SQLite forums
 

Hey all

Just giving a quick note that I'm holding a public test of some forums I made with Graal's new SQLite database capability.

Just doing a public test tonight before it's made public soon.

If any of you want to see it, swing on over to Unholy Nation. It'll be added to you automatically.

That's awesome, nice job.

Ambitious.

Nice idea and I love that gui style ^^

Wow, that's really nice.

Looks really good, nice job.

Looks really nice, love the gui style too :).

Thanks for the feedback everyone. It's back down for the time being.

Crazily enough, it got about 600 posts this evening. It's a shame that I'm going to have to wipe them all clean while I tie all the loose ends for the forums to be released publicly

Very, very, cool, and an awesome job it looks like, but I think it's a waste of time.

However, I applaud you; you managed to create an interface which looks nice. Very few scripters have this capability :\

Good work! That looks amazing; especially the gui/interface.

I was addicted to it. :(

Nice work, but I agree it's a waste of time, kinda. I'm sure it's a good experience, but I don't think a forum included into an online game has much use.

Looks cool :)

I beg to differ. It's usage is almost limitless.

Most notably, it gives an opportunity for players to get involved with the server at their convenience. 600 posts in one night is a great start. If you funnel that into an opinionated topic about future development plans, it could become a powerful tool.

It also functions as a way of conveying news without the hassle of NPC-Server PMs and what not. It really is neat, and a convenient tool for players to use! :)

At first I thought it was waste of time, but I can actually see it being used quite frequently now that I think about it...

Great way to have player-staff communication. Can discuss development plans, bugs/problems, ideas, announcements, etc. Sure, you can always do that here, but having it built-in to the game is pretty convenient as long as it's user-friendly.

Nice work

I had been considering making a "GUI Browser" that would allow you to navigate pages of gui controls. It would be the a way to access a forum system and could also be used a central portal for other gui-based systems.

I'm comfortable in calling the forums a success. At least so far.

In a span of just under 5 days since the public release, it has accumulated about 1,250 posts. The usage across those days is pretty even, too.

It really is a nice place to instigate a discussion with the community, see...

I'm loving this-- very good work guys!
Should make it a global Graal thing maybe

Yeah it just OWNS, totally owns.

Option to not have it open up when you log on? :P

Good work.

Considering the success of UN's ingame forums, I may try something similar but instead of using SQLite I'll probably pull it straight from my own Zodiac Forums on zodiacdev.com with a php wrapper.