LibriumArcana.Games

Here ye here ye, come one come all.

Your beloved Triumviate is pleased to introduce the LibArc Chatrooms.

Using only the finest in code, we have deployed, for your using pleasure, a chatroom environ so that all of you may gather and gossip and do whatever till your little hearts content.

You may locate this lovely new toy at: http://chat.libriumarcana.com

You only have but to type in your username in the appropriate spaces, as well as a password (these are not linked to your board Username and Password), and commence in your enjoyment.

Suggestions on what we may use this new toy for, is welcome, just post below. There is no additional software required for the chatroom, merely that you have Shockwave or Flash 8 installed with your browser.

Logging support?

WTF? It kicks after some time idle?

DS, you did not beta test this.

yes, it does kick after some idle time, I did beta test it (at other sites).

It's all config settings that require changing. Nothing more.

EDIT:nevermind.

I haven't needed a password anytime I've logged in.

The thing is a wee but hard on CPU usage, don't you think?
EDIT:Um-is there a way to undo unfortunate option selections?

One of my primary complaints to DS was CPU usage. An Athlon 3500+ at 2.4GHZ should not have 20% CPU usage from a chat window that has no features to speak off besides being spiffy.

On CPU usage: It is Macromedia Flash. What do you expect?

I expect a built in IRC client, maybe using Java.

Or we could all, you know, use AIM.

For some reason, it doesn't require passwords....unless you log in as a mod or a Admin

I'm looking to fix that when I go for a complete and finished install.

There is a second called ROOMS that I've used before (B4UTRUST is familiar with it) that is also browser based. I'll have to see if I can get the software (the service is now defunct I beleive).

Destructionator XV wrote:On CPU usage: It is Macromedia Flash. What do you expect?

I did NOT except 100% CPU usage. I can do virtually nothing else when I've got the chat open. If that's normal count me out of it.

Oooh, pretty. And yeah, I didn't have to type in my password.
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Now to actually get some people in there!

Pretty indeed. And oh so busy.

Batman wrote:

Destructionator XV wrote:On CPU usage: It is Macromedia Flash. What do you expect?

I did NOT except 100% CPU usage. I can do virtually nothing else when I've got the chat open. If that's normal count me out of it.

100% CPU usage?

that's never happened to me...ever.

Dark Silver wrote:100% CPU usage?
that's never happened to me...ever.

Well my rig isn't exactly recent (1.7GHz AMD, 512 MB) but I found that a bit extreme for a chat client.
Mind you, it doesn't stay at 100%, it yo-yos up and down between 15-20 and 88-100 or so but it is majorly annoying, as it seriously slows down everything else I'm doing (I thought my internet connection was on the fritz before I noticed the CPU usage).
Not that I can use the chat now anyway, what with me apparently having turned everything black on black.
Is there any way to set it to defaults without going through the menus?

Nevermind, I managed to fix the colour problem.

It gets shitter and shitter as it randomly decides to stop showing my messages. DS, Theres what, 3 people in the forum without AIM? Set up an IRC server and a built in IRC client that dosn't take up 60MB of my RAM.

Or they can get AIM and do live RP sessions with AIM.

I just tried seriously using this for the first time, and I have a number of complaints.

First, it eats bandwidth constantly polling the server to see if there is new messages. This is unavoidable in a browser based program (except perhaps with a Java applet which are barf worthy on their own)

It lags like a bitch.

I hate Flash. It is slow and evil. It often doesn't even work the first time I load it. Barf.

Annoying sound effects.

It laaaaags like hell while wasting bandwidth!

Getting visual alerts of new messages apparenty can't be done, you have to check the window. Aaarg.


I think the best solution is to use a client program. Like simply using AIM.

Though a not-browser based chat program would be relativly simply to write, with the beautiful Qt library (I can't say enough good things about the coders at Trolltech), I figure I could whip up a prototype in one day, and have it rather pretty in no more than a week.

But, if you start talking about a non-browser based version, you have to ask yourself why? Why not use an existing service, like AIM or Yahoo?

The only obstacle to that would be getting the server program to run on the server. I kinda doubt they would let us run random binaries on their server.

Alright, if the chat solution I've found isn't acceptable, then suggest something that is.

Right now, Flashchat is the most cost effective and easy to use thing we have. You can change most of the layout in the options, and it still allows for logging, bot usage, etc.

If your having Flash problems with CPU usage, I suggest updating your versiopn of Macromedia Flash, because frankly, I don't see why you would have high CPU usage on a machine which is faster than my laptop, and I have no problems with extended use of it.


At anyrate, I put a poll for a reason, I only see four votes, all for it. So, suggestions people. I wouldn't have said make suggestions if I don't intend to listen to them.

Despite the problems, I like the idea of a chatprogram

Better than depending on AIMs good graces.

Built in IRC proggie would be better.

Katie :luv:'s this!

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