just for kicks i died and checked out the fugue. i didnt see a whitelight type option that deletes chars from your folder. maybe one should be chucked in?

PS cool server so far.

A "whitelight" option is actually pretty non-trivial, because it involves hooking into some external mechanism to delete the actual character files. It's definitely a good suggestion, but it's non-essential and so, for now, is on the back-burner until I get through higher-priority issues.

We are working on this, but it's pretty important that our prototype not wipe out the entire server vault, so it's taking a little bit of time.

Arkov We are working on this, but it's pretty important that our prototype not wipe out the entire server vault, so it's taking a little bit of time.

Understatement of the week? Wow what a conflict that would cause if everyones character gets deleted. ( DM's leaving the country and changing names)

If and when such a feature is added, I would suggest that the server vault be backed up every server reset... that way if the 'white light' ever became buggy due to a module revision or a glitch, then there would only be a time warp, and not a module reset.

As a stern supporter of the "Accidentally Delete the Server Vault" platform, may I recommend putting it in without testing?

I'll second that!

Just out of interest....is there a way for characters to get deleted without teh whitelight option? I'm keen on cleaning up my account :wink:

MadCaddies Just out of interest....is there a way for characters to get deleted without teh whitelight option? I'm keen on cleaning up my account :wink:

Ah, I'm not overly concerned about it, and I know Howland is a busy man. Its cool.

Was there a similar feature back on Arabel?

Yes. I beleive thats where the term 'white light' came from.

Whats the status on the "delete character from vault via white light method"?

If it's becoming a problem, you can perhaps hit up a DM in IRC. If they have some time to spare they'll probably do it for you. Not all DMs know how or have access to do it, though.

It would take the onus off the d.m's if there was a place within the fugue plane where you could permanently delete your character off the vault, I think this was the gist of what was being said in May.

Then people can self-maintain their own character lists.

I really dont want to bother the d.m's about tracking down particular files in the servervault directory just to clean up my list, thats why a player driven process is a much improved solution.

I understand there are problems with getting it to work, and that other things are still taking priority, I'm just inquiring as to whether or not it's still being considered as an option for players and what the status of it is, if any.

It's still something that I'd like to get to work, but (as should be apparent, I hope!) I've been busy getting other systems in and so haven't had a chance to get this one set up yet.

The problem I see with adding a whitelight option at this point is the ammount of damage it could do. A mistake in the code isn't a trivial thing here. With many of the things we code, a mistake might result in an error message or in a quest not paying you. With adding this, an error could result in deleting the wrong character, or even all of your characters, or everyone else's characacters. I just still question if the risk is worth the payoff.

Whilst i admit that my programing knowledge is very limited is there not some way to take the dm ability to delete a charecter and let the players access it in a more limited form?

Dilandau Kale Whilst i admit that my programing knowledge is very limited is there not some way to take the dm ability to delete a charecter and let the players access it in a more limited form?