EclipseOrigins

Eclipse Origins

Legacy VB6 open-source ORPG engine discontinued in 2011

About Eclipse Origins

Eclipse Origins was a modification of Mirage Source, an open-source ORPG made in VB6. It was designed to allow people with no programming knowledge to make their own online persistent world RPG.

Whilst flawed, it spawned a very strong development community that still runs today.

How to use

Eclipse Origins was discontinued in 2011. As such, the best way to find resources you need is to use the Way Back Machine to find active pages on the original website from 2008 - 2011.

Here are a few to get you started:

Installing VB6

Setting up Eclipse Origins

Adding / editing graphics

Publishing your game

There are many more in-depth user-made tutorials on the original forum. You can find an archive of the forum state here:

Forum snapshot from 2011

Videos

Crystalshire. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYq3T5Dc-e4

Silverdale. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR-FkkMPJCc

Nin Online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Ms8KYWVhI

DarkStory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-MRzNLxr2A

Screenshots

Crystalshire

Silverdale Online

Nin Online