Item system

[cbk1994]

Assuming you go with a MUDLIB a few things to keep in mind:

• Is it going to be a full MUDLIB? In other words, are you going to have it possible to dynamically create new instances of unique items, or are items static and created once, then players have a quantity of that item?
• How are you going to store the item data? If you go with a full MUDLIB, your best bet is probably text files, but there are also other options like SQL which may work for you. If you go with a non-MUDLIB and just use text files (or other storage) for items, you will need a way to store the amount of items players have (SQL, client flags both work well)
• Are you going to cache the item database in memory? This improves performance, but is only really possible when not using a full MUDLIB.
• If you go with a full MUDLIB, how will you handle stacking? For example, if you create 5 platinum coins, these should technically be 5 unique objects, so they can't stack in your inventory.
• How will you deal with getting item data clientside? Will you send it all on login or send it as needed and store it clientside then?