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Tanin posted 17-10-2002 01:43 BST
For the next version of Quest I'd recommend the following..
When setting a room's exits, it would save alot of time if - when you set room A's exit to B, room B's corresponding exit is automatically linked to room A.
I've played around with mud codebased like Smaug, and the Smaug editor does this for you and it saves ALOT of time. I just got done building a yard and it took me nearly two hours.
Also occasionally there seems to be an error when saving the game (see other post) it's easy to get around this error but it is still a hassle.
Tanin posted 17-10-2002 01:45 BST
One more thing..
This automatic linking of rooms would also cut down on errors in a rooms exit. i.e. room A should exit to B but instead it exits to C due to programmers error. Food for thought.
DarkAng3l posted 18-10-2002 15:03 BST
Yes, but the programmer may not want it to happen. Lets say you enter room B and the door locks behind you. But indeed, it could save some time.
DarkAng3l
Computer Whizz posted 18-10-2002 17:20 BST
This is easily fixed in two ways:
Message box pops up asking whether to link to room ("Do you wish to automatically set the exit in this room?").
Or a setting in the options to have automatic linking "On/Off".
Possibly both (a tick box in the message box, of "Don't show this again?").
I don't really like the idea because you may want the exit north of one room be the east of another, just to confuse the player, or create a map where going north then south doesn't nesesarily mean you are back in your original place.
Computer Whizz
Alex posted 18-10-2002 18:25 BST
It's something that's on the "to do" list, but it wouldn't be compulsory - there will be an option allowing you to get QDK to automatically add the "other" exit, but you'll be able to override this by ticking a "one-way" checkbox.
Tanin posted 20-10-2002 01:56 BST
It was just a suggestion - you all have good points.
However, in most circumstances, it would save time. A tick box that says "Auto link to corresponding room" would work.

Author	Topic: Suggestion for next version..
Tanin	posted 17-10-2002 01:43 BST For the next version of Quest I'd recommend the following.. When setting a room's exits, it would save alot of time if - when you set room A's exit to B, room B's corresponding exit is automatically linked to room A. I've played around with mud codebased like Smaug, and the Smaug editor does this for you and it saves ALOT of time. I just got done building a yard and it took me nearly two hours. Also occasionally there seems to be an error when saving the game (see other post) it's easy to get around this error but it is still a hassle.
Tanin	posted 17-10-2002 01:45 BST One more thing.. This automatic linking of rooms would also cut down on errors in a rooms exit. i.e. room A should exit to B but instead it exits to C due to programmers error. Food for thought.
DarkAng3l	posted 18-10-2002 15:03 BST Yes, but the programmer may not want it to happen. Lets say you enter room B and the door locks behind you. But indeed, it could save some time. DarkAng3l
Computer Whizz	posted 18-10-2002 17:20 BST This is easily fixed in two ways: Message box pops up asking whether to link to room ("Do you wish to automatically set the exit in this room?"). Or a setting in the options to have automatic linking "On/Off". Possibly both (a tick box in the message box, of "Don't show this again?"). I don't really like the idea because you may want the exit north of one room be the east of another, just to confuse the player, or create a map where going north then south doesn't nesesarily mean you are back in your original place. Computer Whizz
Alex	posted 18-10-2002 18:25 BST It's something that's on the "to do" list, but it wouldn't be compulsory - there will be an option allowing you to get QDK to automatically add the "other" exit, but you'll be able to override this by ticking a "one-way" checkbox.
Tanin	posted 20-10-2002 01:56 BST It was just a suggestion - you all have good points. However, in most circumstances, it would save time. A tick box that says "Auto link to corresponding room" would work.