<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Task Parsing --> <!--X-From-R13: @nguna Kbfcr <lbfcrNunjnvv.rqh> --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 04:33:59 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.GSO.3.95q.971230120102.25559A-100000@uhunix1 --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.LNX.3.91.971228191055.65C-100000@uni-corn.demon.co.uk --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Task Parsing</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,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="msg01039.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01041.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00998.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00979.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#01040">Author</A> | <A HREF="#01040">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#01040">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Task Parsing</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Task Parsing</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Nathan Yospe <<A HREF="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 18:33:41 -1000</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: Nathan Yospe <<A HREF="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</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 Sun, 28 Dec 1997, Greg Munt wrote: :On Sun, 28 Dec 1997, Stephen Zepp wrote: :[Snip description of taking a task, such as 'harvest lumber', and :breaking it down into atomic sub-tasks, which are then assigned to an :actor/NPC] :How do you handle limited memory resources? If the actor being assigned a :task is in a part of the world that is currently swapped out to disk, :what do you do? Do you have to bring it back into memory to enable the :actor to process the assigned work? Or is the result of the work :calculated, and the results applied, when that part of the world is :brought back into memory? (I.e. it is not loaded into memory unless a :player needs it) (I believe Nathan does something like this?) :Of course, I'm assuming you have an in-memory db, supported by disk :caching. I think I'd better clear something up at this point. I don't do memory management, on this scale. I swap blocks, and memory is allocated so as to minimize scattered active memory, but the swapping mentioned above is for processes (or, specifically threads). -- "You? We can't take you," said the Dean, glaring at the Librarian. "You don't know a thing about guerilla warfare." - Reaper Man, Nathan F. Yospe Registered Looney by Terry Pratchett yospe#hawaii,edu <A HREF="http://www2.hawaii.edu/~yospe">http://www2.hawaii.edu/~yospe</A> Meow </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00997" HREF="msg00997.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Task Parsing</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Greg Munt <greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01039.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Circumstances & Situations</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01041.html">Re: FAQ: Personalities</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00998.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Task Parsing</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00979.html">Mud Settings</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#01040"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#01040"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00996" HREF="msg00996.html">Task Parsing (repost for format)</A></strong>, Stephen Zepp <a href="mailto:zoran#enid,com">zoran#enid,com</a>, Sun 28 Dec 1997, 19:35 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00983" HREF="msg00983.html">Task Parsing</A></strong>, Stephen Zepp <a href="mailto:zoran#enid,com">zoran#enid,com</a>, Sat 27 Dec 1997, 20:12 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00997" HREF="msg00997.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Task Parsing</A></strong>, Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Sun 28 Dec 1997, 20:22 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00998" HREF="msg00998.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Task Parsing</A></strong>, Stephen Zepp <a href="mailto:zoran#enid,com">zoran#enid,com</a>, Sun 28 Dec 1997, 20:47 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01040" HREF="msg01040.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Task Parsing</A></strong>, Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Wed 31 Dec 1997, 04:33 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00979" HREF="msg00979.html">Mud Settings</A></strong>, Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Sat 27 Dec 1997, 15:40 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00993" HREF="msg00993.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud Settings</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sun 28 Dec 1997, 10:34 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00995" HREF="msg00995.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud Settings</A></strong>, Greg Munt <a href="mailto:greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk">greg#uni-corn,demon.co.uk</a>, Sun 28 Dec 1997, 17:58 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01035" HREF="msg01035.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud Settings</A></strong>, Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</a>, Tue 30 Dec 1997, 23:52 GMT </LI> </UL> </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>