aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/pipermail/nel/2000-November/000039.html
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to '')
-rw-r--r--pipermail/nel/2000-November/000039.html73
1 files changed, 73 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pipermail/nel/2000-November/000039.html b/pipermail/nel/2000-November/000039.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f76ffc30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pipermail/nel/2000-November/000039.html
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
+<HTML>
+ <HEAD>
+ <TITLE> [Nel] Some thoughts about NeL</TITLE>
+ <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" >
+ <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:archer%40nevrax.com">
+ <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="000038.html">
+ <LINK REL="Next" HREF="000042.html">
+ </HEAD>
+ <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff">
+ <H1>[Nel] Some thoughts about NeL</H1>
+ <B>Vincent Archer</B>
+ <A HREF="mailto:archer%40nevrax.com"
+ TITLE="[Nel] Some thoughts about NeL">archer@nevrax.com</A><BR>
+ <I>Wed, 15 Nov 2000 17:27:27 +0100</I>
+ <P><UL>
+ <LI> Previous message: <A HREF="000038.html">[Nel] Some thoughts about NeL</A></li>
+ <LI> Next message: <A HREF="000042.html">[Nel] Problems ?</A></li>
+ <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B>
+ <a href="date.html#39">[ date ]</a>
+ <a href="thread.html#39">[ thread ]</a>
+ <a href="subject.html#39">[ subject ]</a>
+ <a href="author.html#39">[ author ]</a>
+ </LI>
+ </UL>
+ <HR>
+<!--beginarticle-->
+<PRE>According to Thierry Mallard:
+&gt;<i> This is something I though about in the Genesis project (yes I know,
+</I>&gt;<i> not very original name ;-) a few years ago. The problems we found
+</I>&gt;<i> were the consistency of the global universe, and the trust we could
+</I>&gt;<i> have to any server. For example : who managed the characters ? who
+</I>&gt;<i> can we trust for them ? There can be a time line synchronisation problem
+</I>&gt;<i> too, although that seemed less important...
+</I>
+In a very different world (and a closed system implementation), it's also
+something Bioware's NeverWinterNights wants to achieve. Their model allows
+servers (what they call modules, which is in fact a process running a
+specific area - but you can have multiples instances concurrently running
+on the same CPU) to link to each other.
+
+Of course, their model is simpler: all servers are guaranteed to run the
+same software (it autoupdates over the Internet), the character formats are
+well defined, and the characters are ultimately stored on a central database
+(the NWN Vault) who enforces &quot;plausibility&quot; on the characters (a level 1
+cannot get to level 6 and 70,000 XP points in an hour of playtime; a level 3
+character cannot have a plate+2, a cloak of displacement and boots of speed,
+and so on).
+
+And they do not want to inforce any universe continuity: each server admin
+has to do it, by allowing other modules to link to yours or not.
+--
+Vincent Archer Email: <A HREF="mailto:archer@nevrax.com">archer@nevrax.com</A>
+
+Nevrax France. Off on the yellow brick road we go!
+
+</pre>
+
+
+<!--endarticle-->
+ <HR>
+ <P><UL>
+ <!--threads-->
+ <LI> Previous message: <A HREF="000038.html">[Nel] Some thoughts about NeL</A></li>
+ <LI> Next message: <A HREF="000042.html">[Nel] Problems ?</A></li>
+ <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B>
+ <a href="date.html#39">[ date ]</a>
+ <a href="thread.html#39">[ thread ]</a>
+ <a href="subject.html#39">[ subject ]</a>
+ <a href="author.html#39">[ author ]</a>
+ </LI>
+ </UL>
+</body></html>