Topic: Any desire or need for a new D2 built from scratch?

[Lepton]

I was wondering if anyone thought it necessary or desirable to build a new type of online campaign interface much like the D2 but with features not currently within the D2.

Features might be:

Greater control in general of all dynaverse aspects
Custom designed economies
No AI to clean from the DB
Server-Side OOB control
Greater Ship Production Control
Instant Kill Posting
Instant VC calculations
Ability to attack certain players similar to D3 interface (no crap-shoot drafting)
Anything else desired.

It seems to me a new D2 would merely need an interface, and a database that can keep track on players, their positions, their ship status, etc, and scripts to execute D2 features and launch IP-based games much as GameSpy Arcade does.

I realize that such an undertaking would be substantial and wholly beyond my capabilities at this point, but I am curious given the current state of the community if the faults of the current D2 are liveable or if people would like to see something different.

And I am not talking about a PvP only server.  It would be largely the same as the current D2 with AI and all that, but just with features that we currently do not have.

[Dizzy]

Most of that can be done with SQL. Some of it was done on SG5SQL. And if u look at the interface controls in OP, there are 2 boxes on the left not used. Those were planned features that didnt make it into the game and features that can be added later.

Frey has a post on the long term plan for the dyna. Some peeps are making progress getting there.

[Lepton]

Well, if the people in the know feel it is best to modify the existing server kit then that would seem to be the answer. 

Given the instability of the current D2's relation to the SQL server, I thought it might be better to start from stratch as opposed to fixing something that may have undesirable or unimplemented features in it.

It might also simplify administering the SQL D2 database if those engaged in this endeavour might not need to discover how Taldren did something and how it may or may not be broken, but merely to start from whole cloth.

I really have no basis to judge such a thing.  Idle speculation on my part.