<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary --> <!--X-From-R13: "Oqnz X. Fubeagba" <nqnzNcubravk.Bevaprgba.SRG> --> <!--X-Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:33:49 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 19981022123021.C2270#yuma,Princeton.EDU --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 19981022013503.A22302#divcom,slimy.com --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.SOL.3.96.981022133110.2984C-100000#licia,dtek.chalmers.se --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.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="msg00355.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00357.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00389.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00353.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00356">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00356">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00356">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "Adam J. Thornton" <<A HREF="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 12:30:21 -0400</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#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, Oct 22, 1998 at 02:04:00PM +0200, Niklas Elmqvist wrote: > A tentative attempt at work division: > a) Driver/Core/Server: the base core, specifications, design, > protocols, inter-module communication, etc. The foundation, in > other words. > b) Modules: language VMs, DB handlers, on-line building, etc > c) Lib: world, quests, puzzles, mobs, etc > Everything below item a) should be designed to be "easily" replacable to > make a wholly different kind of game, meaning the driver should be > flexible enough to support *any* kind of game, from a high fantasy > text-based MUD to a cyberpunk 3D graphics MMPOG. So a) should basically be the specification of the client-server protocol and the connection manager, right? This would be the layer that specifies how player connections talk to the central server--which can then distribute those connections as it sees fit, or handle them all itself? I guess you'd also need authentication of connections and encryption routines to also be hooked into this layer, although they can be implemented as higher-level drop-ins. That is, this layer needs to have an API it calls to decode the bytestream before passing it on to the engines that sit at level b). Actually, I suppose you could just pass the raw bytestream up to b. But you would need to make sure that the connection was allowable via some sort of authentication down here. > Needless to say, development of these areas cannot start at the same time. > The inter-module communication and standard calling conventions must be > resolved before anyone can start building modules, for example. > > If this is something we can use as a starting point, allow me to > immediately register my interest in the a) area (with the option of > getting on b later on). I'm especially thrilled about the design of a > flexible system like this. I've got some thoughts and some working but currently really ugly code for a multithreaded/multiprocess design at level a). Adam -- adam#princeton,edu "There's a border to somewhere waiting, and a tank full of time." - J. Steinman </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="00345" HREF="msg00345.html">[MUD-Dev] PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Jon Leonard <jleonard#divcom,slimy.com></LI></UL></LI> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00349" HREF="msg00349.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Niklas Elmqvist <d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00355.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00357.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00389.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00353.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00356"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00356"><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="00345" HREF="msg00345.html">[MUD-Dev] PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#divcom,slimy.com">jleonard#divcom,slimy.com</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 08:39 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00349" HREF="msg00349.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Niklas Elmqvist <a href="mailto:d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se">d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 12:06 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00354" HREF="msg00354.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Darrin Hyrup <a href="mailto:shades#mythicgames,com">shades#mythicgames,com</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 15:41 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00389" HREF="msg00389.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Niklas Elmqvist <a href="mailto:d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se">d97elm#dtek,chalmers.se</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 07:47 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00356" HREF="msg00356.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 16:33 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00353" HREF="msg00353.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Darrin Hyrup <a href="mailto:shades#mythicgames,com">shades#mythicgames,com</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 14:58 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00364" HREF="msg00364.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 21:26 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00365" HREF="msg00365.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Hal Black <a href="mailto:hal#moos,ml.org">hal#moos,ml.org</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 22:30 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00366" HREF="msg00366.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 23:19 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </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>