Ending the game...

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Jun 6 2005, 7:20 pm
I know this is a really lame question and is probably in the DM guide....but how do you end the game? Can someone send me a snippet of code showing how to quit the current world... Thanks

Bob Smith
Jun 6 2005, 7:28 pm
 
mob/verb/shut_down_world()
    world<<"World is shutting down in 30 seconds!"
    sleep(300)
    del(world)
Jun 7 2005, 3:27 am
Bob Smith wrote:
I know this is a really lame question and is probably in the DM guide....but how do you end the game? Can someone send me a snippet of code showing how to quit the current world... Thanks

Bob Smith

is it just me or have I seen this post before >.> ...
but anyway just put a:
del (world)

at the bottom of the proc/verb you want to shut the world down

O-matic
Jun 7 2005, 3:31 am
In response to O-matic
You have... the previous one was "del(world" by Hell Ramen. It didn't have the space...
Jun 7 2005, 3:31 am
In response to Jokerjohn
Thanks
Jun 7 2005, 3:38 am
In response to Bob Smith
Bob Smith wrote:
You have... the previous one was "del(world" by Hell Ramen. It didn't have the space...

the space doen't matter it will delete the world.

O-matic
Jun 7 2005, 4:03 am
I'm suprised that nobody's mentioned shutdown().

Admin/proc/Shutdown_World()
    world << "The game is being shut down."
    shutdown()


Not that there's anything wrong with manually deleting world, but in many cases, it would be a lot easier to control the manual shutdown process using shutdown().
Jun 7 2005, 4:31 am
In response to Wizkidd0123
I didn't knew that there was a shut down proc >.>

O-matic
Jun 7 2005, 8:22 am
In response to O-matic
Really? It didn't work for me...
Jun 7 2005, 10:06 am
In response to O-matic
Neiter did I. I always used del(world)
Hmmm....Which do you think would be more acepted in the 4K challenge?
Jun 7 2005, 10:18 am
In response to Jamesburrow
actually both do basicaly the same, so I think they are both accepted

But myself I've always used del(world) I've never heard of shutdown()before.

ahh well basically they both do the same thats what I'm trying to say :)

O-matic
Jun 7 2005, 10:21 am
In response to Jamesburrow
Probably "d w", considering you did:
#define D #define
D d del
D w world

;)
Or something similar.
Jun 7 2005, 10:30 am
In response to O-matic
That isn't what he meant. The 4K challenge is using 4 kilobytes (I think that is the measurement) or less of the whole project (excluding graphics I think.) So basically the more characters something is, the more bytes it takes up.
Jun 7 2005, 10:33 am
In response to N1ghtW1ng
Actually, O-matic understood what I was asking. Basically, I was asking which was the standard, and therefore better for the 4K contest.
Jun 7 2005, 10:59 am
In response to Jamesburrow
I'm pretty sure BYOND compiles to Machine Code. In that case, how long you type isnt all that important. All your long words get converted to a few bits.

var/ThisIsMyLongVariableAndItIsRidiculuslyLong
vs.
var/X

Each variable gets converted to a pointer to the location of the thing to remember, which is a hex number. The name of your variable is just to make it easier for you to remember. What is easier to remember? X or 0x004D31.

EDIT

Obviously more lines WILL take more room, but procedure and variables that take longer to write wont allways take more memory.

RE EDIT

I forgot to answer your question. If your trying to save memory, I would use ShutDown(). Because it is a pointer to a procedure, instead of a procedure + a variable, it should take less room.
Jun 7 2005, 12:09 pm
In response to Jamesburrow
Jamesburrow wrote:
Actually, O-matic understood what I was asking. Basically, I was asking which was the standard, and therefore better for the 4K contest.

Heh, I don't think standards apply to the 4K contest, James.

It's every man for themselves when it comes to 4K- that means, unreadable, compact, and ugly code.

It's for the greater good!
Jun 7 2005, 5:16 pm
In response to FranquiBoy
Yeah, but for the 4k challenge:
s-h-u-t-d-o-w-n-(-)
d-e-l--w-o-r-l-d

Plus, you'll probably already have del and world already defined, making it:
s-h-u-t-d-o-w-n-(-)
d--w
Jun 8 2005, 6:32 am
In response to Hell Ramen
if its 4kb for the compile version, the one with the shortest ammount of arguments is better. If it's 4kb none-compiled, its the shortest one. From what I understand its post-compiled, meaning The Length Of The Text Does Not Make A Diffrence.
Jun 8 2005, 9:08 am
In response to FranquiBoy
FranquiBoy wrote:
if its 4kb for the compile version, the one with the shortest ammount of arguments is better. If it's 4kb none-compiled, its the shortest one. From what I understand its post-compiled, meaning The Length Of The Text Does Not Make A Diffrence.

It's the size of the source code in .dm format, not post-compiled.

Since graphics and the map don't matter.
Jun 8 2005, 9:22 am
In response to FranquiBoy
(just a quick correction)

FranquiBoy wrote:
I'm pretty sure BYOND compiles to Machine Code.

Nope, BYOND compiles to interpreted byte code. Not the same thing. :)