Re: [crossfire] Feature proposition: [img] tag

2009-11-17 Thread Kevin Bulgrien
> Hello. > > I'd like to suggest a [img name="xxx"] tag for client-side rich tags, as > defined in "mediaTags". > > As implied, the tag would display a picture from its name :) > > Uses: > - illustrate a text > - show a bigger picture of something (map, illustration, ...). > > What do you thin

Re: [crossfire] How to integrate old stories in the game?

2009-11-17 Thread Kevin Bulgrien
> Hello. > > How would one integrate old (as some hundred years old) in-game stories in > the > gameplay flow? > > Right now, we have kind of the "Know-It-All" sage who will conveniently know > everything of things that happened hundred years ago, without any mistake or > such. > > Things I

Re: [crossfire] Changing connection texts

2009-11-17 Thread Kevin Bulgrien
> Hello. > > Suggestion to change the various messages at login: > > "Hello you nice soul, and welcome to this world. > > My memory is slightly blurred lately, could you tell me your name, again?" > [prompt for name] > > If new player: > > "Ha, you're not on my registers, so you just had the

Re: [crossfire] How to integrate old stories in the game?

2009-11-17 Thread Otto J. Makela
Mark Wedel wrote: > There is the lib/messages file, which will be used for random readables > that > show up in dungeons. > > However, the current instance of readables (nonmagical scrolls, books, etc) > is > pretty low. And even if one is generated, it could contain info about > alchem

Re: [crossfire] Feature proposition: [img] tag

2009-11-17 Thread Mark Wedel
Kevin Bulgrien wrote: >> Hello. >> >> I'd like to suggest a [img name="xxx"] tag for client-side rich tags, as >> defined in "mediaTags". >> >> As implied, the tag would display a picture from its name :) >> >> Uses: >> - illustrate a text >> - show a bigger picture of something (map, illustration

Re: [crossfire] How to integrate old stories in the game?

2009-11-17 Thread Mark Wedel
I was thinking about this some more, and had some other ideas. If one thinks about it, even someone not very literate can still read something - he isn't going to read a college level physics book, but could read a newspaper perhaps. If one were to go on this logic,than for any given mes