Re: [htsserver-devel] finally start implementing the trading engine

[Sven M. H. <pe...@so...>]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 01:51:04AM +0100, Uwe Hermann wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 20, 2000 at 11:22:56PM +0100, Sven M. Hallberg wrote:
> > Are we talking about good_spec's?? Then it's clear, an array will suffice for
> > that job. But we'll still need lists for the goods a given trader posesses.
> 
> Not necessarily. We could store them in arrays, too.

But that would be inefficient because at any time there will be loads of goods of which a given player owns an amount of zero.

> > What's the advantage of having the option to "sell any amount at any time to
> > an unknown entity (the base economy) at a certain price dictated by that
> > entity" over having a number of AI traders possibly permanently residing in
> > the town which will _be_ the base economy and of course accept stuff at a
> > certain price. And by the way: I think it's not even necessary to prohibit a
> > situation where a trader can't get rid of his goods because nobody wants them.
> > That sort of thing happens all the time in the real world actually.
> 
> Sure. But it's not very good for the gameplay.

Of course not, I'm not saying it's going to happen often. I don't believe it
will. I just don't think that it should be forbidden. People will know what
they have to do in order to prevent such a situation.

> > Me or you? ;-)
> 
> Both :-) Let's write the CONTENTS first, and then distribute the work...

Good idea. I'll be happy if you do the contents.


Bye,
Sven

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