-----Original Message-----
From: Zeavon <zeavon@KILNAR.COM>
To: CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca <CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca>
Date: Sunday, August 01, 1999 9:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Code][Long] Clan Snafu
>> Okay, now for the problem when I assign a clan to a person,
>> the clan name is automatically put in lowercase letters, for
>
>What I would do, if I were you, is to set the clan data to be an int and
>then use an index to reference the name of the clan. Just like what is done
>for class. A person's class is not stored as "cleric" it is stored as "0"
>and then you do something like: class_types[GET_CLASS(ch)] to get the word
>"cleric".
Right, but, the clan name would have to be hard coded like you do when you
create a class name. Thus not allowing realtime clan creation. Any work
arounds.
Bo
>That will save lots of RAM usage since an int will invariably be smaller
>than any decent clan name and it will allow you to have clan names with
>spaces in them and such.
>
>*plink* *plink*
>
>
>--
>Zeavon Calatin, Spear of Insanity
>spear.kilnar.com:1066
>http://spear.kilnar.com/
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