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<H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</H1>
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<LI><em>From</em>: Caliban Tiresias Darklock &lt;<A HREF="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</A>&gt;</LI>
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clawrenc#cup,hp.com wrote:
&gt; 
&gt; You can grab another 26 by using case-sensitive letters.  Another
&gt; fairly simply possibility is to use something like UTF-8 (probably
&gt; preferably over one of the UCS or Unicode codesets).  You won't get a
&gt; directly addressable array any more, but its still fairly simple and
&gt; semi-human readable.

You can make it functionally infinite by having a 'key' preceding the
actual grid, which can map characters to terrain types by map. You could
also have a 'continuation' sort of field, where you specify where to
load the appropriate map for the different compass directions when the
map is left. This can also make your map more human-readable. Assuming
you don't use more than some 40 or 50 terrain types in a grid, that is.

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<LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev]  Resets, repops and quests</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00967" HREF="msg00967.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  Resets, repops and quests</A></strong>, 
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Sat 31 May 1997, 05:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00830" HREF="msg00830.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]	Internal Mud Languages</A></strong>, 
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Tue 27 May 1997, 12:56 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00809" HREF="msg00809.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]	Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>, 
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 26 May 1997, 21:47 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00854" HREF="msg00854.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>, 
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Wed 28 May 1997, 00:56 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00906" HREF="msg00906.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>, 
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Thu 29 May 1997, 02:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00881" HREF="msg00881.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]	Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>, 
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Wed 28 May 1997, 12:58 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00975" HREF="msg00975.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, 10:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00890" HREF="msg00890.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Rooms, 3D arrays, etc.</A></strong>, 
Miroslav Silovic <a href="mailto:silovic#srce,hr">silovic#srce,hr</a>, Wed 28 May 1997, 17:59 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00806" HREF="msg00806.html">Re: [MUD-Dev]  Internal Mud Languages</A></strong>, 
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Mon 26 May 1997, 15:00 GMT
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