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<H1>Re: Just a bit of musing</H1>
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<LI><em>From</em>: Wout Mertens <<A HREF="mailto:Wout.Mertens#rug,ac.be">Wout.Mertens#rug,ac.be</A>></LI>
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On Wed, 26 Feb 1997, Nathan Yospe wrote:
> X - node
> O - object (character or item)
> D - description
> B - blocking description
> S - screening description
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> D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
> D B D D D D D D D O D D D D D
> D D X D O D D X D D D D X D D
> D D D D D D D D D S D D D D D
> D D B D D D S D D D D D D D D
> D D D D O D D D D D D D D D D
> D D D D D D D D D D O D D D D
> D D X D D S D X D D D D X D D
> D D B D D D D D D D D D D D D
> D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
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> A blocking description would block things "behind" it, using the 2D
> crystal latice matrix transforms to determin "behind"ness. Screening hides
> the things behind it to varying degrees. Multiple objects can occupy the
> same location, but have volume concerns. A "node" corresponds to a room,
> and could concievably have size variation, though that is not necessary to
> the design. The nodes portrayed here have scope 5x5.
Uhm... So a wall would be a line of B's ? and a window in that wall would
be an S? And how are you going to generate all those descriptions?
Standard terrain desc+ variations or something like that?
And what about tunnels and the like... This system would be something like
nethack with levels?
A system I would love would be something like Descent in world buildup.
Thing is, you need VRML or something like that to portray that.
Anyway,
Wout.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00009" HREF="msg00009.html">Just a bit of musing</A></strong>,
Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Thu 27 Feb 1997, 08:49 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00010" HREF="msg00010.html">Re: Just a bit of musing</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#inficad,com">nightfall#inficad,com</a>, Thu 27 Feb 1997, 12:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00012" HREF="msg00012.html">Re: Just a bit of musing</A></strong>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Thu 27 Feb 1997, 14:20 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00013" HREF="msg00013.html">Re: Just a bit of musing</A></strong>,
Carter T Shock <a href="mailto:ctso#umiacs,umd.edu">ctso#umiacs,umd.edu</a>, Thu 27 Feb 1997, 21:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00014" HREF="msg00014.html">Re: Just a bit of musing</A></strong>,
Wout Mertens <a href="mailto:Wout.Mertens#rug,ac.be">Wout.Mertens#rug,ac.be</a>, Thu 27 Feb 1997, 21:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00015" HREF="msg00015.html">Re: Just a bit of musing</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 28 Feb 1997, 02:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00016" HREF="msg00016.html">Re: Just a bit of musing</A></strong>,
Carter T Shock <a href="mailto:ctso#umiacs,umd.edu">ctso#umiacs,umd.edu</a>, Fri 28 Feb 1997, 03:18 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00017" HREF="msg00017.html">Re: Just a bit of musing</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 28 Feb 1997, 10:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00020" HREF="msg00020.html">Re: Just a bit of musing</A></strong>,
Alex Oren <a href="mailto:alexo#europa,com">alexo#europa,com</a>, Fri 28 Feb 1997, 23:13 GMT
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