Re:Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009)
by mrits on Monday June 08, 2020 @06:52PM
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I like finding other Bard's Tale players in the wild. It was easier to learn how to use a hex editor to hack the game than to actually play the game...so that's what I did.
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Re:Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009)
by rakah on Monday June 08, 2020 @07:26PM
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Same here! I remember taking a saved game file, backing it up and then earning some gold. Comparing the two roughly told me where the saved game kept its gold. Then I made that number tremendous. I think I was in fifth or sixth grade at the time - it was a lesson that's served me well :)