what about seraphs or ascension?

the idea that players after reaching a certain point in their \"life\" and after accumulating certain experiences players can \"ascend\" to a higher plane of existence.  still human.  but maybe like a seraph with different abilities.

im sort of stealing these ideas so i should give them some credit.  the seraph idea is from a game somewhat similar to this one but with much more rigid and unimaginative gameplay called the fourth coming (http://t4c.eacceleration.com)  im not really a big fan of the game but they have a cool idea within the game that players can \"seraph\" and as such have somewhat better stats and skills and can do more.

the ascension stuff is from stargate on scifi

i must sound like a real nerd

what about this.  say your casting  a shield spell.  if theres a button or something to hold down for casting then the longer you take to cast a spell the stronger it will be and the longer it will last.  so if a mage uses a shield spell on another player as the mage is casting the spell you can see the shield getting \"more dense\" or stronger as he\'s casting it steadily drains mana.  the longer he casts the less it adds to the shields strength so after a certain amount of casting time it becomes inefficient to continue the spell because the mage\'s mana will be continually decreasing and the shield (towards the end of the cast) will not be getting much stronger.  then as time goes by after the spell is cast the shield begins to fade and instead of making the player invincible for a minute or so the player will slowly incur more and more damage as the shield fades.  and at any time the shield can be \"regenerated\" through the same casting process.  the max possible strength and duration of the spell could be dependent on the ability/experience/stats of the mage.

also instead of mana pots just have something like meditation to regenerate it more quickly or have certain items help regenerate mana or health.

also this sort of has to do with the living weapons idea in the other thread.  but to allow greater variation in weapons without having something ridiculous like talking weapons, you could apply the same idea from the casting to enchanting items.  so you could use spells or potions to enchant or charm or whatever its called an item and the longer the spell is cast on the weapon the more effective it would be.  so to change a boring sword into a posionous sword you could add a potion. or to make it into a flaming sword you could cast a spell on it.  to make it a really hot flaming sword you take more time to cast the spell.  or make it an icy sword or invisible sword to seek around with or any of that sort of stuff.  this way you could also make armor that heals you or regenerates mana.  or make items that boost stats or strengthen spells.   but not so much spells that strengthen spells.  that seems too easy to abuse.

those are just some thoughts though.  im new to all of this so maybe im wrong.

even after i run ldconfig i am not able to run the psclient.  i\'ve tried compiling the source several times.  i\'ve gotten hundreds of errors and spent days trying to get it to work.  i guess i\'ll delete this and get the cvs stuff again.  

thank you.

[root@192 planeshift]# ./updater
./updater: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.0.9.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[root@192 planeshift]#

is this part of the same problem as the psclient not working?

thanks

I downloaded the one without the source and when i try to run the client i get the following errors:

[root@192 planeshift]# ./psclient
./psclient-bin: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: no version information available (required by ./psclient-bin)
./psclient-bin: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: no version information available (required by ./psclient-bin)
./psclient-bin: /lib/libpthread.so.0: version `GLIBC_2.3.2\' not found (required by ./psclient-bin)
[root@192 planeshift]#

thank you.  if i can get this client thing working anyone can.  i\'ve never met another programmer with more computer problems than myself.

thanks for your patience

I\'ve gotten the newest version but now when i try to build i get:

[root@192 planeshift]# export CRYSTAL=/home/ross/Packages/planeshift
[root@192 planeshift]# export CEL=/home/ross/Packages/planeshift
[root@192 planeshift]# ./pssetup
./pssetup: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: no version information available (required by ./pssetup)
./pssetup: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: no version information available (required by ./pssetup)
Warning: Failed to load `xwin\'; use \'-verbose\' argument for details.
Warning: Failed to load `xwin\'; use \'-verbose\' argument for details.
WARNING: could not load plugin \'crystalspace.window.x\'
WARNING: failed to initialize plugin \'crystalspace.graphics2d.x2d\'
Warning: Failed to load `cspngimg\'; use \'-verbose\' argument for details.
Warning: Failed to load `cspngimg\'; use \'-verbose\' argument for details.
WARNING: could not load plugin \'crystalspace.graphic.image.io.png\'
aws-debug: Couldn\'t find iGraphics2D plugin!!
Couldn\'t load iGraphics2D plugin!
Error initializing system!
[root@192 planeshift]#

I tried going to the http://www.perforce.com/jam/jam.html site and download the commandline one but i get an un-openable executable when i finish the download called p4 and yes i downloaded the right linux file.

How do i get jam?

Thanks

After changing and fixing the export problems I get this:

[root@192 planeshift]# export CRYSTAL=$HOME/ross/Packages/planeshift
[root@192 planeshift]# export CEL=$HOME/ross/Packages/planeshift
[root@192 planeshift]# ./pssetup
./pssetup: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: no version information available (required by ./pssetup)
./pssetup: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: no version information available (required by ./pssetup)
Couldn\'t find scf.cfg in \'/root/ross/Packages/planeshift\' (defined by CRYSTAL var).
WARNING: could not load plugin \'crystalspace.kernel.vfs\'
Couldn\'t load vfs plugin!
WARNING: could not load plugin \'crystalspace.kernel.vfs\'
WARNING: could not load plugin \'crystalspace.graphics3d.software\'
WARNING: could not load plugin \'crystalspace.font.server.default\'
WARNING: could not load plugin \'crystalspace.graphic.image.io.multiplex\'
WARNING: could not load plugin \'crystalspace.window.alternatemanager\'
Couldn\'t load iGraphics3D plugin!
Error initializing system!
[root@192 planeshift]# export CRYSTAL=/home/ross/Packages/planeshift
[root@192 planeshift]# export CEL=/home/ross/Packages/planeshift
[root@192 planeshift]# ./pssetup
./pssetup: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: no version information available (required by ./pssetup)
./pssetup: /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5: no version information available (required by ./pssetup)
Warning: Failed to load `xwin\'; use