Re: [pbmserv-dev] two questions about new game

[John Williams <williams@morinda.com>]

On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Douglas Zander wrote:

> Hello everyone, I hope someone can help me.
> 1) I am testing a fellow programmer's new game on my mini-server
> and he wishes to know if it is possible to keep separate ratings
> for different versions/options of his game.  I am thinking the
> only thing to do is to make two game names with different binaries
> "gameshort" & "gamelong" as if it were two different games entirely.

That would be the best way to keep the ratings separate.

Some people prefer separate games (e.g. othello vs reversi vs rothello),
and some prefer to use options (e.g. checkers vs checkers -reverse).
It's up to the one writing the code to decide how to do it.

~ John Williams