I'm implementing tracking code to my ROM2.4b6 MUD, from scratch (not
installing someone else's). What I am going to be doing is having a
TRACK_DATA struct to keep track of the age of the tracks, the direction
tracks go to/come from, and 2 other fields, depending on what ends up
being most efficient. Anyway, my question IS about efficiency. Would it
be better to hold a TRACK_DATA struct in each CHAR_DATA, in each
EXIT_DATA (my original plan), or in each ROOM_INDEX_DATA? If I did it in
the EXIT_DATA, there'd be an awful lot of memory usage. Would it be best
to have each individual player store his/her own tracks?
In case you're unsure of what "tracking" is, it's simple (in theory). A
player walks around, and leaves tracks on the ground. Skilled players
may locate these tracks to manually follow a player. This would mainly
be used to hunt down people you want to kill, harass, or whatever.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
--Daniel, the not-quite-so-l33t-coder-who-really-does-try-though.
