<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility --> <!--X-From-R13: "Oaqerj Q.[. [pQyvagbpx" <naqerjzNgvtre.ufp.rqh> --> <!--X-Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 08:39:45 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: v03130300b1a6fa2e868a@[192.168.1.3] --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 027601bd9615$48cb13f0$c3cd17d0#enterprise,xlconnect.com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:andrewm#tiger,hsc.edu"> </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="msg00995.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00997.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00995.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00997.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00996">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00996">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00996">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</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: darkness/visibility</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "Andrew C.M. McClintock" <<A HREF="mailto:andrewm#tiger,hsc.edu">andrewm#tiger,hsc.edu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:33:06 -0400</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#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> > strycher#toast,net wrote: ><snip> > >>Is there a real problem with the default situation? If the player types >>the command, then either the player knows the object is there, or is >>intending to try to find one. If there is one, and nothing prevents >>the action, then let it go ahead. Why get more complex, unless you >>really have something specific in mind to gain? > >There's always the thought that there would be a % chance to find the switch >in the dark, or that if there's anywhere for light to show in, based on >time, that % chance would increase as your eyes adjusted to the "light". I >suppose you would also need to take into account someone who is blind, and >doesn't need the light, and someone with picture-perfect memory that can >100% of the time find the light switch because he/she knows exactly where it >is based on the "picture" just before the lights went out. > Of course you could just have the duration of the action increased because of a lowered visibility (this could apply either way--too light or too dark). The more hampered the visibility, the longer the action takes. >Ben.... >-- >Benjamin D. Wiechel ><A HREF="http://www.toast.net/~strycher/">http://www.toast.net/~strycher/</A> >strycher#toast,net > > >-- >MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future. Andrew C.M. McClintock andrew#moonstar,com andrewm#mail,hsc.edu </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00997" HREF="msg00997.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Holly Sommer <hsommer#micro,ti.com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00995" HREF="msg00995.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Benjamin D. 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Wiechel <a href="mailto:strycher#toast,net">strycher#toast,net</a>, Fri 12 Jun 1998, 15:20 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00996" HREF="msg00996.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>, Andrew C.M. McClintock <a href="mailto:andrewm#tiger,hsc.edu">andrewm#tiger,hsc.edu</a>, Fri 12 Jun 1998, 15:39 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00997" HREF="msg00997.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>, Holly Sommer <a href="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</a>, Fri 12 Jun 1998, 15:56 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00998" HREF="msg00998.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>, Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Fri 12 Jun 1998, 16:18 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00999" HREF="msg00999.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>, Benjamin D. Wiechel <a href="mailto:strycher#toast,net">strycher#toast,net</a>, Fri 12 Jun 1998, 16:25 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01169" HREF="msg01169.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Mon 22 Jun 1998, 23:26 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>