<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo --> <!--X-From-R13: ptNnzv-pt.UenlEntr.Sqzbagba.OP.QO (Quevf Uenl) --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 06:01:47 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 9709240247.8gyi@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] Usability and interface and who the hell is supp</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="msg01405.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01407.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg01443.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01419.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#01406">Author</A> | <A HREF="#01406">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#01406">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo</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] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo</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>: Tue, 23 Sep 97 19:47:02 MST</LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> [Travis C:] : Hmm.... :perhaps messages from picking something up should say something like, "Joe :picks up the second ball" in these sorts of situations? A character :dropping :an item shouldn't rearrange the order of things -- the dropped item can be :put on the end of the list. Thus, picking up items is the only thing that :can actually change the position of an item in the list. Idea stolen - I just went and added it to my scenario. I need another builtin function before I can do it properly - currently it will only add the English form of the position if the player specified one on the command. I need a "CountOccurrences", so I can cheaply tell if the item was the only one - no point in saying "first" when there is only one! Wait - I can just see if there is one in the list afterwards... :- A view of the world which varies for different characters. This is only : somewhat a user interface issue, but I feel that it's easier to imagine :being : a different race if the game can somehow give you the feeling of being : something other than human. Basically, I'd like descriptions to vary : according to the character's senses, size, etc. For example, where a :human : character might get: : : You're standing in a small, walk-in freezer, dimly lit by a single bare :light : bulb. A puddle of what looks like blood is steaming slightly on the :floor. : : A player who was playing a cat might see: : : You're standing in a huge, cold room, lit by a single bare light bulb. :A puddle : of what looks like blood is steaming slightly on the floor. The room :smells : of fresh blood. : : Of course, this is much easier said than done. I have ideas on how to do :it that : ought to work -- the primary problem is that builders would need to write : more description than they currently do, and would need to mark the :conditions : under which some parts of the description can be seen. Doesn't Nathan have something like this? Nathan? Or am I just remembering some wishes from previous discussions? -- Chris Gray cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="01419" HREF="msg01419.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Nathan Yospe <yospe#hawaii,edu></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01405.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01407.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Affecting the world</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01443.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01419.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#01406"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#01406"><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>Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="01511" HREF="msg01511.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Sat 27 Sep 1997, 20:11 GMT </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="01451" HREF="msg01451.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo</A></strong>, clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 25 Sep 1997, 21:08 GMT </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="01391" HREF="msg01391.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Tue 23 Sep 1997, 18:04 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01443" HREF="msg01443.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 25 Sep 1997, 18:03 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01406" HREF="msg01406.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Wed 24 Sep 1997, 06:01 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01419" HREF="msg01419.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo</A></strong>, Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Wed 24 Sep 1997, 18:19 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01430" HREF="msg01430.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 25 Sep 1997, 06:01 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01452" HREF="msg01452.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is suppo</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Thu 25 Sep 1997, 21:26 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01484" HREF="msg01484.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Usability and interface and who the hell is supposed to be playing</A></strong>, Shawn Halpenny <a href="mailto:malachai#iname,com">malachai#iname,com</a>, Fri 26 Sep 1997, 13:30 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </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>