> 11/27/02 > Snippet 3: Mobstring (C file). This snippet allows a certain mobile to restring objects > for players. To just drop into your box, you will need to add an ACT flag: > ACT_IS_RESTRINGER, or you can change it to whatever fits your MUD best. Quite easy to > change this into needing no mobile at all.
This is something I'd like to discuss, just to get a general feel from the community on it. My general experience is that its a bad idea to just let mortals restring stuff on their own, because they will end up restringing things that are entirely inappropriate (offensive, not accurate descriptions, intentionally concealing). Though, the alternative of having to call down an immortal for every little restring also seems a little...annoying. I resolved this issue by allowing mortals to submit a request for a restring (pick the item, type out all their strings, and then submit it) to the immortals, who will see a copy of what's being requested, and then they can either approve or reject the request (not edit it). If its accepted, the restring is done automatically, and the item is given to the mortal. If rejected, the immortal must give a reason and the item is returned to the mortal unchanged, with a note saying why. Doing it this way you can retain some level of control over restrings to make sure they're not being abused, while automating it enough to make it so requesting restrings is not tedius and time consuming for immortals. Does anyone else have thoughts or comments on this issue to further refine the concept? -- Thomas Hughes
