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From: "Tristan M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dirent.h in windows
i really wouldnt have the slightest clue on how to change from flat files
to a database like you guys were talking about, and to avoid have to cycle
thru each pfile i just made it change all the online players races, then if
a player logs in and there race is deleted theyre given a warning telling
them theyre now a human, and they become human. it seems to work fine.
thanks for the help tho:) and if i did want to write a snippet on the
implementation of such a database that would be fantastic lol
Using the versioning feature in the pfiles is smiple and easy to do this
sort of change.
Search for vers in save.c to see how it's used.
You'd run a check (in bottom of load_char_obj) to see if the version is
less the new version and the race is the one needs changing then make the
change.
When the player comes into the game give the players who have ch->version
less than current version a message about the change.
Update to the new version number near the top of fwrite_char where the
version is written to the pfile.
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