<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: AR Mining System --> <!--X-From-R13: Ayvire Xbjrgg <byvireNwbjrgg.znanjngh.cynarg.pb.am> --> <!--X-Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 06:22:01 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.LNX.3.95.980514221902.631E-100000#pyrolisk,ip.local --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: E0yZtBo-0004d8-00#mail,kanga.nu --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: AR Mining System</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:oliver#jowett,manawatu.planet.co.nz"> </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="msg00571.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00573.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00567.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00575.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00572">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00572">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00572">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: AR Mining System</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: AR Mining System</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Oliver Jowett <<A HREF="mailto:oliver#jowett,manawatu.planet.co.nz">oliver#jowett,manawatu.planet.co.nz</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 14 May 1998 22:46:27 +1200 (NZST)</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: "Petidomo List Agent -- Kanga.Nu version" <<A HREF="mailto:petidomo#kanga,nu">petidomo#kanga,nu</A>></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Thu, 14 May 1998, John Bertoglio wrote: > The following is the help text associated with the AR mining system. > Comments and improvments are sought. > Mining tools improve performance. Tools like picks and shovels when wielded > or held increase the amount of ore found each hour. High strength and will > power also increase the amount of ore mined. Mining skill determines the > quality of the ore found and has a small affect on the quanity of ore > found. Note that miners with low skill levels will deplete the mine at the > same rate as highly skilled ones despite the fact that their ore will > produce less of the targeted material. I'd have thought that ore is ore is ore is ore, and there's the same physical amount of raw mineral in a volume regardless of how it's been collected. Random thought: instead of using the mining skill directly to determine ore quality, make mines big - really big - with ore very unevenly distributed. Then the challenge is in finding where to extend your shafts to find a rich vein - which is where the mining skill becomes sought after. Could lead to a more interesting system: is it better to hire one expert miner and 50 grunts, then go to work with the expert directing operations? Or to hire 15 reasonably experienced miners? Or 200 grunts, and spend a lot of time transporting worthless dirt around? Let someone else find a rich vein then exploit the area yourself. etc.. I like the abandoned-shafts-become-infested idea (oops, too much snipping). Devious. This is a nice way to auto-generate dungeons: let the players do the work for other reasons, then steal it :) -O -- MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future. </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="00567" HREF="msg00567.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: AR Mining System</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "John Bertoglio" <alexb#internetcds,com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00571.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mudschool</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00573.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: mudschools</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00567.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: AR Mining System</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00575.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: AR Mining System</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00572"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00572"><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>[MUD-Dev] Re: mudschools</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00658" HREF="msg00658.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: mudschools</A></strong>, jacob langthorn <a href="mailto:jlangthorn#towertechinc,com">jlangthorn#towertechinc,com</a>, Sun 17 May 1998, 22:27 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00659" HREF="msg00659.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: mudschools</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Sun 17 May 1998, 22:46 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00608" HREF="msg00608.html">[MUD-Dev] Onchat -- Java based chat room.</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Fri 15 May 1998, 18:06 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00567" HREF="msg00567.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: AR Mining System</A></strong>, John Bertoglio <a href="mailto:alexb#internetcds,com">alexb#internetcds,com</a>, Thu 14 May 1998, 08:16 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00572" HREF="msg00572.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: AR Mining System</A></strong>, Oliver Jowett <a href="mailto:oliver#jowett,manawatu.planet.co.nz">oliver#jowett,manawatu.planet.co.nz</a>, Thu 14 May 1998, 13:22 GMT </LI> </UL> <UL> <li><Possible follow-up(s)><br> <LI><strong><A NAME="00575" HREF="msg00575.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: AR Mining System</A></strong>, John Bertoglio <a href="mailto:alexb#internetcds,com">alexb#internetcds,com</a>, Thu 14 May 1998, 15:30 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00562" HREF="msg00562.html">[MUD-Dev] Is There a There in Cyberspace?</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 14 May 1998, 00:49 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00563" HREF="msg00563.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Is There a There in Cyberspace?</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 14 May 1998, 05:37 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00615" HREF="msg00615.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Is There a There in Cyberspace?</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Fri 15 May 1998, 20:52 GMT </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>