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From: "Benjamin D. Wiechel" <strycher@toast.net>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 13:54:49 -0400
Organization: Kanga.Nu
-----Original Message-----
From: Ling <K.L.Lo-94@student.lboro.ac.uk>
To: mud-dev@kanga.nu <mud-dev@kanga.nu>
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 1:34 PM
Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Nested coorindate space model
>On Wed, 20 May 1998, J C Lawrence wrote:
>
>> Given a domain which consists of several distinct lumps, the
>> coordinate system ignores the "space" between the lumps. ie the space
>> between the lumps as defined by the containing coordinate system is
>> treated as of zero size.
>
>Cunning, though for me, it's more of a curiosity than something I'd be
>willing to implement. Can a builder switch between coord systems? Say
>from cartesian to cylindrical? Or perhaps something even more bizarre,
>like transformations to a Z plane:
[snip]
I guess something that strikes me about coordinate systems is this:
The times I have thought about coordinate systems it was for two reasons.
One would be to quickly "build" a very generic area, like a long path, or a
large meadow, where there wouldn't be much change in description. You could
build a small database within the MUD to handle the coordinates, maybe just
a large multi-dimensional array or mapping. You could use it with the same
description for all rooms, or have it store unique descriptions, or any
combination. Or the concept of D-space from MUSH environments like Robomush
from years ago.
The other reason would be to keep track of ownership of areas.... which you
wouldn't even really NEED a coordinate system to do. That way, as kings and
lords won battles and took over new areas, the ownership would/could change.
This is probably easier handled in a variable in the object code itself
though, rather than a coordinates system.
Perhaps I'm too locked into my old modes of thinking however. I grew up in
the old LP muds, dating back to the good old 2.4.5 driver/lib. Maybe for
other games like UOL it makes more sense to use coordinates?
--
Benjamin D. Wiechel
http://www.toast.net/~strycher/
strycher@toast.net