Re: [CODE] idnum problem and purgeplayer

From: Dark Vision MUD (acido@CHESHIRE.GATOR.NET)
Date: 06/13/98


On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, Christopher Avans wrote:

>
>         I have almost finished a database encrypted ascii player file
> system. And it can be edited like a database, when i get the bugs out I'll
> submitt it to the mail archive. I have not had but have heard of the idum
> problem related to the ascii pfiles so not for sure but again looks the
> may be the cause of some of your woows
>
Well the idnum problem is easy to fix, you just check if the player that
are created is already present in database and marked deleted and if so
give him/her his/her old idnum else give a new.
That's the way i fixed it on my mud and it's working rather well so far :)

Acido - dvMUD


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