>Well this would only do it on startup or copyover or reboot of the mud >only. So it wouldn't be that big a hit. >I have unique items that only load on boot up. They load once and >that's it... But it doesn't check to make sure that the item isnt >already in an inventory. That's the part I need.
And if the player with the item doesn't login in forever what do you do? does the item leave his inv? does it stay there and inaccessible to the rest of the mud? separate file info with item and playerholder and date would be good.. if they have not logged in in such-and-such time frame the item is "freed" to be loaded again.. my opinion is to do what was suggested about storing the info in a separate file for use in the mud. that would be relatively easy and much less headache than searching all the pfiles :) Steve, coding from home :)
