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<LI><em>From</em>: J C Lawrence <<A HREF="mailto:claw#varesearch,com">claw#varesearch,com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 22:53:39 -0700</LI>
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On Tue, 21 Sep 1999 11:52:29 +1200
Colin Coghill <C.Coghill#auckland,ac.nz> wrote:
> We also have a rule that anything mentioned in a room description
> (the mountains lie to the north) should at least respond sensibly
> to "look at mountains", if not more.
I follow the expensive path:
I never mention a different object or item in the description of a
given object or location. Never.
Ergo, if I want this to be in a forest, well I'd better create a
bunch of trees and make sure the anonymous group code is working so
that they get compressed into a "forest" at runtime. If I want
mountains in the distance, well, umm, I'd better go create some
mountains...
>> Players - How much of an addition do you think dynamic rooms are
>> to the atmosphere of the game?
> For me, they add a terrific amount. Even if it's only night/day or
> snow/no snow. I'd love to see a mud that gets this kind of
> dynamic room descriptions right.
The simple dynamism of fleshing out key objects, light/dark etc I
don't find very interesting. All it really communicates to me is
the old adventure technique of "Hey! Here's a widget -- lets find
the place in the game where its useful!" 99.999% of objects IRL are
not useful and do not represent possibly useful activities. Its
when the descriptions are sufficiently well done that I actually
never notice that they are fixed, that I'm innately certain that
every object mentioned can be manipulated, that I find it gets
interesting. Its an all or nothing thing.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00413" HREF="msg00413.html">[MUD-Dev] Dynamic muds</A></strong>,
ryan <a href="mailto:ixiterra#microworld,com">ixiterra#microworld,com</a>, Mon 20 Sep 1999, 17:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00419" HREF="msg00419.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Dynamic muds</A></strong>,
Robin Cloutman <a href="mailto:rycochet#free4all,co.uk">rycochet#free4all,co.uk</a>, Mon 20 Sep 1999, 19:27 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00426" HREF="msg00426.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Dynamic muds</A></strong>,
ryan <a href="mailto:ixiterra#microworld,com">ixiterra#microworld,com</a>, Mon 20 Sep 1999, 22:44 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00429" HREF="msg00429.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Dynamic muds</A></strong>,
Colin Coghill <a href="mailto:C.Coghill#auckland,ac.nz">C.Coghill#auckland,ac.nz</a>, Tue 21 Sep 1999, 00:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00472" HREF="msg00472.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Dynamic muds</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#varesearch,com">claw#varesearch,com</a>, Thu 23 Sep 1999, 05:53 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00432" HREF="msg00432.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Dynamic muds</A></strong>,
Petri Virkkula <a href="mailto:pvirkkul#iki,fi">pvirkkul#iki,fi</a>, Tue 21 Sep 1999, 05:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00433" HREF="msg00433.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Dynamic muds</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Tue 21 Sep 1999, 05:32 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00434" HREF="msg00434.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Dynamic muds</A></strong>,
Katrina McClelan <a href="mailto:kitkat#marcus,pants.nu">kitkat#marcus,pants.nu</a>, Tue 21 Sep 1999, 06:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00454" HREF="msg00454.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Dynamic muds</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Tue 21 Sep 1999, 23:58 GMT
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