Good point. Well taken. Gonna try that. Keith Mervine "Non Omnis Moriar" "Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional" Service Management Application Developer International Monetary Fund [EMAIL PROTECTED] 202-623-7610
> -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Boleware [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 3:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Loading objects but only if pfiles do not have one. > > > >Well this would only do it on startup or copyover or reboot > of the mud > >only. So it wouldn't be that big a hit. > >I have unique items that only load on boot up. They load once and > >that's it... But it doesn't check to make sure that the item isnt > >already in an inventory. That's the part I need. > > > > And if the player with the item doesn't login in forever what > do you do? > does > the item leave his inv? does it stay there and inaccessible > to the rest of > the mud? separate file info with item and playerholder and > date would be > good.. > if they have not logged in in such-and-such time frame the > item is "freed" > to be > loaded again.. my opinion is to do what was suggested about > storing the info > in > a separate file for use in the mud. that would be relatively > easy and much > less > headache than searching all the pfiles :) > > Steve, coding from home :) > > > -- > ROM mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom >
