UO Second Age

Faust wrote: All the scripts could be addressed in this similar manner with multiple checks for each change. The only tedious part is coding all the check points for each script that currently exists for the server.

EraCheck(CurrentEra);
     {
     if CurrentDateTime >= UORDateTime
          {
          //Then copy a version of the scripts folder specifically created for this time period
          //over into the RunUO/Scripts directory.
          return(UOR);
         }
     else if CurrentDateTime >= T2ADateTime && <= UORDateTime
          {
          //Then copy a version for this era into the scripts folder before compiling.
          return(T2A);
          }
     else   //No conditions needed
          {
          //If the other 2 conditions arent met then it must be Pre-T2A so copy those files
          return(PreT2A);
          }
     }

FunctionStartServer();  //Or whatever, just go about normal business

MatronDeWinter wrote:

Faust wrote: All the scripts could be addressed in this similar manner with multiple checks for each change. The only tedious part is coding all the check points for each script that currently exists for the server.

Last I checked RunUO compiles the scripts from a folder at runtime. I know there was talk about implimentation of a realtime update of these scripts, but since all of our patches here happen at server restart, that leads me to believe this is not the case with the current build uosa is using. A date check function for each script would be extremely inefficient. Since the majority of these changes are trivial things such as casting-timer, and various, well variables, boolean or not, that take place in the "scripts" folder anyway, it seems to me that it would be a much better idea to work from there. Create a script that checks the date prior to compiling the code when the server starts.

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EraCheck(CurrentEra);
     {
     if CurrentDateTime >= UORDateTime
          {
          //Then copy a version of the scripts folder specifically created for this time period
          //over into the RunUO/Scripts directory.
          return(UOR);
         }
     else if CurrentDateTime >= T2ADateTime && <= UORDateTime
          {
          //Then copy a version for this era into the scripts folder before compiling.
          return(T2A);
          }
     else   //No conditions needed
          {
          //If the other 2 conditions arent met then it must be Pre-T2A so copy those files
          return(PreT2A);
          }
     }

FunctionStartServer();  //Or whatever, just go about normal business

This way you arent adding additional uneeded checks for each script, plus that can get pretty confusing for anyone trying to make sense of the info. You could just keep 3 folders for each era and copy them over at runtime. The returned variable (UOR, T2A, PreT2A), could be used to inform people Onlogin(); what Era is currently in effect or for whatever else. You might even just use the code on startup to switch the destination to the script folder with the appropriate era-date.

on lookedat(object looker)
{
  string ab = getObjVar(this, "guildAbbreviation");
  if(ab == "none")
  {
    ab = guildName();
  }
  if(hasObjVar(this, "displayGuildAbbr"))
  {
    barkTo(this, looker, "[" + ab + "]");
  }
  return(0x01);
}

Guilds without abbreviations now show [none] instead of the full guild name, to reduce spam on screen.

What patches have you confirmed to exist in the demo so far, May '98 patches?

12576
We are ready to continue the implementation of the Reputation System.
Today is the second phase of the process, which is publishing to a single
server. We will be updating the Great Lakes Shard at 2:00 CST today. We
will be monitoring this server closely throughout the day. If everything
runs normally, we will continue to the third phase of the process on
Thursday by updating the remaining public servers.

Perhaps, some of the more ellaborate systems like the housing and guilds used older or modified code. I know that is stretching the issue and a tad bit unrealistic but nobody really will ever know.

Batlin wrote:Maybe the blank house keys are a side-effect from disabling the boat keys (if they modified the key script instead the boat script).

Faust wrote: I do understand what you're saying though Matron. That would be a more efficient way to handle things but only if you constructed it based on "portions" of the era as you stated. That wasn't the objective of this idea though. It was to simply live the t2a era as a whole on a day to day basis from start to end until it rinses and repeats the entire process again. This could not effectively happen in a code structure as you mentioned since there are sometimes multiple changes to one script during the era.