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<LI><em>From</em>: Ben Greear <<A HREF="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 14 May 1999 03:18:32 +0000</LI>
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Ronan Farrell wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I am considering implementing a system where the room descriptions
> and properties change according to the weather, time of year and day.
> For example, we've all seen street lamps in Midgard, and nothing
> changes from day to night, surely they come on at night. Similarly
> the idea that in winter, mountain passes may not be passable due to
> snow and weather, but in summer they are.
>
> I can think of several ways of doing this, but I am wondering if
> anyone has done anything similar, and whether people think it
> would be worth doing in the first place.
>
> Ronan
I've always been leery of machine generated textual descriptions, but
static descriptions do leave something to be desired. Basically, I
don't see any reason why you couldn't code this kind of thing with
a brute force approach (ie have to enter many different descriptions
for a room/obj/mob/etc for different conditions). I have never seen
a description or algorithm that does it automagically....though I've
not seen everything by far :)
Acually, I think things like you talk about are best presented with graphics,
as they can be made to follow physical phenomena, and thus are more easily
modeled by computers.....
One thing I would not like: More 'realistic' descriptions that do not flow
well or tell a story, versus 'static' descriptions which weave a seamless web
around you. In a seamless web, I think you can make up your own details, but
otherwise the emersion is lost...
Enjoy,
Ben
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<LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Custom Server Roll Call?</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00240" HREF="msg00240.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Custom Server Roll Call?</A></strong>,
Emil Eifrem <a href="mailto:emil#prophecy,lu">emil#prophecy,lu</a>, Fri 14 May 1999, 08:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00189" HREF="msg00189.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Custom Server Roll Call?</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Mon 10 May 1999, 07:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00197" HREF="msg00197.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Custom Server Roll Call?</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00227" HREF="msg00227.html">[MUD-Dev] Dynamically changing room descriptions</A></strong>,
Ronan Farrell <a href="mailto:rfarrell#ssldesign,com">rfarrell#ssldesign,com</a>, Wed 12 May 1999, 22:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00232" HREF="msg00232.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dynamically changing room descriptions</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Fri 14 May 1999, 07:35 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00246" HREF="msg00246.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dynamically changing room descriptions</A></strong>,
Mik Clarke <a href="mailto:mikclrk#ibm,net">mikclrk#ibm,net</a>, Fri 14 May 1999, 08:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00290" HREF="msg00290.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Dynamically changing room descriptions</A></strong>,
Christopher Allen <a href="mailto:GMFangs#ASMRB,org">GMFangs#ASMRB,org</a>, Tue 18 May 1999, 06:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00234" HREF="msg00234.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Custom Server Roll Call?</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00175" HREF="msg00175.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Custom Server Roll Call?</A></strong>,
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