Re: [VANILLA-LIST:2056] message request

[James Cameron <cameron@stl.dec.com>]

Tom Holub wrote:
> If we can't easily increase the limit on message size, could we change
> (O0+2 armies) to just (O0+2)?  At least in the log.

Done.  Change committed as revision 1.12 to daemonII.c.  Could you
please send me the revised end_tourney.pl (or patch) so I can keep CVS
consistent?

You are right, it is non-trivial to increase message size.  The limit is
used in the client protocol and we would likely either require a
truncation hack or upgrade all clients.

A better solution might be to issue messages when a ship moves from
POUTFIT to PALIVE, (or refit) and have the log parsing code keep track
of the ship class, thus removing it from kill messages.

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