09-21-2007, 04:08 AM
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oh snaps
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Pismo Beach, California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skyld
It's simple. Scripts, and the gserver, can internally identify players with the account (Graal000000) name, which means that a new player can create an account and start playing straight away. They can then later pick a community name to display to other players, but since the actual account name hasn't changed, then the scripting on each server still recognises it as the same player (for example, DB_Bank.("account_" @ player.account) or similar).
It's designed to let players start playing straight away, without breaking things later when they have eventually decided upon an identity. I'm fairly sure that's an advantage.
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If Graal###### were used only for trials, no saving should be going on, so scripts shouldn't get messed up. |
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