Topic: Here's another question (Read 1060 times)

Hexx · « **on:** December 22, 2004, 10:37:46 am »

How hard would it be to have certain races available/unavailable over the course of a campaign?
Have races A,B& C present for say a whole 20 year campaign. HAve race D availabe from 168-171, race E from 175-177
Race F from !88-190 etc.

Can this be dome with a server reset allowing people of the core races to keep theri prestige or would stuff get screwed up?

FPF-SCM_TraceyG_XC · « **Reply #1 on:** December 22, 2004, 11:29:47 am »

Its possible, but would require (at this stage) a lot of editing of the DB file, or manually adding all the accounts with prestige to a new DB file. Good luck.

Capt_Bearslayer_XC · « **Reply #2 on:** December 22, 2004, 01:05:52 pm »

Combine the shiplists while changing all the YFA & YLA?

Make it so none of race A's ships are built after year XX.XX and only race D available after that....

If some one still has an older ship, they won't lose it... but replacing it will be impossible.

FPF-DieHard · « **Reply #3 on:** December 22, 2004, 04:57:33 pm »

What TG said.

Hexx · « **Reply #4 on:** December 22, 2004, 05:01:49 pm »

Quote from: Bearslayer on December 22, 2004, 01:05:52 pm

Combine the shiplists while changing all the YFA & YLA?

Make it so none of race A's ships are built after year XX.XX and only race D available after that....

If some one still has an older ship, they won't lose it... but replacing it will be impossible.

Hmm

I hate admitting than a guy who wears a skirt may be on to something.. but I think this would work.

Wouldn't it be possible to have say 5 races, all at war with each other. 3 of the empires have ships available from
168-190, one has ships available from 168-170, and one from 186-190.

FPF-DieHard · « **Reply #5 on:** December 22, 2004, 05:06:17 pm »

Quote from: Hexx on December 22, 2004, 05:01:49 pm

Wouldn't it be possible to have say 5 races, all at war with each other. 3 of the empires have ships available from
168-190, one has ships available from 168-170, and one from 186-190.

Not without too much DB editing.

Hexx · « **Reply #6 on:** December 22, 2004, 06:31:53 pm »

Quote from: FPF-TraceyG on December 22, 2004, 11:29:47 am

Its possible, but would require (at this stage) a lot of editing of the DB file, or manually adding all the accounts with prestige to a new DB file. Good luck.

Hmm
So I'm assuming "Good Luck" is some crazy Aussie slang for "Ill write a program that lets you do just that with the touch of a button" ?

Thanks Tracey
Really appreciate it.

GDA-S'Cipio · « **Reply #7 on:** December 22, 2004, 08:54:30 pm »

Quote from: Hexx on December 22, 2004, 05:01:49 pm

Hmm

I hate admitting than a guy who wears a skirt may be on to something.. but I think this would work.

Wouldn't it be possible to have say 5 races, all at war with each other. 3 of the empires have ships available from
168-190, one has ships available from 168-170, and one from 186-190.

It depends on what you mean by "race".

If you use combined shiplists, but the map remains unchanged over the course of the entire server, then a simple FYA LYA edit in the shiplist will do it.

If you want people to actually get a new account in a new race after a certain date, but keep their prestige and ship, this can be done. But it will require you to edit the DB.

-S'Cipio

KAT Chuut-Ritt · « **Reply #8 on:** December 23, 2004, 11:24:18 am »

Quote from: Bearslayer on December 22, 2004, 01:05:52 pm

Combine the shiplists while changing all the YFA & YLA?

Make it so none of race A's ships are built after year XX.XX and only race D available after that....

If some one still has an older ship, they won't lose it... but replacing it will be impossible.

Very clever and origional there Bear, +1 Karma for creativity, or stealing from a creative source if it wasn't your origional idea

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