I don't know about you, but when I'm working on my mud I'm recompiling it all the time!
But I've never had to recompile to add vnums. #define MAX_ROOMS 1500000 See, my highest actual vnum is 1234531. Not worried about it, at this time. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chad Simmons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 2:34 AM > To: Jason Gauthier > Cc: [email protected] > > > It was a large task, but well worth it. > > I created some globals: > > > > extern ROOM_INDEX_DATA *pRoomArray[MAX_ROOMS]; ROOM_INDEX_DATA > > *pRoomArray[MAX_ROOMS]; > > > Erm, but then you'd have to recompile every time you needed > more VNUMS. > > > > extern PROG_CODE *pRprogArray[MAX_MOB_PROGS]; PROG_CODE > > *pRprogArray[MAX_MOB_PROGS]; > > > > In all of the loading functions I've added code like this: > > (in load_rooms) > > pRoomArray[vnum]=pRoomIndex; > > > > taking out this stuff: > > iHash = vnum % MAX_KEY_HASH; > > pRoomIndex->next = room_index_hash[iHash]; > > room_index_hash[iHash] = pRoomIndex; > > > > Then change get_room_index to something like this: > > > > ROOM_INDEX_DATA *get_room_index( int vnum ) { > > return pRoomArray[vnum]; > > } > > While it's true that the hash lookups add a bit of overhead > to the search by vnum operation over a standard array, it > does allow for gaps in the vnums without causing any memory loss. > > My suggestion (rather than going to a straight array) would > have been to simply increase MAX_KEY_HASH. This would have > decreased the number of collisions without making it a static array. > > If you wanted to use an array (because you've researched it > and found that the memory lost to gaps in the vnums would be > negligable), you should at the very least use a dynamic > array. Read in the max vnum from a value in your area files, > then alloc_perm an array with that many elements. That will > save you from recompliling each time you need more vnums. > > Just some suggestions, > > ~Kender > > ===== > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version 3.1 > GCS/L/C/O d-(+) s++: a-- C+++$>++++ UBLS++++$ > P+++(--)$ L+++>++++ E--- W+>++$ N !o K? w(--) !O > M- !V PS+ PE(++) Y+ PGP->+ t+ 5 X+() R(+) tv+@ > b++(+++) !DI+++ D G(-) e>+++$ h---() r+++ y+++ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design > software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com >
