<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary --> <!--X-From-R13: Xb Rvyyba <rzvylNgurybavbhf.arj.bk.np.hx> --> <!--X-Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 02:19:07 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 19981023101608.B9106#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: a288d201.362fc82f#aol,com --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.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="msg00390.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00392.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00369.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00400.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00391">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00391">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00391">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</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: PDMud thread summary</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Jo Dillon <<A HREF="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 10:16:08 +0100</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> I might be interested in the client graphics control side of things; I remember proposing some time ago on Usenet a kind of 'X server for muds' with pluggable modules for doing things like displaying static pictures, dialogues and suchlike. I didn't get very far with it (started fulltime work and also started co-running a big free software project) but I'd be willing to help out. ApplePiMan#aol,com (ApplePiMan#aol,com) spake thusly: > At 10/22/98 2:43 AM Jon Leonard (jleonard#divcom,slimy.com) altered the > fabric of reality by uttering: > > >Possible modules so far: > > > >Bootstrap (module handler) > >Database storage/persistence (relational or Object Oriented) > >Telnet server > >Client/server messaging (for sophisticated clients than telnet) > >Client graphics control > >Magic system > >Movement > >Rooms & objects manager > >Coordinate based location > >Spatial data structures > >on-line building > >Event manager > >Command Parser > >Command Executor > > What about a Physics module? Some sort of Sound/Music Manager might also > be worth consideration (at least to the point of making sure we have > builtin 'hooks' for people wanting to supply their own Sound/Music > module). > > <snip> > > >Project home(s), project maintainer(s): > > > >I'm volunteering to be project maintainer, keeping track of source code, > >releases and so forth. If someone else wants to, thats fine too. > > I'll volunteer to assist you with any "grunt" work associated with that > (or grunt work associated with anything else, for that matter =) ). I > (personally) may be of some minor help in coding, but my coding skills > are, generally speaking, too high-level for a project like this. I'm sure > I'll have plenty of opinions to offer on design issues, though. <g> > > -Rick. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Rick Buck, President and CEO <<A HREF="mailto:rlb#big-i,com">mailto:rlb#big-i,com</A>> > Beyond Infinity Games, Inc. > See you in The Metaverse! <<A HREF="http://www.big-i.com">http://www.big-i.com</A>> > > > -- > MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future. -- Jo Harmony - the project to create an LGPL Qt clone <A HREF="http://harmony.ruhr.de">http://harmony.ruhr.de</A> </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="00369" HREF="msg00369.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> ApplePiMan#aol,com</LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00390.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00392.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud (was Re: Bruce Sterling on Virtual Community goals)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00369.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00400.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00391"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00391"><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: CVS and LXR</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00478" HREF="msg00478.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: CVS and LXR</A></strong>, bruce <a href="mailto:bruce#portland,puremagic.com">bruce#portland,puremagic.com</a>, Sun 25 Oct 1998, 07:31 GMT </LI> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00351" HREF="msg00351.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 14:10 GMT <UL> <li><Possible follow-up(s)><br> <LI><strong><A NAME="00360" HREF="msg00360.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 22 Oct 1998, 19:12 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00369" HREF="msg00369.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, ApplePiMan <a href="mailto:ApplePiMan#aol,com">ApplePiMan#aol,com</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 00:15 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00391" HREF="msg00391.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 09:19 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00400" HREF="msg00400.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Steve Sparks <a href="mailto:ssparks#enigma,sss.org">ssparks#enigma,sss.org</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 16:39 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00401" HREF="msg00401.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 16:57 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00403" HREF="msg00403.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 17:50 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00410" HREF="msg00410.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: PDMud thread summary</A></strong>, Jon Leonard <a href="mailto:jleonard#divcom,slimy.com">jleonard#divcom,slimy.com</a>, Fri 23 Oct 1998, 19:52 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </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>