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<H1>RE: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: RE: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: "Ian Macintosh" <<A HREF="mailto:iman#issystems,co.nz">iman#issystems,co.nz</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sat, 18 Dec 1999 13:27:23 +1300</LI>
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> Raph Koster wrote:
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> > Ilya wrote:
> > Seems this has already been resolved logically, if not in
> > implementation,
> > by the expedient of calculating success based on a
> > particular state of
> > the situation (lock and person).
>
> Storage issues arise with this. How many tried locks or
> attempted pickers
> are you going to keep track of?
I would suspect that you would just keep track of the last one
attempted per player (ie, player.last_picked_lock or whatever).
That'll stuff the macro's up. And that's all you really want, isn't
it?
Regards,
Ian.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00638" HREF="msg00638.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
Scatter <a href="mailto:scatter@thevortex.com">scatter@thevortex.com</a>, Fri 17 Dec 1999, 17:06 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00641" HREF="msg00641.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
Ilya, Game Commandos <a href="mailto:Ilya@gamecommandos.com">Ilya@gamecommandos.com</a>, Fri 17 Dec 1999, 17:44 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00644" HREF="msg00644.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster@origin.ea.com">rkoster@origin.ea.com</a>, Fri 17 Dec 1999, 22:05 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00649" HREF="msg00649.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam@angel.com">adam@angel.com</a>, Fri 17 Dec 1999, 23:00 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00658" HREF="msg00658.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
Ian Macintosh <a href="mailto:iman@issystems.co.nz">iman@issystems.co.nz</a>, Sat 18 Dec 1999, 04:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00666" HREF="msg00666.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw@kanga.nu">claw@kanga.nu</a>, Sat 18 Dec 1999, 06:37 GMT
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Raph & Kristen Koster <a href="mailto:koster@eden.com">koster@eden.com</a>, Sat 18 Dec 1999, 17:52 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00648" HREF="msg00648.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
Sellers, Michael <a href="mailto:MSellers@maxis.com">MSellers@maxis.com</a>, Fri 17 Dec 1999, 23:00 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00653" HREF="msg00653.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] The grass is always greener in the other field</A></strong>,
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