Hi.
When you turn brief on, using the look command on alter doesn't give you the long version. To do that, you leave brief mode turned off, and turn on autobrief. That way, when you walk, you get to skip long description so you can determine quickly if you might have blundered into a character who may or may not be aggressive for instance, and if you want the long description you just type l, and you'll get the long version. That's what I do. Generally speaking, when walking, in my opinion it's best not to have to listen to the long desc before you get to hear who' or what is in the room with you, so I would recommend using autobrief.
Cheers, Aaron Spears, general Partner - Valiant Galaxy Associates Developing "very good audiogames" for the blind community http://valiantGalaxy.com Sent with Thunderbird 38.5.0 portable
On 6/26/2016 9:58 AM, dark wrote:
Hi. I've had a lot of fun playing alter recently, doing quests on arcase (finding those ships in the archipelligo was a pest), however there are two things i was wondering if Dentin could consider adding. The first, is a way to review what quests on arcase I've yet to do? when I use "quests arcase" I get a huuuuuge! list with some done and some not. I know there is some sort of scripting workaround, but I never got that one to work, so something like "quests arcase todo" (or slo, kordan or anywhere else for that matter), would be really nice if possible. The second is an odd request. I generally don't like brief description mode since I enjoy the atmosphere of the game and reading about what is where, however there are occasions I want a quick brief view, for example when I'm looking for something or trying to see whether there is a given object there (like the ships or those earth totems in the tainted forest). Yes, I know I could just toggle brief on and off, but generally i want the full descriptions rather more often thatn the brief mode. One thing I've seen in some games was a glance command. This affectively gave a brief description, ie, just room title, objects and who's there, but without having the brief mode on, rather like the way the look command gives the long description in brief mode. As I aid, I'm probably more unusual in wanting the brief description less often than the verbose one, but there are times it'd be useful, and I assume it wouldn't be a hard fix to add the glance command or something similar. If everyone things this is a dreadful idea, fare enough, though I admit in some muds like six dragons I found I used it quite a lot. Really enjoying the game. All the best, DArk. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
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