Switching characters

Sindri · Post by **Sindri** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 1:50 am

Sorry if I missed the answer to this someplace, but I was wondering: is there a way to log off one character and log on another without completely leaving the game?

Mele · Post by **Mele** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:37 am

This was brought up in another thread, but I'm too lazy to link you, so instead: No, there's not. :)

Oghma · Post by **Oghma** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:09 am

It was discussed originally and it was found that the coding behind such a change was too extensive or could cause too much stress to the mud itself. I do not know the technical details but I assume if it was possible it would most likely be a feature. I think it would be the strain to the mud itself, that it might create lag with loading and reloading of character progs or spam. I would not worry to much for it though, the account system makes it so you only have to have one password for the vast plethora of pc's you may have, so you can easily log in and out into a new one. No problem asking about it though, it is still and intersting thing to discuss...I can't even find the old discussion myself

Sindri · Post by **Sindri** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 4:02 am

Alrighty, thanks for the explanation.

Kelemvor · Post by **Kelemvor** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:36 am

There was also a concern around account security. For those playing in a shared environment, not having to re-enter a password each time you switched might increase the danger of yoru characters being compromised.