Running Stream of Questions...

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*Note this is being programmed in C#.

My first thing is: What is the best way to do a Research Tree type setup.

Currently I am thinking of using 2 lists. One for the what the player has researched and one for the tree. The problem I see developing soon after the player starts researching things, the game will start to lag while it searches thought the lists to see if the player has the requirements.

EX:

Basic Research has no requirements (Other than the cost that is already in place)
Intermediate Research Requires Basic Research
ETC...

Basic Missiles require Intermediate Explosives, Intermediate Research, Basic Propulsion.
Intermediate Missiles Require Basic Missiles, Intermediate Propulsion.

You get the picture... It will lag like hell after a few levels... I want a good Idea on how to do this better...

(I will have more Game Related Questions... I'll post them in here.)

 

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Why don't you use a tree structure instead of lists?

 

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Binary/Non-Binary Trees? To be honest, I have never worked with them before. And, since you brought it up, I haven't seen any good examples on how to use it for my situation.

 

    A

   / \

  B   C

 / \ / \

D   E   F

 \  |  /

  \ | /

    G

 

 

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What you say sounds more like a directed graph structure, where each node (or upgrade) can be connected to any other, but with a given direction (A -> B, B doesn't go to A). Something like a Directed Acyclic Word Graph. Although I might be wrong, and you'd just need a regular directed acyclic graph, but the DAWG (eh) sounds more like your thing.

 

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To be honest, in my example:

B and C need A
D Needs B
E Needs B and C
F Needs C
G Needs D, E, and F...


Now for my second question.

Using WCF how exactly do I setup a Client/Server Application?
I have been told that I have to have a Service that the Server connects to. I have been programming under the assumption that you do not need to have a separate Service to run the server, so I have no clue how to actually do it. Also, what do I set the URI to in the server.

Here is what I am Currently working with:

 

 ServiceHost host = new ServiceHost(

                    typeof(Actions),

                    new Uri[]{

                    new Uri("net.[url=pipe://localhost]pipe://localhost[/url]"),

                    new Uri("http://localhost:48921")

                });

                

                    

                    host.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(IActions),

                        new BasicHttpBinding(),

                        "UC");

                     

 

                    host.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(IActions),

                        new NetNamedPipeBinding(),

                        "PipeUC");

                    ServiceBehaviorAttribute atr = new ServiceBehaviorAttribute();

                    atr.IncludeExceptionDetailInFaults = true;

 

                    host.Open();

 

                    Console.WriteLine("Service is available. " +

                      "Press <ENTER> to exit.");

                    Console.ReadLine();

 

                    host.Close();

 

And For the Client:

 

pipeFactory =

                new ChannelFactory<IActions>(

                    new NetNamedPipeBinding(),

                    new EndpointAddress(

                        "net.[url=pipe://localhost/PipeUC]pipe://localhost/PipeUC[/url]"));

            pipeProxy = pipeFactory.CreateChannel();

 

            httpFactory =

                new ChannelFactory<IActions>(

                    new BasicHttpBinding(),

                    new EndpointAddress(

                        "http://localhost:48921/UC"));

            httpProxy = httpFactory.CreateChannel();

            

 

It works until I try to use anything but localhost...