Re: [pbmserv-dev] can there be partners on this server?

[Richard Rognlie <rrognlie@gamerz.net>]

On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 06:07:29PM -0500, Douglas Zander wrote:
> Sharkey, would it be possible to go in and manipulate the ratings
> file for a game directly?  I understand that this would be a lot of
> programming, but could it be done?  We could maybe over-ride the 
> ratings.cpp file or the game.cpp file or what-ever file is neccessary?
> I guess those files aren't labeled as "virtual"?   Is that what would
> be required?  Is this how Richard protects certain parts of the program 
> by making them non-virtual???

The problem (as I see it right now) is...

Ratings are their own class.   Not a part of the base Game class.

I suspect that is the answer.  Move the rating logic to within the 
Game class itself.  Then if a game wants to implement it's own style 
of rating... override the rating functions of the game class.

as it is, it's a mess (and I still have the FIBS stuff that I 
want to implement for backgammon et al...)

I think the above might do it, but finding the week of coding time
needed to beat it into submission is the problem.  

. o O ( something about having a wife... a teenage son... a pre-teen
daughter... and twin "tweenies"... huh... )

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