[CF-Devel] reduction of data when casting spells

[dnh]

On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Peter Mardahl wrote:

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      Er, if this is *exactly* what you asked me to do, then I misunderstood you.
     
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      What he's talking about is not SENDING everything to the client.
     
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      What I thought we discussed was merging, on the server, the various
     
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      spells.
     
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      PeterM
     
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Umm, what I meant was that we just don't display all the information of
the client in the hopes of less work on the server.

dnh
 
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      > This is exactly what I asked peterm to do, but he said it was impossible.
     
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      > I think the problem is it is impossible to keep track of what is on top
     
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      > constantly, infact it would be almost as much work, and the server would
     
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      > still have to calculate where all the spells were going.
     
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      > dnh
     
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      > On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Philipp Currlin wrote:
     
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      > > Hello
     
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      > > I know only small changes should be made now, however I think gameplay 
     
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      > > got _slower_ since Mark reduced the time for updates of tiles.
     
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      > > Now even one dragon can be enough to make me stop moving for one second. 
     
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      > > For me it is still possible to play, but sometimes it can really reduce 
     
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      > > the fun of it.
     
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      > > My suggestion is to reduce the amount of spells shown per tile. I don't 
     
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      > > think we really need to show poison cloud and icestorm ten times on 
     
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      > > every tile on the screen when you are fighting a chinese dragon. If it 
     
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      > > is shown once you still see what is going on but your connection will be 
     
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      > > a lot faster.
     
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      > > What I mean is to keep the monsters casting their spells and the damage 
     
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      > > should be calculated the same way as before but the client shouldn't be 
     
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      > > allowed to show each spell more than once.
     
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      > > It is a big change of the code but I would agree to hold off with 1.0 if 
     
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      > > we could reduce the dataflow by more than 50% that way.
     
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      > > Phil
     
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      > > PS: I hope you know what I mean, I don't really know how to explain it.
     
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