I would prefer an online database.
.txt is not the best way to go.
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07-15-2012, 06:18 PM
What would be a great design and format to use for saving game sessions, information of accounts/players?
Many people say .txt files or using binary etc. Some prefer online databasing.
Discuss.
I would prefer an online database.
.txt is not the best way to go.
I apologise.Originally Posted by 5tuart
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whatever works
yeah i said it
Whatever makes it the most easy to add/remove fields from the character file.
Never really looked into it so everything I say may be a completely incorrect thought on the situation.
However you could probably have the files cache themselves into a temporary file(map or something) every 2 - 5 minutes of gameplay (based off of the character rather than the server) and then upon file termination (logout) saved to a binary or SQL file and clearing the temporary file.
Once again, just a theory that I never really thought of how to implement.
why would you cache them? can just save them on destruct w/o any problems
Keeping them in memory for a few minutes after DC could be good for performance but the memory overhead would be giant. Id stick to queuing a save object and writing each queued object to a database, any type of exception such as failing to connect to the db keeps the object in the queue until it can reconnect and update.
Doesn't RuneScape have a similar system?
Anyways, I'd go with SQL. Easy to add new fields as you add more content to the game.
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