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<LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: DBMS in MU*'s</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: <A HREF="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</A></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 16:24:55 -0400 (EDT)</LI>
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On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Chris Gray wrote:
> [s001gmu#nova,wright.edu (Greg):]
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> >Short of some titanic force, no unaided mortal will break the axe head,
> >but the handle is quite breakable. Now, another can of worms is opened
> >when I ask, "uh.. what happens to the handle? is it 2 distinct 'broken
> >wooden axehandle' objects?" I choose not to address that, atm. :) Words
> >of wisdom from the peanut gallery?
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> You mean like, allowing disassembly being the first step, and breakage
> being the second step of a infinite path leading nowhere? :-)
ya... that's why I chose not to answer it.
> You either have to stop somewhere, fake it, or get generic.
heh. I'd say generic. Faking it tends to fall apart after a while...
> The game value of allowing assembly/disassembly can be good.
Yup. I really like the idea.
> The game value of allowing
> that kind of breakage is likely less generally useful (how is it better,
> for the game, than just ending up with a single "broken axe handle"?)
I can see where breaking things can be of importance to the game.
Consider a wall betwixt you and the treasure of masive manlyness.
Granted, I might be tempted to call walls a construction of bricks, but
then, do I really want to model EVERY brick? I don't think so... not
until memory gets to the range of $0.01/GB. This thread feels like it is
pulling us back towards a thread quite a while back that JC was prominent
in, about grouping items, etc.
> If you want to go that path, consider modelling the axe handle as a
> rough cylinder of given dimensions. Breaking it produces a pair of
> rougher cylinders of appropriate dimensions. The breakability of a piece
> of wood is related to its smallest dimension (unless of course you want
> to get into issues of wood-grain).
I choose not to comment... :P where to draw the line on what to model and
what to fake has yet to be determined for my project. :)
-Greg
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00319" HREF="msg00319.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: DBMS in MU*'s</A></strong>,
Adam J. Thornton <a href="mailto:adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU">adam#phoenix,Princeton.EDU</a>, Thu 23 Jul 1998, 20:21 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00272" HREF="msg00272.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: DBMS in MU*'s</A></strong>,
quzah <a href="mailto:quzah#geocities,com">quzah#geocities,com</a>, Mon 20 Jul 1998, 20:37 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00312" HREF="msg00312.html">[MUD-Dev] Objects (was Re: DBMS in MU*'s)</A></strong>,
s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Wed 22 Jul 1998, 18:26 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00274" HREF="msg00274.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: DBMS in MU*'s</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00282" HREF="msg00282.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: DBMS in MU*'s</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00672" HREF="msg00672.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: DBMS in MU*'s</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Wed 12 Aug 1998, 03:48 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00260" HREF="msg00260.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Scripting Design Notes</A></strong>,
Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Sun 19 Jul 1998, 20:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00265" HREF="msg00265.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Scripting Design Notes</A></strong>,
Vadim Tkachenko <a href="mailto:vt#freehold,crocodile.org">vt#freehold,crocodile.org</a>, Mon 20 Jul 1998, 05:06 GMT
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