| 1 | 2006-09-16 01:38:16 17 objects in mortal queue |
1 | Here are listed some todos which should be looked into sometimes. |
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3 | * drakkar pking system assumed to be well-balanced: any documentation? |
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5 | * tutorial in client |
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6 | 18:24:32 <qwe> just a note |
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7 | 18:25:19 <qwe> about the inscription change, the tutorial have to be update, since I |
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8 | was reading it (by then) to get what was wrong and the instructions |
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9 | there are outdated. |
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11 | * missile weapons seem to be buggy w.r.t. applying things to players like |
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12 | their sp attributed. see handcrossbow, which has eg. sp 30 set, which |
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13 | increases their spell regen. |
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15 | * when detect monster is casted while eg. a ball of lighning is active, it's not |
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16 | shown long enough for the player to notice (probably due to LOS calculations). |
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18 | * important: mobs can cross shop-boundaries using shopmats. this must not be :/ |
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20 | * important: word-of-recall cast before dieing will recall you out of nimbus. |
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22 | * drop all and get all will result in trying to pick up yourself |
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23 | (likely harmless) |
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25 | * IMPORTANT: 05:13:11 -cfbot:#cf- [Lurker] Oh, and autopickup arrows. |
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26 | 05:13:21 -cfbot:#cf- [Lurker] picks up your own in-flight-arrows. |
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28 | * IMPORTANT: create bomb, take it (owner gets cleared), bomb expldoes in inventory => harms players b/c no owner |
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30 | * sync_job in random map prepare still exists. |
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32 | * IMPORTANT: |
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33 | "cannot change rod when levitating" |
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35 | * vanessa kept active because of: |
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36 | owner of: {cnt:1122393,uuid:<1.26f992059>,name:"spear",flags:[17,24,111],type:15}(on <freed objects map>@1+1) |
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37 | owner of: {cnt:961349,uuid:<1.26f96ab45>,name:"throwing dagger",flags:[17,24,111],type:15}(on <freed objects map>@1+1) |
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38 | -> owner probably got set somehow after destruction, but how... (must be sth,. with thrown ob). |
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40 | * dragon cannot apply ipo writing pen (lack the body), but use skill fine |
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42 | * 2007-09-17 21:15:39.7368 BUG: process_events(): removed object is on active list: {cnt:2940058,uuid:<1.255dcdc9a>,name:"mover",flags:[2,8,11,64,103],type:40}(on /quests/peterm/Demonology/GroundLevel@10+17) |
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44 | http://stonewashed.net/sfx.html |
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45 | |
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46 | 2007-09-23 02:41:37.7100 name sand, arch pstone_1, type 0 with fly/walk on/off not handled in move_apply() |
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47 | 2007-09-23 02:41:37.7101 name bench, arch bench_2_1_1, type 0 with fly/walk on/off not handled in move_apply() |
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48 | 2007-09-23 02:41:37.8285 name bench, arch bench_2_1_1, type 0 with fly/walk on/off not handled in move_apply() |
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49 | 2007-09-23 02:41:37.8297 name bench, arch bench_2_1_1, type 0 with fly/walk on/off not handled in move_apply() |
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50 | |
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51 | http://www.anthro.wayne.edu/museum/MuseumCollectionSummary/Pictures/Ren%20Cen/stoneware%20bottle.jpg |
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52 | |
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53 | 2007-08-21 18:38:41.9104 [ABT] [server_tick()] /localvol/root/src/cf.schmorp.de/server/server/main.C:500 |
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54 | 2007-08-21 18:38:41.9103 [ABT] [process_events()] /localvol/root/src/cf.schmorp.de/server/server/main.C:275 |
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55 | 2007-08-21 18:38:41.9103 [ABT] [process_players1] /localvol/root/src/cf.schmorp.de/server/server/main.C:245 |
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56 | 2007-08-21 18:38:41.9103 [ABT] [handle_newcs_player(object*)] /localvol/root/src/cf.schmorp.de/server/server/player.C:2271 |
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57 | 2007-08-21 18:38:41.9102 [ABT] [??] /localvol/root/src/cf.schmorp.de/server/socket/loop.C:106 |
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58 | 2007-08-21 18:38:41.9102 [ABT] [std::deque<command, slice_allocator<command> >::pop_front()] /usr/include/c++/4.1.3/bits/stl_deque.h:1059 |
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59 | 2007-08-21 18:38:41.9102 [ABT] [player_apply(object*, object*, int, int)] /localvol/root/src/cf.schmorp.de/server/server/apply.C:2612 |
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60 | 2007-08-21 18:38:41.9102 [ABT] [manual_apply(object*, object*, int)] /localvol/root/src/cf.schmorp.de/server/server/apply.C:2509 |
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61 | 2007-08-21 18:38:41.9102 [ABT] [apply_special(object*, object*, int)] /localvol/root/src/cf.schmorp.de/server/server/apply.C:3145 |
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62 | 2007-08-21 18:38:41.9102 [ABT] [object::change_weapon(object*)] /localvol/root/src/cf.schmorp.de/server/common/object.C:506 |
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63 | 2007-08-21 18:38:41.9101 [ABT] [LOG(int, char const*, ...)] /localvol/root/src/cf.schmorp.de/server/common/logger.C:60 |
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64 | 2007-08-21 18:38:41.9101 [ABT] [log_backtrace(char const*)] /localvol/root/src/cf.schmorp.de/server/server/./cfperl.xs:1126 |
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65 | 2007-08-21 18:38:41.9100 [ABT] 2007-08-21 18:38:41.5967 Hanke changed to unapplied weapon {cnt:3617314,uuid:<1.22acc8d86>,name:"generic builder",flags:[29,80,98],type:160}(on ~Hanke/brest/apartments/brest_town_house@11+21)rpse |
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66 | 2007-08-21 18:38:41.5967 Hanke changed to unapplied weapon {cnt:3617314,uuid:<1.22acc8d86>,name:"generic builder",flags:[29,80,98],type:160}(on ~Hanke/brest/apartments/brest_town_house@11+21) |
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69 | * prisondemadness in pod/books.pod ends in =head1 Order of the gravestone, rather mysteriously. |
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70 | |
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71 | * for the future: adjust sp regenration in that way that it doesn't |
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72 | regenrate when food is below < 200 (a magic constant) |
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73 | |
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74 | * IMPORTANT: create a no_drop flag and set it on the nexus (or somehow avoid |
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75 | stuff beig dropped on the teleporter there). |
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77 | * gcfclient wings books at <4kb of text. thansk a lot mr. stupid fucking idiot |
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78 | crossfire developer who thinks that 4k is enough for everybody. |
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79 | implement a workaround, either just telling people that their book |
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80 | is winged or not sending it as book but as separate paragraphs or multiple |
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81 | books. must be multiple paragraphs: |
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82 | /* 4096 is probably way overkill, but 1024 could very well be too small. |
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84 | * level 100 inscription with 4 kills: a single random_Scorll treasure |
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85 | item in the ancient mages of forgotten town palace create |
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86 | many *hundreds* of actual scrolls when instantiated? |
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88 | 07:20:32 -cfbot:#cf- [Incen] that's odd. a pile of dust called "potion" |
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89 | 07:21:05 -cfbot:#cf- [Incen] it was dust of piercing vision |
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90 | 07:21:20 -cfbot:#cf- [Lina] seems to happen when picked up and unidentified |
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91 | 07:21:37 <schmorp> unidentified they are called potions? |
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92 | 07:21:48 -cfbot:#cf- [Incen] ayup |
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93 | 07:22:06 -cfbot:#cf- [Lina] dusts/potions/figurines/balms |
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94 | |
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95 | * totla invisibility is too hard to get. monsters should attack the |
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96 | player when hit by him or his spell anyways. |
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98 | * IMPORTANT: cnanot enter G<xxx|yyy> in chat/irc, as it gets expanded |
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100 | * grammar: 2007-07-05 08:46:07 msg: You open up deep wounds sandy with a brutal swipe. |
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101 | |
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102 | * is_animated is sometimes written twice when saving, because it must be off when |
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103 | no animation is set. this does not work, of course, because later the flag is written again. |
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104 | should probably be fixed on load, not on save. |
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106 | * 20:09:34 -cfbot:#cf- Teufelhunden was killed by ball_lightning |
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107 | obviously this should be the real name, not the arch name. |
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108 | |
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109 | * new players sometimes seem to lack statistics |
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110 | |
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111 | * 21:37:28 -cfbot:#cf- [Drakna] yeah see meditation heals but it eats up food. but if yoiu have no food you can still |
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112 | |
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113 | * IMPORTANT: client structures (ns) seem to never get released ever. |
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114 | |
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115 | * IMPORTANT: never-defined archetypes should be flagged as such and a suitable |
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116 | check fucntion should be designed - the same for empty treasurelists |
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117 | and similar stuff. |
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119 | * IMPORTANT: reloading archetypes should create copies of used archetypes, letting |
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120 | existing objects refer to the old archteypoes (for purposes of saving). |
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121 | UPDATE: this is done, but an upgrade of in-memory objects is highly |
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122 | advisable, as well as testing wether reloading actually works :) |
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123 | |
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124 | * there is no "fire 0" to start firing on yourself as opposed to fire 5 etc. which starts |
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125 | firing into a specific direction. fire 0 only fires once (this is a bug, but most clients |
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126 | move firing on yourself on non-shift-kp_5 because servers do not support the shifted |
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127 | semantics). |
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128 | |
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129 | * /morok_dun/mines1 n world_120_109 does not exist, but the other mine promises a quest |
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130 | there. be inventive. |
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132 | * victim {cnt:55798339,uuid:<1.149eb6a43>,name:"ice",flags:[0,8,103],type:23}(on /whalingoutpost/misc/frostcavern1@49+16) already dead in hit_player() |
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133 | sanctuary etc. hits lava-"ice" and kills it in the process. other stuff seems to not work as expected with sanctuary |
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134 | hitting items it shouldn't. |
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136 | * can users in theory steal the gems out of their snitchangel pet monsters? |
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137 | => the nodrop mechanism used for that should also disallow stealing. |
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138 | |
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139 | * bowmode should offer different capabilities given on level of user |
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140 | (Leonov). |
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142 | * player_sold 1 still gets added to maps at some point, but server cnanot read it. |
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143 | resolve the situation by either implementing it fully or removing it fully. |
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144 | |
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145 | * climbing, meditating, levitating skills etc. should give you experience per use |
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146 | |
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147 | * rewrite banish in perl (low priority) |
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148 | |
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149 | * nekosan snatches the fish, which stays in the playr inventory. |
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150 | remove should automaticlaly send esrv_del_item, and nobody else should, |
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151 | for inv items. same for ipo. |
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153 | * 2007-02-03 03:49:06.010 loading /opt/crossfire/share/crossfire/maps//navar_city/city1houses (43970) |
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154 | 2007-02-03 03:49:06.011 Discarding object without arch: texas |
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155 | 2007-02-03 03:54:36.926 loading /opt/crossfire/share/crossfire/maps//navar_city/misc/city1mermaid (15753) |
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156 | 2007-02-03 03:54:36.926 Discarding object without arch: event_say |
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157 | |
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158 | * IMPORTANT: |
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159 | entering instantiated random maps whose meta file is missing freezes the player. |
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160 | |
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161 | * random speed should result in randomised initial animation face. |
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162 | |
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163 | * example of why a player was kept alive long after having logged out. |
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164 | those are probably in a player inventory. |
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165 | 2007-01-23 14:32:17.413 player-scheduler refcnt nulla 2,1 9,9 |
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166 | 2007-01-23 14:31:40.821 owner: {cnt:1291946,uuid:<1,bd23b6aa>,name:"trident",flags:[17,24,111],type:15}(on (null)@1+1) |
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167 | 2007-01-23 14:31:40.822 owner: {cnt:741779,uuid:<1,bd1b5193>,name:"throwing dagger",flags:[17,24,98],type:15}(on (null)@1+1) |
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168 | 2007-01-23 14:31:40.824 owner: {cnt:1403336,uuid:<1,bd2569c8>,name:"throwing hammer",flags:[17,24,111],type:15}(on (null)@1+1) |
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169 | 2007-01-23 14:31:40.824 owner: {cnt:1291941,uuid:<1,bd23b6a5>,name:"throwing star",flags:[17,111],type:15}(on (null)@1+1) |
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170 | 2007-01-23 14:31:40.825 owner: {cnt:1294661,uuid:<1,bd23c145>,name:"axe",flags:[17,111],type:15}(on (null)@1+1) |
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171 | 2007-01-23 14:31:40.828 owner: {cnt:1323712,uuid:<1,bd2432c0>,name:"spear",flags:[17,24,111],type:15}(on (null)@1+1) |
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172 | 2007-01-23 14:31:40.828 owner: {cnt:742413,uuid:<1,bd1b540d>,name:"spear",flags:[17,24,74],type:15}(on (null)@1+1) |
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173 | 2007-01-23 14:31:40.828 owner: {cnt:1420216,uuid:<1,bd25abb8>,name:"throwing dagger",flags:[17,24,111],type:15}(on (null)@1+1) |
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175 | * 2007-01-15 03:17:33.547 victim (arch door_look_1, name ice) already dead in hit_player() |
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176 | => use debug_desc |
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177 | => find out whats causing it |
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178 | |
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179 | * training center (kobold etc.) does not stop working after 30-40min |
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180 | but goes on for 2 hours _at least_. |
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181 | |
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182 | * /mlab/cwdccastleofmarquis3, goto and then charm => very very high cpu usage. |
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183 | original crossfire: 100% cpu usage => freeze |
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184 | after mapspace::update fix: 40% |
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185 | after map protocol optimisation: 15% |
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187 | * 2007-01-14 21:15:58.605 Fiery, Wist's fervent pupil was hit by counterspell with counterspell attack. |
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188 | this is simply counterwall hitting monsters. but why does it happen? |
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190 | * 2007-01-15 01:02:00.183 Query_cost: item {cnt:1636781,uuid:<1,a1f0f9ad>,name:"boulder",flags:[17],type:0}(on ?random/d8250dbd970319bd5f35fb4f2b9b46a9@44+34) hasn't got a valid type |
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191 | fix once and for all please. a) type 0 is valid b) maybe the boulder should have another type. |
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192 | |
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193 | * animated weapons should come back to the player when he dies/disconnects? |
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194 | 2007-01-14 18:50:07 info: winvirus chats: Could you make it so if you have an |
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195 | animated weapon out and you disconnect, that it'd simply a) fall to the |
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196 | ground or b) return to your inv? Rather than disappearing into the void of |
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197 | nothingness. |
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199 | * 16:09 <@schmorp> und eigentlich soltlen dort alle leeren maps gelöscht werden |
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200 | 16:09 <@schmorp> so daß nur maps existieren, die overwirtes enthalten |
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201 | 16:09 <@schmorp> erinnert mich dran |
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202 | |
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203 | * map converter |
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204 | elmex: because of the faces and all the other nice things - i guess |
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205 | [HUH?? please specify or remove] |
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207 | * implement no-drop-on-destroy flag (done) |
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208 | for example to remove the specialcases for books that are destroyed |
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209 | and contain spells (should be done) |
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210 | |
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211 | * look at these logs: |
| 2 | 2006-09-16 01:38:16 Got unknown value in map header: race human |
212 | 2006-09-16 01:38:16 Got unknown value in map header: race human |
| 3 | 2006-09-16 01:37:42 BUG: remove_ob(): name pedestal, archname pedestal destroyed leaving object |
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| 4 | 2006-09-16 01:37:33 invalid type defined in shopitems in string cloak:5;spellbook:35;ring:15;book:28;scroll:25;wand:28;armour improver:2;weapon improver:2;rod:32;potion:10;horn:35;amulet:17;power_crystal:25;gem:0;lamp:-10;*:-90; |
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| 5 | 2006-09-16 01:37:17 Map darkness for poison on /quests/peterm/FireTemple/Fire2 is too high (6) |
213 | 2006-09-16 01:37:17 Map darkness for poison on /quests/peterm/FireTemple/Fire2 is too high (6) |
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214 | 2007-01-15 02:46:23.746 winvirus has two money entries of (silvercoin) |
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215 | 2007-01-15 02:46:23.746 winvirus has two money entries of (goldcoin) |
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216 | 2007-01-15 02:46:23.746 winvirus has two money entries of (platinacoin) |
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217 | 2007-01-15 02:46:23.745 winvirus has two money entries of (royalty) |
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| 7 | requirements need to be dcoumented: json-sykc, safe:hole, gperf, glib, std::tr1 (::unoredred_map) |
219 | * make sure custom keys get saved in same order as they are being loaded. |
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| 9 | Various bits, in no particular order. This is far from a complete list - |
221 | * wishlist: implement buildable "safe floors" for apartments. or make all apartments safe and |
| 10 | however it keeps growing as various problems are discovered that |
222 | implement buildable non-safe floors. |
| 11 | don't have an easy fix. Some of the things are put here just so my mailbox |
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| 12 | doesn't overflow. |
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| 14 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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| 15 | Known Bugs: |
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| 17 | These are things which don't work as expected, but are difficult enough to |
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| 18 | fix that they get put here: |
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| 20 | Make lighting not go through walls. Maybe move it to the 'set_wall' |
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| 21 | function - hard to do so that it is still somewhat efficient yet the same |
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| 22 | light source does not illuminate the same space multiple times. |
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| 24 | If a shop is placed in a random map (special map), the objects below the |
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| 25 | shop wall stick around - normally not much a problem, unless it is placed |
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| 26 | in a glory hole (treasure level), in which case coins are now beneath the wall. |
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| 28 | Slaying is sloppy in that it uses strstr. This, an item that has 'slaying |
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| 29 | giant' (like holyword of mostrai) will kill ants. strstr matching was most |
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| 30 | likely added to support comma seperated slaying lists (slaying demon,undead). |
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| 31 | However, the code should really insist on exact matching, and if necessary |
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| 32 | break apart the comma seperated list. Probably best to make something like a |
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| 33 | 'does_slay()' function which can be used all over the place (consistent |
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| 34 | behaviour is a good thing). If performance for this becomes an issue, making |
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| 35 | a slaying a set of pointers could be done (char **slaying), and it gets filled |
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| 36 | in at load time, and at save time, gets filled in the opposite direction. |
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| 37 | However, from a simple basis, a check in does_slay() can be done to see if |
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| 38 | slaying does contain a comma, and if not, just do simple strcmp, and only if |
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| 39 | it does does extra work need to be done. MSW 2003-03-28 |
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| 42 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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| 43 | Future feature requests |
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| 45 | - Change code so that if a player kills another player, he gets no |
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| 46 | exp. Perhaps also log number of times a player has killed another player |
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| 47 | so problematic player killers can be more easily tracked. This should |
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| 48 | be pretty simple, but is mostly here because I want to re-write the |
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| 49 | kill_player for the new skill code, and that should clean things up |
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| 50 | up a bit to make this code easier to put in. |
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| 52 | - Allow possibility of one players magic not harming another player (should |
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| 53 | probably be a flag/settings value) - given that most spells are large |
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| 54 | area of effect spells, this may make cooperative adventuring easier. |
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| 55 | However, this could be a little odd - if my friend it immune to my fireball, |
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| 56 | shouldn't I be immune to my fireball also? But if that is allowed, you |
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| 57 | now have the case people could cast fireballs on themselves and hit a |
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| 58 | whole bunch of surrounding monsters. Perhaps allow this no damage |
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| 59 | attribute based on different spells, eg, it could be argued that for bolt |
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| 60 | spells you'd aim it so that it doesn't hit your friend, but that same |
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| 61 | claim can't be made for fireballs. Or maybe add something like the |
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| 62 | ability of spells to not take effect to some range, eg, 'cast lightning |
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| 63 | bolt range 6' or the like, in which case it goes 6 spaces before the |
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| 64 | lightning actually starts. |
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| 66 | - Refine blocking of spaces - instead of 'blocks all or nothing', ability |
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| 67 | to block walking but not flying, block swimming (for future expansion |
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| 68 | of oceans). Also, add different LOS blocking for differing conditions - |
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| 69 | if flying, jungles shouldn't block line of sight, but they still should |
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| 70 | if your walking. Also, add seperate blocking (pass) for monsters and |
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| 71 | players, eg, block_monster and block_player. What should probably be done |
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| 72 | is make this a bitmask or the like with multiple possiblities. If the |
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| 73 | object doesn't have another bitmask set, object can't pass through. For |
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| 74 | compatiblity reasons, no_pass should set all the new no_pass_.. bits. |
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| 75 | Note that these bits should also be extended for movement of more than |
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| 76 | just the player, eg, spells, diseases, etc. Thus, you could have something |
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| 77 | like a 'no spell propogation' space - players could still cast spells on |
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| 78 | themselves, but range spells don't go anywhare. |
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| 79 | |
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| 80 | - Ability for stores to set different prices for goods (eg, remote store |
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| 81 | charges more for the services it provides). |
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| 82 | |
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| 83 | - dm command 'Follow' which lets him see what a player is doing, where he |
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| 84 | is going, etc. |
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| 85 | |
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| 86 | - Further control on what players can do on maps/spaces. For example, |
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| 87 | prohibit players from shouting, attacking others, issuing tell, |
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| 88 | etc. |
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| 89 | |
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| 90 | - Change inscription - instead of looking at range field of the player, |
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| 91 | have the spell to be inscribed part of the inscription command, eg |
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| 92 | 'inscribe scroll of identify'. |
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| 93 | |
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| 94 | - If player tries to login with same name/password as a character currently |
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| 95 | active, drop the old connection and associate the player with the new |
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| 96 | connection. Useful if connection is dropped but server hasn't detected |
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| 97 | it yet. |
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| 98 | |
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| 99 | - Generalize the code better - split between 'rules' and 'engine'. The engine |
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| 100 | would be the aspect of loading/saving objects, dealing with maps, and |
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| 101 | basic object support (exits, levers, etc - things useful for any working |
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| 102 | system). The 'rules' would be the more general genre of the game - |
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| 103 | a science fiction game would have a different set of rules than the |
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| 104 | fantasy game. And even the same genre may have a different ruleset |
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| 105 | (ie, adding new skills). This is sort of like the current server/common |
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| 106 | split, but goes a bit more than that - the engine would be able to compile |
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| 107 | into an executable with the addition of some basic stub functions, |
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| 108 | but playing as such would really just amount to a ghost moving accross |
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| 109 | a world which time is pretty much stopped (as monsters would be in the |
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| 110 | rules side, and not engine). |
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| 111 | - Changing the stat generation system - instead of roll based, give some |
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| 112 | number of points. This makes it easier for players to choose what they |
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| 113 | want to play - otherwise, I think some clients will be written that will |
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| 114 | do this for the players in any case. |
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| 115 | - Change draw_info so that server tells client what type of message it is |
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| 116 | instead of the color. Client can then decide what color to draw it |
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| 117 | or other special handling. |
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| 118 | - Change code so that objects 'spill over' to other spaces if too many |
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| 119 | get piled in one space. |
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| 120 | - More/better maps. Add more quest maps or maps to take advantage of |
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| 121 | newer features (ie, church maps for each god, maps for alchemy quests |
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| 122 | or with rare ingredients, etc) |
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| 123 | - Add some identifier for unique objects so that if the player that has |
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| 124 | a unique objects quits the game, the object goes back into circulation. |
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| 125 | - Add flag to make price of objects not affected by charisma or other |
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| 126 | abilities. This should act like gems do right now (pay 1.03, receive |
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| 127 | 0.97). In this way, gems don't have to be hardcoded, and other items |
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| 128 | could be similarly set. Nuggets should be added to this list - its possible |
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| 129 | to make small amounts of money alchemy silver and then selling the nuggets. |
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| 130 | - Add/change door handling - make them more real life - they stick around, |
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| 131 | can be opened, closed, different keys for different doors, etc. This |
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| 132 | sort of mimics the gate behaviour, except keys may need to open them, etc. |
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| 133 | |
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| 134 | - Add armor quality, with armor being damaged as it is used. Add repair |
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| 135 | shops to go with this. Uncertain if people really like this idea or not |
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| 136 | Further notes from mailing list: |
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| 137 | Item has current quality rating - different items have different max |
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| 138 | ratings - magic would increase its rating. ITem operates normally |
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| 139 | when it has 50%+ of its quality. At less than 50%, item loses |
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| 140 | functionality in a limited fashion (eg, multiply quality percentage |
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| 141 | by two to determine effective abilities in terms of percentage.) |
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| 142 | Item max qualities should be in the same range for most all items, so |
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| 143 | that powerful items given to low level characters get dinged up just |
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| 144 | as fast as their normal items. |
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| 145 | Diminished effects would be handled in fix player. |
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| 146 | Cost to repair based on how damage item is (100 = half cost, |
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| 147 | 0 = full cost). Items can be repaired on pro-rated basis. Repair |
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| 148 | anvils would need to get added. |
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| 149 | Items are damaged based on how much damage player takes - more |
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| 150 | damaging attacks have higher chance to do item damage. Amount of |
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| 151 | damage done to items might depend somewhat on damage done to player. |
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| 152 | Acid attacks would be changed to use this same code - they just |
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| 153 | always damage items at a much higher rate. Different ideas is that |
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| 154 | chance of item damage is fixed, but amount done is based on damage |
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| 155 | sustained. Other idea is that chance of damage is based on |
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| 156 | real damage (percent, square root, other adjustments, perhaps |
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| 157 | ignoring low values), but damage is somewhat constant. |
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| 158 | Should probably be tunables in settings to determine amount of damage |
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| 159 | done to item, and how often item is damaged. |
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| 160 | |
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| 161 | - Change players draining exp from others. Currently, there are problems |
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| 162 | in that it not adjusted based on levels, so there are various abuses |
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| 163 | draining from low level characters. Also, generally it is not possibled |
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| 164 | to drain exp from monsters. Possible ideas: |
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| 165 | - Change draining from other players to be a ratio of levels (ie, a level |
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| 166 | 10 character draining from level 5 only gets half the exp. |
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| 167 | - Ability to drain exp from monsters (might make drain weapons more |
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| 168 | useful). Maybe have monster lose some portion of the exp he would |
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| 169 | award when drained, and try to adjust level/other stats downward as |
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| 170 | it looses exp? |
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| 171 | - Fix map loading/saving so it can do it over several ticks for smoother |
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| 172 | performance (maybe thread it?) |
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| 173 | - Add adjustments to objects that adjusts chance of skill success. |
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| 174 | Eg, objects the player use may adjust the characters effective level in |
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| 175 | using a skill. Likewise, objects/monsters could have resistances to |
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| 176 | certain skills (eg, skill_resist values). |
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| 177 | |
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| 178 | - Delete oldest swapped map in case the TMPDIR disk fills up while |
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| 179 | swapping out a map. To do this, detection of error on save would need |
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| 180 | to be done (presently, the fputs are done without return value checks.) |
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| 181 | |
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| 182 | - Seperate weapon speed and real speed for players - one is used for attacking |
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| 183 | only, and the other for movement only. Right now, a characters real speed |
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| 184 | could become the weapon speed when they attack something. |
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| 185 | Make speed more variable for some actions (limit how much can be picked up |
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| 186 | at once, certain skills should take longer than others.) |
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| 187 | - Make monster pick up more intelligent - only pick up items if they may be of |
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| 188 | some use (perhaps base this on int - stupid monsters might pick up everything) |
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| 189 | - Add different dragon scales, in which different types of armor could be made |
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| 190 | from. |
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| 191 | - Add random terrain type square. Idea being you might make something a |
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| 192 | random tree, and when the map is loaded, it chooses a tree random. This |
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| 193 | would allow some variation in maps each time with possibly keeping the bulk |
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| 194 | of it the same (Depending how extensively the random trees are used. |
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| 195 | - Allow transportation objects (ie, horses, carts, dragon, griffins, boats, |
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| 196 | etc.) Flying objects should probably ignore line of sight for most |
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| 197 | objects (you are above the forest or mountains, but then fog should still |
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| 198 | affect things). To do this, a terrain type value probably needs to be added, |
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| 199 | and this acts a bitmask. Thus, transports compare bitmasks to see if |
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| 200 | travel through that is allowed. |
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| 201 | |
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| 202 | - Change identification handling. Possible idea is to have different levels |
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| 203 | of identification, with low level only showing basic information, and high |
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| 204 | level showing full detail. Skill identification should basically use this, |
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| 205 | with the skill level determining actual level. Depending on level of |
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| 206 | identification, different information may be revealed (value, face, |
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| 207 | name, etc). |
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| 208 | - Allow monsters to be randomly generated on a map without generators (ie, |
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| 209 | orcs show up in forests or whatever.) Uses this as an option to use instead |
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| 210 | of the existing random encounter code. |
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| 211 | - Have monsters potentially attack others if they are damaged by a friend. |
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| 212 | It looks like the code should already allow this, but I think the problem is |
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| 213 | that monster reevaluate their objectives too often, and which time they |
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| 214 | switch back to attacking the player. |
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| 215 | - Allow treasure lists to be specified as part of the objects message |
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| 216 | - Perhaps print out a message shortly before a spell effect is about to end. |
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| 217 | - Rewrite all variables, using own typedefs of type: |
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| 218 | [us]int8, [us]int16, [us]int32 : Variables that should be at least that |
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| 219 | size (is there actually anything that needs to be precisely some size?) |
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| 220 | These typedefs can be set depending on system type. |
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| 221 | - If communication remains the same (keyword matches), |
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| 222 | highlite the keywords or in some way make them more noticable so players |
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| 223 | can know to use them. This is no worse than many commercial games which |
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| 224 | give you just a few choices to choose from to continue a conversation. |
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| 225 | - Statues turning into golems when activated (like doors). |
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| 226 | - Figurine (when a figurine pet dies, it becomes a figurine, and can be reused) |
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| 227 | |
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| 228 | - Ability to aim at targets not in the front row. This should apply for |
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| 229 | most range attacks (thus, in a group of orcs, the ones not immediately |
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| 230 | around the player could still use missile weapons.) |
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| 231 | |
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| 232 | - Better sound support - instead of having hardcoded events for sounds (eg, |
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| 233 | button push, door open, etc), sounds should be tied to objects, with some |
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| 234 | number of sound events (eg, object active, object destroyed, object moved, |
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| 235 | objected attacked, repeat forever, random, etc). Information about how far |
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| 236 | they can be heard (in spaces) should also be contained. When a sound is |
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| 237 | played, then do a simple check to see nearby players, and if one is within |
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| 238 | potential range, then check for intervening objects (walls). Walls would |
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| 239 | have some dampening effect, counting for more spaces (something behind a |
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| 240 | wall may sound 5 spaces further away.) |
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| 241 | Exactly how to store the sound information would need to be investigated - |
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| 242 | the cheapest in terms of memory would be something like how animations are |
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| 243 | done - have a global array of the sound information. However, sound |
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| 244 | information would be tied pretty closely to object types (eg, if the sound |
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| 245 | info said its used for both apply and destroy, then if some other object |
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| 246 | used that same info, it'd also get that apply and destroy behaviour). This |
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| 247 | is probably good enough - one could make individual sound information |
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| 248 | sequences for the individual parts if those were needed. |
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| 249 | |
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| 250 | - Make the elevation of terrain adjust line of sight. If on the tallest |
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| 251 | mountain, you would be able to see over neighboring mountains and not |
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| 252 | get your view blocked. |
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| 253 | |
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| 254 | - Change attacktype handling. Currently, attacktypes are just bitmasks, |
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| 255 | so if a weapon does 'dam 30' it does 30 dam for all attacktypes it has |
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| 256 | set. |
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| 257 | The idea is to make an array of dam values for the attacktype, so |
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| 258 | you could have a weapon like 'phys 12, fire 6'. This then gets adjusted by |
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| 259 | appropriate resistances the creature has. |
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| 260 | For attacktypes that are effects (slow, paralyze, etc) dam should be the |
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| 261 | potency of the effect (number of ticks player is effected). |
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| 262 | If an item has multiple dam values set, then it would do damage from all |
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| 263 | the attacktypes (eg, a phys 10 fire 3 is something like a flameblade |
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| 264 | which does mostly physical and a little fire). |
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| 265 | |
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| 266 | - Improve material code: |
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| 267 | 1) Make material file more readable. Mostly, make it one entry per |
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| 268 | line (no comma seperated lists), with values 0 by default, so only |
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| 269 | values that are different need to be entered. Maybe make materials |
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| 270 | archtypes, and then use treasurelist type setup below? |
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| 271 | 2) Remove random material selection from the material file and put it |
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| 272 | elsewhere - basically, more fined grained material control (silver daggers, |
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| 273 | but not silver axes for example). Perhaps the idea of material |
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| 274 | type treasurelists? |
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| 275 | 3) Remove material bitmask. Instead, have a pointer to the actual materialtype |
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| 276 | struct, and determine basis on that (eg, this could burn up, etc). If |
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| 277 | necessary, add some appropiates field to the material struct that |
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| 278 | denote those abilities. |
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| 279 | 4) Suffix to be used for alternative image names and animation sequence |
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| 280 | for objects (eg, dagger.111.gold for example) |
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| 281 | 5) Some way to denote that even though 'materialname' is set, that the loader |
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| 282 | should still do appropriate adjustements for the material. Thus, if a |
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| 283 | person sets the material in the editor, the server will adjust the values |
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| 284 | appropriately. |
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| 285 | 6) Allow for multiple materials in same object. Trickier to do this. |
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| 286 | 7) More hints for materials. Eg, is it a notable material that should be |
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| 287 | included in the object name, or mundane? Likewise, is it a type of material |
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| 288 | that can be reconstituted (metals) or not (wood, stone, etc) |
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| 289 | |
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| 290 | Improve exit/teleporter code. With tiled maps, it is now desirable to move |
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| 291 | monsters between those maps, so exits should be able to move monsters. Add |
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| 292 | bitmask/flag to exit to denote what it moves - players, monsters, or |
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| 293 | objects. |
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| 294 | |
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| 295 | Add exp rewarder type object. It's basic properties: |
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| 296 | 1) amount of exp to reward the player (stats.exp) |
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| 297 | 2) Skill to award the exp to (skill field) |
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| 298 | 3) Flag to denote we should teach the player this skill if they don't |
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| 299 | have it (can_use_skill flag?) In this way, rewarders could grant |
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| 300 | skills to the player. |
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| 301 | 4) Different ways to be activated (walk on/fly on, as well as it being |
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| 302 | activated from something that 'pushes' it (aka, magic mouth, button, |
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| 303 | etc)). In the case of another object activating it, the player |
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| 304 | would still need to be on the space the object is on. |
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| 305 | 5) Use the 'slaying' field to denote that if the player has a force in |
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| 306 | his inventory by the same name, he doesn't get the reward, and if |
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| 307 | they don't have such a force, we add one to the player (so you can't |
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| 308 | get the same reward repeatedly). Use something like 'value' or |
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| 309 | other field to denote how many ticks the force lasts for. If value |
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| 310 | is zero, then force never expires |
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| 311 | 6) Use nrof to denote how many times the reward works. Eg, if nrof |
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| 312 | is 1, then once a player uses it, no one else can get that reward |
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| 313 | until the map resets. |
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| 314 | |
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| 315 | Secondary features: |
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| 316 | |
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| 317 | These are more features (low priority at that) to be added. Some of these |
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| 318 | may be related to items above, or they may be things that just would not |
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| 319 | add a lot to the game (IMO). |
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| 320 | |
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| 321 | - Flag so that there is a random chance that an object will or will not appear |
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| 322 | on a map (this is perhaps better handled by treasurelists. Unfortunately, |
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| 323 | treasurelists can not be set in the maps). |
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| 324 | - Ability to have pixmaps set in maps or otherwise be able to load images |
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| 325 | without having to rebuild the default images. |
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