MaxChars variable in database

[lerxst2112]

Originally Posted by trevius

We could probably create a rule with minimal work by setting the hard coded stuff to use 32 as the max, then add in patches to each of the common/PatchName.cpp files similar to this example:

I agree that's probably the easiest way to do it, as long as there's bounds checking on the rule value so we don't end up with a bunch of "hey, why does my server crash when I set this to 50?!?" posts.

[trevius]

That looks pretty good, Zothen. Though we would probably have to do testing on each client to see if they break if more are sent than the client allows. I would suggest maybe changing your SoD.cpp (and other patch files) from this:

	if ( iMaxChars > UPPER_CHAR_LIMIT )
		iMaxChars = UPPER_CHAR_LIMIT;

to something like this:

	if ( iMaxChars > 10 )
		iMaxChars = 10;

Or whatever the (assumed) hard cap is for each client to prevent potential client crashes. Though, if no clients care how many you send them, then I guess that wouldn't matter.