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Querying while a GreeterBot is present (Sdk)
Querying while a GreeterBot is present // SdkcanopusOct 10, 1998, 12:56am
Normally when I call aw_query to receive data on all the cells in all
the sectors of a zone on Beta, I have no trouble, and the server responds promptly, even when there are 100 query calls before Query_Complete is satisfied (as when one queries the zone at or near GZ). But if there is a Hambot present at GZ, greeting arrivals and offering to serve citizens with a recipe of commands, the query cycle lapses, either freezing up the queries altogether or delaying the responses so long that you get the impression that your program has crashed. As soon as the Hambot leaves, things return to normal speed; or if you go to any zone on Beta that is beyond 40 N/S/E/W, there is the normal fast server response to your query, though the Hambot is still at GZ, and out of hearing distance. When I commanded the Hambot to explain its Build command, it said that its owner could tell it to go to 40N 40W so that he or she could build. Does that mean that the Bot can monopolize communications with the SDK at GZ? or was it just empty boasting? How long should we wait before we decide that the server has lost touch? |