[MUD-Dev] Introduction Systems

[Kwon Ekstrom]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Chambers" <bjchambers at phoenixdsl.com>

> File storage is done using ASCII.  That means you have an 8 bit per
> character.  999 would require 24 bits or 3 bytes.  Then you have to
> players P.  The storage required is P * ( P * (N + 3)) bytes.  Now,
> for 999 characters, with average name length 6, you would have a
> required storage of 999 * 999 * 9 or: 8.98 MB.  With the 10 in my

Understandable that you're losing space with this system, but if
you're worried about space, why save in ASCII?  There are a variety of
ways to save data direct into binary and preserve the ability to
expand.  A large amount of the data saved in a MU* is integer or
floating point data, which for a 32 bit integer can take up 10
characters for 80 bits in ASCII or 320 bits in Unicode.

I personally don't use ID numbers for my players, since it'd be rather
confusing to be holding a meeting about a troublemaker named Krule for
example, if there are 8 players who use the name.  It'd be fairly
difficult, unless there was repeated discussion to follow one about
Player 985.  

-- Kwon Ekstrom

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