msdp CHARACTER_STATISTICS, CHARACTER_AFFECTS

[Hung]

sloth-rewrite?
Do you mind sharing some details on that project?
Is it just an idea or maybe it had been secretly been developed for a while?

[*teker*]

I've been thinking about it. It's probably a multi-year project.

[Hung]

Well, good luck.
The only advice I could give is to not use C++ for such project. Literally any other language is better for it.

[cnl]

would it be possible to spread it into 3 separate msdp vars

PERMANENT (bought, class) - only updates very rarely
ITEM-GENERATED - only updates on eq change
SPELL (spells, aerial servant, magic mirror etc)

this would greatly reduce the data sent but allow people visibility into their perm and eq based bonuses

[cnl]

just to confirm with the changes that went in Monday reboot both CHARACTER_AFFECTS and CHARACTER_STATISTICS are working for me.

thank you!

[Hung]

Just a few more QoL suggestions:
1. Show remaining time for the each spell you are affected in the 'score'.
2. Format big numbers(gold, xp, honor, conquest) by separating thousands with commas. I.e. instead of "You have 1337319366 unused experience points.", show "You have 1,337,319,366 unused experience points."

[cnl]

1) see "sco affects2" or use the msdp variables
2) see "numformat" command or roll your own formatting with triggers/replacements

[Hung]

thanks, didnt know those commands.