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<H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Virtual Chemistry</H1>
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<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Virtual Chemistry</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: Matt Chatterley <<A HREF="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 09:23:46 +0000 (GMT)</LI>
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On Sat, 12 Jul 1997, Jon A. Lambert wrote:
[Snip my original post]
> An excellent idea. I think we may have peripherally touched on this
> concept in a thread on "assemblies" of objects. It was my thought that
> these assemblies would have there own predefined attributes and methods
> that hide unassembled objects attributes and methods. The assembly class
> might have an assemble method and a disassemble method. The assemble
> method checking that all components are present and the disassemble
> creates the aggregated objects upon disassembly.
> I think some rudimentary chemistry/alchemy could be implemented using
> this technique.
I think so. Perhaps basic checking on assemble, ie 'are they mixable?'
(ie, you can't really mix a liquid and a gas), and then a causitive result
(just what *will* happen if you mix ground up dragons tooth and wolves
blood?). A central information storage could record that 'elements' X Y
and Z have certain reactions with each other, and mixtures could report
the quantities of each the contain to get the appropriate return, even.
> Perhaps some attributes of an assembly class could be:
>
> components list
> spells list
> energy/mana consumer
> energy/mana producer
> components list destroyed upon assembly
> components list released upon disassembly
Yup.
> For instance in an assembly for salt(NaCl) it makes sense to hide
> the component objects Sodium and Chlorine since the resulting assembly
> shares very little with the aggregate objects. This is of course very
> simplistic.
But it gives the general idea of what we want. Finally a way to make
mixing potions a little more interesting. ;)
Regards,
-Matt Chatterley
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00129" HREF="msg00129.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Virtual Chemistry</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Mon 14 Jul 1997, 13:04 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00137" HREF="msg00137.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Virtual Chemistry</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Wed 16 Jul 1997, 00:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00118" HREF="msg00118.html">Attn JCL: A scenario for you</A></strong>,
Alex Oren <a href="mailto:alexo#bigfoot,com">alexo#bigfoot,com</a>, Sun 13 Jul 1997, 20:32 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00108" HREF="msg00108.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Virtual Chemistry</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sun 13 Jul 1997, 09:30 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00113" HREF="msg00113.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Virtual Chemistry</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Sun 13 Jul 1997, 15:24 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00133" HREF="msg00133.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Virtual Chemistry</A></strong>,
Michael Hohensee <a href="mailto:michael#sparta,mainstream.net">michael#sparta,mainstream.net</a>, Mon 14 Jul 1997, 23:10 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00134" HREF="msg00134.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Virtual Chemistry</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Tue 15 Jul 1997, 00:49 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00114" HREF="msg00114.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Virtual Chemistry</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sun 13 Jul 1997, 19:17 GMT
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