lglx or itst

There's two ways to do race restriction on an item.
lglx:race=xx OR itst:race=xx

Is one better than the other? Is there a difference?

Russell.


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[rob]

At 12:35 PM 8/29/00 +1100, you wrote:
>There's two ways to do race restriction on an item.
>lglx:race=xx OR itst:race=xx
>
>Is one better than the other? Is there a difference?

The "lglx" attribute is applied immediately when the roster is created. If
an item doesn't satisfy the "lglx" attribute, it's never shown and never
even considered by AB. This is definitely the preferable mechanism for
performance. The "itst" mechanism really makes no sense for a simple
"race=xx" test. Where it's real power comes from is the ability to write
boolean expressions that are based on the race, type, category, and all
sorts of other things. Some items are only available to units of type XX in
a given race, and "itst" makes this possible.

Hope this helps,
Rob

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Thanks, that was exactly the answer I was after :-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Bowes [mailto:rob@wolflair.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 29 August 2000 1:21 PM
> To: armybuilder@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [AB] lglx or itst
>
>
> At 12:35 PM 8/29/00 +1100, you wrote:
> >There's two ways to do race restriction on an item.
> >lglx:race=xx OR itst:race=xx
> >
> >Is one better than the other? Is there a difference?
>
> The "lglx" attribute is applied immediately when the roster
> is created. If
> an item doesn't satisfy the "lglx" attribute, it's never
> shown and never
> even considered by AB. This is definitely the preferable
> mechanism for
> performance. The "itst" mechanism really makes no sense for a simple
> "race=xx" test. Where it's real power comes from is the
> ability to write
> boolean expressions that are based on the race, type,
> category, and all
> sorts of other things. Some items are only available to units
> of type XX in
> a given race, and "itst" makes this possible.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Rob
>
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> (650) 726-9689
> Lone Wolf Development
> www.wolflair.com
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