<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd) --> <!--X-From-R13: Dnuhy Evaun <efvaunNtyhr.hzq.rqh> --> <!--X-Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 12:50:08 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.LNX.4.10.9912231459380.19191-100000@localhost.localdomain --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd)</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:rsinha@glue.umd.edu"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00776.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00778.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00765.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00784.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00777">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00777">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00777">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd)</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: MUD Development List <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd)</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Rahul Sinha <<A HREF="mailto:rsinha#glue,umd.edu">rsinha#glue,umd.edu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 15:01:19 -0500 (EST)</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu">mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, J C Lawrence wrote: > On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 04:11:57 -0500 (EST) > Rahul Sinha <rsinha#glue,umd.edu> wrote: > > > The threads process queued commands coming from players, then > > block until the next tick strikes. > > Why tick based? Why have any sort of fixed polling loop? ? no polling involved; select() doing that, no the ticks are just to provide for various zones not getting desynced. Ideally you don't timetravel when you walk from Bogosville to Bogoton ;-) (hmmm prob another thread to select off the eventd <--> SSC connections. question, for that many connections, would UDP be a better idea than TCP? one way or another, eventd will be monolithic, no concurrency, so then you have 100+ sockets open... blech) -RS Rahul Sinha Computer Science/ Government, University Of Maryland College Park AIM: qui dire ICQ: 9738191 (301)935-5542 _______________________________________________ MUD-Dev maillist - MUD-Dev#kanga,nu <A HREF="http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev">http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev</A> </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00784" HREF="msg00784.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Collecting ideas for a MUD server... 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Terpstra <a href="mailto:terpstra@iota.dhs.org">terpstra@iota.dhs.org</a>, Thu 23 Dec 1999, 05:39 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00766" HREF="msg00766.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] PGP player certificates (was: collecting ideas...)</A></strong>, David Bennett <a href="mailto:ddt@discworld.imaginary.com">ddt@discworld.imaginary.com</a>, Thu 23 Dec 1999, 17:00 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00758" HREF="msg00758.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd)</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw@kanga.nu">claw@kanga.nu</a>, Thu 23 Dec 1999, 07:50 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00765" HREF="msg00765.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd)</A></strong>, Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller@classic-games.com">gmiller@classic-games.com</a>, Thu 23 Dec 1999, 17:00 GMT </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="00777" HREF="msg00777.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd)</A></strong>, Rahul Sinha <a href="mailto:rsinha@glue.umd.edu">rsinha@glue.umd.edu</a>, Thu 23 Dec 1999, 20:50 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00784" HREF="msg00784.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd)</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw@kanga.nu">claw@kanga.nu</a>, Fri 24 Dec 1999, 20:47 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00778" HREF="msg00778.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Collecting ideas for a MUD server... (fwd)</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc@ix.netcom.com">jlsysinc@ix.netcom.com</a>, Thu 23 Dec 1999, 23:44 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00696" HREF="msg00696.html">[MUD-Dev] Classes and Races and more (a BIG list) (fwd)</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw@cp.net">claw@cp.net</a>, Tue 21 Dec 1999, 01:24 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00708" HREF="msg00708.html">[MUD-Dev] Originality/Points of Reference (was Classes and Races and more (a BIG list) (fwd))</A></strong>, Richard Ross <a href="mailto:rross@rross.eurobell.co.uk">rross@rross.eurobell.co.uk</a>, Tue 21 Dec 1999, 17:38 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>