Database cap

[Chill Penguin]

After realizing I'd already had the 1.0.5 version archived on my
flashdrive and all, I opened the User Database System only to discover
it limits me to 30 maximum elements/values per database. Is this cap
going to be extended in future versions?

[Chill Penguin]

sorry for the double-message, but I just realized what was wrong...
that was just a single entry I hadn't even entered yet... sorry,
totally my fault ^_^;

[The Devils Jester]

The database system is currently soft capped to 30 elements. If used
for its intended purpose I cannot see a reason that anyone would come
close to this. If it does become a (realistic) need in the future, I
can raise the cap, it is there to prevent abuse.

The database entries themselves have no limit, only their elements (properties).

To be clear on how a database is intended to be used, let me give an example.

Lets say you wish to have a list of items, you would (most likely)
call your database 'Items'.

Each entry would then be a separate item, no limit to the number of
entries. As an example: Mana Potion and Health Potion.

The elements are the various aspects or properties that every entry
(item) on this list will share, such as Cost, Power, UseAbleOnMap.

The above example would provide you with a database that looked
something like this:

Items
> Mana Potion
>> Cost 20
>> Power 15
> Health Potion
>> Cost 10
>> Power 25

To need more than 30 elements, you would need to have over 30
different properties for your items to have (no game I have seen in my
life has this many), in fact I have rarely found a game that exceeded
5.

If you are using elements to store information such as a list a
players that have this item, or a list of skills a player may have,
there are other methods, if you are dead set on using a database for
this purpose, you could, for example use a single element to store a
comma separated list, and using various expression commands to read
the list.

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