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#1
04 Apr 2006 17:36
 
 
Why? I mean, if I've been in a room a while, combat or whatever, and forgot
which exits are there, I want to just type look to see the exits. Doesn't
make sense to not list exits with look, IMO.

--Hair

 
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#2
04 Apr 2006 17:36
 
 
Quote:
Doesn\'t make sense to not list exits with look, IMO.
The line \"Obvious exits are: ...\" would be double info if short room
description would be shown in both brief and verbose setting.

This is what you get now from verbose/look (long room description + line feed +
exits + line feed + stuff that is in the room):

yyyy|yyyy You are on a crossing of two roads. There is a cross in the middle
yyyy|yyyy of the crossing. There are some trees nearby.
----*---- Obvious exits are: nw, n, ne, w, e, sw, s and se.
yyy/|yyyy
yy/y|yyyy

A cart labeled \'Got it all!\' (5 items)
A cart labeled \'POKETI\' (5 items)
A cart labeled \'DRYAD\'s Ring & EQ Cart\' (30 items)
A cart labeled \'Fenster\'s EQ and Newbie toys\' (5 items)
A cart labeled \'Tarken\'s Stuff\' (8 items)


This is what you get from brief/blook (short room description that includes
exits already + line feed + stuff that is in the room):

The Crossing (nw,n,ne,w,e,sw,s,se).
A cart labeled \'Got it all!\' (5 items), a cart labeled \'POKETI\' (5 items),
a cart labeled \'DRYAD\'s Ring & EQ Cart\' (30 items), a cart labeled
\'Fenster\'s EQ and Newbie toys\' (5 items) and a cart labeled \'Tarken\'s
Stuff\' (8 items)


The idea would make the present look, look like this (short room description
that includes exits already + line feed + long room description + line feed +
stuff that is in the room):

The Crossing (nw,n,ne,w,e,sw,s,se).
yyyy|yyyy You are on a crossing of two roads. There is a cross in the middle
yyyy|yyyy of the crossing. There are some trees nearby.
----*----
yyy/|yyyy
yy/y|yyyy
A cart labeled \'Got it all!\' (5 items)
A cart labeled \'POKETI\' (5 items)
A cart labeled \'DRYAD\'s Ring & EQ Cart\' (30 items)
A cart labeled \'Fenster\'s EQ and Newbie toys\' (5 items)
A cart labeled \'Tarken\'s Stuff\' (8 items)


Note how the \"Obvious exits are:...\" is not there anymore, instead the
exits (in short room descrition) are found in the start of the layout. With
this it would be easier to recognize one room seen in verbose/look to be the
same in room brief/blook, and vice versa, as there is same start description
of the room.

Those that got the idea right from the initial post, sorry for the
spammy/long/unnecessary post.

A :-D hits you.

 
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