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<LI><em>From</em>: Kevin Littlejohn &lt;<A HREF="mailto:darius#connect,com.au">darius#connect,com.au</A>&gt;</LI>
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&gt;&gt;&gt; Phillip Lenhardt wrote
&gt; &gt; Be careful about this. You risk making success depend too much on
&gt; &gt; programming skills. You could make the scripting language very simple, but
&gt; &gt; then it lacks power, and there is likely to be a lot more of the golden
&gt; &gt; path (in which case you may as well not bother having htem script the
&gt; &gt; golden path...just have their characters do it automatically).
&gt; 
&gt; But suppose that every script a player writes is available to everyone
&gt; else (which obviously precludes the "script trade" economy). Then having a
&gt; "killer script" is at best a momentary advantage.

I've been thinking more about this too.  Suppose you move the flags, game-wise
(tieing in to another thread somewhat here).  If the game provides for the
ability to script your character's interaction with the world, in pretty
much any way you like - well, maybe there's a niche for people who want to
try out funky ideas for AIish scripts, in a sealed moderately predictable
environment.

(side-note:  I'd actually like to be able to instantiate Moebius as a
purely community engine - give people the scripting, and moderate security,
and ala the MOO's allow them to do what they like - specifying that the
common theme is OO programming.  Being able to hack up examples of various
OO structures and assign them "real-world" shapes (so they can be picked up
and studied) seems a neat tool to me.  Don't know whether it's feasible or
not, but it's an interesting idea...  Could potentially be handy for trying
out a new AI idea, too.)

KevinL



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<LI><strong><A NAME="00180" HREF="msg00180.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Family, was characters per account</A></strong>, 
Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:the_logos#achaea,com">the_logos#achaea,com</a>, Tue 11 Apr 2000, 21:25 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00183" HREF="msg00183.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Family, was characters per account</A></strong>, 
Kevin Littlejohn <a href="mailto:darius#connect,com.au">darius#connect,com.au</a>, Tue 11 Apr 2000, 21:51 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00185" HREF="msg00185.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Family, was characters per account</A></strong>, 
Shawn Halpenny <a href="mailto:malachai#iname,com">malachai#iname,com</a>, Tue 11 Apr 2000, 22:06 GMT
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Matthew Mihaly <a href="mailto:the_logos#achaea,com">the_logos#achaea,com</a>, Wed 12 Apr 2000, 01:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00182" HREF="msg00182.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Family, was characters per account</A></strong>, 
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00195" HREF="msg00195.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Family, was characters per account</A></strong>, 
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00137" HREF="msg00137.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Player controller justice systems</A></strong>, 
Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Mon 10 Apr 2000, 23:12 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00143" HREF="msg00143.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Player controller justice systems</A></strong>, 
Travis Nixon <a href="mailto:tnixon#avalanchesoftware,com">tnixon#avalanchesoftware,com</a>, Tue 11 Apr 2000, 02:05 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00144" HREF="msg00144.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Player controller justice systems</A></strong>, 
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