Famitsu interview
https://www.famitsu.com/article/202605/75074
They say one of the reasons it's hard to add new zones is they are at/near the limit of how many zones the game is allowed to have, ID stuff?
However the game is very messy, and has lots of dummy zones / unused things and they think a cleanup will allow them to add new zones, after removing those from the database.
They say they have a proper engineer (coder) assigned, but he is currently being used mostly on playonline issues and so the other work they wanted him to do is "on hold" (blue stuff)
No idea what the playonline issues are.
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RadialArcana said: »
Famitsu interview
https://www.famitsu.com/article/202605/75074
They say one of the reasons it's hard to add new zones is they are at/near the limit of how many zones the game is allowed to have, ID stuff?
However the game is very messy, and has lots of dummy zones / unused things and they think a cleanup will allow them to add new zones, after removing those from the database.
They say they have a proper engineer (coder) assigned, but he is currently being used mostly on playonline issues and so the other work they wanted him to do is "on hold" (blue stuff)
No idea what the playonline issues are.
https://www.famitsu.com/article/202605/75074
They say one of the reasons it's hard to add new zones is they are at/near the limit of how many zones the game is allowed to have, ID stuff?
However the game is very messy, and has lots of dummy zones / unused things and they think a cleanup will allow them to add new zones, after removing those from the database.
They say they have a proper engineer (coder) assigned, but he is currently being used mostly on playonline issues and so the other work they wanted him to do is "on hold" (blue stuff)
No idea what the playonline issues are.
Yes the server send the current ZoneID is sent to the client and it has a ridiculously small fixed length, think 255 (8-bit integer) or something like that. The client then use's that ID to load that zones models and geometry data from it's local DAT's. You can use Altana viewer to see them all. Hopefully they can scrape some free to let them add newer areas. Also wonder what wide eyed scared new hire is being thrust into this ancient coding hell.
Tarage said: »
Bro they're all on BG wiki from like 2 days ago. Don't know why you are reporting them as if this 8s new information.
This is how it looks on BGwiki:
See? Bottom of long list, a wall of Text, etc. Meanwhile, my post: "hey cool, a rank 1 bonanza prize out in the open for everyone to see! Has this always been there during anniversary events?"
Also, maybe I just want to talk about something I've never seen in a zone I never visit?
By the way, they are adding high tier battlefields based on the mini expansions in the future.
This means you have to own those expansions, they are half price or whatever right now.
This means you have to own those expansions, they are half price or whatever right now.
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Asura.Saevel said: »
RadialArcana said: »
Famitsu interview
https://www.famitsu.com/article/202605/75074
They say one of the reasons it's hard to add new zones is they are at/near the limit of how many zones the game is allowed to have, ID stuff?
However the game is very messy, and has lots of dummy zones / unused things and they think a cleanup will allow them to add new zones, after removing those from the database.
They say they have a proper engineer (coder) assigned, but he is currently being used mostly on playonline issues and so the other work they wanted him to do is "on hold" (blue stuff)
No idea what the playonline issues are.
https://www.famitsu.com/article/202605/75074
They say one of the reasons it's hard to add new zones is they are at/near the limit of how many zones the game is allowed to have, ID stuff?
However the game is very messy, and has lots of dummy zones / unused things and they think a cleanup will allow them to add new zones, after removing those from the database.
They say they have a proper engineer (coder) assigned, but he is currently being used mostly on playonline issues and so the other work they wanted him to do is "on hold" (blue stuff)
No idea what the playonline issues are.
Yes the server send the current ZoneID is sent to the client and it has a ridiculously small fixed length, think 255 (8-bit integer) or something like that. The client then use's that ID to load that zones models and geometry data from it's local DAT's. You can use Altana viewer to see them all. Hopefully they can scrape some free to let them add newer areas. Also wonder what wide eyed scared new hire is being thrust into this ancient coding hell.
I was surprised to see this, but then I checked and I realized my zone list was outdated.
Zone IDs go from 0 to 300 (I'm not sure what the bit-length of the addressable value is, but I imagine a Zone+SubZone make up a total identifier).
https://github.com/Windower/Resources/blob/master/resources_data/zones.lua
DAT Association: Probably outdated?
I think the only Zone without any DATs associated with it is 286? ...Yikes. That's OK. SE can delete Windurst.
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