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<LI><em>From</em>: "Huibai" <<A HREF="mailto:ashen#pixi,com">ashen#pixi,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 16:34:10 -1000</LI>
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A few comments on your (interesting!) list, Brandon:
: Brandon Cline so eloquently stated:
: Anonyimity;
: Standardized personal descripts, (hair color, length,
: eye color etc)
Agreed - but also I'm implementing the 'introduce'-like
"name" handling in the client, for either tagging a name
to someone or knowing them by the name they give.
: Layered eq visibility (Pc and NPC alike)
YES! A point I am adamant about. Instead of "look at
brandon" and seeing his Sword of Doom +3, Gloves of
Giant Mauling, Secret Armour of the Ages, etc., I can
only see <A sword and plenty of armour> or <A sword
and only a shield> or <No weapon but tons of armour>
I've moved standard 'short descriptions' to just a good
handling name, with 'medium descs' now taking over the
old short-desc job. Shorts can be expected to logically
fit into any sentence as a handle, while mediums can
be expected to fit into a sentence as a fairly unique
identifier. Objects in the same environment get to see
mediums, while objects in equal effective environments
only get to see shorts.
: Non-automatic pc name visibility
only the who list involuntarily, and voluntary tells/pages.
: Combat system:
: Wound based instead of hp, allows for more
: non-deadly battles.
I'm now leaning towards sending the dying party straight
to unconsciousness (except for 1/10 or so chance of
accidental kill) so that deathstrokes must be deliberate.
Based on the greatest damage type (bash/cut/thrust/
magic) you could then assign a wound as something
that would need taking care of before you could get back
to being your old, alive, hoppity self.
: Sight, soun, smell, taste and touch have different ranges.
I'm routing smell through the sound functions; I am not
going with a true coord system, so taste and touch have
no use for me...
: Ranged combat.
I've played mostly sci-fi muds and am therefore retarded
for implementations beyond the one I have in mind. Any
special extra this depends on? or does it become possible
solely through use of coord-based ranges?
: Less support for invasive player social commands:
: Tell, who, shout, etc...bleh, replace with something realistic
For example, eliminate 'tell' altogether *grin*. Let the player
pay out some cold cash for a "page" (lowly runner-boy NPC)
to run and 'summon' your intended contact. Example:
John:
> page brandon
The urchin accepts your coins and runs off to find Brandon.
<boy compares his coords to target's, selects highway, runs>
Brandon:
A street urching arrives panting heavily. He says to you,
"A short dwarf wants to see you at the tavern in Goodtown."
The poor kid lies down for a nap.
: Now, I could go into a long discusion why I think some or all
: of this would help to counter abusive players without restricting
: all the players of the game to non-realistic "game" rules.
Very much agreed... with 'real' people harder to find (and there-
for relatively few and far between), I think personal contacts
would be initially more friendly & relieved than the usual once-
over "how good is he _really_?" look. Such an environment
can only help steer away from the common squabbles that
are bound to occur but seem to reach beyond their scope in
hostility that arises.
-John G.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01538" HREF="msg01538.html">Hardcore server design</A></strong>,
Alex Oren <a href="mailto:alexo#bigfoot,com">alexo#bigfoot,com</a>, Thu 26 Jun 1997, 22:35 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="01516" HREF="msg01516.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Integrating PK</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 26 Jun 1997, 11:23 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01520" HREF="msg01520.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Integrating PK</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Thu 26 Jun 1997, 13:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01525" HREF="msg01525.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Integrating PK</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Thu 26 Jun 1997, 14:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01545" HREF="msg01545.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Integrating PK</A></strong>,
Huibai <a href="mailto:ashen#pixi,com">ashen#pixi,com</a>, Fri 27 Jun 1997, 09:28 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01546" HREF="msg01546.html">[MUD-Dev] Integrating PK</A></strong>,
Brandon Cline <a href="mailto:brandon#merlin,sedona.net">brandon#merlin,sedona.net</a>, Fri 27 Jun 1997, 11:34 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01556" HREF="msg01556.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Integrating PK</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 27 Jun 1997, 21:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01569" HREF="msg01569.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Integrating PK</A></strong>,
Huibai <a href="mailto:ashen#pixi,com">ashen#pixi,com</a>, Sat 28 Jun 1997, 12:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01575" HREF="msg01575.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Another Approach (was: Integrating PK)</A></strong>,
Brandon Gillespie <a href="mailto:brandon#roguetrader,com">brandon#roguetrader,com</a>, Sat 28 Jun 1997, 22:54 GMT
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