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<LI><em>From</em>: Holly Sommer <<A HREF="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 09:52:39 -0500 (CDT)</LI>
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On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, plateau wrote:
> Okay, so I guess the format wouldn't encompass too much detail, but
> still; has a "standard (global?) room format" already been done?
There isn't a standard "format", but as you pointed out there are indeed
standard "features."
> Is it
> more popular to just write code to convert existing room formats (LPC,
> Tiny, Diku, etc) to your own format (so you could use those snazzy
> editors instead)? Or is it a complete waste of time?
IMO, unless you are dealing with converting stock areas between two stock
MUDs (read: coders on either MUD haven't made any changes to any structs
or objects), it's an increasingly wasted amount of time. Even between
revisions of the same server/mudlib, you will have incompatabilities
where data will be lost or misinterpreted - and that's on the same MUD!
Diversity is a good thing... it lets us express ourselves exactly as we
intend to... but it also makes it difficult to express our own
colloquialisms in someone else's vernacular.
-Holly
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00780" HREF="msg00780.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Standard Mud Room Format?</A></strong>,
T. Alexander Popiel <a href="mailto:popiel#snugharbor,com">popiel#snugharbor,com</a>, Thu 20 Aug 1998, 00:28 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00781" HREF="msg00781.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Standard Mud Room Format?</A></strong>,
Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Thu 20 Aug 1998, 01:42 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00782" HREF="msg00782.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Standard Mud Room Format?</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 20 Aug 1998, 03:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00784" HREF="msg00784.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Standard Mud Room Format?</A></strong>,
Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt <a href="mailto:hhs#cbs,dtu.dk">hhs#cbs,dtu.dk</a>, Thu 20 Aug 1998, 12:46 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00787" HREF="msg00787.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Standard Mud Room Format?</A></strong>,
Holly Sommer <a href="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</a>, Thu 20 Aug 1998, 14:54 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00788" HREF="msg00788.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Standard Mud Room Format?</A></strong>,
Matthew R. Sheahan <a href="mailto:chaos#crystal,palace.net">chaos#crystal,palace.net</a>, Thu 20 Aug 1998, 16:15 GMT
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s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Wed 19 Aug 1998, 20:49 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00770" HREF="msg00770.html">[MUD-Dev] Slightly-OT: RPG Mapping Tool</A></strong>,
Holly Sommer <a href="mailto:hsommer#micro,ti.com">hsommer#micro,ti.com</a>, Tue 18 Aug 1998, 17:44 GMT
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