gets proportionally more expensive if I renew it for a shorter period.

I've been looking at alternatives and found a few that looked promising, but I wanted to know your opinion before making any decision:

- HostMetro: using a coupon I found online, the first 3 years are only ~66 USD and the renewal rates are frozen for ever (2.5-4.5 USD / month depending on the length)

- 9CubeHosting: this one is very cheap, but I couldn't find much information about its reliability

- Romarg: this one was mentioned by Enobayram and looks also promising.

Any suggestion? I have to do this before next month or the website will go offline for a while as I'll be on vacation for 3 weeks.

Cheers!

New Tutorials By Subject section

sausage — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 02:12:53 +0000

Our tutorials have been buried under all kinds of categories in the wiki, like author names, sections etc. Everything is too hard to browse quickly.

I've created a new Tutorial by subject section that replaces the previous page of organised tutorial links. You can still get to the old version from the new page for those who prefer.

http://orx-project.org/wiki/en/orx/tutorials/by-subject

New Showcase Section!

sausage — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:54:19 +0000

Hi Guys,

We have a new Showcase section replacing the older "Screenshots" section. Click the Showcase link in the top navigation to see it.

Orx-based projects are now displayed nicely with screenshots, website or download links, and the platforms they are built for.

If you know of any other projects that are missing or you have a project that you would like to get on there, please let me know.

Tutorials tab

sausage — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 17:52:03 +0000

The tutorials tab on the main site is very out of date with the old video tutorial and links to Orx 1.0.

This area could put newcomers off who are browsing for an engine.

Perhaps it should link directly into the wiki? Or link to the main tutorial section of the wiki? That way the breadth of tutorial support will be immediately obvious.

include plugin for the wiki

sausage — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 15:05:56 +0000

Hi Iarwain, could we consider this plugin for the wiki to reduce double handling content across multiple pages:

https://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:include

That's assuming we don't have it already.

ORX tools section wanted :)

jim — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:50:59 +0000

Hi all,
I think there should be a tools section in the forum where user created tools can be uploaded for others to use. I know there is many ORX related tools developed by some users, but they are scattered in the forum posts. It would be nice if all the tools are in one place.

For example, I had found a post where tiled map files could be loaded in ORX, but I now cant find that post, I will find it if I search it well, but it is not convenient. So it will be much helpful if we can find all user created ORX tools in one section. But this is my opinion, I want to know what others think about it.

If a tools section is created, then a list of required tools for ORX should be posted, either by me or by someone else.

All hail ORX

Orx Wallpapers

Mhyre — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:37:34 +0000

EDIT: You can see and download all my wallpapers here.

I couldn't find any Orx related wallpaper anywhere, so I decided to make some. If you would like any special wallpaper or just a resize of existing ones I will post here, simply message me

Here's the first pack, hope you guys like it!

https://forum.orx-project.org/uploads/legacy/fbfiles/files/mhyre_orx_wallpapers.zip

Breaktris [MolyJam]

Mhyre — Sun, 13 May 2012 21:18:37 +0000

Hi! I couldn't send a private message to Iarwain, so I hope he will see this.

http://www.whatwouldmolydeux.com/?p=25

Broken link in navigation bar

sonicbhoc — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:42:31 +0000

If you click "News" on the navigation bar, it brings you to http://www.orxproject.org instead of http://www.orx-project.org.

Kunena plain post view?

sausage — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:40:36 +0000

Hi Iarwain, is it possible to specify a specific post and get plain html output without the navigation?

For example I can change:

https://forum.orx-project.org/discussion/2091#Comment_2396

Is there any documentation or sample code on how one might handle multiple finger presses on iOS or Android?

Board organisation proposal

MNIM — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:24:48 +0000

Having seen quite some other programming related sites, I’ve noticed it's very convenient to have a bit more order between finished projects, projects in development and how-to questions.

Therefore, I’d like to suggest to devide the projects board up into three subforums:
-Releases (one would post finished projects here, or at least release-worthy ones)
- Under Development (development threads and discussions for one's projects go here.)
- How-to forum (tutorials and how-to questions not regarding a specific project go here)

That way it's very easy for outsiders to find finished games, alphas/betas of new projects and updates, or tutorials and/or answers to their issues without having to spend ages trying to sort out (ir)relevant topics.

download link broken.

tdomhan — Fri, 20 May 2011 20:23:57 +0000

just wanted to mention, that the download link in the top bar is broken, because it's pointing to the last release.
sourceforge will handle this, but display some error message.

Multiple image uploads?

sausage — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:42:59 +0000

Is it possible to upload multiple images per post? This link seems to suggest the Kunena forum software can do this from version 1.5.3 onwards?

http://docs.kunena.org/index.php/How_to_add_more_than_one_attachment_into_a_post

Orx Twitter account

newton64 — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:37:49 +0000

Just a small suggestion: the Orx Twitter account should be easier to access on the front/home page. I had to do a search through the News section to find it, and the only post (this one) that mentioned it had the link spelled wrong :P (it went to http://twitter.com/orxproje instead of http://twitter.com/OrxProject)

Perhaps more of a Facebook presence too? I just searched around and I found a Page that had 0 fans...

Not that Facebook/Twitter are *necessary* or anything, but exposure is good---the more people aware of Orx, the more awesome projects get built.

File update area

hatchback19 — Thu, 13 May 2010 11:50:05 +0000

Hey everyone!

So I was going through the projects today looking for some cool examples to download, however each example I went to was hosting by some temporary hosting service, and therefore none of the projects I tried to download was available.

How about you employ one of (http://php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/File_Management/File_Uploading/) file hosting solutions? I don't think think it would be that difficult to configure, and I do believe that BlueHost allows unlimited transfer/space. This could be abused but I believe most of those scripts are (or can be) easily configurable with a captcha of some sort or integrated with this forum to prevent abuse. Just a suggestion, I want to see some more projects! Take it easy

Matt

PHP streaming error

hatchback19 — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:22:54 +0000

Hey Rom,

I'm getting the following error:

Warning: include(template/default/plugin/myprofile/myprofile_userdetails_form.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in template/default/plugin/myprofile/myprofile.php on line 591

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'template/default/plugin/myprofile/myprofile_userdetails_form.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in template/default/plugin/myprofile/myprofile.php on line 591

when I click Edit My Details in "My Profile". Thanks,
Matt