[VANILLA-L:1370] Re: [VANILLA-L:1369] Re: [VANILLA-L:1368] Aesthetic consideration (and functional)

[Tom Holub <doosh@best.com>]

On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 02:22:35PM +1100, James Cameron wrote:
> Tom Holub wrote:
> > Since we're not limiting it to 80 characters anyway, can we always print
> > the entire message?
> 
> But we are limiting it.  The structure that holds the message only
> accepts 80 characters, and the server truncates the message as it goes
> into the structure.  The INL robot is just pulling out what is there.
> 
> Impractical to fix, I'm afraid.
> 
> Would a message in the style of ARMYTRACK be useful for newly built
> ships, so that you can track what ship type they are at the time of the
> kill?
> 
> K0->WRN  ENTER: CA

Actually all that seems to be cut off is the death type, which is
not all that important, but I'm generating some death/kill type stats
which would work better if the kill messages were reliable.

Don't worry about it if it's non-trivial.
 -Tom
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