<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Resets, repops and quests --> <!--X-From-R13: ptNnzv-pt.UenlEntr.Sqzbagba.OP.QO (Quevf Uenl) --> <!--X-Date: from babe.globecomm.net [207.51.48.8] by in5.ibm.net id 865003847.5960-1 Fri May 30 14:50:47 1997 CUT --> <!--X-Message-Id: 9705301527.835n@ami-cg.GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Resets, repops and quests</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA"> </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="msg00952.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00953.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00952.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00956.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00951">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00951">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00951">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Resets, repops and quests</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Resets, repops and quests</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</A> (Chris Gray)</LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Fri, 30 May 97 08:27:41 MST</LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> [Todd L:] :>When I was doing my little quests, the issue that come up is that of how :>a given quest can be solved by different people at the same time. I was :>not able to come up with an answer, and ended up being unsatisfied. One :>of my entire areas shuts out other characters while one character is in :>it. I don't like that, but couldn't see an alternative, given the nature :>of the puzzle in it. : :>How *do* others out there solve this? :This may seem terribly naive, but couldn't you just associate the status :of the quest with the character instead of the mud? That is, the bit :flags are in the player structure. Conceptually, yes, and I plan to do that for some quests I've got in mind (add a computer store, and have a quest be solving "Adventure" on a computer - I can't resist doing that, even if its a bit lame). For me it isn't anywhere near as easy as a few bits, however - it is large changes in the database, happening in many rooms, and involving a moving NPC, for example. Also, there is the problem of two players seeing totally different things in the same location, and then trying to talk about it. With the computer-game approach, that isn't a problem, and is in fact a feature. -- Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00952.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Resets, repops and quests</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00953.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] RP thesis...</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00952.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Resets, repops and quests</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00956.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Resets, repops and quests</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00951"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00951"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00978" HREF="msg00978.html">Social Dimensions of Habitat's Citizenry</A></strong>, clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Sat 31 May 1997, 08:28 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00976" HREF="msg00976.html">Habitat Data</A></strong>, clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Sat 31 May 1997, 08:08 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01057" HREF="msg01057.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Habitat Data</A></strong>, clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Mon 02 Jun 1997, 23:55 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00952" HREF="msg00952.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Resets, repops and quests</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 30 May 1997, 21:50 GMT <UL> <li><Possible follow-up(s)><br> <LI><strong><A NAME="00951" HREF="msg00951.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Resets, repops and quests</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 30 May 1997, 21:50 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00956" HREF="msg00956.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Resets, repops and quests</A></strong>, Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Sat 31 May 1997, 00:01 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01060" HREF="msg01060.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Resets, repops and quests</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Tue 03 Jun 1997, 02:17 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00919" HREF="msg00919.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] lots of stuff, sigh.</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 29 May 1997, 12:56 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00908" HREF="msg00908.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Goal orienetd NPCs</A></strong>, Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Thu 29 May 1997, 02:59 GMT </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>