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<LI><em>From</em>: Ling <<A HREF="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</A>></LI>
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On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Adam Wiggins wrote:
> In this context the map becomes more of a visual tool for brainstorming
> than an actual piece of geography. (Indeed, fantasy maps are renowned
> for being completely unlike real geography..) You draw up a rough map,
> imagine impressive geographical features (mountain ranges, waterfalls,
> large bodies of water, swamps, plains, forests, caves..), and plunk down
> your civilizations-in-the-rough. From there it becomes easy to imagine
> the titanic battles that occured as borders got pushed forth and back,
> alliances and neutralities that formed due to position (think Switzerland),
> locations for important religious or magical structures, and so on...
Yep, this is my usual method of creating a new world. Splat some ink on
paper and randomly dot some starting villages. The rest, as they say, is
history. ;)
A more refined version involves feeding it all into a computer to simulate
geography, warts and all. But really, I think it is quite an overkill
going through all that coding effort to evolve a single map. Then,
opinions differ.
A starting map is also useful when recruiting builders to extend the mud.
A unified picture helps maintain consistancy, rather than letting builders
grow your world, the builders flesh out what is already in the mud.
The bit I think is iffy is making up in theme reasons why a particular
route is blocked. Gonna have to refer to DartMUD. :) DartMUD uses two
scales to represent its world. The normal room doodahs and a big hex
system for the wilderness (each hex is so large that you can walk through
a hex and miss a city). This system would be quite a cool way of having
future expansions. There is no need to hide the fact that a dungeon
hasn't been coded yet. When it has been coded, just plonk it in a hex and
give it a concealment rating.
| Ling Lo, freshwater fish (cod variant)
_O_O_ EEE, Loughborough University, England Another 'Screemer!
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00546" HREF="msg00546.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: News from the front</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Tue 09 Dec 1997, 04:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00560" HREF="msg00560.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: News from the front</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Tue 09 Dec 1997, 08:15 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00523" HREF="msg00523.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: BUILDERS: Ferries</A></strong>,
Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com">mike#online-alchemy,com</a>, Mon 08 Dec 1997, 02:01 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00527" HREF="msg00527.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: BUILDERS: Ferries</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</a>, Mon 08 Dec 1997, 08:28 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00528" HREF="msg00528.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: BUILDERS: Ferries</A></strong>,
Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</a>, Mon 08 Dec 1997, 13:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00553" HREF="msg00553.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: BUILDERS: Ferries</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Tue 09 Dec 1997, 06:05 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00687" HREF="msg00687.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: BUILDERS: Ferries</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00879" HREF="msg00879.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: BUILDERS: Ferries</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 19 Dec 1997, 17:59 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00508" HREF="msg00508.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Seminal Designs, WAS: Alignment</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Sat 06 Dec 1997, 00:04 GMT
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