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21-07-2013, 12:45 PM
A few thoughts about possible additions/changes to the hacking online that might make it better:
1. Add "ping [ip]" command, where you could use "ping 999.999.999.900" and it would show if they are online or not. If they are were not online it would replay with "Request timed out."
2. I'm not sure how you do it now, but if you added a buffered input, so when you typed something into the command field it would put it into a buffer. Then when you were ready to process another command, it would pop off the first item in the buffer, you would be able to make batch files. All a batch file would be is a list of commands to run, and if you ran the batch file it would just copy the file contents into the buffer
a) If you add batch files, could you add a "pause" command that would pause the batch file till the user touched the screen?
3. I'm sure you know this, but IPv4 values should be between 0..255 for each of the four letters.
4. Add a DNS system. where if you did "ping fbi" and the fbi server
was online it would reply:
Pinging fbi (999.999.999.900) with 32 bytes of data:
packet #1 999.999.999.900 sent 18ms
packet #2 999.999.999.900 sent 18ms
packet #3 999.999.999.900 sent 18ms
packet #4 999.999.999.900 sent 18ms
Ping statistics for 999.999.999.900:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (100% Success),
A. you could then add the commands "dnsSearch [name]" which would return the IP address for the name if located. and command "dnsSet [IP]" which would set your systems DNS IP to the address specified. And if it was a DNS server, you could use the dns name instead of the computers IP address for connecting and other things
B. The DNS system could be a server online, which you could
connect to if you new the password, and it could have the commands:
"add [name] [ip]" which would add a new dns entry with the name linked to a IP
"list" which would list all dns entries for that dns server
"del [name] [ip]" which would delete a dns entry on that system
"ren [old name] [new name]" which would rename a dns entry to a new name
5. change the command "connect [IP]" to be able to add the password on the same line. so you could type "connect 999.999.999.900 passwd" and it would not pop up that window for the system password, it would just use what you typed in
6. This would be a major change, but if instead of you having an IP address at the start, what if you just a had a phone line. So at the start of the game, you would be assigned a random phone number (ie: 212 317 4423). Then you could start off with BBS's which players could connect to. Then it would be possible to add commands like "dial [phone num]", etc.
The players first chance at connecting to the internet could then be through a dial up BBS, so they would type "dial 212-317-4423" which would connect them to a BBS, then they would type in their username and password, or "new" to create a new user. then type "internet" to connect to the internet". This would give them access to the internet at a maximum speed of 56.6kbs.
It would also make it possible for people to pay GG coins for highspeed internet, which would give them a perment IP address, so they didn't need to dial a BBS first
7. Add a basic interpreter to the game. This would open up a huge amount of things to the game. Players would be able to create their own software, which they could send to each other. It also opens up the capability to turn most of the game systems (servers) into software themselves. And would open up the possiblity for players to have their own "BBS's" etc while they are online, or pay GG Coin to have a always online connection. This could even give the capability of users having their own tailored "OS's"
A. If you do add a basic interpreter, it would be great if it could "compile" a source file to a "compiled" program file. So that you could do "basCompile hello.bas" and it would create a second file called "hello.prg" or something which would be runable and able to send it to other people.
B. Add a "compress [directory]" and "expand [directory]" command which could put all the files of a subdirectory into a single file, and expand them from a single file to a directory again. This would allow for very robus possibilities, including user distributed programs, etc.
1. Add "ping [ip]" command, where you could use "ping 999.999.999.900" and it would show if they are online or not. If they are were not online it would replay with "Request timed out."
2. I'm not sure how you do it now, but if you added a buffered input, so when you typed something into the command field it would put it into a buffer. Then when you were ready to process another command, it would pop off the first item in the buffer, you would be able to make batch files. All a batch file would be is a list of commands to run, and if you ran the batch file it would just copy the file contents into the buffer
a) If you add batch files, could you add a "pause" command that would pause the batch file till the user touched the screen?
3. I'm sure you know this, but IPv4 values should be between 0..255 for each of the four letters.
4. Add a DNS system. where if you did "ping fbi" and the fbi server
was online it would reply:
Pinging fbi (999.999.999.900) with 32 bytes of data:
packet #1 999.999.999.900 sent 18ms
packet #2 999.999.999.900 sent 18ms
packet #3 999.999.999.900 sent 18ms
packet #4 999.999.999.900 sent 18ms
Ping statistics for 999.999.999.900:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (100% Success),
A. you could then add the commands "dnsSearch [name]" which would return the IP address for the name if located. and command "dnsSet [IP]" which would set your systems DNS IP to the address specified. And if it was a DNS server, you could use the dns name instead of the computers IP address for connecting and other things
B. The DNS system could be a server online, which you could
connect to if you new the password, and it could have the commands:
"add [name] [ip]" which would add a new dns entry with the name linked to a IP
"list" which would list all dns entries for that dns server
"del [name] [ip]" which would delete a dns entry on that system
"ren [old name] [new name]" which would rename a dns entry to a new name
5. change the command "connect [IP]" to be able to add the password on the same line. so you could type "connect 999.999.999.900 passwd" and it would not pop up that window for the system password, it would just use what you typed in
6. This would be a major change, but if instead of you having an IP address at the start, what if you just a had a phone line. So at the start of the game, you would be assigned a random phone number (ie: 212 317 4423). Then you could start off with BBS's which players could connect to. Then it would be possible to add commands like "dial [phone num]", etc.
The players first chance at connecting to the internet could then be through a dial up BBS, so they would type "dial 212-317-4423" which would connect them to a BBS, then they would type in their username and password, or "new" to create a new user. then type "internet" to connect to the internet". This would give them access to the internet at a maximum speed of 56.6kbs.
It would also make it possible for people to pay GG coins for highspeed internet, which would give them a perment IP address, so they didn't need to dial a BBS first
7. Add a basic interpreter to the game. This would open up a huge amount of things to the game. Players would be able to create their own software, which they could send to each other. It also opens up the capability to turn most of the game systems (servers) into software themselves. And would open up the possiblity for players to have their own "BBS's" etc while they are online, or pay GG Coin to have a always online connection. This could even give the capability of users having their own tailored "OS's"
A. If you do add a basic interpreter, it would be great if it could "compile" a source file to a "compiled" program file. So that you could do "basCompile hello.bas" and it would create a second file called "hello.prg" or something which would be runable and able to send it to other people.
B. Add a "compress [directory]" and "expand [directory]" command which could put all the files of a subdirectory into a single file, and expand them from a single file to a directory again. This would allow for very robus possibilities, including user distributed programs, etc.