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531: Re: [MUD-Dev] Room-based vs. coordinate-based

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From: Jeff Kesselman <jeffk@tenetwork.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 22:13:05 -0700
Organization: Kanga.Nu
At 08:20 PM 6/4/97 PST8PDT, Chris Lawrence wrote:
>The approach which I'm currently moving towards is somewhat related to
>this:
>
>The entire world lies within a single coordinate system  (32bit cube).
>
>Domains within that global coordinate system are marked off as being
>"units".  A domain is defined as a 3D space as deliniated by a matrix
>of coordinates. Typically this means a cuboid space (eg a rectangular
>building). 

Chris,

This sounds alot like an Octree . Are you familair with the data structure?

JK