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From: Marc Eyrignoux <Marc.Eyrignoux@efrei.fr>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 19:51:56 +0100
References: [1] [2] [3] <-newest
Organization: Kanga.Nu
Vadim Tkachenko wrote:
>
> Marc Eyrignoux wrote:
>
> [skipped as irrelevant to the topic]
>
> > Server design:
> > - in C++
> > - using a relational database (surely MySQL)
> > - under Linux RedHat 5.0
> > - multi-threaded, event driven
> > - still only in project phase
> > - 1 world: small basic medieval-fantastic world, with basic races
> > like elves, humans, orks...
>
> Now, let's again chant: hate numbers 1,2,3; love numbers like x,y,z.
>
> In this context, what is a definition of a race? Which properties are
> specific for the <you-name-it-not-just-race>? How do I generalize that?
>
> And, getting to a big picture, how do I put down in concrete the MUD
> world object model?
>
> I believe, once this task is done, it would be much simpler to design it
> further, as well as implement.
OK I will search a solution between "a general race class" and "a class
per different race". Of course the best would be to store the infos
relative
to a particular race into text files (or within the database), but the
way
these informations are stored and which infos are stored is still to
determine.
>
> --
> Still alive and smile stays on,
> Vadim Tkachenko <VadimT@4CS.Com>
> --
> UNIX _is_ user friendly, he's just very picky about who his friends are
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