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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Net protocols for MUDing (was: Moore's Law sucks)</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Vadim Tkachenko <<A HREF="mailto:vadimt#4cs,com">vadimt#4cs,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 20:06:17 -0600</LI>
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Chris Gray wrote:
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> [Vadim Tkachenko:]
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> :Say, if it's a spaceship, I'd pretend to have some sort of a self-check,
> :which takes some time to complete and switches on in any dangerous
> :situation. And, if your fuel tank got hit, you don't explode
> :immediately, do you?
>
> No, but once your fuel tank is hit, the physics of the situation proceeds
> apace and it explodes. Look at it the other way around - the action by
> the "behind" player prevents a quicker explosion, that the "ahead" player
> has already seen. So, the "ahead" player sees his ship start to explode,
> and then a second or two later, the explosion is mysteriously cancelled,
> with no record of it every actually happening. As a player, I'm not sure
> I'd like that.
That's what I'm saying - don't make anything appear as final until all
the conflicts and lags are resolved - in the above example, the ship
wouldn't appear to explode and then cancel, but will just have some
sparks around it for a while, which will cease if it turns out there
were no actual damages.
> Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA
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<LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Describe Concept</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00865" HREF="msg00865.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Describe Concept</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00652" HREF="msg00652.html">Compilers: Toy available for ftp</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00651" HREF="msg00651.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Net protocols for MUDing (was: Moore's Law sucks)</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sun 01 Mar 1998, 00:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00653" HREF="msg00653.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Net protocols for MUDing (was: Moore's Law sucks)</A></strong>,
Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vadimt#4cs,com">vadimt#4cs,com</a>, Sun 01 Mar 1998, 02:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00655" HREF="msg00655.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Net protocols for MUDing (was: Moore's Law sucks)</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Sun 01 Mar 1998, 03:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00657" HREF="msg00657.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Net protocols for MUDing (was: Moore's Law sucks)</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:Jon.A.Lambert#ix,netcom.com">Jon.A.Lambert#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sun 01 Mar 1998, 05:35 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00658" HREF="msg00658.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Net protocols for MUDing (was: Moore's Law sucks)</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user2,inficad.com">nightfall#user2,inficad.com</a>, Sun 01 Mar 1998, 10:30 GMT
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