--- Lord Kyu <Sythrel@Adelphia.net> wrote: The > thought goes something like this. I would like to > change ALL affect > type spells, or spells that have duration's to be > maintained. * snip explanation of proposed system. * > So I guess my questions on this would be looking > for comments about > the different ways to go about this situation. I imp'd a system very similar to this myself, and am also working towards a pkill mud. Just in case my fingers slip and I don't catch them, I call it a leech system. My basic approach was to NOT remove the existing duration system, but to add the ability in mag_affects, etc, to add a leech value to spells. So, one could have duration (4 hrs), leech (10 mana/tick) or a combination of the two (10 mana/tick for 4 hrs). Cast spells like sanctuary, for example, were entirely leech. Potions/wands/staves use either duration or duration AND leech, although the potential is there for powerful (and presumably rare) potions that will last as long as the quaffer can support the spell's leech. I had no problem with either system, as I found that if an affect spell was powerful and in need of balance, inflating the leech cost was an effective way to be sure it was used sparingly. As for the removal of the spells, I checked (as part of affect_update, if I remember right) every tick to see if the caster could support the leech. If not, the spell wore off. Thus, if x casts sancuary on y, and then x is killed, the leech is no longer supported and y loses the spell. Detrimental affects are something that I've never seen handled terribly well on leech systems, and mine was no different. I work on a quitting-at-inns-only system, and the inns are rare enough. When a character rents, all affects are removed, including detrimental ones like weakness and poison. This is kind of a cop-out, but I found it affects gameplay surprisingly little. Powerful detrimental affects like paralyze prevent the afflicted from getting to the inn in the first place, so the only time players abuse rent to remove harmful affects is when they're affected by things like weakness (I don't begrudge them getting rid of that annoyance). I hope this has been of some help, feel free to email me off the list with any further questions. Cam Peter ===== Out of doubt, out of dark to the days rising I came singing in the sun, sword unsheathing. To hope's end I rode, and to heart's breaking: Now for wrath, now for ruin and a red nightfall! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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