Thanks for the ideas everyone, unfortunately many of them rely on having it indoors... much of the world I'm attempting to design is actually outdoors... So I need to be able to keep track of where everything is in relation to anythign else quickly, for example, a 10x10x10 'Viewing Window' in which the player can see everything...

I've had an idea though, I cannot say how well it will work. I'm considering using a flat-file database to store object id's (theres an item array already in use) and look up all the item id's in the given area.

I'm currently looking at DBI-Sprite, however I don't know if it's the best idea as I don't know how it works...

Anyone know if using DBI-Sprite is a good idea? Or with my expanded explanation can anything else be thought of?

(I realize that this is rather poorly worded, I just came back from school and I'm kinda tired at the moment...)


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In reply to Well... (Database?) by Flame
in thread RPG Engine Location Tracking (Large Three Dimentional Array?) by Flame

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