Somatic Neuron
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Posted - 2007.05.11 11:31:00 -
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 Originally by: Ionia
Originally by: Code Monkey
Yes, this has been requested numerous times and we'd certainly like to allow corporations to have an arbitrary number of hangar and wallet divisions. However, there are some very severe technical constraints which hinder this (which I can't go into but this is no yarn) so I would not expect this to change any time soon. This is not something anyone likes to hear but I suppose it's better nothing to hear nothing at all 
By technical constraints you mean you dont want to recode this part and format the database differently?
I understant that simply having divisions 1-7 as columns in one of the corp database tables is much easier from a programming perspective, but creating a table structure that allows a dynamic number of divisions would be well worth the effort, and tbh I cant see there being too much of a rise in database strain, although there will be some increase of course.
We both know that developing code that limits features is faster and easier but developing code that can handle dynamic situations is much better in the long run.
By the way, as a dev that has actually posted in a thread about industry, can i assume that you actually give a **** (no offence to the dev team intended). If so, do you have an email I can spam?
Aye, a normalized approach to large container structures, like Corp Hangar Arrays (by the way, can there be another role structure for POS modules that isn't tied to station hangars?), station corp hangars, ship corp hangars (carriers, etc), and personal hangars, would allow you to start out with a base hangar, and add them as needed. They could even be labeled differently in each object, and have different permissions assigned to them. So, for instance, I could have a three corp hangars in one station for a mining operation where the first one is the ore drop point for the haulers, and is read only to everyone but the directors, one for the corp mining equipment (mining crystals, etc.) that is full access to everyone, and a misc hangar for loot drops or anything else...
The same approach could be used for wallets...instead of hardcoding in 6 additional wallets, make it a normalized approach so that they can be added as needed.
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