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Graal Communication Center

2005-02-13T22:06:06Z

Sonwell: Falco is once more a curiosity

The '''Graal Communication Center ''' is the official forum of [[GraalOnline]].

The official name is ''Graal Communication Center (reserved for gold and vip subscribers)'', but only [[Unixmad]] calls it that.

== Structure ==

The forum is currently divided into [[GCC:Section]]s: the [[GCC:General Section]], [[GCC:Gold Section]], [[GCC:3D Section]], [[GCC:Playerworlds Section]], [[GCC:Development Section]] and [[GCC:Private Section]].
Each section holds multiple [[GCC:Subforum]]s.

A oversized moderation force with not equally balanced qualification is moderating the Graal Communication Center. Some [[GCC:Moderator]]s moderate one or more individual subforums or a whole forum section. Some subforums are not moderated directly, and more interesting ones are overseen by multiple moderators. [[Spark911]], [[Kamuii]] and [[Moon Goddess]] are still [[GCC:Super moderator]]s, and thus should be fairly moderating the whole Communication Center.
[[MagicalTux]] from the [[Cyberjoueurs]] offices is also serving as forums administrator.

== Access ==

This forum is, at the time of writing, only available to [[Gold account|Gold]] and [[VIP account|VIP]] accountholders, although plans to open it to [[Classic Account]]s are in the works for [[Christmas]].

It is against the [[GCC:Rules]] of the forums to post messages from or for non-members of the forums. This is to prevent [[Account sharing]], which was very common in the forum's past and arguably had a negative influence on the motivation to buy a [[Gold account]].

== Neutrality ==

Unsurprisingly, the forums are very biased towards the [[Graal administration]]. Sadly, the [[Forum administration]] considers it neccessary to enforce this bias with rules that make ''any'' kind of [[GCC:Negativity|criticism]] a [[ban]]worthy action. Thus, it is not possible to discuss [[ban]]s, actions of [[GraalOnline]] considered harmful or unfair, or shortcomings of the adminstration including [[Playerworld staff]] or the [[Gold server]]s.

Luckily, the most conservative moderators seem to have grown increasingly [[Spark911|igno]][[Moon Goddess|rant]] of these issues.

== Curiosities ==

* Two miscreants ([[Zurkiba]] and one as-yet-unnamed member) were [[ban|banned]] by [[Unixmad]] as part of a continuing (and utterly futile) drive to make the forums into a nicer place. More details [[Unixmad_swears_death_and_vengeance_on_inappropriate_words|here]].
* Apparently, now even [[Moon Goddess suggests that you should stop playing Graal]].
* [[Falco]] has, after a notoriously bad performance at trying to prove [[Kaimetsu]] wrong, exclaimed that [[People_who_think_that_Falco_is_a_moron|at most five people think that he is a moron]] and that everybody else is well aware of his superior intellect.

== Weblinks ==

* [http://forums.graalonline.com/forums/ The Graal Communication Center]
* [http://ilfirin.org/graal/forum/forum.pl A locally hosted free alternative forum]

NC

2005-02-01T06:51:53Z

Sonwell: spelling

An abbreviation for '''NPC-Control''', the portion of the [[RC]] which allows for access to the [[NPCServer]]'s various functions. For some time, this was a separate application to the RC.

<h3> NC Functions </h3>
'''NPC List''' - lists all database NPCs.<br />
'''Weapons''' - self-explanatory; contains a list of all weapons.<br />
'''Classes''' - A list of certain "classes", or a bit of coding that can be added to another script through "join." The class button will only show the classes that have been "joined," otherwise, their scripts can be found in scripts/ in the file browser.<br />
'''NPC Level List''' - A list of levels that run NPCs.<br />
'''Local NPCs''' - a device that retrieves the attributes, including variables and strings, of the [[serverside]] NPCs running on the level.<br />

Trial

2004-11-03T23:59:32Z

Sonwell:

The name given to accounts which have not yet paid any money for special privileges. These accounts cannot save their attributes on any servers, and do not have any access to [[Graal Kingdoms]], other forthcoming Gold worlds, or hosted [[playerworld]]s not visible on the Classic tab.

The fact that their attributes reset after each logoff is a constant source of annoyance to server managers, as using trial accounts is a common method of avoiding bans and jails. Many scripts have been designed to keep trial players restrained, with varying success, but many servers simply opt not to allow trial accounts any access whatsoever.

A Trial account can be determined through script with the "playertrial" flag.

Player attributes

2004-11-02T03:04:08Z

Sonwell:

The properties of any given player. The client is usually afforded the ability to change the visual aspects of their player, whilst more important modifications - money, health and so on - can only be set from the [[RC]] or by using scripts designed to do so.

The full list of attributes editable by the RC is listed below.

'''Player look''': head, body, animation, skin colour, coat colour, sleeve colour, shoe colour and belt colour. ''These can usually be changed by the client using simple chat commands: see [[appearance commands]].''

'''Player properties''': Level, x co-ordinate, y co-ordinate, [[hearts]], [[fullhearts]], [[AP]], [[MP]], [[gralats]], glove power, bomb count, arrow count, sword power, sword image, shield power, shield image, gender, weapon status, spin attack status, opened chests, weapons, and script flags.

Scripting items designed for editting player attributes include:<br />
(''OBJ'': GScript1 -> GScript2)<br />
''sword'': #1 -> player.swordimg<br />
''shield'': #2 -> player.shieldimg<br />
''head'': #3 -> player.headimg<br />
''Body'': #8 -> player.bodyimg<br />
''Skin'': #C0 -> player.colors[0]<br />
''Shoes'': #C1 -> player.colors[1]<br />
''Sleeves'': #C2 -> player.colors[2]<br />
''Coat'': #C3 -> player.colors[3]<br />
''Belt'': #C4 -> player.colors[4]

Player attributes

2004-11-02T03:03:58Z

Sonwell:

Player attributes

2004-11-02T03:03:35Z

Sonwell:

The properties of any given player. The client is usually afforded the ability to change the visual aspects of their player, whilst more important modifications - money, health and so on - can only be set from the [[RC]] or by using scripts designed to do so.

The full list of attributes editable by the RC is listed below.

'''Player look''': head, body, animation, skin colour, coat colour, sleeve colour, shoe colour and belt colour. ''These can usually be changed by the client using simple chat commands: see [[appearance commands]].''

'''Player properties''': Level, x co-ordinate, y co-ordinate, [[hearts]], [[fullhearts]], [[AP]], [[MP]], [[gralats]], glove power, bomb count, arrow count, sword power, sword image, shield power, shield image, gender, weapon status, spin attack status, opened chests, weapons, and script flags.

Scripting items designed for editting player attributes include:
(''OBJ'': GScript1 -> GScript2)
''sword'': #1 -> player.swordimg
''shield'': #2 -> player.shieldimg
''head'': #3 -> player.headimg
''Body'': #8 -> player.bodyimg
''Skin'': #C0 -> player.colors[0]
''Shoes'': #C1 -> player.colors[1]
''Sleeves'': #C2 -> player.colors[2]
''Coat'': #C3 -> player.colors[3]
''Belt'': #C4 -> player.colors[4]

AP

2004-11-02T02:55:35Z

Sonwell:

AP is a Graal-wide abbreviation for '''Alignment Points'''; this is a scale from zero to one hundred which indicates how good, or bad, a player is. Every time you kill another player, your AP drops, and it takes time to regenerate. You see your alignment points in a small bar placed by the [[MP]] bar: other players see your AP by the colour of your name. Players with 0 AP have a black name, 25 a reddish color, 50 white, 75 blue, and 100 gold, with variances in between. Players with below 40 AP cannot be healed by normal means, and players with 100 AP cannot be harmed by swords.

Some worlds offer "Name Colour Changers" which modify the player's AP rapidly to give a colour effect similar to a rainbow as the player's name changes colour rapidly from red to gold. Other worlds fix the AP of all their staff at 100. As such, AP is not the reliable measure it once was, but can be used to quickly size up a prospective opponent.

'''NOTE:''' When making such a "Name Color Changer," remember that AP should be changed serverside. If done clientside, the AP in some cases will no longer be able to be controlled.

Hearts

2004-11-02T02:53:20Z

Sonwell:

<h3>Hearts and the Player</h3>
A graal predefined object; This variable contains the amount of "those yin-yang things" that a player has. It is accessed with the [[gscript]] variable "playerhearts" or to determine another player's hearts, "players[''index''].hearts."

<h3>Hearts and the NPC</h3>
The amount of hearts (defaults to 0) that an [[NPC]] has. It is accessed by "hearts" by itself, or "npcs[''index''].hearts" for another NPC's hearts.

Hearts

2004-11-02T02:53:07Z

Sonwell:

<h3>Hearts and the Player</h3>
A graal predefined object; This variable contains the amount of "those yin-yang things" that a player has. It is accessed with the [[gscript]] variable "playerhearts" or to determine another player's hearts, "players[index].hearts."

<h3>Hearts and the NPC</h3>
The amount of hearts (defaults to 0) that an [[NPC]] has. It is accessed by "hearts" by itself, or "npcs[''index''].hearts" for another NPC's hearts.

Fullhearts

2004-11-02T02:52:40Z

Sonwell:

The total amount of hearts (the predefined hearts object) that the player can have at one time. It is accessed with [[gscript]] variable "playerfullhearts" or to determine another player's, "players[''index''].fullhearts."

Fullhearts

2004-11-02T02:52:04Z

Sonwell:

<h3>Hearts and the player</h3>
The total amount of hearts (the predefined hearts object) that the player can have at one time. It is accessed with [[gscript]] variable "playerfullhearts" or to determine another player's, "players[''index''].fullhearts."

<h3>Hearts and the NPC</h3>
The amount of hearts (defaults to 0) that an [[NPC]] has. It is accessed by "hearts" by itself, or "npcs[''index''].hearts" for another NPC's hearts.

Fullhearts

2004-11-02T02:51:57Z

Sonwell:

Fullhearts

2004-11-02T02:50:07Z

Sonwell:

Fullhearts

2004-11-02T02:49:52Z

Sonwell:

<h1>Hearts and the player</h1>
The total amount of hearts (the predefined hearts object) that the player can have at one time. It is accessed with [[gscript]] variable "playerfullhearts" or to determine another player's, "players[''index''].fullhearts."

Hearts

2004-11-02T02:48:50Z

Sonwell:

A graal predefined object; This variable contains the amount of "those yin-yang things" that a player has. It is accessed with the [[gscript]] variable "playerhearts" or to determine another player's hearts, "players[index].hearts."

Hearts

2004-11-02T02:47:21Z

Sonwell:

A graal predefined object; This variable contains the amount of "those yin-yang things" that a player has. It is accessed with the [[gscript]] variable "playerhearts."

Fullhearts

2004-11-02T02:46:00Z

Sonwell:

The total amount of hearts (the predefined hearts object) that the player can have at one time. It is accessed with [[gscript]] variable "playerfullhearts."

MP

2004-11-02T02:43:56Z

Sonwell:

Magic Points; accessed with the [[gscript]] variable "playermp."

Gralats

2004-11-02T02:42:57Z

Sonwell:

Graal monetary unit. abbr. ''g''

NC

2004-10-29T04:58:06Z

Sonwell:

An abbreviation for '''NPC-Control''', the portion of the [[RC]] which allows for access to the [[NPCServer]]'s various functions. For some time, this was a separate application to the RC.

<h3> NC Functions </h3>
'''NPC List''' - lists all database NPCs.<br />
'''Weapons''' - self-explanatory; contians a list of all weapons.<br />
'''Classes''' - A list of certain "classes", or a bit of coding that can be added to another script through "join." The class button will only show the slasses that have been "joined," otherwise, their scripts can be found in scripts/ in the file browser.<br />
'''NPC Level List''' - A list of levels that run NPCs.<br />
'''Local NPCs''' - a device that retrieves the attributes, including variables and strings, of the [[serverside]] NPCs running on the level.<br />