How will character names be handled?

[Knuckle]

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

System has been in place since the start of beta and will be in place for the live launch. You are missing the details of this system though, such as the last time online check.

thanks rogean, so if 'knuckle' hasn't been online in YEARS ill be able to get my name? awesome.

[Atmas]

Originally Posted by Softcore PK [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

the 84 days seemed to be part of an equation though..
(i know nothing about sql)

The code is looking for an existing account row with certain properties.

There is a comparison on these values "a.timelaston, UNIX_TIMESTAMP(),". I can assume by name a.timelaston is last login time and the UNIX_TIMESTAMP() is a current time stamp (what ever the time is when caled). I don't use MySQL. The function is subtracting the last login from the current time to see if the value is bigger than 84 days. Time is often stored in DBs as an incrememt of units from some starting point.

The "7257600" value I just made a guess was seconds cause other formats like milliseconds were impractical.

/60 = 120,960 minutes
/60 = 2016 hours
/24 = 84 days

I could be wrong, I'm making a couple of assumptions.

Edit for more clarifciation: The function is basically doing other checks on the status of the account (if it exists) to return a value as to whether or not you can create a character with this name. They include if an account is banned if and if it's the same account using that name.

[Atmas]

Originally Posted by Knuckle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

thanks rogean, so if 'knuckle' hasn't been online in YEARS ill be able to get my name? awesome.

Funny enough I created a Knuckle on Beta to mess with you but I havent played on the toon. I won't be creating it when server goes live and can delete the one I made if you want it.

[Rogean]

I like pasting code and letting people try to interpret it. I should do it more often.

[Atmas]

Originally Posted by Rogean [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I like pasting code and letting people try to interpret it. I should do it more often.

R I am right?

[Softcore PK]

lol

[L1ch]

AMEN