June 1997
- UNSUBSCRIBE Dan Armstrong
- Resets, langs, and quests ashen
- [RP v. Power Gaming v. Pkilling] Jeff Kesselman
- [RP v. Power Gaming v. Pkilling] Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP: TIime to define Jeff Kesselman
- RP: TIime to define Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Reasonable danger [was Alright... IF your gonan do DESIESE...] Matt Chatterley
- Reasonable danger [was Alright... IF your gonan do DESIESE...] Marian Griffith
- Administrative posting coder@ibm.net
- Administrative posting Jeff Kesselman
- Administrative posting coder@ibm.net
- PKilling (was Life) Brandon Gillespie
- A quick apology... Jeff Kesselman
- The reality of constant combat?? Jeff Kesselman
- The reality of constant combat?? Jon A. Lambert
- The reality of constant combat?? Jeff Kesselman
- The reality of constant combat?? Jon A. Lambert
- The reality of constant combat?? Jeff Kesselman
- The reality of constant combat?? Jon A. Lambert
- The reality of constant combat?? Jeff Kesselman
- The reality of constant combat?? Adam Wiggins
- The reality of constant combat?? Jeff Kesselman
- The reality of constant combat?? Jon A. Lambert
- The reality of constant combat?? Jeff Kesselman
- The reality of constant combat?? Adam Wiggins
- The reality of constant combat?? Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- The reality of constant combat?? Jeff Kesselman
- The reality of constant combat?? Adam Wiggins
- The reality of constant combat?? Jeff Kesselman
- The reality of constant combat?? clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- The reality of constant combat?? Ling
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Alex Oren
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Jeff Kesselman
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Nathan Yospe
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Alex Oren
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Jeff Kesselman
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Alex Oren
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Huibai
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Jeff Kesselman
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Adam Wiggins
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Chris Gray
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Jeff Kesselman
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Jeff Kesselman
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Jon A. Lambert
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Shawn Halpenny
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Shawn Halpenny
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Shawn Halpenny
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Shawn Halpenny
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Shawn Halpenny
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Alex Oren
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Nathan Yospe
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Alex Oren
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Nathan Yospe
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Shawn Halpenny
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Brandon J. Rickman
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Shawn Halpenny
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Brandon J. Rickman
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Alex Oren
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Shawn Halpenny
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Brandon J. Rickman
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based coder@ibm.net
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Brandon J. Rickman
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Marian Griffith
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based S001GMU@nova.wright.edu
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based S001GMU@nova.wright.edu
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Brandon J. Rickman
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Miroslav Silovic
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Jeff Kesselman
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based coder@ibm.net
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Miroslav Silovic
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Chris Gray
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Jeff Kesselman
- Room-based vs. coordinate-based Chris Gray
- Life Jamie Norrish
- Life Ling
- Life ashen
- Life Matt Chatterley
- Life Jeff Kesselman
- Life clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Life Jeff Kesselman
- Life Marian Griffith
- Life Adam Wiggins
- Life Jeff Kesselman
- Life clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Life Jeff Kesselman
- Reasonable danger [was Alright... IF your gonan Adam Wiggins
- RP/PG examples Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP/PG examples Jeff Kesselman
- RP/PG examples Adam Wiggins
- RP/PG examples Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP/PG examples Jeff Kesselman
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Adam Wiggins
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Nathan Yospe
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Ling
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Adam Wiggins
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Martin Keegan
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Adam Wiggins
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Jon A. Lambert
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Marian Griffith
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Jon A. Lambert
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Marian Griffith
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Jeff Kesselman
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Jon A. Lambert
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Nathan Yospe
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Nathan Yospe
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Martin Keegan
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Adam Wiggins
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Jon A. Lambert
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Jon A. Lambert
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Chris Gray
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Adam Wiggins
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Jeff Kesselman
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Adam Wiggins
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Jeff Kesselman
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Adam Wiggins
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Jeff Kesselman
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Adam Wiggins
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Jeff Kesselman
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Jon A. Lambert
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Chris Gray
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Jeff Kesselman
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Chris Gray
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Chris Gray
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Matt Chatterley
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Jon A. Lambert
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Martin Keegan
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Martin Keegan
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Brandon Cline
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD coder@ibm.net
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Jeff Kesselman
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Chris Gray
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Martin Keegan
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Adam Wiggins
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Jeff Kesselman
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Martin Keegan
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Chris Gray
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Chris Gray
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Nathan Yospe
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Marian Griffith
- RP=MUSH/PG=MUD Matt Chatterley
- Computers can't.... Jeff Kesselman
- Computers can't.... Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Computers can't.... Jeff Kesselman
- Combat and Roleplay Jeff Kesselman
- Combat and Roleplay clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Death Jeff Kesselman
- Learning Todd Lair
- Message problems with this list coder@ibm.net
- Greetings Koster, Raph
- Another Introduction... Travis S Casey
- Lorry's document on wizard-hood clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Lorry's document on wizard-hood Jeff Kesselman
- Lorry's document on wizard-hood clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Threaded rand() Ling
- I have no words and I must design clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- I have no words and I must design Adam Wiggins
- TSR has been bought. Jeff Kesselman
- DESIGN: The Physics of Magic coder@ibm.net
- over the shoudler view Jeff Kesselman
- Re:[DESIGN] the physcis of magic. Jeff Kesselman
- RIME/Fido nolstalgia Adam Wiggins
- a definition of role-playing Travis S Casey
- [RP] The thoughful player Jeff Kesselman
- web archive for MUD Design List ? Dmitri Kondratiev
- web archive for MUD Design List ? clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- web archive for MUD Design List ? Dmitri Kondratiev
- web archive for MUD Design List ? clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- [WotC TSR buyout] WotC Survey Jeff Kesselman
- The laws of probability coder@ibm.net
- The laws of probability Chris Gray
- The laws of probability coder@ibm.net
- The laws of probability clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- The laws of probability Adam Wiggins
- The laws of probability clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- The laws of probability clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Martin Keegan
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Chris Gray
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Jeff Kesselman
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Chris Gray
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Martin Keegan
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) coder@ibm.net
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Martin Keegan
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Chris Gray
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Marian Griffith
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Jeff Kesselman
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Marian Griffith
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Martin Keegan
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Nathan Yospe
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Martin Keegan
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Simon Miller
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Martin Keegan
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Matt Chatterley
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Martin Keegan
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Martin Keegan
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Marian Griffith
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Jeff Kesselman
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Jon A. Lambert
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Martin Keegan
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Martin Keegan
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Martin Keegan
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Simon Miller
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Jeff Kesselman
- "short" Introductory Message (fwd) Martin Keegan
- Physical Space Representation Mathue Moyer
- Physical Space Representation coder@ibm.net
- "From Kansas to Oz" Chris Gray
- "From Kansas to Oz" clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- "From Kansas to Oz" Jeff Kesselman
- "From Kansas to Oz" clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- "From Kansas to Oz" Jeff Kesselman
- "From Kansas to Oz" clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- "From Kansas to Oz" Miroslav Silovic
- "From Kansas to Oz" clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- "From Kansas to Oz" Jeff Kesselman
- "From Kansas to Oz" coder@ibm.net
- "From Kansas to Oz" Brandon Gillespie
- "From Kansas to Oz" clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Text output [was "short" Introductory Message (fwd)] Matt Chatterley
- (fwd) RESEARCH: Why do you admin a Mud? clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Genuinely brief intro Dr. Cat
- Genuinely brief intro Jeff Kesselman
- Genuinely brief intro Chris Gray
- Genuinely brief intro Jeff Kesselman
- Genuinely brief intro Dr. Cat
- Genuinely brief intro Koster, Raph
- Genuinely brief intro Jeff Kesselman
- Genuinely brief intro clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Genuinely brief intro Jeff Kesselman
- Genuinely brief intro Dr. Cat
- Commercial interests and rules clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- mention from Mud-Dev clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Intellectual property Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Intellectual property Jeff Kesselman
- Digest support coder@ibm.net
- List message losses coder@ibm.net
- Testing. coder@ibm.net
- Persistancy Matt Chatterley
- Name/language generation Oliver Jowett
- Name/language generation Brandon Cline
- Name/language generation Chris Gray
- Name/language generation Shawn Halpenny
- Name/language generation Brandon Gillespie
- Name/language generation Martin Keegan
- Name/language generation Jamie Norrish
- Name/language generation Jeff Kesselman
- Git out the boar spear, Martha! Chris Gray
- Git out the boar spear, Martha! Nathan Yospe
- Git out the boar spear, Martha! clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Git out the boar spear, Martha! Matt Chatterley
- Git out the boar spear, Martha! Adam Wiggins
- Git out the boar spear, Martha! Matt Chatterley
- Git out the boar spear, Martha! clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Git out the boar spear, Martha! Jon A. Lambert
- Git out the boar spear, Martha! Nathan Yospe
- Git out the boar spear, Martha! clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Git out the boar spear, Martha! clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Git out the boar spear, Martha! Matt Chatterley
- Git out the boar spear, Martha! Chris Gray
- Git out the boar spear, Martha! Nathan Yospe
- Git out the boar spear, Martha! Matt Chatterley
- Git out the boar spear, Martha! Matt Chatterley
- Population container Wout Mertens
- Population container Brandon Cline
- Population container Jon A. Lambert
- Population container Chris Gray
- Population container Nathan Yospe
- Population container clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Population container Wout Mertens
- Population container clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Population container Wout Mertens
- Population container Chris Gray
- Population container Nathan Yospe
- Population container clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Dragons... size and history Nathan Yospe
- Dragons (Couldn't resist) Nathan Yospe
- Heroes Nathan Yospe
- Alright... IF your gonan do OWLs... Nathan Yospe
- Black Rabbit & Vworlds-biz mail list Frank Crowell
- Supporting RP+PG Huibai
- Supporting RP+PG Jeff Kesselman
- Supporting RP+PG Matt Chatterley
- Supporting RP+PG Huibai
- Supporting RP+PG Matt Chatterley
- Supporting RP+PG clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Supporting RP+PG Huibai
- Supporting RP+PG Matt Chatterley
- Supporting RP+PG Marian Griffith
- Supporting RP+PG Matt Chatterley
- Supporting RP+PG Chris Gray
- Supporting RP+PG Matt Chatterley
- Supporting RP+PG Matt Chatterley
- Supporting RP+PG Adam Wiggins
- Supporting RP+PG Miroslav Silovic
- Supporting RP+PG Adam Wiggins
- Supporting RP+PG Jon A. Lambert
- Supporting RP+PG Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Supporting RP+PG Huibai
- Supporting RP+PG Matt Chatterley
- Integrating PK Matt Chatterley
- Integrating PK Marian Griffith
- Integrating PK Adam Wiggins
- Integrating PK Marian Griffith
- Integrating PK Jeff Kesselman
- Integrating PK clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Integrating PK Jeff Kesselman
- Integrating PK Matt Chatterley
- Integrating PK Adam Wiggins
- Integrating PK Matt Chatterley
- Integrating PK clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Integrating PK Alex Oren
- Integrating PK Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Integrating PK Shawn Halpenny
- Integrating PK Nathan Yospe
- Integrating PK Matt Chatterley
- Integrating PK Matt Chatterley
- Integrating PK Adam Wiggins
- Integrating PK Matt Chatterley
- Integrating PK Jeff Kesselman
- Integrating PK Matt Chatterley
- Integrating PK Jeff Kesselman
- Integrating PK Jon A. Lambert
- Integrating PK Jeff Kesselman
- Integrating PK Matt Chatterley
- Integrating PK Matt Chatterley
- Integrating PK Adam Wiggins
- Integrating PK Adam Wiggins
- Integrating PK clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Integrating PK Adam Wiggins
- Integrating PK Matt Chatterley
- Integrating PK Martin Keegan
- Integrating PK Matt Chatterley
- common server design Chris Gray
- common server design Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- common server design Chris Gray
- common server design Caliban Tiresias Darklock
Chris Gray wrote:
>
> [Caliban:]
>
> :I think the command set is
> :something that really ought to be defined by someone other than the guy
> :writing all the internals of the code.
>
> To a certain extent, yes. But, the facilities available in the server
> will influence what make sense in designing the way in which things like
> rooms, objects, commands, etc. are put together.
However, this also results in the commands being fitted to the server
instead of
the user. The user has to use the commands, so the user should be the
primary
concern in designing a command structure.
> Doing that stuff while ignoring what the server is like is bound to run into
> troubles.
That viewpoint basically hammers a fundamental theory of object-oriented
programming, which is that no part of the program should rely upon any
knowledge
or assumptions regarding the rest of the program. If OOP is appropriate
for a
MUD server, then OOD should also be appropriate. You design each object
within
the four groups mentioned previously (user interface, command interface,
network
interface, and game system) as though anything whatsoever could be
interacting
with it.
> If you
> have a concept of separate "exits" (I don't), then any support in the
> server for them should be considered, and vice versa.
If you have no concept of anything, the server must by necessity support
an
intuitive and understandable method of describing in an effective
fashion
something that the developer would never in a million years have thought
of.
It's the 'intuitive and understandable' parts which bog down some
servers.
> You can't do the
> two completely separately, since the base of the scenario is dependent
> on the server and what it does well.
I expect the server to have a very broad but well-defined goal, which is
to run
text-based multiplayer online games that are easy to interact with.
Given that
goal, certain types of games (Quake, chess, connect four, poker,
scrabble, word
search puzzles, crosswords, etc.) won't really be appropriate. Neither
will some
potential applications (operating systems, device drivers, compilers).
While I
am sure some weirdo somewhere is going to complain he can't use RPC in
his
mobprogs, I don't think that necessarily means we need that in the
server.
> :I also like to think that a significant number of us are pretty tired of
> :crap and would rather write something really cool.
>
> Certainly, but I think it is unwise to equate "cool" with "useful". In
> real life, the best way to do something may not be cool at all.
If you're trying to create something cool, then the best way to do it is
by
definition something cool. QED. There will obviously be some limitations
and
restrictions the final server inherits -- try to be everything to
everyone, and
you end up nothing to nobody -- but I'm really hoping we can create
something
that will flatten the learning curve without overly diminishing the
power. In
my opinion, that's pretty cool *and* pretty useful. You may disagree, of
course,
since that's your prerogative.
Another point might be that there is a lot of useful crap out there,
too. Think
of the most horrendous misfeature of a server you have ever seen in your
life
(no, I don't have anything in mind, but I'm sure it's not hard for you
to come up
with one) and I can almost guarantee that someone out there is using it
for something. If nothing else, *you're* using it as an example. ;)
> :I often see a sentiment expressed on this list...
>
> The fact that someone doesn't intend to be totally driven by the demands
> of "users" doesn't mean that person isn't interested in what users and
> other implementors have to say. Quite the contrary, I would say.
I usually see that sentiment expressed when someone says "I don't like
the way
you did that and I would rather see it done differently". (Of course, if
the
disagreement is expressed by saying "That sucks, you moron, do this
instead",
then I can see a little outrage being perfectly appropriate.) When
someone says
they don't like what you're doing, particularly if they have a
well-reasoned and
logical alternative, it generally indicates at least the *possibility*
that you
really are doing it wrong.
The willingness of people to believe that my example of a pathologically
bad
command line for a game server was a *recommendation* pretty much
demonstrates
people's expectation that a game server's command syntax will be
unusable and
cryptic. This arises mainly from the lack of external input, I think;
there are
things I find intuitive, and things other people find intuitive. Since I
am a
longtime gamer, experienced programmer, and network administrator...
chances are
I would find something 'intuitive' where many other people would find it
just
plain confusing. I might, for example, think that a good syntax for
making some
object inherit another objects properties is by using a command like
create child uses parent
But someone else could look at this and get confused. Obviously, the
Java people
among us will likely think this is perfectly logical, although an
argument could
certainly be made for 'extends' instead of 'uses'. Someone else might
prefer to
have the commands separated -- for example, 'create child' and 'link
child parent'. Other people will of course have different ideas. But the
problem with
both approaches is that it isn't really descriptive of the parent/child
relationship, and doesn't spring to mind instantly when trying to make
one
object the same as another object.
Which is why I like the idea of getting together in a sort of round
table
discussion about what makes a game server's command interface good or
bad, and
how it could be made better. That way, even if the discussion goes
straight to hell and degenerates into flamage, we see some other
people's opinions. We should
all at least get one or two ideas from this sort of discussion, since
even when
someone just says 'a command like X sucks' you might think of a way to
fix it or
a new command that doesn't suck. - common server design Chris Gray
- common server design Jeff Kesselman
- common server design Jon A. Lambert
- common server design Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- common server design Jeff Kesselman
- common server design Alex Oren
- common server design Jeff Kesselman
- common server design Cynbe ru Taren
- common server design Jon A. Lambert
- common server design Chris Gray
- common server design Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- common server design Chris Gray
- common server design clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- common server design Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- common server design clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- common server design Martin Keegan
- common server design clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- common server design Cynbe ru Taren
- common server design clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- common server design Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- common server design clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Re: Jeff Kesselman
- The Difference between.. Jeff Kesselman
- The Difference between.. Adam Wiggins
- The Difference between.. Jeff Kesselman
- The Difference between.. clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- The Difference between.. Jeff Kesselman
- (subject missing) mud-dev@null.net
- Neighborhoods (was room-based v coord-based) S001GMU@nova.wright.edu
- Neighborhoods (was room-based v coord-based) Brandon J. Rickman
- Pen-and-paper and Computer-based systems Alex Oren
- User Interface (was: RP=MUSH/PG=MUD) Shawn Halpenny
- Rumours Marian Griffith
- Levels and XP Huibai
- Levels and XP Martin Keegan
- Levels and XP Simon Miller
- Levels and XP Huibai
- Levels and XP Nathan Yospe
- Levels and XP Matt Chatterley
- Meta clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- non pk dealing with conflicts Marian Griffith
- Integrating PK Brandon Cline
- Integrating PK Huibai
- Integrating PK Brandon Cline
- Integrating PK Huibai
- Integrating PK Nathan Yospe
- Integrating PK Cynbe ru Taren
- Integrating PK Chris Gray
- Integrating PK clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Integrating PK Jon A. Lambert
- noise Alex Oren
- Neighborhood watch clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Neighborhood watch Nathan Yospe
- Neighborhood watch Chris Gray
- Neighborhood watch Nathan Yospe
- Neighborhood watch Brandon J. Rickman
- Neighborhood watch clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Neighborhood watch Chris Gray
- Neighborhood watch clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Mob AI Brandon Cline
- Hardcore server design Alex Oren
- Hardcore server design clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- [NOISE] common server design Martin Keegan
- try it out! Chris Gray
- Population container Wout Mertens
- Population container clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Population container Raz
- Population container clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Jon A. Lambert
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Matt Chatterley
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Jon A. Lambert
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Matt Chatterley
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Marian Griffith
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Jon A. Lambert
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Matt Chatterley
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Matt Chatterley
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Matt Chatterley
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Martin Keegan
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Matt Chatterley
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Adam Wiggins
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Matt Chatterley
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Nathan Yospe
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Matt Chatterley
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Nathan Yospe
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Nathan Yospe
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Matt Chatterley
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Martin Keegan
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Adam Wiggins
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Jeff Kesselman
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Adam Wiggins
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Jon A. Lambert
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Nathan Yospe
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Matt Chatterley
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Nathan Yospe
- Level abstractions - Realism vs Game Issues Matt Chatterley
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- Flexible, Modular Server Design Brandon Cline
- Flexible, Modular Server Design Jeff Kesselman
- Flexible, Modular Server Design Chris Gray
- Another Approach (was: Integrating PK) Brandon Gillespie
- Another Approach (was: Integrating PK) Jon A. Lambert
- Another Approach (was: Integrating PK) Nathan Yospe
- Another Approach (was: Integrating PK) clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Level abstractions Huibai
- Alright... IF your gonna do Disease... Jon A. Lambert
- thread splitting Alex Oren
- thread splitting coder@ibm.net
- thread splitting coder@ibm.net
- thread splitting Caliban Tiresias Darklock
- Senses & geographical events Wout Mertens
- Senses & geographical events Chris Gray
- Senses & geographical events clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Additions to sensory planes Wout Mertens
- Nation of shopkeepers Martin Keegan
- Nation of shopkeepers Huibai
- Nation of shopkeepers Jeff Kesselman
- Nation of shopkeepers Adam Wiggins
- Nation of shopkeepers Matt Chatterley
- Nation of shopkeepers Jeff Kesselman
- Nation of shopkeepers Matt Chatterley
- Nation of shopkeepers Marian Griffith
- Nation of shopkeepers Jeff Kesselman
- Nation of shopkeepers Matt Chatterley
- Nation of shopkeepers Marian Griffith
- Nation of shopkeepers clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Nation of shopkeepers Marian Griffith
- Nation of shopkeepers Brandon Van Every
- Nation of shopkeepers Jon A. Lambert
- Nation of shopkeepers Marian Griffith
- Nation of shopkeepers Matt Chatterley
- Nation of shopkeepers Marian Griffith
- Nation of shopkeepers Jeff Kesselman
- Nation of shopkeepers Matt Chatterley
- Nation of shopkeepers Adam Wiggins
- Nation of shopkeepers clawrenc@cup.hp.com
- Nation of shopkeepers Matt Chatterley
- Nation of shopkeepers Adam Wiggins
- Nation of shopkeepers Adam Wiggins
- Nation of shopkeepers Alex Oren
- Nation of shopkeepers Matt Chatterley
- Nation of shopkeepers Chris Gray