Post by chriscrawford on Sept 16, 2015 8:08:35 GMT -8
I have decided that I am wasting my time trying to adapt Facundo's code to my needs. He built a complex system to satisfy several tough requirements that do not apply to me. First, he had to keep memory usage down; at the time we felt it necessary to permit LogLizard to handle arbitrary large playings of the storyworld. I am willing to restrict the length of a log to something that can fit in memory. If necessary, I can add the capability to save the log data to disk.
In keeping with this requirement, Facundo designed a brilliant system that stored only key points in the log, and reconstituted them at runtime. I can dispense with all of that.
Also, Facundo had to deal with the complications arising from the client-server code. Again, that doesn't apply to me.
Therefore, I think it best to abandon Facundo's code completely and start from scratch writing my own code. It really shouldn't be that difficult: all I need is a tree in which each node is a short string. The structure of the tree is dictated by the place in the engine code that adds to the tree. Then I just display the tree in a window.
What could possibly go wrong? ;-)
In keeping with this requirement, Facundo designed a brilliant system that stored only key points in the log, and reconstituted them at runtime. I can dispense with all of that.
Also, Facundo had to deal with the complications arising from the client-server code. Again, that doesn't apply to me.
Therefore, I think it best to abandon Facundo's code completely and start from scratch writing my own code. It really shouldn't be that difficult: all I need is a tree in which each node is a short string. The structure of the tree is dictated by the place in the engine code that adds to the tree. Then I just display the tree in a window.
What could possibly go wrong? ;-)