<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Vast areas in muds --> <!--X-From-R13: Zvat <Y.Z.Zb-94Nfghqrag.yobeb.np.hx> --> <!--X-Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 19:24:33 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.SOL.3.96.980119191440.14209A-100000@sun-cc203 --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Marcel-1.26-0117104841-b49Ky&5#Gryphon,knoware.nl --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Vast areas in muds</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk"> </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="msg00252.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00254.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00249.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00248.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00253">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00253">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00253">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Vast areas in muds</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: Mud Dev Mailing list <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A>></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Vast areas in muds</LI> <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> <LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 19:24:24 +0000 (GMT)</LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Sat, 17 Jan 1998, Marian Griffith wrote: [with regard to representing rather big areas in muds] > If crossing the desert means typing 'E' a couple of thousand times and > watching the same identical description every time then it is boring in > the wrong way. Of course I have no real solution, but I was trying to > point out what types of areas are difficult to represent in a rooms and > exits based mud. I've always wondered... For a real 3d movement sort of mud, imagine the player got shrunk into a 1 inch high stag beetle and gets transported to a desert. Does this mean the player will sit there watching a blank screen as the character attempts to traverse a few thousand miles of desert or does the occassional message appear: "You amble past a really big rock." (which is a pebble but the character is only one inch high). | Kilo Lima Lima Oscar dash Niner Four, over and out. ---o _O_O_ Electronic and Electrical Division, Loughborough Corp. <+=+=+> </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00249" HREF="msg00249.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: BUILDERS: Ferries</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Marian Griffith <gryphon#iaehv,nl></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00252.html">Clients</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00254.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Vast areas in muds</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00249.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: BUILDERS: Ferries</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00248.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Gods, worshipers and the balance</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00253"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00253"><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>Re: [MUD-Dev] Vast areas in muds</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00262" HREF="msg00262.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Vast areas in muds</A></strong>, John G. <a href="mailto:ashen#pixi,com">ashen#pixi,com</a>, Tue 20 Jan 1998, 16:36 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00263" HREF="msg00263.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Vast areas in muds</A></strong>, Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Tue 20 Jan 1998, 18:44 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00251" HREF="msg00251.html">Summary</A></strong>, Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sat 17 Jan 1998, 15:31 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00249" HREF="msg00249.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: BUILDERS: Ferries</A></strong>, Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sat 17 Jan 1998, 10:40 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00253" HREF="msg00253.html">Vast areas in muds</A></strong>, Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</a>, Mon 19 Jan 1998, 19:24 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00248" HREF="msg00248.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Gods, worshipers and the balance</A></strong>, Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sat 17 Jan 1998, 10:40 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00260" HREF="msg00260.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Gods, worshipers and the balance</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Tue 20 Jan 1998, 04:42 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00286" HREF="msg00286.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Gods, worshipers and the balance</A></strong>, Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vadimt#4cs,com">vadimt#4cs,com</a>, Thu 22 Jan 1998, 20:43 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00265" HREF="msg00265.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Gods, worshipers and the balance</A></strong>, Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Tue 20 Jan 1998, 21:15 GMT </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>