On Sat, 17 May 2003, Jeremy Hill wrote:
> As an aside, it would be interesting to see object-based 'beacons' that
> broadcast certain act_news to descriptors in other rooms. A beacon in
> room 1001 with a v0 of, say, 3000, and a v1 of 1 (active) would
> 'broadcast' everything the 'room' sees to room 3000. Interestingly, a v1
> of 2 could mean object, as in, "anyone carrying an object of v0's vnum
> will get the broadcast". Kinda like a mobile phone or a radio, or a
> bugged room :)
So then call these beacons "ticket to the arena" - and set them to decay
after, say, 8 real life hours. Sell these tickets a few days in advance,
and make the broadcast be an area affect, of sorts - and voila, you've
solved your problem with the arena that everybody asks about.
> Would require a little bit more code, but in the long run would end up
> being more flexible.
Flexible good, and code fun - you're making me want to work on 5 year old
code, now. Ugh.
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