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Well, I think your math is correct...
I play EverQuest, and I've noticed that they seem to have a maximum of about 2000 players per server, and use many other techniques to keep the relayed message count down.
One technique in particular is to divide the "world" into a number of zones that you move between. When you move from one zone to another, you get sync'd up with the players in that zone. The system still has the ability to send world wide messages, but they are very few in number in comparison to the standard.
By using zones, there's ususally groups of 70 to 80 people or less that are hooked together, and so the standard character positioning messages are far, far fewer in number.
HTH,
David
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> but i'd like the server to have all positions in memory,
> clients send their new position if needed
Yes, and you need to make sure that the server takes care of colission detection and other stuff like that, so that the Server has the ultimate say on what happened, and when.
> One technique in particular is to divide the "world"
> into a number of zones that you move between.
Yes, but in an RTS game, (a similar idea) you might want to consider only sending updates to players that actually have something around them. For example, if your avatar is standing in the middle of the woods, with no other players in sight, there is no need for you to receive the locations/actions of every other player in the game (that also increases the cheat potential). You only need to know what is going on around you, and certain other items like transmissions from other teammates, "Base under attack", etc.
-=- James.
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I want connect to some server at some port through a proxy wich uses NTLM authentification.
After connection I want to send some buffer to the server and initiate a communication (not just to get some file).
The main problem is NTLM scheme. I can bypass it using WinInet API, but I can't figure it out how to send a buffer (command) to server.
Another way is using WinSocks, but there is the NTLM scheme again.
So, can anybody help me?
Thanks,
may
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i need a formula that will give me the x y coordinates of the edge of a circle
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Isn't it something like
r^2 == x^2 + y^2
for the case when the origin is at 0, 0
r is radius
Stephen Kellett
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thanks heaps for the help
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Hy,
i need for a personnal application to retrieve the title and the url of a ie favorites. I have got the full path of each .htm favorite and i want to know what is the easiest way to retrieve the info i need. Thanx for your help 
Patrice
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If anyone can help me with this assignment I would greatly appreciate it. At this point I do not know where to start. The assignment can be seen at the following url:
http://www.cise.ufl.edu/class/cgs6305fa00/prog/5/
I have started the Mp3.h header file but I know I am doing things incorrectly. I will post additional code as I complete it this evening. This assignment is due Thursday 11/16/00.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
/*
Mp3
Stores information about an mp3 file: artist name, song title, and
bit rate (an integer greater than 0 that represents kbits / sec).
The constructor accepts all values as parameters
(strings arguments should be passed by reference).
Two public methods must be defined in the class:
1. equals( const Mp3 & ): returns true if the passed argument's
instance variables are equal to the current instance and false
otherwise.
2. display(): displays the Mp3 data in the following form
(using example data):
Artist: Nirvana
Title: Smells Like Teen Spirit
Bit Rate: 128 kbits/sec
This method doesn't return a value.
*/
#ifndef __mp3_h__
#define __mp3_h__
#include <string>
class Mp3
{
public:
//constructor
Mp3(string &Artist, string &Title, string &Bit){
string art = &Artist;
string tit = &Title;
string bit = &Bit;
}
// this is a mess
bool equals(const Mp3&){
if (Mp3& == this.Mp3)
return true
}
void display(){
cout << "Artist: " << this.art << endl;
cout << "Title: " << this.tit << endl;
cout << "Bit Rate: " << this.bit << endl;
}
}
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For starters, am I wrong in thinking your variables, being declared in the constructor, will be deleted in the constructor also ? They need to be globals.
Linked lists are not so hard, the best thing is to sit down with a piece of paper and draw out the structure so when you're knee deep in the code you have a mental picture of what is meant to be going on. I did a quick sort of a linked list once, now THAT was confusing....
Christian
The content of this post is not necessarily the opinion of my yadda yadda yadda.
To understand recursion, we must first understand recursion.
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Okay, I made those variable static...
I've made a bunch of changes. I think my header file is coming along. I still do not know where to begin with this linked list thing.
/* mp3list.h
Your classes must all be declared in a header named mp3list.h.
Their definitions must reside in the file mp3list.cpp
(capitalize those correctly). */
/*
Mp3 Class
Stores information about an mp3 file: artist name, song title, and
bit rate (an integer greater than 0 that represents kbits / sec).
The constructor accepts all values as parameters
(strings arguments should be passed by reference).
Two public methods must be defined in the class:
1. equals( const Mp3 & ): returns true if the passed argument's
instance variables are equal to the current instance and false
otherwise.
2. display(): displays the Mp3 data in the following form
(using example data):
Artist: Nirvana
Title: Smells Like Teen Spirit
Bit Rate: 128 kbits/sec
This method doesn't return a value.
*/
//prevent multiple inclusion of header
#ifndef __mp3list_h__
#define __mp3list_h__
#include <string>
class Mp3
{
public:
//constructor
Mp3(string &Artist, string &Title, int &Bit){
static string art = Artist;
static string tit = Title;
static int bit = Bit;
}
bool equals(const Mp3& ComparedMp3) const {
return if ((art == ComparedMp3.art) && (tit == ComparedMp3.tit) && (bit == ComparedMp3.bit));
}
void display(){
cout << "Artist: " << art << endl;
cout << "Title: " << tit << endl;
cout << "Bit Rate: " << bit << endl;
}
}
/* Mp3ListNode Class
An object to represent a single node of the linked list.
*/
typedef Mp3ListNode *Mp3ListNode_ptr;
class Mp3ListNode
{
public:
/* constructor
Two instance variables are needed: a pointer to an Mp3 object
(the data held by the node) and a pointer to an Mp3ListNode that
points to the next node in the chain. The constructor must take
the three Mp3 data values (artist, title, rate) as arguments and is
responsible for creating an instance of Mp3 using the given data and
to save it in its instance pointer variable. It should also
initialize the pointer to the next list node to NULL
*/
Mp3(string &Artist, string &Title, int &Bit){
static string art = Artist;
static string tit = Title;
static int bit = Bit;
static Mp3ListNode_ptr curr;
static Mp3ListNode_ptr next = null;
}
/*
Three public methods must be defined in the class:
1. getMp3(): returns a copy of the pointer to the Mp3 object.
2. getNext(): returns a copy of the next Mp3ListNode pointer.
3. setNext(Mp3ListNode *): sets the values of the next Mp3ListNode
pointer to the passed pointer argument.
*/
getMp3() const {
return curr;
}
getNext() const {
return next;
}
//do I need a return type here? what return type is a pointer?
setNext(Mp3ListNode* SentNextMp3ListNode) {
next = SentMp3ListNode;
}
}
----------------------------------
/* mp3list.cpp
Mp3List
An object that represents a linked list. It provides methods for
common list operations such as adding, deleting, searching, and
inserting.
/*
The object should have three instance variables:
An Mp3ListNode pointer that points to the head (first) node of the
list, another Mp3ListNode pointer that points to the tail (last)
node of the list, and a count of the number of nodes currently in
the list. The constructor for the class takes no arguments and
initializes both pointers to NULL and the counter to 0 (the list
is created empty).
*/
typedef Mp3ListNode *Mp3ListNode_ptr;
class mp3list
{
public:
mp3list() {
Mp3ListNode head = null;
Mp3ListNode tail = null;
Mp3ListNode count = 0;
}
/*
Several public methods must be defined by the class:
1. getNumNodes(): returns the current number of nodes in
the list.
*/
int getNumNodes()
{
return count;
}
/*
2. add(const string &, const string &, int): Adds an
entry to the end of the list. Arguments passed
correspond to artist name, song title, and bitrate.
*/
void add(const string& addart, const string& addtit, int addbit)
{
Mp3ListNode_ptr new_node = new Mp3ListNode;
strcpy(new_node->mp3.art, addart);
strcpy(new_node->mp3.tit, addtit);
new_node->mp3.bit = addbit;
if (count == 0)
{
new_node->tail = ;
new_node->head =
/* i am completely lost here
3. find(const string &, const string &, int): returns a pointer
to the Mp3 that matches the given arguments (artist, title, and bitrate). If no matching element is found, it returns NULL.
4. del(): deletes all the nodes in the list. No value is returned.
5. del(const string &, const string &, int): deletes the entry
that matches the given arguments (artist, title, bitrate) and
returns true. If no match is found then no deletion takes place
and the method returns false.
6. insert(const string &, const string &, int, int): inserts at the
given index position and returns true if successful. If the index
is out of bounds, then no insertion takes place and the method
returns false.
7. display(): traverses all the nodes and calls each Mp3's display()
method to produce output in the format:
List data - total node count: 6
---------- INDEX 0 -----------
Artist: Nirvana
Title: Smells Like Teen Spirit
Bit Rate: 128 kbits / sec
---------- INDEX 1 -----------
Artist: Fila Brazilia
Title: Tunstall & Californian Haddock
Bit Rate: 128 kbits / sec
*/
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Hi,
I am developing an MFC SDI application on Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0. The development is being done on Windows 95 whereas the deployment will be on Windows 2000.
I would like to know whether anyone out there has done something of this kind - development on Windows 95 and deployment on Windows 2000. I am anticipating some problems as regards API calls.
I would appreciate it if anyone who has had a similar experience get back to us with details!
Thanks,
Arvind
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Hi,
I have never had any problems from Win95 -> Win2k, only the other way around...
There was some issues with Win95 -> NT, but it seems pretty much solved with Win2k...
- Anders
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That really depends. Obviously you can't make Win2k specific API calls and still test your app on your Win95 machine. If you're going to stick with API calls that are the same (or close enough) between the two, you shouldn't have many problems.
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I disagree with the previous posts - You definitely need to test on 2K if the app's going to be used on 2K!
The major problematic area when going from 9x to NT/2K is in security. There isn't any security on 9x, so your programmers may be sloppy and not pay attention to security parameters to API calls. The code works fine on 9x, but chokes with access denied errors on NT/2K.
For example, when the code opens a registry key, it might request KEY_ALL_ACCESS access. That's fine on 9x, but will not work on NT/2K unless the user has admin rights. In general, requesting ALL_ACCESS to anything is Bad because it will break for non-admin users.
--Mike--
http://home.inreach.com/mdunn/
"That probably would've sounded more commanding if I wasn't wearing my yummy sushi pajamas."
-- Buffy
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Agreed,
Other problems are things such as resource usage which is limited on Win9x (to 2MB), but effectively unlimited on Win2K.
Different threading behaviour due to no Win16 Mutex, a lot of low level stuff is different as well, although that may not bother you. Depends what you are writing.
Also developing on Win2000 would be more robust - no system crashes due to a bad pointer etc.
Definitely test on 2000.
Stephen Kellett
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Would someone have a simple example of a smart pointer..I want to allocate memory for structures & classes...
I have seen the examples here, but they are over my head, I'm new to VC++.
If there's one example without worrying about synchronization & Threads, I would be happy.
Thanks,
Gerry.
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#include <memory>
std::auto_ptr<cmyobject> p = new CMyObject;
When p goes out of scope, it's automatically destroyed.
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Will this work for C-style Structures.
I want to create an array of structures on the heap & deallocate when the function goes out of scope.
Or do I need to put the structure inside a class?
I have about 5 variables that need allocated on the heap, 4 are BSTRs & one is an array of structures.
Gerry.
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auto_ptr doesn't work for arrays because it only calls delete rather than delete []. If you need arrays, why not use std::vector instead? For the BSTR's use bstr_t
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I'm working on my own tooltip class and I need to find the width and height of the mouse cursor.
I've tried GetSystemMetrics with SM_CXCURSOR/SM_CYCURSOR but that only returns what looks to me to be the maximum dimentions of the mouse cursor, not the current mouse cursor width and height.
Any suggestions?
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try
BOOL GetCursorInfo(CURSORINFO *ci);
and/or
GetClipCursor() which will give you a rectangle of its boundary
Stephen Kellett
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Hi,
I want to use programatically the win NT command "Net send".
For example to send a message to computer named "Compsrv" i write this like :
c:\> Net send Compsrv Good morning my dear
I use following code to execute this commande under windows with visual C++ :
ShellExecute(NULL, "open", "c:\\WINNT\\System32\\Net send Compsrv Good morning my dear", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
BUT it don't work
Can anybody help me
Regards
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I've been working on an app for the last week or two, and everything was going fine until yesterday.
I have an Access database with a handful of tables. I use the following code to (successfully) open the database:
CString sDbName = "igps3.mdb"
CDaoDatabase* m_pDB = new CDaoDatabase();
m_pDB->Open(sDbName);
Next, I open recordsets (created with ClassWizard) for some of the tables. One of the tables is now inexplicably failing in the Open() function, but I don't know why. It honestly just started happening all of a sudden. Here's the code I use in my app:
int nOpenType = AFX_DAO_USE_DEFAULT_TYPE;
CRSDrivers* m_pRSDrivers = new CRSDrivers(m_pDB);
m_pRSDrivers->Open(nOpenType, "SELECT * FROM drivers");
The table exists in the database, and it appears to be okay. I've tried recreating the table from scratch, as well as creating a completely new table. It doesn't metter whether I try to open the recordset first, last, or somewhere in between. All of the other recordsets open without complaint.
Nothing seems to matter. All of the other recordsets open without any problem.
The program stops with a C++ exception in DaoCore.cpp after an attempt is made to open the daotabledef.
This is my first database app and I'm kind of at a loss.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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I wanna use the CString class in a non-MFC application, how can i do this? if this cannot be done, what can i use as a substitute? Thanks
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