Older String Ids
- Jay
- african elephant keeper
- Posts: 11552
- Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2004 9:23 pm
- Location: Orlando, FL (M:66)
As a number of you know, we have reached the end of the id range we were using. I have looked to see what ids appear to be unused. The end of the existing range was 7440-7487 along with its corresponding 37440-37487 and 62440-62487. I do not know if Jane still wants those or not. I would not recommend using 7437-7439 since that would involve using the same string block that Blue Fang used for other ids for foliage.
Here at ZKL, jbl indicated that he was no longer going to use 8200-8250. That means that it looks like range 8144-8239 would be available, along with its corresponding 38144-38239 and 63144-63239.
Those cover the largest and second largest previously unused ranges. The third largest unused range appears to be 2480-2991, along with its corresponding 32480-32991 and 57480-57991. When people start using ids from this range, I would recommend doing more thorough testing than usual. Although I would not expect it, since this is a new range, there is always the possibility that those ids could trigger Zoo Tycoon to do something unexpected.
For any of the above ranges, I recommend that people only take 16 at a time (plus the corresponding 16 in the 3xxxx and 5/6xxxx ranges) since a single string block can only contain up to 16 strings. That would reduce the risk of one person accidentally overwriting messages of another person. It would also help us not to waste ids. I also recommend working backwards in ranges. That will separate the user ids from the Blue Fang ids more.
I do not assign ids. So I am only reporting which ids appear to be available for others to reserve.
Here at ZKL, jbl indicated that he was no longer going to use 8200-8250. That means that it looks like range 8144-8239 would be available, along with its corresponding 38144-38239 and 63144-63239.
Those cover the largest and second largest previously unused ranges. The third largest unused range appears to be 2480-2991, along with its corresponding 32480-32991 and 57480-57991. When people start using ids from this range, I would recommend doing more thorough testing than usual. Although I would not expect it, since this is a new range, there is always the possibility that those ids could trigger Zoo Tycoon to do something unexpected.
For any of the above ranges, I recommend that people only take 16 at a time (plus the corresponding 16 in the 3xxxx and 5/6xxxx ranges) since a single string block can only contain up to 16 strings. That would reduce the risk of one person accidentally overwriting messages of another person. It would also help us not to waste ids. I also recommend working backwards in ranges. That will separate the user ids from the Blue Fang ids more.
I do not assign ids. So I am only reporting which ids appear to be available for others to reserve.
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- zoo tour guide
- Posts: 119
- Joined: Thu Apr 22, 2004 2:32 pm
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- zoo tour guide
- Posts: 119
- Joined: Thu Apr 22, 2004 2:32 pm
8144-8239, 38144-38239, 63144-63239 reserved for Zoo Admin.
as Follows:
8144- 8160 and corresponding numbers for ZA Mystery Project
8161 - 8177 and corresponding numbers for LOTR - Yellowrose
8178 - 8194 and corresponding numbers for Harry Potter - Yellowrose
8195 - 8211 and corresponding mumbers For Victorian Garden Collection - Yellowrose
8212 - 8239 and corresponding number Zoo Admin Design Team
as Follows:
8144- 8160 and corresponding numbers for ZA Mystery Project
8161 - 8177 and corresponding numbers for LOTR - Yellowrose
8178 - 8194 and corresponding numbers for Harry Potter - Yellowrose
8195 - 8211 and corresponding mumbers For Victorian Garden Collection - Yellowrose
8212 - 8239 and corresponding number Zoo Admin Design Team
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re-reserving 1600-1800 for my personal UXP. Have found lots of items on a lost backup cd, will most likely finish them one by one (not in a hurry though) and publish immediately.
I know it seems a lot, but it will also include updates of my previous stuff, so those strings would become available again
I know it seems a lot, but it will also include updates of my previous stuff, so those strings would become available again
Read more about the new expansion pack for <b>Zoo Tycoon 1</b> at the ZT-Plus! forum