[Release] Archimedes RDB Engine

[SilentWisdom]

Introducing Archimedes (Arc)

What is it?

is the successor to the rdb engine has been using since v4.8 or so.

Why is it?

During a push for new functionality around v4.17 of Grim I realized that Daedalus had reached it's limits and had no more to give. On a whim I began to write a new concept that hadn't fully formed in my mind. As this concept rooted in polymorphism and abstraction began to take form I noticed the speed increase on read/write operations was noticeable to say the very least.

Example: Mind you these times are from my pc which isn't great and does not use a SSD to load data!

db_item read:

- ~1000ms
- Daedalus ~ 1400
- Archimedes ~ 700ms (As low as 425 on SSD)

What does this mean for me?

The rebuild also included a stream-lining of the structure lua layout. New ArcTypes were implemented to focus on speed. (e.g. the SKIP ArcType)

An entirely new was written in Markdown to not only teach you about how Arc itself works, but how to form structure lua to properly read nearly any known rdb.

How do I use it?

You can simply clone the repo from the link above and add a project reference to your current project or download the

Then call like below:

using Archimedes;

public class Foo
{
   var structObj = new StructureObject("C:\\Grimoire\\Structures\\ItemResource73.lua");

   structObj.Read("C:\\Dump\\rdb\\db_item.rdb");
}

Of course the above example is over simplified and if you would like to see a more detailed example please visit the of Grimoire.

Special Thanks

- Glandu2 : Thank you for inspiring the way strings are handled in Arc, the speed we gained from this was incredible.

[Nove240]

As always, a very cool Release ! Thanks Smoke, Amazing !