Re: [VANILLA-LIST:2958] Vanilla-3.0pl0?

[Tom Holub <doosh@best.com>]

On Sun, Mar 12, 2000 at 04:00:28PM -0500, Dave Ahn wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 11, 2000 at 07:46:55PM +1100, James Cameron wrote:
> > 
> > However, if LTD stats becomes the norm, I guess it depends on whether
> > the LTD_PER_RACE define can be made a .sysdef option.  Dave would have
> > to comment on that.
> 
> It's possible with some work.  Because player stat structures depend on
> the various LTD_STATS* defines, recompile is a necessity to switch server
> modes right now.  We could create duplicate structures for pickup vs INL
> modes, but that would make things messy.  Or we could use mutiple files
> when in INL mode.  The best solution is to enable LTD_STATS with
> LTD_PER_RACE in both pickup and INL modes, then rely on the current
> compatibility functions to merge the stats at run-time.  The downside is
> that the player DB files would become huge.

Define "huge".  You can buy a 50-gig disk for $500.
 -Tom