[DGD] Where did all the players go?

[Blain]

I just don't agree that it requires a lot of hacks to convert private
variables, objects, and call_outs to a nested mapping of strings.  The lima
mudlib implanted something along these lines, though I never played the lib.

I'm not knocking out downplaying persistent mechanics.  DGD saves a lot of
trouble with its way of implementing it.

Still, my main gripe was about the idea of keeping the whole world in
RAM/swap and using OLC to author world items and rooms.  It's just not a
safe proposition in my opinion.  At least hanging a set of files which can
create a world with no snapshot should likely be the center of most game
designs, if not all. I fall to think of any game designs which don't need
to use the disk to give a game something to to back to in the event the
snapshots are lost or were wrong all along for some reason.

On Dec 13, 2017 03:27, "Felix A. Croes" <felix at dworkin.nl> wrote:

> Blain <blain20 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Full persistence can be achieved using save files.
>
> Save files don't save private variables, objects, or callouts.
>
> Full persistence: you are in a fight and the next hit will determine the
> outcome.  If the state of the game can be saved and restored at this
> point without the player noticing, then you have full persistence.
>
> Regards,
> Felix Croes
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