Re: [Arianne-general] Question

[MIGUEL A. B. L. <x51...@fe...>]

> I think it's a good pint to store GFX in the client
> side. Maps part could be in the server while the user
> doesn't need to download a big map for playing, thus
> making areas easy to digest by the netwrok.

We split the Map in Pieces for achieve this point: Low bandwidth 
usage.

> Moreover we can check the GFX version stored in the
> client at the begining of the connection (this should
> be made with Maps too if are at client side) and just
> download updates. May be at the begining those updates
> will be frequent, but if we have the client package
> updated only users playing from the 1st arianna stages
> of development will need to update very often. And in
> the future (at least GFX updates) will be more rare.

I think that GFX and SFX has to be downloaded. If we download it from 
game server is going to be done things that take a big amount of 
bandwidth.

> We can provide client updates too :) This is not
> required but interestin.
> 
> If i see my personal experience, when i played 1st
> time freeciv and had to download another client coz
> mine was out of date... well i have patience, but
> probably other player won't. And we want as much
> players as possible :)

We don't want as much players as possible. We want as much alpha 
testers software as possible.

I really don't want to have a 10000 kids that want to play an ALPHA 
game, asking all the day why the game crash, why it don't compile or 
how they can get the X spell from the Y dungeon.

We really need people that READ, people that when they have a problem 
they take a look to ML, forums or FAQ and try to help in the 
resolution of it.

Anyway updates to the game are going to be only 7. But between version 
s perhaps there are going to be bug fixes.