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> Porting Nsrcg To Qt, When wine just doesn't cut the mustard.
Spookymonster
post Sep 2 2003, 05:58 PM
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QUOTE (mcmackie @ Sep 1 2003, 02:39 PM)
2) Transactions:
At first I didn’t have this concept in mind when designing but you need the ability to turn all modifications to your character into a transaction based schema.  For example, you get a pair of cyberlegs: Changes to: modified quickness,  Balistic armor,  combat pool, available nuyen, magic ratings, etc.  Then you change your mind and don’t want them.  Now you have to roll all those changes out of the character.  If you focus on a linear step A to step B approach, you could avoid those issues BUT the characters would be locked in.  An example, you chose a race and go to the next step… Now you can NEVER change race ever again… Not a good approach.
I’ve said it was easier to create a D&D chargen than a SR3 chargen and NOBODY believes me… Just try and create one.  :D …
Recommendation: Make everything a transaction with the ability to rollback the changes if necessary.

Just to clarify: do you mean implementing a full transaction manager, resource manager, rollback log, etc. setup? Is this what you did with NSRCG? Or did you 'roll your own'? Either way, it seems like a bit of overkill for a non-distributed application.

I mean no offense - I'm just curious how one would go about implementing transactions on a stand-alone application.

[edit] Nevermind. Just stumbled across a solution on JavaJunkies.org using the Connection interface in java.sql. Fairly straightforward - no distributed components, no managers. Definitely an interesting bit of mojo. Thanks for the tips!
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post Sep 4 2003, 08:27 PM
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Transactions:
When you see a +1STR (or similiar) embeded in the Cyber.dat file, this is a key to a subroutine that handles this modification. If I remove the cyber, a "-1STR" goes to the same routine.
In other words, all modifications should be bidirectional. Able to handle both additions and removals.
Yes, I modified my own... If you can find a better approach, use it... :D
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post Sep 6 2003, 11:54 AM
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QUOTE (Spookymonster)
Someone asked this earlier, but I don't recall seeing a reply:

Why not Java? More people have the Java runtimes installed than QT. I've never coded in QT, but I've heard the Windows implementation is buggy and not as full-featured as the *nix version (although things may have changed).

Sorry for the late reply, but I've been busy with the wedding and honeymoon and all...

The main reason I'm going for Qt is just plain personal preference.
Also, Qt uses native code instead of emulation layers, virtual machines and such which will probably speed up the application. Windows users get their familiar windows look, linux users get their preferred window style etc.

I'm not sure about the 'buggyness' of Qt on windows platforms, but I would personally feel more comfortable using Qt.
The fact that many users won't have the interpreter installed is not really a factor I think, it's freely distributable for non-commercial purposes so I'll just pack it in with the app, or offer a separate download.
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post Sep 7 2003, 06:04 PM
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Any chance you'll be supporting Sprites and Daemons?

~J

Postscript: the Marriage program has a multiplier much, much larger than the one you seem to have applied, at least unless you tell neither party's parents about it beforehand.
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post Sep 7 2003, 06:50 PM
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QUOTE (Kagetenshi @ Sep 7 2003, 08:04 PM)
Postscript: the Marriage program has a multiplier much, much larger than the one you seem to have applied, at least unless you tell neither party's parents about it beforehand.

For now, it's just a x2 :)

Ideally, anything needed for any "base archetype" would be implemented. This means vehicle/gun/spell/whatnot design, as well as cyberdecks and programs. (so yes, I'll try to include sprites and daemons as well :))
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post Sep 25 2003, 03:37 AM
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So Matrix Monkey, any progress on the start up of this project? My interest in assisstance hasn't waned, so I was just wonder what the status was.
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