[MUD-Dev] Star Wars Galaxies: 1 character per server

[Marc Fielding]

[Mike Shaver]

> If your characters do things while they're offline, and SWGs very
> much will from everything I've read, then there's more to
> per-character overhead than just the disk space or even database
> space.  Every character is another blip in the event loop for
> resource gathering, updating of player-association stats,
> craft-item production and associated PA inventory updates,
> horoscopes, exit-polling, whatever.

Offline crafting needn't take any additional resources beyond
disk/database space.

An offline, crafting character wouldn't be included in the event
loop.  However, when the character next goes online, part of the
loading process would be the calculation of the character's offline
progress: X number of hours offline, Y rate of failure, Z rate of
skill increase, N quantity of resources, etc.

Fast and easy.

-Marc





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