[DiscordArchive] The phase_id system is more for stuff like the DK starting zone progressing through entirely differe
[DiscordArchive] The phase_id system is more for stuff like the DK starting zone progressing through entirely differe
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The phase_id system is more for stuff like the DK starting zone progressing through entirely different stages isn't it?
rektbyfaith
07-18-2022, 08:05 PM #1Archived author: whatwere • Posted: 2022-07-18T20:05:10.412000+00:00
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The phase_id system is more for stuff like the DK starting zone progressing through entirely different stages isn't it?
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no, phase ids are not used at all by wow normally, it's a custom extension we added because it happens to make things like player housing extremely easy
rektbyfaith
07-18-2022, 08:05 PM #2Archived author: <o> • Posted: 2022-07-18T20:05:49.263000+00:00
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no, phase ids are not used at all by wow normally, it's a custom extension we added because it happens to make things like player housing extremely easy
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you can still use phasemasks like phase ids by having them as discrete ids, e.g. 1,2,4,8,16,32 etc
rektbyfaith
07-18-2022, 08:06 PM #3Archived author: <o> • Posted: 2022-07-18T20:06:12.936000+00:00
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you can still use phasemasks like phase ids by having them as discrete ids, e.g. 1,2,4,8,16,32 etc
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they just run out pretty quickly
rektbyfaith
07-18-2022, 08:06 PM #4Archived author: <o> • Posted: 2022-07-18T20:06:18.729000+00:00
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they just run out pretty quickly
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But isn't the && between them extremely exclusionary?
rektbyfaith
07-18-2022, 08:06 PM #5Archived author: whatwere • Posted: 2022-07-18T20:06:30.588000+00:00
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But isn't the && between them extremely exclusionary?
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yes, and that's kind of the point. You can't have both huge numbers of discrete phases and a huge number of overlap, the memory just runs out
rektbyfaith
07-18-2022, 08:07 PM #6Archived author: <o> • Posted: 2022-07-18T20:07:07.218000+00:00
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yes, and that's kind of the point. You can't have both huge numbers of discrete phases and a huge number of overlap, the memory just runs out
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so a very common compromise is to && together a discrete system with a masked system like that
rektbyfaith
07-18-2022, 08:07 PM #7Archived author: <o> • Posted: 2022-07-18T20:07:25.808000+00:00
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so a very common compromise is to && together a discrete system with a masked system like that
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A more extreme mask system with hundreds of minute masks would be more appropriate for my issue from what I see. If I have 300 soldiers standing next to each other and want to display a random amount of them to each player, phase_ids aren't suited for that.
rektbyfaith
07-18-2022, 08:07 PM #8Archived author: whatwere • Posted: 2022-07-18T20:07:26.918000+00:00
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A more extreme mask system with hundreds of minute masks would be more appropriate for my issue from what I see. If I have 300 soldiers standing next to each other and want to display a random amount of them to each player, phase_ids aren't suited for that.
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if those soldiers can all see each others or players can then no, discrete ids is not what you want, then you can just extend the phasemask instead
rektbyfaith
07-18-2022, 08:09 PM #9Archived author: <o> • Posted: 2022-07-18T20:09:08.691000+00:00
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if those soldiers can all see each others or players can then no, discrete ids is not what you want, then you can just extend the phasemask instead
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if you want another example from the game itself, this is exactly what spell "class" flags do. They added 96 bits to the masks and then a family id for discreteness
rektbyfaith
07-18-2022, 08:10 PM #10Archived author: <o> • Posted: 2022-07-18T20:10:01.593000+00:00
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if you want another example from the game itself, this is exactly what spell "class" flags do. They added 96 bits to the masks and then a family id for discreteness