Jason Gauthier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's why: > > You log in, and load your player. > You give another mortal your equipment. > you create 1024 (or however many) connections to the mud. > This uses all the file handles. > You quit. The mud cannot create another file handle, they're all in > use. Your pfile doesn't save. > Stop the connections, log in.. Viola! your old pfile with all your > equipment. > > Two ways to restrict this. Use the snippet I posted yesterday that > keeps track of the connections or keep the null file around.
So since it can't save the file, it doesn't change the data, and thus, when you log back in again, it loads your old file, hence, you get back your old equipment, while the other guy keeps what he has. Is that right? I get it now, That's an odd bug, not something I would have thought about. thanks for the heads up. Tony
