Beneath my career in IT is a game programmer that's been looking to design/write a MMORPG since long before the acronym existed. I too wanted to use Perl when I learned it, but as I came to understand the scale and scope of the project I wished to persue I realized Perl would not be the optimal language choice. There may be some places where some 'glue code' would be needed and it could well be that Perl would be Perlfect for those pieces.

Python is a language that you will probably need to know as one of the most demanding pieces of your project will be in creating 3D models and as the cost of modeling software is so high you will probably want to use Blender. Blender has a Command line interface for Python already in place. When it comes to Physics and AI engines don't forget the "Massivley" in MMORPG! While I'm thinking that either CORBA or Possible and EJB might be the correct vehical for distributing information between the objects, C/C++ strictly for the speed requirements continues to be the best candidate.

Just my .01

coreolyn

In reply to Re: Perl for MMORPG Server by coreolyn
in thread Perl for MMORPG Server by saberworks

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.