Re: game design

From: Jeff & Trudy Perkins <trudyw@locl.net>

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

Not running Outlook here but you should be able to use filters to redirect
all mail with some unique identifier in the title "gamename_gamenumber" to
a specified folder or alternate email address. I've only used it to
redirect mail to another account when I finished up at a place I was
working and for all I know it's still redirecting mail to a now
non-existent address.

Jeff

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.
>
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> Before you buy.

References

game design
grenadeboy@yahoo.com
Wed, 09 Aug 2000 00:00:00 +0000