[CF-Devel] Future crossfire changes/projects

[Scott Barnes]

On 17 May 2001 21:50:59 -0700, Mark Wedel wrote:
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      > It'd also encourage players to save more, especially if the characters
     
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      > got fatigues if they didn't "sleep".  Then again, how would you handle
     
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      > sleep?  I like to play all day at work (hey, I work for the state) and
     
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      > would hate it if I had to not play for a while so my character rested.
     
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       I think that is the biggest problem.  
     
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      The fact that the game is real-time means that you just can't spin the clock
     
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      forward to the next morning when the characters sleep.  
     
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       Now there could be advantages to resting - ie, if your sleeping in a bed,
     
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      perhaps you don't see your surroundings, but your hp and sp go up faster.  OTOH,
     
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      in many cases, it goes up so quickly that it probably would not be worth finding
     
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      a place to sleep.
     
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       Now you could do something a little different but related - certain races get
     
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      penalties/bonuses depending on time of day.  wraiths would not like to be
     
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      outdoors during the day, so have some negative.  This could get related to other
     
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      factors - dwarves would just not like to be outdoors, but would like to be
     
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      underground, elves the reverse of that, etc.
     
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That would be great!  You could also have area changes (faster food
consuption if you're in the desert, etc)  I think this would be a
wonderful improvement.

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