WheelMUD

Closed Issue: DAL SQL and internal cache

HectorSosaJr — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:24:31 GMT

We currently use a kind of caching mechanism in our codebase. ie each area contains a list of rooms in memory and each room contains a list of items (again in memory). What would the impact be of letting the DAL handle these "caches" ie we still have a Room.Items method/property but instead of the room having the data to hand it asks the DAL for it. Some of the ORM tools have internal caches so we wouldnt be round tripping to the DB all the time (does SubSonic have this?) but it would enable easier Administration, be less memory intensive and we can leave the DAL to do what its good at....Delivering data.

Thoughts?
Comments: We will not work on this in the near future. This is not a core competency of ours, so I decided to close this.

CREATED TASK: Documentation - Step 3

HectorSosaJr — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:49:23 GMT

Create sample code to show the following:

* Creating new item types
* Creating new MUD systems
* Creating new mob types

CREATED ISSUE: Documentation - Step 2

HectorSosaJr — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:47:26 GMT

* Explain the external library dependencies
* System diagrams

CLOSED TASK: Documentation - Step 1

HectorSosaJr — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:46:04 GMT

This is the start of the documentation. This will include the following:

* What is needed to make WheelMUD run
* Configuration settings and explanations as to what they mean
Comments: The tasks have been completed.

COMMENTED FEATURE: Allow hooks for script execution

HectorSosaJr — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:00:26 GMT

I would like to allow script hook points which mirror our eventing system.

(more details to follow)
Comments: ** Comment from web user: HectorSosaJr **

Could we hook up CS-Script as our scripting engine? http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/~olegshilo/
I think I mentioned this before.

NEW POST: Project Diagram\Docs

HectorSosaJr — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:42:14 GMT

Alright, I started work on fleshing out our documentation. I put an entry in the Issue Tracker for this:

http://www.codeplex.com/wheelmud/WorkItem/View.aspx?WorkItemId=1844

I broke it into 4 steps, so that it is not overwhelming.

CLOSED FEATURE: Implement creating items from inside a script

HectorSosaJr — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:57:41 GMT

We need to be able to create items from inside a script.

I want to avoid the following

Potion potion = new Potion();

As it will be very easy for a builder to break things. Something more appropriate would be

IPotionBuilder builder = ItemManager.GetItemBuilder<IPotionBuilder>();
IPotion potion = builder.CreateItem("health");

This would allow the framework to keep control of item creation and therefore that all the correct internals are set etc.
Comments: This was finished by Foxedup.

CLOSED ISSUE: Problems with Character Creation

HectorSosaJr — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:56:43 GMT

There appears to be a problem when saving new characters
Comments: Fixed in revision 88.

CREATED FEATURE: Allow hooks for script execution

foxedup — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:59:31 GMT

I would like to allow script hook points which mirror our eventing system.

(more details to follow)

CREATED ISSUE: Implement creating items from inside a script

foxedup — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:55:16 GMT

UPDATED RELEASE: WheelMUD 0.2 (Mar 31, 2008)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:43:17 GMT

Version 0.2

This contains the basic MUD functions but it is still very rough around the edges.

There is currently an issue with Character Creation. For now please use crashdummy as the username and password as the password to log in.

CREATED ISSUE: Problems with Character Creation

foxedup — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:36:17 GMT

There appears to be a problem when saving new characters

UPDATED RELEASE: WheelMUD 0.2 (Mar 31, 2008)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:30:12 GMT

Version 0.2

This contains the basic MUD functions. This is still very rough around the edges.

UPDATED RELEASE: WheelMUD 0.2 (Mar 31, 2008)

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:36:35 GMT

Version 0.2

This contains the basic MUD functions. This is still very rough around the edges.

CREATED TASK: Create OnlineFacade to support remote administration

HectorSosaJr — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:36:54 GMT

Need to create a new facade namespace to support our remote admin framework. This way we can call both objects in the database, and objects that are in MUD server memory.

CREATED FEATURE: Use Prototype pattern for online object creation

HectorSosaJr — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:35:03 GMT

After some analysis, it looks like the Prototype pattern would be our best bet for online object creation. This is mostly for admins and builders that want to tinker with custom objects. This goes back to my LPC days, where we did this a lot when we wanted to test how things would work in a specific setting.

CREATED ISSUE: Create unit tests for each state in CharGen

HectorSosaJr — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:27:36 GMT

Character Generation has given us quite a bit of grief in the past, so I wanted to create unit tests for each state/step in the chargen state machine.

CLOSED TASK: Hook up Mobs to the Db

HectorSosaJr — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:18:28 GMT

We are currently loading our test mob through the hard coded Load procedure. We need to design a db schema for them and get them loading dynamically from the db
Comments: This is now working, and checked in.

CREATED TASK: Create save functionality for Mobs

HectorSosaJr — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:15:34 GMT

Need to complete the Save() method in the IPersistance implementation in the Mob class.

CREATED ISSUE: Create save functionality for Items

HectorSosaJr — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:14:52 GMT

Need to complete the Save() method in the IPersistance implementation in the Item class.