Re: Technical Question

From: nowhere@here.com (Evilb)

Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 00:00:00 +0000

If its computer moderated, why not use the order in which the turns
were received back ? This can easily be logged. It would be a fairly
easy process to log files appearing in a folder, and in which order
they appeared. (You can't always use date/timestamp).

On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:34:28 GMT, "Chris Williams" <williac6@rjrt.com>
wrote:

>Ok,
>
>I'm working on my PBM, which will be computer moderated, and I've come to my
>first major hurdle. (Ok, perhaps not major, but significant...)
>
>
>1st question: What is the fairest method for processing identical orders
>issued in the same location at same time.
>
>Ex: Player A and Player T are both in a room, and there is a piece of
>treasure on the floor. Assuming they are both an equal distance from the
>treasure, and they issue orders in the same sequence (i.e. move, move,
>grab), how do you determine who gets it?  Pure random?
>
>
>
>2nd question: When you have a dungeon full of characters, monsters and NPCs,
>how do you process all the orders simultaneously?
>Assuming each character (and monster & NPC) can perform multiple actions per
>turn. Do you:
>
>a) loop through each map location and process everyones (including monsters
>and NPCs) first action, then loop through and process 2nd action, 3rd,
>etc...
>b) loop through each character and process each first action, then repeat
>for 2nd, 3rd, etc
>c) another way I haven't thought of
>
>B doesn't really seem fair as the same characters would always go first,
>right? Unless you sort the list by Character (or monster) speed.
>
>
>Any advice would be appreciated...
>Chris Williams
>
>

References

Technical Question
"Chris Williams" <williac6@rjrt.com>
Wed, 19 Jul 2000 00:00:00 +0000

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Technical Question
"Chris Williams" <williac6@rjrt.com>
Wed, 19 Jul 2000 00:00:00 +0000