Ace Attorney: BYOND Edition (Online Multiplayer Trials)

Tue Nov 11, 2008 6:04 pm

Hyarion

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tl;dr version:

A) Run this installer. It'll install BYOND (if it's not installed already), prompt you to log in or create an account, and boot up AA:BE.
or
B) If you already have BYOND, you can run the program anyway, visit the BYOND page to see who's on, or just click here! Just make sure you have BYOND version 430.1005 or higher- anything lower will cause the BYOND prompt to say "connection failed."
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It's been several months, but AA:BE is back! I finally found out what was causing the massive graphical glitching in the last version and got the BYOND staff to patch up the bug that was responsible.

...In case you don't know what AA:BE or BYOND itself is, here are the relevant quotes from the old thread:

Hyarion wrote:

As said in the title, my game is called "Ace Attorney: BYOND Edition". It's more of a utility than a game, actually, along the lines of the Objection Generator. The best way to describe it would probably be to say that it's like the Objection Generator in real-time, with other players watching and interacting with you. For example, you enter a courtroom (the game is divided into courtrooms, where anything done in one won't be seen in another) and choose to go to the defense bench. You enter a message and choose to have him say it while holding his paper (choosing an animation) and presenting a video tape as evidence (presenting evidence is optional.) Another player in the same room is playing as Edgeworth, so he sees this and objects (another optional choice) and points while saying his message. Here's screenshots of what that would look like:

Spoiler: "Saving space"

As you can see, I've taken great pains to make everything pixel-perfect... you can even play it with a DS-sized screen for that authentic feel, hah. I've put in a good selection of music from the trilogy, and most of the necessary sound effects are there (Croik's recent sound effects packs should cover the rest nicely.)

Hyarion wrote:

~~Second, playing the game isn't as easy as downloading an installer.~~ It runs through a program called BYOND (Build Your Own Net Dream. It's not called "BYOND Edition" for nothing. :-P

) Basically, it's like programming in C, except that BYOND takes care of all of the networking stuff for you. It's completely free, too... Sadly, though, they recently started displaying a few ads on their website. :sadshoe:

Actually, playing the game now is as easy as downloading an installer. This installer here will 1) check to see if BYOND is installed, and if not, install it, 2) boot up BYOND and prompt you to either log in to your BYOND account or create one, and 3) once logged in, it will boot up AA:BE. Hurray for simplicity. :godot:

Also, a whole truckload of characters were added! All defense attorneys, defense aides, prosecutors, and judges are now in. For witnesses, I've completed the general witnesses (Gumshoe, the Feys, and the prosecutors) as well as the 1-1 witnesses (Sahwit and Larry.) ...Unfortunately, I haven't gotten around to adding more evidence in yet, so it's still the non-case-specific items.

Without further ado, here's the full list of additions and changes:
-Due to a fix in 430, the entire game (and especially the animation system) is massively less buggy.
-Vote to Mute/Reboot revamped. The timers shouldn't freeze randomly anymore.
-On that note, the server will automatically reboot at 6 AM CST in case the game happens to glitch badly enough that users can't reboot the server.
-The limit on how much text you can input has been removed- your text will now wraparound to a new textbox if it's too long.
-Many other optimizations which I don't remember (six months is a long time!) and/or are too small to list here.
-Logging. Currently, only I have access to the logs, but I may add a command to let users view the log for a given time and room.
-Bug reporting replaced by full-fledged ingame forums.
-A "Court Record" with spots for the victim, defendant, details of the case, evidence, etc. Not only is it easier to keep track of a case this way, but someone can jump in halfway through a case and not be completely lost.
-Many, many new characters, as elaborated above.

...I think that's about it. Go have fun making your own trials!

Last edited by Hyarion on Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:16 am, edited 1 time in total.

Re: Ace Attorney: BYOND Editon- It's back!

Tue Nov 11, 2008 7:33 pm

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Sweet. This seems like it might actually be a good way to test a case's series of contradictions before putting it into a different game. (like a courtroom sandbox)
I remember making a court record through google docs. Hopefully this one is better. I'll be sure to check it out sometime.

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Re: Ace Attorney: BYOND Editon- It's back!

Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:20 pm

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This looks fun, downloading now :godot:

EDIT: Wow, It's awesome. I just cross examined Gumshoe as the prosecution, cause there was no defense attorney :will:

Re: Ace Attorney: BYOND Editon- It's back!

Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:41 pm

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lol @ connection failed :c

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Re: Ace Attorney: BYOND Editon- It's back!

Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:43 pm

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It phails for me. Not matter how many times I try, It just keeps wanting to download it again.

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Re: Ace Attorney: BYOND Editon- It's back!

Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:40 pm

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Seems good, even if it's too slow for my compy. Also, you can't cancel sending PM's. I also think it's too confusing having separate OOC and normal text - it would be better if there was only one kind of text and you use (( )) to do OOC stuff or something like that. Or at least, as far as I can tell, since I haven't actually tried it.

Re: Ace Attorney: BYOND Editon- It's back!

Wed Nov 12, 2008 12:05 am

Hyarion

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∑ή¡gΜåг wrote:

lol @ connection failed :c

Hyarion wrote:

Just make sure you have BYOND version 430.1005 or higher- anything lower will cause the BYOND prompt to say "connection failed."

Re: Ace Attorney: BYOND Editon- It's back!

Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:00 am

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I wondered whatever happened to this. I'll give it a go sometime soon.

Hi! I've largely stepped back from C-R due to life stuff. Please contact one of the other staff members for help!

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Re: Ace Attorney: BYOND Edition (Online Multiplayer Trials)

Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:10 am

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So i posted about your game in Facepunch, it is a really cool game.

My question is, when it is going live? Because now there is a lot of facepunchers on the waiting list(And me too :3 ).

Re: Ace Attorney: BYOND Edition (Online Multiplayer Trials)

Fri Dec 12, 2008 6:22 am

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Isn't it live now?

Re: Ace Attorney: BYOND Edition (Online Multiplayer Trials)

Fri Dec 12, 2008 3:28 pm

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Not for me o.o

I just checked the site, it's not live here. And 10 people on the waiting list(including me) =/

Re: Ace Attorney: BYOND Edition (Online Multiplayer Trials)

Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:14 pm

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Get it live already.

Re: Ace Attorney: BYOND Edition (Online Multiplayer Trials)

Fri Dec 12, 2008 10:50 pm

Baloo

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Connection failed...

EDIT:

Latest News:

11/17- ...My auto-rebooting seemed to be shutting down the server every night. I've turned it off for now.

Guess that answers that.

Re: Ace Attorney: BYOND Edition (Online Multiplayer Trials)

Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:55 am

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But I need this game!

Re: Ace Attorney: BYOND Edition (Online Multiplayer Trials)

Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:34 am

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Oh, wow, I have NOT been on this site in forever. I've been waiting for the return of AA:BE! I'm gonna play it tomorrow while I'm not studying for my semester tests. ^_^

Interesting signature? Uh... Look, a diversion! *flees*