From: eachus@spectre.mitre.org (Robert I. Eachus)
Subject: Re: Too many tasks? overhead questions.
Date: 1997/04/28
Date: 1997-04-28T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <EACHUS.97Apr28142828@spectre.mitre.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 01bc5256$1c9c4640$28f982c1@xhv46.dial.pipex.com
In article <01bc5256$1c9c4640$28f982c1@xhv46.dial.pipex.com> "Nick Roberts" <Nick.Roberts@dial.pipex.com> writes:
> Yes, provided the machine you are running on will allow it, you should use
> a task to represent each character (player and NPC), as well as each object
> in the game (e.g. a magic door which opens under certain conditions, etc.).
Sure have a task for each player, but objects should be protected
objects--they don't need their own thread of control. NPCs are an
interesting issue, those pinned in a certain place should probably be
treated as objects, those that wander the dungeon should have their
own task or tasks. (Of course, if you have one task for all NPCs,
make sure that NPCs don't try to interact...)
Good luck.
--
Robert I. Eachus
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1997-04-23 0:00 Too many tasks? overhead questions system
1997-04-26 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
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1997-04-29 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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