Re: Weather & Zones?

From: Ron Cole (rcole@EZY.NET)
Date: 10/21/97


>>My players care because the weather MATTERS. Hell... Their regen is even
>>affected by the weather, some players burn in sunlight, and it is
>>possible to take damage from some weather patterns.
>
>A MUD shouldn't go as far as saying you sat in the sun long enough, you
>have skin cancer, but I like the possibility of burning.  Especially if you
>have light skin, wearing nothing, and trudging through a desert...saying
>water...water....
>
>And maybe you can't sit down or sleep while sunburned ;)

I think he meant they catch fire... as in vampires.  :-)  Sunburn is a bit
extreme on the realism scale.  You're probably gonna need room overrides for
weather also.  Not all outside rooms in a zone are the same climate.  I suppose
they could be, but you'd probably waste a lot of zone numbers.

Ron


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