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<H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Graphic MUDS/Ultima Online</H1>
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<LI><em>From</em>: Jeff Kesselman <<A HREF="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</A>></LI>
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At 07:43 PM 7/30/97 PST8PDT, you wrote:
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>Well, there's a couple of other approaches. When we started out, the
>choice was basically between tileset graphics or pseudo-3d engines,
>and tileset seemed to offer greater flexibility and variety. Now that
>3d hardware acceleration is the industry norm, I imagine choosing
>anything other than a full 3d engine for a mass-market product would
>be far riskier.
Well, terhe are at elast 2 otjher advantages to tilesets...
(1) Extremely low bandwidth download. if yo uare going to serve maps from
teh sverer this can be a major advantage.
(2) Easier for non-traiend to build. if you want to at some point supoprto
user-drafted maps, this might be an issue.
JK
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00418" HREF="msg00418.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Graphic MUDS/Ultima Online</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 07 Aug 1997, 00:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00295" HREF="msg00295.html">Worlds VS Games, etc {was GMuds, UO}</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Thu 31 Jul 1997, 03:37 GMT
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Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 31 Jul 1997, 01:08 GMT
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Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Thu 31 Jul 1997, 10:01 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00307" HREF="msg00307.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Graphic MUDS/Ultima Online</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00511" HREF="msg00511.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Graphic MUDS/Ultima Online</A></strong>,
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