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CVS update: Vanilla/docs
Date: Thursday April 20, 2000 @ 21:57
Author: ahn
Update of /home/netrek/cvsroot/Vanilla/docs
In directory swashbuckler.fortress.real-time.com:/var/tmp/cvs-serv8337
Modified Files:
README.LTD
Log Message:
Documentation update.
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Index: Vanilla/docs/README.LTD
diff -u Vanilla/docs/README.LTD:1.2 Vanilla/docs/README.LTD:1.3
--- Vanilla/docs/README.LTD:1.2 Thu Apr 20 21:30:47 2000
+++ Vanilla/docs/README.LTD Thu Apr 20 21:57:11 2000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: README.LTD,v 1.2 2000/04/21 02:30:47 ahn Exp $
+$Id: README.LTD,v 1.3 2000/04/21 02:57:11 ahn Exp $
Leonard/Tom/Dave (LTD) Extended Player Statistics
Dave Ahn <ahn@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
especially with the trivial rating/ranking system in place now. I
think that more experimentation and validation are needed before
introducing LTD to pickup, but server admins are welcome to try it.
-Be warned that LTD increases the player DB size by several factors, so
+Be warned that LTD increases the player DB size by a factor of 13, so
it BREAKS BACKWARDS COMPATIBILITY with existing player DB's. DO NOT
ENABLE LTD_STATS without first converting the old DB into a new DB
(see below).
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@
Converting an existing pickup server player DB to LTD_STATS mode
WARNING: Do not do this unless you really want LTD_STATS. This will
-increase the player DB size by several orders of magnitude, and most
-pickup players will not care about these detailed stats!
+increase the player DB size by a factor of 13, and most pickup players
+will not care about these detailed stats! A test conversion of a
+530,192 byte .players file yielded a 6,963,868 byte .players.LTD file.
I've hacked together a simple program to do a raw conversion from the
old style player stats to LTD_STATS. You can find this program in