Also zones are totally independent of other zones. So
a single Zone is a complete entity unto itself. Zones
have portal areas where people can transition from one
zone to another but these are specifically mapped.
EQ uses NT machines to run their system and they use
about 20-30 computers per "shard". A shard is a
complete and independent collection of zones that is
independent of any other shard.
Some computers have multiple zones loaded on them
while other zones, particularly dungeon/city zones,
have only 1-2 zones per computer.
So in terms of control and scalability it's not so
extremely difficult. Especially considering we're
using Java and can, eventually, look forward to
scaling up to a mainframe if needed.
Just imagine 25 shards * 30 NT computers = 750 NT
computers. No wonder they find it nearly impossible
to deal with bug tracking issues.
ed
--- Corysia Taware <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A little clarification. =)
>
> Everquest may have 700,000 registered subscribers
> worldwide, but they cannot
> all play the game at the same time. There are, I
> think, 25 world servers,
> which are all clones of the same world. Each server
> can support
> approximately 2700 players before it crashes. A
> player on the world server
> named "Karana" cannot interact with a player on the
> world server "Solusek
> Ro" in any way.
>
> Each world server is divided up into areas called
> "zones". Each zone can
> support approx. 250 players before it crashes. A
> player can move their
> character from zone to zone within their world
> servers, but can never
> (unless Verant/Sony decides to "split" a server)
> move a character from one
> server to another. If a player wants to play on a
> different server, they
> have to create a new character on that other server.
> And each player is
> allowed to have 8 characters per server.
>
> Corysia Taware
> Druid of the 29th Circle, Karana
>
http://www.chilipepper.com/moonshadows/bios/corysia.html
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 8:20 AM
> Subject: [JAVA3D] MMORPG
>
>
> > Fred... MMORPG means "Massively Multiplayer Online
> Role Playing Game".
> > In essence it's a game where hundreds or thousands
> (or in the case of
> > Everquest 200,000+) players all interact in a
> common virtual world.
> >
>
>
>
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