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Naryas
12-03-2006, 11:36 AM
I guess this is a bit tecnical.

But asuming that all caracter are saved in a database it is possible to add a feld with a bolean variable (or if the DB don't suport bolean a numeric value with length 1). And then when some one delete a caracter instead of deleting a row in the databas the value of the bolean collum are just changed from true to false (or the number is changed if numeric value).
This should be farly simle to code and have the benefit that you can retrieve caracters.
MoxArken
12-03-2006, 03:53 PM
i'm confused as to why you would want this, have you accidentally deleted a char and found you cant get it back?
Naryas
12-03-2006, 05:58 PM
Uziel did.
He wrote the post "Character Deleted by accident"
http://community.codemasters.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88458

tring to get his caracter back.
But it's not possible.

Wich is a bigg suprise as it's so easy to code it in a way to get the caracter back.
eriken
13-03-2006, 10:33 AM
Uziel did.
He wrote the post "Character Deleted by accident"
http://community.codemasters.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88458

tring to get his caracter back.
But it's not possible.

Wich is a bigg suprise as it's so easy to code it in a way to get the caracter back.

Probably more feasible to have a confirm dialog before the delete. Your method might make it a bit fuzzy what would happen if you deleted your character to create a new one...
Naryas
15-03-2006, 07:07 PM
Probably more feasible to have a confirm dialog before the delete. Your method might make it a bit fuzzy what would happen if you deleted your character to create a new one...

"My" method is a standard method used in programming.
It has no impakt on creating new caracters with on except one:
you will not be able to delete a caracter and create one with the same
name right after (as the name is used as a key DDO).