Hi, Here is a modification I've made on my mud. I've often seen very high lvl players helping middle level players, and it seems bad. I think the groups have to be balanced so, I 've made some modifications in the function do_group in act.other.c (of course, helping newbies is still allowed): ACMD(do_group) /* modified by Ludo (can't group with difference of lvl) */ { struct char_data *victim, *k; struct follow_type *f; bool found; one_argument(argument, buf); if (!*buf) { if (!IS_AFFECTED(ch, AFF_GROUP)) { send_to_char("But you are not the member of a group!\n\r", ch); } else { send_to_char("Your group consists of:\n\r", ch); k = (ch->master ? ch->master : ch); if (IS_AFFECTED(k, AFF_GROUP)) { sprintf(buf, " [%3dH %3dM %2dV] [%2d %s] $N (Head of group)", GET_HIT(k), GET_MANA(k), GET_MOVE(k), GET_LEVEL(k), CLASS_ABBR(k)); act(buf, FALSE, ch, 0, k, TO_CHAR); } for (f = k->followers; f; f = f->next) if (IS_AFFECTED(f->follower, AFF_GROUP)) { sprintf(buf, " [%3dH %3dM %2dV] [%2d %s] $N", GET_HIT(f->follower), GET_MANA(f->follower), GET_MOVE(f->follower), GET_LEVEL(f->follower), CLASS_ABBR(f->follower)); act(buf, FALSE, ch, 0, f->follower, TO_CHAR); } } return; } if (ch->master) { act("You can not enroll group members without being head of a group.", FALSE, ch, 0, 0, TO_CHAR); return; } if (!str_cmp(buf, "all")) { SET_BIT(ch->specials.affected_by, AFF_GROUP); for (f = ch->followers; f; f = f->next) { victim = f->follower; if (!IS_AFFECTED(victim, AFF_GROUP)) { if ((abs(GET_LEVEL(ch)-GET_LEVEL(victim))<5) || (GET_LEVEL(victim)<=5)) { act("$N is now a member of your group.", FALSE, ch, 0, victim, TO_CHAR); act("You are now a member of $n's group.", FALSE, ch, 0, victim, TO_VICT); act("$N is now a member of $n's group.", FALSE, ch, 0, victim, TO_NOTVICT); SET_BIT(victim->specials.affected_by, AFF_GROUP); } else { act("You can't group $N, because of the difference of level.", FALSE, ch, 0, victim, TO_CHAR); act("You can't be in $n's group, because of the difference of level.", FALSE, ch, 0, victim, TO_VICT); act("$N can't be in $n's group, because of the difference of level.", FALSE, ch, 0, victim, TO_NOTVICT); } } } return; } if (!(victim = get_char_room_vis(ch, buf))) { send_to_char("No one here by that name.\n\r", ch); } else { found = FALSE; if (victim == ch) found = TRUE; else { for (f = ch->followers; f; f = f->next) { if (f->follower == victim) { found = TRUE; break; } } } if (found) { if (IS_AFFECTED(victim, AFF_GROUP)) { act("$N is no longer a member of your group.", FALSE, ch, 0, victim, TO_CHAR); act("You have been kicked out of $n's group!", FALSE, ch, 0, victim, TO_VICT); act("$N has been kicked out of $n's group!", FALSE, ch, 0, victim, TO_NOTVICT); REMOVE_BIT(victim->specials.affected_by, AFF_GROUP); } else { if ((abs(GET_LEVEL(ch)-GET_LEVEL(victim))<5) || (GET_LEVEL(victim)<=5)) { act("$N is now a member of your group.", FALSE, ch, 0, victim, TO_CHAR); act("You are now a member of $n's group.", FALSE, ch, 0, victim, TO_VICT); act("$N is now a member of $n's group.", FALSE, ch, 0, victim, TO_NOTVICT); SET_BIT(victim->specials.affected_by, AFF_GROUP); } else { act("You can't group $N, because of the difference of level.", FALSE, ch, 0, victim, TO_CHAR); act("You can't be in $n's group, because of the difference of level.", FALSE, ch, 0, victim, TO_VICT); act("$N can't be in $n's group, because of the difference of level.", FALSE, ch, 0, victim, TO_NOTVICT); } } } else act("$N must follow you to enter your group.", FALSE, ch, 0, victim, TO_CHAR); } } Ludo, implementor of Ensem Mud (relax.ensem.u-nancy.fr 4000) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ludovic CHATAIGNER | e-mail adress : lchataig@ensem.u-nancy.fr | Ensem 3A (ISA Instrumentation 91)| v v \|/ | v -O- | /|\ 2 rue de la foret de haye | /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ | /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ 54500 VANDOEUVRE LES NANCY | /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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