What is OpenRP?
OpenRP is an open source RP mod that is being designed for JKA.
As the name states, it shall be used for roleplaying, but in addition to this, we intend for the mod to be relatively easy to use, all the while incorporating many features of other mods, in addition to many of our own features.
To incorporate features from other mods, we will use code from open source mods (if the author states it is allowed or gives us permission) or we will replicate features from other mods using our own code.
This will make for the best roleplaying experience, all the while not having a clunky or difficult to use interface.
OpenRP's goals
We intend to have menus that perform the commands for you instead of always having to type it out. However, should you want to continue using the console, you are completely free to do so!
We further wish for the mod to have useful features, all the while incorporating feedback from its own user-base, to make this modification for JKA roleplay the very best it can be!
What features does it have?
We are using an account and character creation system (courtesy of Legacy OJP, our former code base), in addition to an administrative system.
Our admin system has all the basic commands of kick, ban, silence, and so on, but also has commands to enhance the roleplaying experience, such as the ability to change a map's music, play sounds, place effects(courtesy of ClanMod), place entities(courtesy of JA Coders) and so on.
We also have various bug fixes and security enhancements and fixes thanks to our codebase of Razish's modbase.
We have added a credits system, which will allow you to buy weapons and items, and possibly in the future various misc items such as food or drinks that increase your health by a small amount.
Distance based chat - This means that you aren't able to hear those a certain distance away from you. This improves role playing as chat isn't being added to by others' RPs and helps to prevent metagaming.
Faction system - Create your own faction, add or withdraw from your faction's bank if you're the leader of the faction, and see a roster of all faction members along with their ranks that you set.
What is planned for OpenRP in the future?
We wish to design the menus to look and interact better with the user.
We also wish to expand the maximum Force power level to level 5 or higher as opposed to base JKA's level 3.
What operating systems will OpenRP be available on?
OpenRP will be available on Windows on the day of release. Please note that as of the time of writing, we only intend to support Windows XP or higher. The mod may (and likely will) work on previous versions of Windows, but there are no guarantees.
Linux may be supported (serverside only, we don't have plans for clientside Linux support) after some issues with Linux compatibility are worked out.
No Mac support is planned as of the time of writing as no developers have access to a Mac or have knowledge on developing for Macs.
Can I download a .zip (or similar archive) of OpenRP (pre-compiled) now to test it?
Sorry, but currently a pre-compiled version of the mod cannot be currently downloaded.
Github does have an option to download a .zip of the code, but it's not compiled.
You can however, compile the source code if you want to and use that.
Can I develop or help with OpenRP?
We are not looking for any new team members at this time, however you can still feel free to contribute code using Git pull requests if you would like to.
Thanks for reading. If you have any questions, feel free to message me here, or contact our PR guy, Zaxxeh. OpenRP Team @Fighter- Project Lead, Programming @Buz - Graphical Design, Audio @Zaxxeh - Public Relations - Animations Screenshots
Note that the colors and a few minor things have changed since when I took these screenshots.