-----Original Message----- From: Anthony J rye [SMTP:ajrye@one.net] Sent: Thursday, January 30, 1997 7:13 PM To: Gary Barnett Cc: 'Circle Mailing List' Subject: RE: Looking for Ansi creating programs If i may add AcidDraw is another very good prg. Somewhat similiar to the draw. if you dont like the draw thats another alternative :) Having never used AcidDraw I cannot comment on it... > This is really an excellent ANSI editor for DOS. It can do ANSI emulation.. I played > with it a bit for the mud as a diversion.. kinda fun :-) Actually this was a typo.. or just a lost thought maybe.. In saying 'emulation' I meant animation. I remember using the heck out of it [Thedraw] to create animated sequences for my BBS. I created one for each door, and had the other usual ones.. Was good fun.. I think that lost at could be revived in muds.. I'd love to be able to send an ansi animation lasting maybe five seconds when a player dies.. Like an animation of someone falling to their death, etc.. Just a little touch.. but those are the ones that make the whole something more than it's parts. As far as implementing that goes, you need a way to stream the chars at the player fairly effectively.. The bbs had the advantage of lagless operation excepting line noise, and the full attention of the processor. --Mallory +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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