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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Michael Hohensee <<A HREF="mailto:michael#sparta,mainstream.net">michael#sparta,mainstream.net</A>></LI>
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On Wed, 28 May 1997 clawrenc#cup,hp.com wrote:
> >On Sun, 25 May 1997 coder#ibm,net wrote:
> Very space wasteful -- most of those pointers will be NULL. Why not
> have a simple array of unsigned chars for the terrain, using the 255
> value as a flag. If the value is 255, instead use those coordinates
> as an offset into a sparse array to get the pointer value, if its not
> 255 the char value is the terrain type.
>
> Additionally this allows you to compress the terrain array as above.
>
Heh, you know, I actually had just this idea driving home from school
yesterday. Except I'd planned on zero being the starting number. :)
> >> The problem here is preserving state changes at the various "time
> >> levels". Consider the cimple form of two players crossing the same
> >> ocean. Bubba crossed two hours ago IRL, and Boffo is crossing right
> >> now. If you go for the 4'th D == time, then you should be able to
> >> move some distance in the 4th D and find Bubba still crossing the
> >> ocean (even if you can't interact with him for obvious reasons).
>
> >Well, you could always come up with some arbitrary rule which
> >prevents this. Say that due to the laws of physics/magic, you can
> >only travel in time in 100 year intervals. And each universe is
> >moving forward in time at the same rate. So in the year 101, you
> >could go back to the year 1, but in the year 102 you could only go
> >back to year 2.
>
> So, after sufficient time has passed in the game, shouldn't you be
> able to see Bubba passing there 100 years ago? There are other forms
> of this question you'll also need to account for.
Heh, okie, increase the time differential. Say about 1,000,000 years. :)
>
> >It would take a rather determined player to prove your universe
> >inconsistent. :)
>
> You'd be surprised.
>
If anybody sat down after one million years of game-time and complains
that he didn't see his friend Bubba go by, I might just swear him to
silence and give him an immort. (Such a dedicated player. ;)
Michael Hohensee
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00855" HREF="msg00855.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>,
RHS Linux User <a href="mailto:michael#sparta,mainstream.net">michael#sparta,mainstream.net</a>, Wed 28 May 1997, 01:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00892" HREF="msg00892.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>,
Shawn Halpenny <a href="mailto:malachai#iname,com">malachai#iname,com</a>, Wed 28 May 1997, 20:57 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00968" HREF="msg00968.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 01 Jan 1970, 08:11 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00912" HREF="msg00912.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 29 May 1997, 04:47 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00935" HREF="msg00935.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>,
Michael Hohensee <a href="mailto:michael#sparta,mainstream.net">michael#sparta,mainstream.net</a>, Fri 30 May 1997, 03:50 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00954" HREF="msg00954.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>,
Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lut.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lut.ac.uk</a>, Fri 30 May 1997, 22:59 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00798" HREF="msg00798.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Mon 26 May 1997, 05:47 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00804" HREF="msg00804.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>,
Raz <a href="mailto:muddyraz#mushroom,demon.co.uk">muddyraz#mushroom,demon.co.uk</a>, Mon 26 May 1997, 11:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00836" HREF="msg00836.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Tue 27 May 1997, 16:43 GMT
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