Re: game design

From: "Chris Williams" <williac6@rjrt.com>

Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Yeah... but how do you get them out of Outlook?  (other than manually)

That was my biggest headache with Atlantis... orders by email.... ack

Richard Peiper <rpeiper@aascend.com> wrote in message
news:39919B5B.6ACFB30B@aascend.com...
>
>     What I would do is read each one of the orders in to arrays. Then you
> have a set of arrays you can process. It is always faster to process out
of
> memory than going back through I/O every time. Just read in each set of
> orders once for speed, and for simplicity.
>
> Richard
>
>
> grenadeboy@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> > For a couple of years I've given some thought to coding a free open-
> > ended fantasy wargame. I am at the point now where the basic design is
> > done, yet I am still far from beginning work on the various
> > algorithms/pseudocode. It's going to be a while before I actually start
> > coding- I am a CS major, and I want to wait until I finish the C
> > algorithm/data structure class.
> >
> > For now, I am happy trying to figure out how my game will work on a
> > conceptual basis. The question that has me puzzled right now is this:
> > how can I download messages from Outlook and place them into a specific
> > folder? Can anyone recommend a utility that does this? Also, when I
> > process orders, should I read through each individual email, or should
> > I go through each email and combine those emails into a 'master order
> > list'. Example of master order list:
> >
> > BEGIN
> > Player #3434
> > ...
> > ...
> > ...
> > END
> > BEGIN
> > Player# 3435
> > ...
> >
> > The advantage of the master list is that I can easily scan through the
> > list and pick out orders based upon priority (for example, battles
> > orders come before move orders), and once I am through the list, I can
> > scan it again and again. Conceptually, it seems easier to process
> > orders in this manner rather than scanning many different files.
> >
> > Your throughts would be appreciated.
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
>

References

game design
grenadeboy@yahoo.com
Wed, 09 Aug 2000 00:00:00 +0000
Re: game design
Richard Peiper <rpeiper@aascend.com>
Wed, 09 Aug 2000 00:00:00 +0000