My Observations

Rucket
Mon, 02 Jul 2018 05:04:15 +0000

Sorry to make a new thread, but figured I’d mention some of my observations as I go through working on a little project with Ares.

1. Headwiz and System on the ‘admin’ command.

I think it’s a little odd that Headwiz and System show up on the admin. I guess because I don’t really see them as ‘staff’ bits as they are more tools of administering the game than actual bits players should be interacting with.

2. Offstage

This is more a point of clarification on my behalf than any sort of feedback. On the help files it states:

“Never mess with the first two. If you do, you’ll have to fiddle with code to tell the game where the new rooms are.”

This is in respect to Welcome and Offstage. Does that mean to never use the ‘name’ command on them or is there a bit more too it? Like, if I were to rename it to OOC Lounge, as an example, is that a big no-no? Just curious on what the definition of ‘mess’ is here.

3. The Builder character and ‘who’

So I notice ‘Builder’ shows up as ‘NEW’ on who’s status screen. I guess in terms of actual statuses, I’ve seen games in the past designated Builder Characters with the BLD status, especially Star Wars or sci-fi games that have multiple grids representing multiple worlds and where different builders have each world’s grid attached to that particular character. Just something that came immediately to mind.

Anyway, that’s the first bit of stuff. I’ll use this thread to make other observations as I continue working. Well… if I can stop playing Trails of Cold Steel long enough to hunker down and focus.