[CF-Devel] Client side improvements

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       But then I start having other concerns - under such a mechanism, 
     
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      players might start to ask 'well, I had this script set to apply healing 
     
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      potions, and I still had healing potions, yet I still died due to lack 
     
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      of hp'.  And of course the real reason that happened is lag or whatever 
     
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      else, but try to start explaining that to players since it woudl appear 
     
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      like a built in feature which should do what you want to do.
     
     
Then specify on script interface that scripts run locally. Thus if you lag, too 
bad! :)

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       Anyways, if you had a script that was called every tick, and it had 
     
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      some number of preset known variables (hp, sp, grace, etc) then you 
     
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      could start doing things like:
     
     
Tick-based running seems like a good idea indeed. Would simplify things, and 
avoid all hooks.

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       Well, that later case is really just binding keys to them.  I suppose 
     
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      command aliases coudl also be done also, but not sure how bug adeal that 
     
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      really is (as said, I'd expect players to just bind keys to them).
     
     
Well yes, except it's easier to bind 'apply food' than 'apply apple or booze or 
cake or...' :)
And, unless i'm mistaking, apply code for items on the floor takes the first 
appliable item. IE you can't say which item to apply - thus the exit fun 
things... How many died because they thought they had applied the exit, only to 
eat food / body part there was on the square? <grin>

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       That said, apply of 'meta' types coudl be done, eg, 'apply food' vs 
     
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      'apply floor', etc.  The client could key in on the client types or 
     
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      something on what it thinks is food (eg, it wouldn't be perfect, as that 
     
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      booze could be poisonous or something).
     
     
Could be based on item's type, probably...
Of course that'd require server-side implementation.

Just my 2 cents.

Nicolas 'Ryo'


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