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Nov 13, 2003, 12:28pm

It would be useful if the triggers could cause chat or console
events to be printed in the users chat window.

This would allow for some primitive narration without the use
of a bot.

You could for example have a premise that there is an unseen
guide helping you that communicates by a radio link, and then
as the user moves through your world either clicking things, or
just bumping into them, the 'agent' could provide the appropriate
canned information in the chat window.

e.g.

create console "you are getting closer" color=green
bump console "you're are almost there" color=yellow
activate console "you found the secret thingamajig!" color=red

... could be used to help someone 'find' something.

The message text shown inline here would likely make more sense
to be the object description as in a sign.

create console color=green

... would create a console message just using the contents of the
description.

For those who will object to the prodigous amount of bandwidth
that would be wasted by putting message text in the object
descriptions the mechanism could simply name a URL from which
to retreive the message text:

create console url=http://mydomain.com/somepath/text1.txt color=green

If abuse is an issue, then it could be a command only available
to CT.

'bots' are really great, but not everyone can run one 24/7, and
if something can be done completely on the client side without
using one, then why not.

Nov 13, 2003, 6:00pm

You could do this when plugins for world servers come out. Of course that
isn't untill 4.0 (I think.) heh.

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Nov 13, 2003, 7:03pm

There is no need for any kind of server to be involved in putting
up a chat message based on an event initiated by the user (like
a create, a bump or an activate). I didn't mean to imply that
everyone in the world would see it. I only wanted the person
triggering the action to see it.

It does suggest an additional option though that would allow it
to either be broadcast to everyone, or only the person who caused
the action.

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Nov 13, 2003, 9:02pm

I see.

Said the blind man to his deaf son as the man with no legs got up and walked
away.

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Nov 13, 2003, 9:58pm

No plans for client side plugins :(

- MR

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Nov 13, 2003, 10:29pm

Why would a new command in the command set be considered a 'plugin'
wether it's in the client or the server?

Are any of the other commands considered 'plugins'?

I stated a wish for a new command... like the other commands that are
there, and given that there are indeed no plans for 'client side plugins;
whatever they might be, then all the more reason for there to be an
actual command for the purpose I described.

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Nov 14, 2003, 1:50pm

no:

I see said the blind man who couldn't see at all.


~John

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