<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 -->
<!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Flexible, Modular Server Design -->
<!--X-From-R13: ptNnzv-pt.UenlEntr.Sqzbagba.OP.QO (Quevf Uenl) -->
<!--X-Date: from scipio.globecomm.net [207.51.48.12] by in4.ibm.net id 867564222.55670-1 Sun Jun 29 06:03:42 1997 CUT -->
<!--X-Message-Id: 9706282329.86zx@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA -->
<!--X-Content-Type: text/plain -->
<!--X-Head-End-->
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Flexible, Modular Server Design</title>
<!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" -->
<link rev="made" href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">
</head>
<body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff"
text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000">
<font size="+4" color="#804040">
<strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong>
</font>
<br>
[ <a href="../">Other Periods</a>
| <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a>
| <a href="/search.php3">Search</a>
]
<br clear=all><hr>
<!--X-Body-Begin-->
<!--X-User-Header-->
<!--X-User-Header-End-->
<!--X-TopPNI-->
Date:
[ <a href="msg01579.html">Previous</a>
| <a href="msg01581.html">Next</a>
]
Thread:
[ <a href="msg01577.html">Previous</a>
| <a href="msg01568.html">Next</a>
]
Index:
[ <A HREF="author.html#01580">Author</A>
| <A HREF="#01580">Date</A>
| <A HREF="thread.html#01580">Thread</A>
]
<!--X-TopPNI-End-->
<!--X-MsgBody-->
<!--X-Subject-Header-Begin-->
<H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Flexible, Modular Server Design</H1>
<HR>
<!--X-Subject-Header-End-->
<!--X-Head-of-Message-->
<UL>
<LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI>
<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Flexible, Modular Server Design</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</A> (Chris Gray)</LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sat, 28 Jun 97 16:29:50 MST</LI>
</UL>
<!--X-Head-of-Message-End-->
<!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin-->
<HR>
<!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End-->
<!--X-Body-of-Message-->
<PRE>
[Brandon C:]
: My problem is, that if I was to design say, a Sci-Fi game, game systems
:and posibly part of the game server would be different than if it was a
:Fantasy game. Especially if the game server itself is made into
:simplifications or approximations of the genre. On the other hand, if the
:game server is made to be fully modifiable, through user objects, you have
:the possibility to create the different genres, but at the same time it
:requires a great deal of time and effort to create each game. If maybe,
:the game sever was designed with easy modifiability in mind, and had a
:world base event handling and object handling that would fit most genres
:nicely (less simplification), then it would make sense to have decent
:support creation of new game systems (skills, objects, combat, armor,
:etc). In a sense it is a hybrid of some of the current game systems out
:there, but also in itself a new design approach to the whole thing.
: I am interested in input and ideas on this, and possibly people that
:would want to design a server of this type.
Isn't that pretty much what the newer LP mudlibs try to do?
I've tried to do that too - if you source the first directory-full of
stuff in my scenario, you end up with a lot of basic commands and
utilities, but no rooms or objects (well, the "Arrivals Room"). Combat
comes from another directory, the main scenario from a third, the
"Proving Grounds" area from a forth, and the on-line building stuff
from a fifth.
This kind of basic organization seems pretty straightforward, and I
would be surprised to see a general programmable server that *didn't*
set up the scenario/library that way.
--
Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
</PRE>
<!--X-Body-of-Message-End-->
<!--X-MsgBody-End-->
<!--X-Follow-Ups-->
<HR>
<!--X-Follow-Ups-End-->
<!--X-References-->
<!--X-References-End-->
<!--X-BotPNI-->
<UL>
<LI>Prev by Date:
<STRONG><A HREF="msg01579.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Another Approach (was: Integrating PK)</A></STRONG>
</LI>
<LI>Next by Date:
<STRONG><A HREF="msg01581.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Another Approach (was: Integrating PK)</A></STRONG>
</LI>
<LI>Prev by thread:
<STRONG><A HREF="msg01577.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Flexible, Modular Server Design</A></STRONG>
</LI>
<LI>Next by thread:
<STRONG><A HREF="msg01568.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></STRONG>
</LI>
<LI>Index(es):
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="index.html#01580"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="thread.html#01580"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI>
</UL>
</LI>
</UL>
<!--X-BotPNI-End-->
<!--X-User-Footer-->
<!--X-User-Footer-End-->
<ul><li>Thread context:
<BLOCKQUOTE><UL>
<LI><strong><A NAME="01579" HREF="msg01579.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Another Approach (was: Integrating PK)</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sun 29 Jun 1997, 09:17 GMT
<UL>
<LI><strong><A NAME="01581" HREF="msg01581.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Another Approach (was: Integrating PK)</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Sun 29 Jun 1997, 13:20 GMT
</LI>
</UL>
</LI>
<LI><strong><A NAME="01572" HREF="msg01572.html">[MUD-Dev] Flexible, Modular Server Design</A></strong>,
Brandon Cline <a href="mailto:brandon#merlin,sedona.net">brandon#merlin,sedona.net</a>, Sat 28 Jun 1997, 16:11 GMT
<UL>
<LI><strong><A NAME="01577" HREF="msg01577.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Flexible, Modular Server Design</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Sun 29 Jun 1997, 04:16 GMT
</LI>
</UL>
<UL>
<li><Possible follow-up(s)><br>
<LI><strong><A NAME="01580" HREF="msg01580.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Flexible, Modular Server Design</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sun 29 Jun 1997, 13:03 GMT
</LI>
</UL>
</LI>
<LI><strong><A NAME="01568" HREF="msg01568.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 28 Jun 1997, 12:07 GMT
<UL>
<LI><strong><A NAME="01582" HREF="msg01582.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Sun 29 Jun 1997, 17:42 GMT
<UL>
<LI><strong><A NAME="01583" HREF="msg01583.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sun 29 Jun 1997, 18:41 GMT
<UL>
<LI><strong><A NAME="01603" HREF="msg01603.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues</A></strong>,
Martin Keegan <a href="mailto:martin#cam,sri.com">martin#cam,sri.com</a>, Tue 01 Jul 1997, 02:22 GMT
</LI>
</UL>
</LI>
</UL>
</LI>
</UL>
</LI>
</UL></BLOCKQUOTE>
</ul>
<hr>
<center>
[ <a href="../">Other Periods</a>
| <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a>
| <a href="/search.php3">Search</a>
]
</center>
<hr>
</body>
</html>