Posted by 4-Lom

actually, it will free up some server space. Maybe for one character 1000 loot items to keep track of isn't a big deal... but if you apply that to every player... it could get complex and weighty memory wise.

Agreed  

Posted by 4-Lom

actually, it will free up some server space. Maybe for one character 1000 loot items to keep track of isn't a big deal... but if you apply that to every player... it could get complex and weighty memory wise.

don't be silly  

Posted by wanderer

don't be silly

I really am betting it's a fat file with no compression

If that ticker/counter gets worked out I'll bet they could make a leaderboard as well  

Posted by Sir Travis

I really am betting it's a fat file with no compression

if you were to download the client, your folder would have over 60k files and weigh 1GB  

Is it also stored server side? The loot file (I'll call it that since I have absolutely no idea)

What is it's file size for loot on the client?

And I am sorry for posting here. I'm not good at stuff  

Then why all the belt tightening in areas where lists are kept? Bugs removed from roaming free, pets default setting to 'disable movement', loot limit, event queue (instead of warpers)... It's not always about size, also... sometimes it relates to bandwidth and data transfer speeds. As systems are re-tooled, it cleans processes up that we don't even see except if they don't function properly.  

GUI anger management?  

i hope they don't touch the pyrat quest. lol.  

Posted by 4-Lom

Then why all the belt tightening in areas where lists are kept? Bugs removed from roaming free, pets default setting to 'disable movement', loot limit, event queue (instead of warpers)... It's not always about size, also... sometimes it relates to bandwidth and data transfer speeds. As systems are re-tooled, it cleans processes up that we don't even see except if they don't function properly.

What would multiple quantities of multiple items have to do with it taking up space on the server. Someone obviously hasn't played a game at all.  

Posted by 4-Lom

Then why all the belt tightening in areas where lists are kept? Bugs removed from roaming free, pets default setting to 'disable movement', loot limit, event queue (instead of warpers)... It's not always about size, also... sometimes it relates to bandwidth and data transfer speeds. As systems are re-tooled, it cleans processes up that we don't even see except if they don't function properly.

areas where constant movement is involved, not areas where a simple array of numbers is involved. movement takes a lot of memory to load, updating an array of numbers doesn't. this change was done to either nerf looting more, and most definitely to force people to sell their loots while still giving them the opportunity to sell it to the all the NPCs.  

Posted by 4-Lom

Then why all the belt tightening in areas where lists are kept? Bugs removed from roaming free, pets default setting to 'disable movement', loot limit, event queue (instead of warpers)... It's not always about size, also... sometimes it relates to bandwidth and data transfer speeds. As systems are re-tooled, it cleans processes up that we don't even see except if they don't function properly.

Has to be sarcasm right? PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE BE SARCASMMMMMMMMM  

Posted by Striken

What would multiple quantities of multiple items have to do with it taking up space on the server. Someone obviously hasn't played a game at all.

some one hasn't done any programming at all...  

Posted by 4-Lom

some one hasn't done any programming at all...

Have you?  

Aren't graals player save files simple text documents?
If so then "Loot: 5834" would take up more space than "Loot: 63", from that perspective it makes sense what 4-Lom is saying.

Either way space isn't an issue though, we have thousands of images on the server anyways.  

It's more than a number or string of variables (which is how I would set it up - a number from 0 - 999 for each loot object always present in your save file). It's also the ability to access that file and have the server 'read' it, the ability to functionally add to these numbers and detract from them, the display for these numbers, and a system running all those at once, probably hundreds of times a minute each. In the case of a loot cap, my guess is there are more reasons than storage or ram to worry about, but at the same time we are seeing streamlining across the board to a more efficient system. Hats off to dusty here - figuring that **** out is boring af.