Inventory search bar

[Shougun]

Everything is done server side to prevent the problems with hacks & the like that occurred in earlier MMOs. If a list is stored client side it is subject to the possibility of being edited, which would mean it is out if sync with the server. That causes major problems. Which list would then be correct, server or client? What if the client list was edited to contain rare gear, does the server believe it? Obviously it would create an error (if programmed correctly) but would that flag the player as a hacker? What if the error was due to corruption by a virus, trojan, sector error or OS problem? Should the player lose their account?

TLDR; doing everything server side is slower, more complicated & allows less features but is far more secure. I know that *certain* people on the forums don't like that fact but there's nothing I can do about it. If you want fake news, read Breitbart. XD

Well everything was done server side that's how we had the mess that 1.0 was XD, also a list used just for searching could be hacked all day it wouldn't matter lol. Like I said the WoW mods did this and were fine, if you hacked your inventory you wouldn't actually have that item anyways. Of course the actual item manipulations must be lead by the server or you could just tell the server you have ridiculous stuff. I guess I don't see the relevance of even caring if the list is out of sync, can re sync it occasionally for very rare real mistakes. It for the most part if it's wrong it's cause the player messed it up and it doesn't matter lol.

I was thinking the issue of grabbing the list and stuff - like if the server grabbed all retainers and your logs and your inventory at login how bad it'd be, I mean I could create a program that reads the inventory from the game if I wanted now and have a searchable list from that (I won't! Lol just saying it can be done now obviously not as good though). So long as the list doesn't cause stress being pulled at least once at some point... I have a hard time, besides the development cost of making the system, see its issue. Since you'd have to make the silly list first, obviously can't let players fiddle with the server side and you can't pull server every time as its cause server issues at least it sounds like what the say. I'd be interested in hearing a specific reason why it is bad though, I'm just thinking the search system already uses some derpy list separate from the actual inventory system (probably a meh solution but yeah lol).