Some thoughts on improvements to the game - Page 7

lch · #1 June 30th, 2009, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker

Esben Mose Hansen if anyone would have (possibly) more credit for initially for a pbem server since he had the first working server up and made the code available. (too complicated for me. Used python and sql)

Perl, not Python! Unfortunately, to me.

But yes, kudos to him for making those things available.

llamabeast · #2 June 30th, 2009, 06:51 PM

Oh. That was all before my time actually. Maybe I've been repeating his work! Mine's also in perl. Sorry lch!

I think I may try to learn Python sometime soon. C# too.

Gandalf Parker · #3 June 30th, 2009, 08:58 PM

Nice.

Heehee. The CGI I was working on to act behind that web page was written in BASIC. Almost a certain guarantee that someone would have reworked it. A web app written in basic is sacrilege.

NTJedi · #4 June 30th, 2009, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by llamabeast

Oh. That was all before my time actually. Maybe I've been repeating his work! Mine's also in perl. Sorry lch!

I think I may try to learn Python sometime soon. C# too.

I've read the game Elemental from Stardock will allow modding of the AI via Python. Lots of other modding options will also be available... might be the perfect place to start.

lch · #5 July 1st, 2009, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by llamabeast

Oh. That was all before my time actually. Maybe I've been repeating his work! Mine's also in perl. Sorry lch!

No reason for apologies, it's not uncommon that people come up with the same ideas, knowingly or unknowingly. That doesn't contradict what I have been saying.

I can heartily recommend C# and Python, too. Both are very elegant and powerful. While I've been working a lot with PHP, I create most of my scripts in Python now. It ships with Gentoo Linux and every Mac out of the box, too.