this sounds like one of those patches that is gonna be included in next
version ;) it sounds very good! i am trying it out on my mud now
At 11:55 PM 2/19/98 -0500, you wrote:
>what takes up most of the RAM used by the MUD? the answer is room
>descriptions..also, it seems logical that most of the room descriptions
>are sitting unused most of the time..
>
>so..i created a patch that will unload room descriptions when the zone
>they are in is unoccupied, and reload them when they are needed..it will
>also unload all room descriptions when the mud goes to sleep..
>
>this should help those who are running MUDs on machines with limited
>memory, on ISP machines, or just have a LOT of rooms..
>
>i have uploaded the patch to the circlemud ftp site..it is called
>"desc_load.tar.gz"
>
>any comments, improvements, bug finds..please email me
>
>siv
>siv@cyberenet.net
>
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