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<H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: World Creation Notes, version 061098</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: World Creation Notes, version 061098 </LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 04 Aug 1998 18:27:50 -0700</LI>
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On Sat, 11 Jul 1998 18:53:37 -0400 (CST)
Mike L Kesl<mlkesl#cpinternet,com> wrote:
> Something that crossed my mind in brainstormign was to have each
> room divided into positions. I do not think they would be objects
> themselves, but instead maybe they would just make up that object we
> call the room (i.e. making the room a container of these positions)
> With this plan I think you could do a lot of stuff, specifically
> with combat I am thinking, but also with movement (which would be a
> part of the combat), this would be good for rranged fighting as well
> as limiting the number of attackers in a melee fight to the 6?
> attackers around a certain "heroic" defender in the middle, if you
> were in fact using a 6 sided positioning scheme in the room. Another
> option would be to simply give rooms a size. For example, maybe a
> wagon could not go down this alley because it's size was too small,
> better yet give the room height and width dimensions. Going this way
> leads me to think that perhaps a system based on such a large
> minimum unit size (a room) is not ideal. I mean, you could go around
> making the smallest unit size one meter or something, then you could
> get real complicated, as well as end up serving quake :p
Search the early days of this list, especially the (very incompleat
(sorry!)) 1996 archives and early 1997. I used coordinate spaces
within rooms for quite a while before I abandoned them when I also
dropped the entire room concept.
There's some good data back there.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00185" HREF="msg00185.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mud websites</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00217" HREF="msg00217.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Mud websites</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00177" HREF="msg00177.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: World Creation Notes, version 061098</A></strong>,
Mike L Kesl <a href="mailto:mlkesl#cpinternet,com">mlkesl#cpinternet,com</a>, Sat 11 Jul 1998, 23:49 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00477" HREF="msg00477.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: World Creation Notes, version 061098</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Wed 05 Aug 1998, 01:31 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00172" HREF="msg00172.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Universe Design Notes, version 061098</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00178" HREF="msg00178.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Universe Design Notes, version 061098</A></strong>,
Mike L Kesl <a href="mailto:mlkesl#cpinternet,com">mlkesl#cpinternet,com</a>, Sun 12 Jul 1998, 00:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00171" HREF="msg00171.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Physics Lesson</A></strong>,
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