December 1998

• Hex-grid mapping Matthew R. Sheahan
• • Hex-grid mapping Jon Leonard
  • • Hex-grid mapping James Wilson
    • • Hex-grid mapping Jon Leonard
      • • Hex-grid mapping James Wilson
        • • Hex-grid mapping Par Winzell
          • Hex-grid mapping quzah [sotfhome]
          • Hex-grid mapping Nathan F Yospe
  • Hex-grid mapping Ling
  • • Hex-grid mapping Jon A. Lambert
    • Hex-grid mapping Nathan F Yospe
    • Hex-grid mapping Alberto Barsella
• Hex-grid mapping (example from PSL empire) Pericolo DiMorte
• • Hex-grid mapping (example from PSL empire) Nathan F Yospe
  • Hex-grid mapping (example from PSL empire) quzah [sotfhome]
  • • Hex-grid mapping (example from PSL empire) Pericolo DiMorte
    • • Hex-grid mapping (example from PSL empire) James Wilson
• ADMIN: Personalities... J C Lawrence
• Hex-grid mapping (fwd) Nathan F Yospe
• • Hex-grid mapping (fwd) J C Lawrence
• Electric Communities' E Ola Fosheim Grøstad
• Electric Communities' E Ola Fosheim Grøstad
• mud client development systems Sunny Gulati
• • mud client development systems Caliban Tiresias Darklock
  • mud client development systems Chris Gray
  • • mud client development systems greear@cyberhighway.net
    • mud client development systems Sunny Gulati
    • • mud client development systems Benjamin D. Wiechel
      • mud client development systems Sunny Gulati
      • • mud client development systems J C Lawrence
        • mud client development systems Per Vognsen
        • • mud client development systems Sunny Gulati
          • • mud client development systems Scatter
            • mud client development systems Per Vognsen
  • mud client development systems Chris Gray
  • • mud client development systems Jon Leonard
  • mud client development systems Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
  • • mud client development systems Sunny Gulati
  • mud client development systems Chris Gray
• Stack-Based NPC AI Eli Stevens {KiZurich}
• • Stack-Based NPC AI Mark Gritter
  • Stack-Based NPC AI Marc Hernandez
  • Stack-Based NPC AI Richard Woolcock
  • • Stack-Based NPC AI Par Winzell
    • • Stack-Based NPC AI David Bennett
    • Stack-Based NPC AI Mik Clarke
  • Stack-Based NPC AI Felix A. Croes
• Introduction Mik Clarke
• • Introduction Adam J. Thornton
  • • Introduction Mik Clarke
    • • Introduction ApplePiMan@aol.com
      • • Introduction Mik Clarke
• Thought Treasure Adam Wiggins
• Netscape's "Gecko" Browsing Engine (fwd) Nathan F Yospe
• • Netscape's "Gecko" Browsing Engine (fwd) Adam Wiggins
  • • Netscape's "Gecko" Browsing Engine (fwd) Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
    • Netscape's "Gecko" Browsing Engine (fwd) greear@cyberhighway.net
• Error tolerant UDP data streams J C Lawrence
• • Error tolerant UDP data streams James Wilson
  • • Error tolerant UDP data streams J C Lawrence
  • Error tolerant UDP data streams Ola Fosheim Grøstad
• ADMIN: (IMPORTNANT) Server down time and possible service interruption J C Lawrence
• [DevMUD] Error tolerant UDP data streams Darren Henderson
• MUD Design doc (long) Thinus Barnard
• • MUD Design doc (long) Benjamin D. Wiechel
  • • MUD Design doc (long) Thinus Barnard
    • • MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
      • • MUD Design doc (long) Koster, Raph
        • MUD Design doc (long) Emil Eifrem
        • • MUD Design doc (long) Adam Wiggins
          • • MUD Design doc (long) Michael Willey
            • • MUD Design doc (long) Adam Wiggins
              • • MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
          • MUD Design doc (long) Mik Clarke
          • • MUD Design doc (long) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
            • • MUD Design doc (long) Thinus Barnard
              • • MUD Design doc (long) Mik Clarke
              • MUD Design doc (long) Mik Clarke
              • • MUD Design doc (long) Travis Casey
                • MUD Design doc (long) Nathan F Yospe
                • • MUD Design doc (long) Mik Clarke
                  • • MUD Design doc (long) Nathan F Yospe
                    • • MUD Design doc (long) Mik Clarke
                      • • MUD Design doc (long) Nathan F Yospe
                        • • MUD Design doc (long) Mik Clarke
                        • MUD Design doc (long) Adam Wiggins
                        • MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
                        • • MUD Design doc (long) Ling
                          • • MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
                            • • MUD Design doc (long) Koster, Raph
                              • • MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
                          • MUD Design doc (long) Mik Clarke
                          • • MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
          • MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
          • • MUD Design doc (long) Emil Eifrem
            • • MUD Design doc (long) Travis Casey
              • • MUD Design doc (long) Emil Eifrem
                • • MUD Design doc (long) Travis Casey
                  • • MUD Design doc (long) Emil Eifrem
                    • • MUD Design doc (long) Travis S. Casey
                      • • MUD Design doc (long) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
                      • MUD Design doc (long) Marian Griffith
              • MUD Design doc (long) Koster, Raph
  • MUD Design doc (long) Chris Gray
  • • MUD Design doc (long) Sunny Gulati
    • • MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
  • MUD Design doc (long) Chris Gray
  • MUD Design doc (long) Benjamin D. Wiechel
  • • MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
  • MUD Design doc (long) Nathan F Yospe
  • MUD Design doc (long) Chris Gray
  • • MUD Design doc (long) Emil Eifrem
  • MUD Design doc (long) Chris Gray
  • • MUD Design doc (long) Mik Clarke
  • MUD Design doc (long) Chris Gray
  • • MUD Design doc (long) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
• Hex grids. quzah [softhome]
• small dev-mud invite Chris Gray
• • small dev-mud invite J C Lawrence
• mud client development systems Sunny Gulati
• • mud client development systems Jay Carlson
  • mud client development systems J C Lawrence
• AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... quzah [softhome]
• • AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... Jon Leonard
  • • AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... quzah [softhome]
  • AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... Mik Clarke
  • • AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... Alex Oren
  • AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... Dan Shiovitz
  • AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... Mik Clarke
  • • AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... quzah [softhome]
    • AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... quzah [softhome]
    • • AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... Greg Connor
      • • AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear... quzah [softhome]
• Graphic design, client questions Thinus Barnard
• • Graphic design, client questions Caliban Tiresias Darklock
  • • Graphic design, client questions Jo Dillon
    • • Graphic design, client questions Caliban Tiresias Darklock
      • • Graphic design, client questions Jo Dillon
    • Graphic design, client questions Thinus Barnard
    • • Graphic design, client questions Sunny Gulati
      • • Graphic design, client questions J C Lawrence
      • Graphic design, client questions Caliban Tiresias Darklock
      • Graphic design, client questions J C Lawrence
    • Graphic design, client questions J C Lawrence
    • Graphic design, client questions Jay Carlson
  • Graphic design, client questions Ben Greear
• More Laws, was DIS: Client-Server vs Peer-to-Peer Koster, Raph
• • More Laws, was DIS: Client-Server vs Peer-to-Peer Ola Fosheim Grøstad
  • • More Laws, was DIS: Client-Server vs Peer-t o-Peer Koster, Raph
    • • More Laws, was DIS: Client-Server vs Peer-t o-Peer J C Lawrence
• More Laws Niklas Elmqvist
• • More Laws J C Lawrence
• Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) Michael Willey
• • Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) Adam Wiggins
  • Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
  • • Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
  • Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) Sunny Gulati
  • • Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) quzah [softhome]
    • • Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) David Bennett
  • Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) quzah [softhome]
• Some useful links Niklas Elmqvist
• Response (Was MUD Design doc (long)) Ola Fosheim Grøstad
• Response (Was MUD Design doc (long)) Chris Gray
• • Response (Was MUD Design doc (long)) J C Lawrence
• example custom protocol and its uses Chris Gray
• client stuff... Andrew Wilson
• Developing a MUD for the first time? Alex Oren
• Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) J C Lawrence
• [DevMUD] Database module J C Lawrence
• • [DevMUD] Database module cynbe@muq.org
  • • [DevMUD] Database module J C Lawrence
    • • [DevMUD] Database module cynbe@muq.org
    • [DevMUD] Database module T. Alexander Popiel
    • [DevMUD] Database module Jay Carlson
    • • [DevMUD] Database module cynbe@muq.org
  • [DevMUD] Database module Felix A. Croes
• Re[2]:MUD Design doc (long) Caliban Tiresias Darklock
• [RRE]AAAI 1999 Fall Symposium: Narrative Intelligence Bruce Mitchener, Jr.
• (fwd) DESIGN: Proposed topic of Discussion (Injecting Pure Signal) J C Lawrence
• • (fwd) DESIGN: Proposed topic of Discussion (Injecting Pure Signal) Mik Clarke
• Terragen Vadim Tkachenko
• [RELEASE] Insanity To Infinity (I:I_OS) v.01a Bobby Bailey
• • [RELEASE] Insanity To Infinity (I:I_OS) v.01a Robin Carey
  • • [RELEASE] Insanity To Infinity (I:I_OS) v.01a Bobby Bailey
• META: 1998 Topic Summary Jon A. Lambert
• [RELEASE] Insanity To Infinity (I:I_OS) v.02a Bobby Bailey
• ADMIN: New text formatting rule for MUD-Dev J C Lawrence
• More Laws Jon A. Lambert
• • More Laws Travis Casey
• MUD Design doc - Combat Jon A. Lambert
• • MUD Design doc - Combat J C Lawrence
    On Mon, 28 Dec 1998 02:54:46 -5
    Jon A Lambert<jlsysinc@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
    
    > On 17 Dec 98, Emil Eifrem wrote:
    >> At 04:31 AM 12/17/98 , J C Lawrence wrote:
    
    > I've always hated how automated combat systems continue until one
    > side or the other is dead.
    
    I have a simpler dislike:
    
    I dislike the assumption that all combat is for the purpose of
    killing the opponent.
    
    I equally dislike the simple variation which substitutes
    "incapacitates" for "kill" in that sentence (ie the ones where combat
    continues until the opponent is unconcious and it then requires and
    explicit command to actually kill per se).
    
    Done correctly combat can have many purposes: demonstration of skills,
    education for both or either the opponent or onlookers, diversionary
    or time consuming tricks, physical maneuvering of the oppoent(s) or
    other objects into particular positions or states (health, damage,
    possession state, etc), manipulation to be able to employ other
    efforts (eg magic). etc.
    
    What if I don't want to kill the guy, but I merely want to cut, and
    thereby scar, his face for future identification or possibility of
    confusion with a similarly scarred individual? How about if I merely
    want to maneuver him in front of the BogoMachine so that my accomplice
    can use it to suck the NogoJuice out of his miniscule brainpan? How
    about using combat mastery (without injury) to demonstrate genetalie
    size to onlooking fems? Or getting him to be the one to stand on the
    trap door, and thus also the one to get the brunt of the trap?
    
    I *really* dislike generically automated combat. There's a balance
    there between control and amusement. I'd rather not enter commands
    for every beat of my character's heart. I'd also rather not see
    enter-command-and-sit-back-until-desired-state-accomplished.
    
    Where is the sweet spot? Depends on game design and purpose, levels
    of interactivity, the definition of in-game time and synchronisation,
    LoD, and a raft of other bits. I'm still not happy with any model
    I've come up with.
    
    > I've also dislike terminating combat by fleeing to another room or
    > recalling to base.
    
    Ditto. Its a crass assumption that combat is automatic given
    presence.
    
    > Why should an automated combat system force Sir Gawain to strike a
    > blow on an unarmed combatant when he desires to wait for the
    > opponent to retrieve the weapon?
    
    Good point.
    
    Its the old battle between interactivity and "don't bother me with
    details".
    
    --
    J C Lawrence Internet: claw@kanga.nu
    ----------(*) Internet: coder@kanga.nu
    ...Honorary Member of Clan McFud -- Teamer's Avenging Monolith...
  • • MUD Design doc - Combat cynbe@muq.org
    • MUD Design doc - Combat Koster, Raph
    • • MUD Design doc - Combat Caliban Tiresias Darklock
      • • MUD Design doc - Combat quzah [softhome]
        • • MUD Design doc - Combat Caliban Tiresias Darklock
          • MUD Design doc - Combat T. Alexander Popiel
          • • MUD Design doc - Combat J C Lawrence
            • • MUD Design doc - Combat Koster, Raph
              • • MUD Design doc - Combat Adam Wiggins
                • MUD Design doc - Combat J C Lawrence
                • MUD Design doc - Combat quzah [softhome]
                • MUD Design doc - Combat Dr. Cat
                • • MUD Design doc - Combat T. Alexander Popiel
                  • • MUD Design doc - Combat Caliban Tiresias Darklock
                  • MUD Design doc - Combat J C Lawrence
      • MUD Design doc - Combat James Wilson
      • • MUD Design doc - Combat Nathan F Yospe
        • • MUD Design doc - Combat James Wilson
          • • MUD Design doc - Combat Nathan F Yospe
            • MUD Design doc - Combat diablo@best.com
            • MUD Design doc - Combat Kristen Koster
  • MUD Design doc - Combat Chris Gray
  • • MUD Design doc - Combat Scatter
  • MUD Design doc - Combat Koster, Raph
  • • MUD Design doc - Combat Kristen Koster
  • MUD Design doc - Combat Caliban Tiresias Darklock
  • • MUD Design doc - Combat T. Alexander Popiel
• Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Till Eulenspiegel
• • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Travis Casey
  • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Koster, Raph
    • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Adam Wiggins
      • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Marian Griffith
      • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Andy Cink
      • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Ling
        • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Till Eulenspiegel
          • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Andy Cink
        • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
        • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Justin Robinson
        • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Andy Cink
          • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Mik Clarke
            • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
              • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Koster, Raph
                • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
                  • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Koster, Raph
                    • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Adam Wiggins
                      • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Marian Griffith
                        • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
                          • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Marian Griffith
                            • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
                            • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Alex Oren
                        • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Mik Clarke
                        • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Adam Wiggins
                          • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
                            • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Koster, Raph
                              • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Mik Clarke
                              • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Matt Wallace
                                • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Adam Wiggins
                              • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Adam Wiggins
                      • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Marian Griffith
                      • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
                        • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Koster, Raph
                  • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
                  • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Andy Cink
                  • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Koster, Raph
                    • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
                      • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
                        • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
                      • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Andy Cink
                      • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Koster, Raph
                        • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
                  • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Marian Griffith
                  • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
                    • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Koster, Raph
                  • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Mik Clarke
                  • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Koster, Raph
                    • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Adam Wiggins
                      • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
                      • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Holly Sommer
                        • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Adam Wiggins
                          • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
                          • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Mik Clarke
                      • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Matt Wallace
                      • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
                      • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Mik Clarke
            • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. D. B. Brown
        • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Mik Clarke
        • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
        • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
        • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Vladimir Prelovac
          • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
            • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
              • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Nathan F Yospe
                • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
  • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
  • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Jon A. Lambert
  • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Travis S. Casey
    • • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Caliban Tiresias Darklock
  • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. J C Lawrence
  • Levels versus Skills, who uses them and when. Petri Virkkula