Re: game design From: nowhere@here.com (Evilb) Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 00:00:00 +0000 I've written tools to do exactly what you describe. Automate downloading and processing emails using either POP3, SMTP or IMAP. Make the jump to C++ and learn either MFC or VCL (Borland) and automating emails is fairly easy. I've just finished the some game management tools that download emails, place them in specified folders, lets the a game process them, then uploads orders found in another watched folder. It also dials up connections based on user defined intervals, so basically, the game runs itself. On Wed, 09 Aug 2000 16:36:35 GMT, 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 designgrenadeboy@yahoo.comWed, 09 Aug 2000 00:00:00 +0000 Up