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17041: RE: [MUD-Dev] Curing skill spam
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From: "Alistair Milne" <krug@btinternet.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:34:02 -0000
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
> Jon Lambert [mailto:tychomud@ix.netcom.com] wrote:
> For example with lock picking I seeded with the character's
> skill level, and the lock id number. It worked as advertised.
> Characters could consistently succeed or fail at certain
> locks. But there was a side-effect to this. As someone rose
> in skill level, there was also a good chance (although a
> decreasing one) that consistent success at earlier picked
> locks were consistent failures at an increased skill level.
> Also it doesn't really solve the learn through repeated use
> problem.
Why not just give the lock a minimum level? You could seed the
random number generator with the lock ID and make its minimum
level equal to random( 1, max_level ). Broadly similar results
without the worry of 'losing' the ability on a particular lock
as you advance in skill.
Genghis
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