Re: [Adonthell-general] NPC's and the perception of their surrounding

[Kai Sterker]

On 16 Feb 2002 11:19:59 +0100 Alexandre Courbot wrote

> The problem is that you agree we can't make hundreds of characters
> schedules running all the time, on all the maps. Maybe we can only
> "really" run the schedules of the characters which current map is loaded
> into memory, while others characters would 'sleep'. And when you enter
> the map they are on, their schedule and place would be calculated
> according to the current time of the day, and others parameters. We
> would of course need something more sophisticated, but the basic idea is
> there.

Yeah, something like that. All that needs be done when loading a map is
placing the characters on the right submap, and set the right schedule.
There should be efficient ways to accomplish that.
 
Kai