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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Dynamic room descriptions</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Richard Woolcock <<A HREF="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.comNOSPAM">KaVir#dial,pipex.comNOSPAM</A>></LI>
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Hi again! This message serves two purposes. Firstly, I want to let
you all know that I have - finally - managed to get a phoneline installed
at my new flat, thus I am back online. Secondly, I have a topic I wish
to discuss.
I have been working on trying to generate room descriptions, but they are
unfortunately somewhat limited. At the moment, I get the following type
of thing:
The hallway
[Exits: (North) (East) South (West)]
You are standing in a hallway, which continues to the south. To the
north, east and west lie closed doors set into solid iron walls.
(open all the doors)
The hallway
[Exits: North East South West]
You are standing in a hallway, which continues to the south. To the
north lies an open door set into a solid iron wall leading into the kitchen.
Looking east, you spot an open door set into a solid iron wall leading onto
the staircase. To the west an open door set into a solid iron wall leading
into the dining room can be seen.
This last description looks wrong, IMO. The last three sentences are very
repetitive. However, I can't really think of any way to get around this
without making the text confusing or ambiguous. Now I know at least one of
you has worked on something similar because I saw a post ages back showing
a couple of sample room descriptions. What I am interested to know is what
you did about things like the above.
Any theories - critical or otherwise - are more than welcome.
KaVir.
P.S: Although I have subscribed to the mudlist, I have not received
conformation back yet, so if you reply could you please CC me onto the
mail, thanx.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00335" HREF="msg00335.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introductions and descriptions</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Fri 21 Nov 1997, 17:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00671" HREF="msg00671.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introductions and descriptions</A></strong>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Thu 11 Dec 1997, 05:00 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00673" HREF="msg00673.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introductions and descriptions</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00735" HREF="msg00735.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introductions and descriptions</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Fri 12 Dec 1997, 08:29 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00305" HREF="msg00305.html">Dynamic room descriptions</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.comNOSPAM">KaVir#dial,pipex.comNOSPAM</a>, Sun 16 Nov 1997, 21:16 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00300" HREF="msg00300.html">SUMMARY: Mud Grammar</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 15 Nov 1997, 17:54 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00281" HREF="msg00281.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] A flamewar startingpoint.</A></strong>,
Brandon J. Rickman <a href="mailto:ashes#pc4,zennet.com">ashes#pc4,zennet.com</a>, Thu 13 Nov 1997, 00:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00286" HREF="msg00286.html">[MUD-Dev] Eating and sleeping (was: A flamewar startingpoint.)</A></strong>,
Derrick Jones <a href="mailto:gunther#online1,magnus1.com">gunther#online1,magnus1.com</a>, Thu 13 Nov 1997, 08:52 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00273" HREF="msg00273.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] A flamewar startingpoint.</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 10 Nov 1997, 20:17 GMT
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