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<LI><em>From</em>: Douglas Couch <<A HREF="mailto:dscouch#purdue,edu">dscouch#purdue,edu</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 11:56:54 -0500</LI>
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>Richard Ross wrote:
>>The basic idea (for me anyway) was to have creatures that only came out of
>>their lairs when they were hungry. A griffin that only ate once a month
>>might seldom be seen out of it's lair (nest?), and when it is out (and
>>hungry) it attacks smaller creatures it encounters on the way, roams around
>>until it's full, then goes home.
>
At 11:48 PM 12/9/99 -0600, dundee wrote:
>The npcs don't need to be playing the game in order to give the illusion
>that the npcs are playing the game.
<clippage>
>But don't do the sim-planet thing. Just shoot for the end-result. It's
>quick. It's easy. The players see the same thing as if you do some kinda
>neato deallie that takes a year to perfect. And that is all that matters.
How's about a compromise of the two. I like the sim-planet idea, but agree
that full scale npcs trotting around the deserted portions of your mud may
be a bit intensive. What about setting up a smaller scale simulation. I
was thinking you could have a small routine which keeps track of the
migratory patterns and numbers of smaller prey and general locations and
hunting patterns of predators. If a user intersects any of these locations
at the proper time they may encounter a predator, various prey, or a
predator preying on its various prey. The npc's don't have to even exist
until they are spawned by the intersection of a user in their current
location. It might be cooler than simple random happenstance. Might also
aid Tracker/Ranger style characters. You could give them predictive tools
to help them find particular animals. You could also add in traps and snares.
Doug Couch
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00577" HREF="msg00577.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Biosystems (was Fair/Unfair? Scenarios)</A></strong>,
Philip Loguinov -- Draymoor <a href="mailto:fibhufky#erols,com">fibhufky#erols,com</a>, Fri 10 Dec 1999, 03:16 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00586" HREF="msg00586.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Biosystems (was Fair/Unfair? Scenarios)</A></strong>,
Mik Clarke <a href="mailto:mikclrk#attglobal,net">mikclrk#attglobal,net</a>, Fri 10 Dec 1999, 21:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00579" HREF="msg00579.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Biosystems (was Fair/Unfair? Scenarios)</A></strong>,
Dundee <a href="mailto:SkeptAck#antisocial,com">SkeptAck#antisocial,com</a>, Fri 10 Dec 1999, 16:28 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00583" HREF="msg00583.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Biosystems (was Fair/Unfair? Scenarios)</A></strong>,
Travis S. Casey <a href="mailto:efindel#io,com">efindel#io,com</a>, Fri 10 Dec 1999, 16:50 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00584" HREF="msg00584.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Biosystems (was Fair/Unfair? Scenarios)</A></strong>,
Douglas Couch <a href="mailto:dscouch#purdue,edu">dscouch#purdue,edu</a>, Fri 10 Dec 1999, 17:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00587" HREF="msg00587.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Biosystems (was Fair/Unfair? Scenarios)</A></strong>,
Marc Hernandez <a href="mailto:marc#ias,jb.com">marc#ias,jb.com</a>, Fri 10 Dec 1999, 23:23 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00564" HREF="msg00564.html">[MUD-Dev] Garbage Collection</A></strong>,
Miroslav Silovic <a href="mailto:silovic#zesoi,fer.hr">silovic#zesoi,fer.hr</a>, Thu 09 Dec 1999, 12:53 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00558" HREF="msg00558.html">[MUD-Dev] AI's in MUDS and Online Gaming</A></strong>,
IronWolf <a href="mailto:ironwolf#ewa,net">ironwolf#ewa,net</a>, Thu 09 Dec 1999, 04:46 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00560" HREF="msg00560.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] AI's in MUDS and Online Gaming</A></strong>,
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:diablo#best,com">diablo#best,com</a>, Thu 09 Dec 1999, 05:11 GMT
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