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<LI><em>From</em>: Ben Greear <<A HREF="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 22:37:42 -0700</LI>
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Petri Virkkula wrote:
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> >>>>> "ryan" == ryan <ixiterra#microworld,com> writes:
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> ryan> Builders - Are you willing to put the extra code forth to make
> ryan> rooms much more versatile as season and day/night changes occur?
> ryan> Possibly other things as well.
>
> Inour case dynamic descriptions do not mean burden to builders
> at all. All our rooms a inheriting a common base class that
> defines the following two functions (among other things) that
> are enough for the system to generate dynamic descriptions:
However, you don't get anything for free, and though the descriptions are
better than many hand-crafted ones you'll find, they seem to be inferior
to what a decent writer could produce. My (current) opinion
is that a well written snapshot in time is more pleasing to
play in than a more technically correct system that changes, but can never
be fine prose.
I do like the fertility thing... I think it would be better used to 'grow'
items in the room though, instead of conglomerating it into the description...
> > e
> yyyyyyyRc You are walking on a road going east and west. The road is made of
> yyyyyyyRc stones. There are some trees near the road. The road looks like it
> yyy+*--=c is being used a lot. Above you is a warm, slowly moving, heavily
> yy/yyyyRc clouded sky. A light wind stirs the air.
> y/yyyyyRc Obvious exits are: nw, n, ne, w, e, sw, s and se.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00426" HREF="msg00426.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Dynamic muds</A></strong>,
ryan <a href="mailto:ixiterra#microworld,com">ixiterra#microworld,com</a>, Mon 20 Sep 1999, 22:44 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00429" HREF="msg00429.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Dynamic muds</A></strong>,
Colin Coghill <a href="mailto:C.Coghill#auckland,ac.nz">C.Coghill#auckland,ac.nz</a>, Tue 21 Sep 1999, 00:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00472" HREF="msg00472.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Dynamic muds</A></strong>,
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Petri Virkkula <a href="mailto:pvirkkul#iki,fi">pvirkkul#iki,fi</a>, Tue 21 Sep 1999, 05:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00433" HREF="msg00433.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Dynamic muds</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Tue 21 Sep 1999, 05:32 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00434" HREF="msg00434.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Dynamic muds</A></strong>,
Katrina McClelan <a href="mailto:kitkat#marcus,pants.nu">kitkat#marcus,pants.nu</a>, Tue 21 Sep 1999, 06:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00454" HREF="msg00454.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Dynamic muds</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Tue 21 Sep 1999, 23:58 GMT
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Katrina McClelan <a href="mailto:kitkat#marcus,pants.nu">kitkat#marcus,pants.nu</a>, Wed 22 Sep 1999, 18:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00520" HREF="msg00520.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Dynamic muds</A></strong>,
Alex Oren <a href="mailto:alexo#bigfoot,com">alexo#bigfoot,com</a>, Wed 29 Sep 1999, 00:07 GMT
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