FaintRedux PSP

faintRedux
General
Author	Team Meow (Slippy)
Type	Role Playing
Version	rev d
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2009/06/18
Links
RevC Download
Website

faintRedux is a Bomberman-inspired MMORPG made by Slippy. In addition to being online, the homebrew also has a point and level system, hence it is designated as a MMORPG.

It was submitted to the PSP-Hacks Homebrew Idol 2 in 2009.

Note: The link is for RevC only (latest release is RevD).

User guide

How to play

Basics:

• To play, you are required to connect to the dedicated faintRedux server (jj-serv), where you can face up to 8 players on a map.
• Also, the maps are editable and extensible for 3D modeling enthusiasts.

Leveling:

• Every kill is +4 to your experience points.
• Every death is a -1 to your experience points.
• 100 Experience points = 1 Level.

Dimensions/Maps:

• There is 8 players max per map, so after a map gets filled, a new dimension is created to hold new set.
• To switch dimensions, one needs to enter and leave a map.
• To get to the lobby, walk south in the Jungle to a little entrance.

Server Setup

Port # is 10101. It can be changed by hex editing the first word in server.dat.

Folder structure is as follows (all can be found within the bundle).

/map/*.esm
server.dat
Server.exe

Controls

Menu:

D-Pad/Analog - Move cursor

Cross/Start - Select

Circle - Go back, Cancel

In game:

D-Pad/Analog - Move character

Select - Bring up OSK

Start - Bring up quit menu

Cross - Plant bomb

Screenshots

Changlog

Revision D

• (21) Resolve the teleportTo and moveTo issue (moveTo = use prediction, teleportTo = don't use prediction; fixed).
• (36) Fix awkward camera position. (Not really fixed, just got used to it).
• (37) Fix zbuffer ranging to reduce zbuffer-overlapping polygons.
• (44) Implement Dan's OSK for the people that want it.
• (51) Don't discard user IDs in the chat module.
• (54) Add setPos server command (only affects relogin location).
• (56) Send version # on register.
• (58) Fix bug where on other's PSPs, the death animation is looped instead of played once.
• (59) Fix bottom "hint" bar whose smoothing was turned off by accident.
• (60) Fix DH logo whose smoothing was turned off by accident.
• (61) Fix lag (Changed how the item manager transmission worked).
• (63) Fix vsync issue where the map draw flickers and the black background can be seen.
• (64) Fix issue where players can't see their own level (always says 0) but others can.
• (65) Fix annoying chat scrolling bug.
• (66) Fix collision around bridge in map #1.

Revision C

• (0) Tag (EBOOT images).
• (3) Add bombom planting (Lobby = no bombom planting) (requires #33).
• (11) Add temporary time out to prevent users from clicking [Submit] in the menu like mad.
• (17) Add collision map loading server side.
• (20) Add time indep. movement by getting the ticks in the game_think function.
• (24) Add colors to chat text to denote when server speaks, you speak, and others speak (changed of mind, not going to implement this).
• (28) Add player dying.
• (29) Add background to help tint areas around text to be easier to read.
• (32) Add player radius check in collision detection, instead of just the center.
• (33) Add place item packet.
• (34) Remove the player misalign hack.
• (35) Add player respawn time out and selection (requires #17).
• (41) Add ?, /, ‘, :, and a bunch of other missing ASCII keys to the OSK; Note: |~[]{} are not on OSK cause they’re game-reserved keys.
• (42) Promote chat messages to TPC-over-UDP (some may notice that some messages get lost; this is due to send mode that was being used for chats).
• (43) Implement sgl_splitSprite() for drawing large textures as split chunks (speed boost).
• (46) Fix issue where, a player goes to another map, their X/Z coords are changed to match the ‘door’ of the new map, yet this change is visible for a few seconds on the old map.
• (47) Phase out “POLL_EVENT” packet, and replace it with anti-cheat server-side version.
• (49) Read events from the ESM map and not hard coded into the server.
• (53) Add setExp server command.

External links

• PSP-Hacks - http://www.psp-hacks.com/forums/f141/homebrew-idol-2-faintredux-t239881 (archived)
• DCEmu - http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/threads/216536-faintRedux