ultima03 wrote...
kalbaern wrote...
ultima03 wrote...
Non sql data storage is not reliable. (more like horrible)
Perhaps you've failed to note that both SQL and Non-SQL options are available in the above posts.
In wich realm did I state that there is no other option than non-sql?
anyway all funkyswerve work is always so messy and unreadable, unprofessional. Now he offers a natural bioware Database system wich is just idiotic knowing that database's ugly flaws will make his system useless with a ratio of 100%. why no notice ? And, anyway, this is just a workaround that pretend that the first to log in is the legitimate owner, wich is stupid.
Claiming Funky's work is "always so messy and unreadable, unprofessional", can mean only one of two things. You're deliberately trolling against him or lack the knowledge to discern his scrips and henceforth resort to name calling to disguise you're own ignorance.
As for the Bioware DB soultion offered, that was an alternative only. There's many other alternatives available to PW Admins as well. If a PW has no other DBs in use and the Admin/Host lacks confidence in "learning something new", the Bioware DB will work just fine. Most of "Us" know one another and share such information freely. Admins of PWs also have access to private help through a forum set up elsewhere.
You're assertion that the Bioware option is useless and will fail further highlights your lack of knowledge. For most PWs, if the only thing they need a DB for is Player Vault protection, there's nothing wrong with using the Bioware DB. I personally know of 7 smaller PWs that have used it thusly for over a year now with no issues. So much for your own paranoid claims. I also know of 2 PWs that have used it for other uses related to character tracking, one for 8 years and the other 6 years now, with no issues ever arising. Granted, the Bioware DB is ineficient, but used sparringly, it works well. Since many PWs use NWNX2, SQL or a variant is most likely more commonly used. Especially if there are custom races/subraces, custom classes, custom spells, custom feats or skills, persistance, etc... in use.
Apparently you fail to also understand just what the "MS" did. It only prevented another player from joining an online game with a Login already in use elsewhere. It was not foolproof. It was easilly bypassed as well. Thus, it offered a false sense of security and actually enabled "griefers" to cause all sorts of mischief. Most large PWs recognized its limitations and took other measures long ago. Those few that didn't, did so shortly after the "MS" went down for good. The majority of PWs online today are far, far, far more secure than most were a few years ago.
With the MS down, its true, someone could use "your" login to play. They'd not be able to access most servers you play on however. Lacking your CD Keys, a server using any of the means posted here along with the many variants most of us use, the player trying to "emulate" your account would be booted, banned, PCs held immobile somewhere or whatever a Admin/Host desired as punishment or an outcome.
Your fears are unfounded and unmeritted.
As for awaiting a response from Bioware, they gave one long ago. They were making available what was needed for Atari to take over the responsibility. Its Atari's duty and not Bioware's to continue support for this game. Please go rail against them for their lack of dedication to the player base.
