<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd) --> <!--X-From-R13: "Rnivq Praargg" <qqgNqvfpjbeyq.vzntvanel.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 13:49:12 -0800 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 200001101344190816.9A879867#discworld,imaginary.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Marcel-1.46-1223102446-d07Ky&5#catling,demon.nl --> <!--X-Reference: 001a01bf5b92$9e426f10$dd630304#dsl,gtei.net --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:ddt#discworld,imaginary.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00080.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00083.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00217.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00073.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00081">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00081">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00081">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "David Bennett" <<A HREF="mailto:ddt#discworld,imaginary.com">ddt#discworld,imaginary.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 13:44:19 -0800</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu">mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On 1/10/00, at 11:45 AM, Eli Stevens (Grey) wrote: >I had been considering having the occupants of adjacent rooms visible to >everyone as part of the standard 'look' command. We did this for large open spaces on Discworld. It works quite well... You also get messages like: The happy wizard moves southeast in Sator Square. The happy wizard leaves Sator Square to the northwest. etc... Makes the squares really feel like a busy part of the city. >One thing I like about it is that it gets rid of the silly "is here" tagged >onto the end of everyone's short desc. Crowded areas could become a >problem, but I think that by only allowing a player to notice a subset of >the present/nearby people, the spam should not be too bad (if you are in a >crowded hallway, you just _cannot_ see everyone). This would be in >conjunction with the features of the attention thread mentioned a while >back, rooted at (or near): We didn't get rid of the 'is here' though. The description lines end up looking like: The happy beggar is meditating to the northeast, the spotted dog and the beggar are standing to the west and a red badger is here. Good luck! David. _______________________________________________ MUD-Dev maillist - MUD-Dev#kanga,nu <A HREF="http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev">http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev</A> </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00074" HREF="msg00074.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "Eli Stevens (Grey)" <ens017#mizzou,edu></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00080.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] A quick business question...</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00083.html">Re: player politics (was RE: [MUD-Dev] An introduction...)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00217.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? 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Scenarios (fwd)</A></strong>, Dundee <a href="mailto:SkeptAck#antisocial,com">SkeptAck#antisocial,com</a>, Mon 10 Jan 2000, 20:31 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00217" HREF="msg00217.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</A></strong>, Chris Turner <a href="mailto:christ#rd,bbc.co.uk">christ#rd,bbc.co.uk</a>, Sat 22 Jan 2000, 18:14 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00081" HREF="msg00081.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Fair/Unfair? Scenarios (fwd)</A></strong>, David Bennett <a href="mailto:ddt#discworld,imaginary.com">ddt#discworld,imaginary.com</a>, Mon 10 Jan 2000, 21:49 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00073" HREF="msg00073.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Ok, got some brand new core dumps.</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Sun 09 Jan 2000, 19:41 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00062" HREF="msg00062.html">[MUD-Dev] An introduction...</A></strong>, Geoffrey A. 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