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<H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Graphic design, client questions</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Graphic design, client questions</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Sunny Gulati <<A HREF="mailto:sunnywiz#radiks,net">sunnywiz#radiks,net</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 10:45:48 -0600</LI>
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Thinus Barnard wrote:
> Looking at the above I realize that you can implement a graphical inventory in a
> client without needing any specific scripting from the server. The client can
> just check for any get/take/give/drop/use type commands and update the
> inventory. The client can assign default images for the items in the inventory
> and allow the user to associate the items with different pictures if desired.
> Has anybody done this?
>
This raises a deeper philosophical question:
To mirror the state of one entity to another entity, do you:
-> mirror EVERY possible incremental change to the entity?
-> Cover one's rear by occasionally doing a state dump anyway?
My opinion is that, unless you're EXTREMELY dedicated and nitpicky,
something will always get missed.. so I would do an occasional full
state dump as a matter of routine (and flag to see if the full state
dump conflicts with what the object thought it had).
After a while of not getting any flags of "something is missing", would
take out the full state dump occurrence (but leave the code behind).
Sunny
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01058" HREF="msg01058.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: More Laws</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00982" HREF="msg00982.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Graphic design, client questions</A></strong>,
Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Thu 17 Dec 1998, 17:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00990" HREF="msg00990.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Graphic design, client questions</A></strong>,
Thinus Barnard <a href="mailto:thinus_barnard#bigfoot,com">thinus_barnard#bigfoot,com</a>, Fri 18 Dec 1998, 10:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00997" HREF="msg00997.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Graphic design, client questions</A></strong>,
Sunny Gulati <a href="mailto:sunnywiz#radiks,net">sunnywiz#radiks,net</a>, Fri 18 Dec 1998, 18:46 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01028" HREF="msg01028.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Graphic design, client questions</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 21 Dec 1998, 22:53 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01027" HREF="msg01027.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Graphic design, client questions</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 21 Dec 1998, 22:47 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01050" HREF="msg01050.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Graphic design, client questions</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 24 Dec 1998, 07:57 GMT
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