[CF-Devel] Large forest in big world.

Wed Nov 12 08:48:52 CST 2003

On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 01:40:34AM -0500, Todd Mitchell wrote:
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      >   Well, that's one concern - if large quest maps are placed directly on the 

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      > world maps, that can really start to use up space (one may say that for the most 

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      > part, the world is empty, so what's the big deal.  But there are certainly 

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      > limited areas of terrains of specific type).  So such a big map could basically 

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      > use up a large portion of the swamp, such that if someone wanted to do another 

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      > swamp located adventure, not a lot of space left (or they basically end up being 

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      > right next to each other.

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      I think it is the difference between a locale and an adventure.  Having

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      a locale like say Scorn or the Great Mire complete with special

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      circumstances (say the Great Mire has a few nasty critters, Scorn has no

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      magic...).  These areas are interesting, can have 'features' like shops

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      or bridges or packs of wolves or magic fountains or portals... and many

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      different adventures could take place in them.

How nasty can nasty be? :-) I've just made another monster, which is very
deadly, and I'm wondering whether to leave it out in the open or keep it
within a quest submap where innocent passers-by won't get mauled without
warning.

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      On the other hand - with the exception of a few islands or smallish

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      structures (ruins, towns, castles) most specific adventures should

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      probably be off the map and accessed via buildings or doors or invisible

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      exits(lots of ways to play with these, think of the old world maps). Of

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      course there are probably exceptions to this but generally if there is a

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      multi-map area like a forest or a desert or whatever then many specific

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      adventures should be able to coexist and utilize the area atmosphere. 

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I'm currently thinking of a Three Sisters Valley-style quest, where there
are a bunch of locations in different spots on the swamp that you must
visit. I guess this could co-exist with other (future) quests as long as
there is no confusion of which map belongs to which quest. (If it comes
down to it, it doesn't really matter; I just have to use locked doors with
keys/special items to make sure that certain maps are accessible only if
you're on that quest.)

T

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