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<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" &lt;<A HREF="mailto:andrewm#tiger,hsc.edu">andrewm#tiger,hsc.edu</A>&gt;</LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 11:33:06 -0400</LI>
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&gt; strycher#toast,net wrote:
&gt;&lt;snip&gt;
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&gt;&gt;Is there a real problem with the default situation? If the player types
&gt;&gt;the command, then either the player knows the object is there, or is
&gt;&gt;intending to try to find one. If there is one, and nothing prevents
&gt;&gt;the action, then let it go ahead. Why get more complex, unless you
&gt;&gt;really have something specific in mind to gain?
&gt;
&gt;There's always the thought that there would be a % chance to find the switch
&gt;in the dark, or that if there's anywhere for light to show in, based on
&gt;time, that % chance would increase as your eyes adjusted to the "light".   I
&gt;suppose you would also need to take into account someone who is blind, and
&gt;doesn't need the light, and someone with picture-perfect memory that can
&gt;100% of the time find the light switch because he/she knows exactly where it
&gt;is based on the "picture" just before the lights went out.
&gt;

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.

&gt;Ben....
&gt;--
&gt;Benjamin D. Wiechel
&gt;<A  HREF="http://www.toast.net/~strycher/">http://www.toast.net/~strycher/</A>
&gt;strycher#toast,net
&gt;
&gt;
&gt;--
&gt;MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future.


Andrew C.M. McClintock
andrew#moonstar,com    andrewm#mail,hsc.edu




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<LI><strong><A NAME="00993" HREF="msg00993.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>, 
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 12 Jun 1998, 14:12 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01004" HREF="msg01004.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>, 
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Fri 12 Jun 1998, 20:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01015" HREF="msg01015.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: darkness/visibility</A></strong>, 
Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</a>, Sat 13 Jun 1998, 03:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00995" HREF="msg00995.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, 15:20 GMT
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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<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
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