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Re: [MUD-Dev] Mass Creation OLC Functions (idea from Elder Games)



At 08:11 AM 3/17/99 , sboding#fcicom,com wrote:
>I dunno about everyone else but, I
>think that making realms is a long annoying process, especially when you
>need to create alot of them. There are, of course, exceptions, but
>trying to hand-build a 500 room area is painful. Even if it was possible
>to use automation to set up a skelton area first and then go in and add
>the details that make it better.
>
>I think one of the major difficulties for this kind of automation would
>be to make the area have a sort of consistant feel but not be too plain.
>Obviously it would make no sense to have a desert right in the middle of
>a city without some reasonable explanation. Also, enhancing the areas
>with unique descriptions would help make it less drab, as well as having
>detailed descriptions of things in the rooms.

At one point on the Macintosh I had a program for making maps for the old Island of Kesmai game, which allowed you to 'draw' text like you would with a paint program. It made for interesting maps, which I since have used for maps in a couple of games.

Example of use in a strategic map. Note that this wraps at slightly greater then 80 characters, so you'll need to adjust your email window to see this at its best:

Ancient Anquish
%%
MM impassible mist
:: grass, sand
oo light forest
OO forest
88 thicket, bushes
^^ hills
/\ mountains
xx rocky desert
XX barren, rugged
== sea, lake
H= sea harbor
=a sea, afraid to sail
=c sea cannot sail
=? sea, forced multiple move?
-- swamp, marsh
[] fortified village
## settlement
#  building
+  path, sign
=  stream, river
*  dungeon, other
%%
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.. Christopher Allen                          1563 Solano Ave., #353 ..
.. <gmfangs#asmrb,org>         ;->           Berkeley, CA 94707-2116 ..
..                                                     h510/528-9899 ..
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