Ok Kevin, new to me that is a game. I have read an notified your comprehends Nevertheless, if you want me to, let me take a part of your Gambas-Experiences, they might be good for both of us.
regards, Dag-Jarle 2011/4/1 Kevin Fishburne <kevinfishbu...@eightvirtues.com> > On 04/01/2011 12:17 AM, Dag-Jarle Johansen wrote: > > Kevin, I have no idea. But in lack of business and money enough to live > for, > > I would like to help you, if I am a good enough programmer. I have NOT > made > > programs in your kind until now; my kind of networking was just to have > the > > right client idle or not. > > > > IF you want me to, I would like to spend some time learning more Gambas, > and > > in particular networking. As Info - I have spent 30 years or a little > more > > learning and understanding IT, so you do not have to deal with a newbie. > On > > the other hand - Gambas is expanding faster than you can look - I am not > > able to handle all the new features in G3 yet. But, often it is a matter > of > > thinking different - I would, if not a need of speed (realtime), use a > > database as MySQL to gather data. It's the fastest thing I can think > about - > > I have not experienced a difference between an array and a Query - > although > > the array is in Memory(in fact the query is indeed in memory). It is a > > question - what is server, what workstation, where do work from? > > > > In this case Kevin, please answer per personal mail. thanks > > I'd like to keep it in the mailing list for now, as I feel this should > be heard by everyone. > > I thought about using a database as a transaction and game state > backend, which is what most MMOs do, but I have a particular need for > brutal efficiency. I don't want to use some generic database because I > can program it manually to be faster, custom-tailored to my exact needs. > This game is designed to run as cheaply as possible (RAM, CPU, disk > access, network, etc.), so databases are an easy/lazy fix that I am > purposely avoiding. The app isn't multi-threaded so it can't be spread > over a cluster or server farm on insane hardware. Sanctimonia is > intended not just for my commercial benefit, but will be released open > source so others may start their own games in their own game worlds. > > I can think differently; I do that all the time. I just am a bit > apprehensive about overhauling half of my code when the end result may > be less efficient and more complex. My project's already complex enough! > Also there are some grave issues regarding SQL if you've been following > the nerd news as I have. The server side stores everything on disk, but > some things are cached to arrays while others just stay on disk. So it's > a hybrid based on how large the data sets are. With Linux's normal RAM > caching of disk read/writes, it's pretty damn efficient. > > I either need structures to be more flexible or the Mk$ functions to > come back. I did some tests and you can't just have a generic structure > assigned data from another structure. Not good for me. I think I'm > straight up screwed, but will give it a few more days to see if I can > come up with a suitable hack. > > -- > Kevin Fishburne > Eight Virtues > www: http://sales.eightvirtues.com > e-mail: sa...@eightvirtues.com > phone: (770) 853-6271 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Create and publish websites with WebMatrix > Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; > WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and > publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf > _______________________________________________ > Gambas-user mailing list > Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
