https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/index.php?a=rssfeed&t=4589 The largest Smaug community resource site. - Not so descriptive huh? en SmaugMuds 60 https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=23153#p23153 wow yea old post lol. Well I still haven't done it and I've not seen any for it. https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=23153#p23153 Wed, 4 Sep 2013 17:32:15 CDT Coding nobody@example.com (Remcon) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=23152#p23152 I know this thread is old, but I reallylike the area:vnum idea it would solve many problems like player city building and as yall have touched onship building Is there a snippet of this conversion thati have missed or is it too big a job for that? https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=23152#p23152 Wed, 4 Sep 2013 17:23:26 CDT Coding nobody@example.com (mystickdreamer) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=22152#p22152 Nod, thats one ive been considering as well as the best way to deal with the get_room_index etc... Haven't figured out the best way to address everything yet which is why I was asking :) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=22152#p22152 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:31:26 CDT Coding nobody@example.com (Remcon) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=22150#p22150 [quote=Remcon]Hmm area based vnums sounds interesting. Been looking into adding it in lop, looks like it will be quite a job and then havent decided on the best way to handle it all easily. Any pointers you willing to share on it?[/quote] I think the first thing you should do is to consider the consequences for existing areas, especially when it comes to "foreign" references (ie, references to rooms, mobs and objects that belongs to another area) in places like resets and scripts. Since I hav https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=22150#p22150 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:41:42 CDT Coding nobody@example.com (Caius) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=22145#p22145 Hmm area based vnums sounds interesting. Been looking into adding it in lop, looks like it will be quite a job and then havent decided on the best way to handle it all easily. Any pointers you willing to share on it? https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=22145#p22145 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:43:26 CDT Coding nobody@example.com (Remcon) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=22128#p22128 A little late on the discussion here, but I thought I'd add what I did within the standard (extended) vnum functionality of SWR: I had template rooms built, mostly generic. I used one area to create them all with a predefined vnum range. So I used about 500 rooms to build generic templates for rooms ( 10 different cockpits for different needs, etc ). They were within the standard OLC ranges. I then used a string to build each ship's template, similar to this: 2)23,6:24;24,1:23. Wh https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=22128#p22128 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:13:35 CDT Coding nobody@example.com (Darrik) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=22066#p22066 [quote=ayuri]I'll admit, at first took me a bit to wrap my head around it <snip>[/quote] Probably because the concept is actually simpler than you expected :) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=22066#p22066 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:09:28 CDT Coding nobody@example.com (Caius) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=22065#p22065 Ahh Caius, I completely forgot about how you were setting up your area files that way. I must say, that is a most elegant solution. I'll admit, at first took me a bit to wrap my head around it, but it allows for so much with out having to shift vnums about, have any of you tried that? Quite fun!! Side note, I can't log into any of my IM clients (been so damn long forgot the passwords heh) so drop me a line here via pm or my email. Would love to get back in touch with you. Also nice to see https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=22065#p22065 Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:23:20 CDT Coding nobody@example.com (ayuri) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=22062#p22062 Something just occurred to me that I haven't considered before. First, let's look at how SWFotE handles this. That codebase uses a special area for instanced ships. Most people will probably give it a very large range of vnums so they won't run out as players buy ships. Let's say it's called playerships.are and runs from vnums one million to one billion. No way you'll run out, right? But then one day you get this idea that wouldn't it be cool if players can buy new rooms in their ship? This i https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=22062#p22062 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:24:02 CDT Coding nobody@example.com (Caius) https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=22061#p22061 The difference is that the 4 is the area's ID number, that is, the primary key in the database. The 56 is the room's database ID. A vnum is a class containing a pointer to the area and an unsigned integer with the room's ID within the area. Several rooms may have the same ID as long as the area is different. So each area has its own private range of possible rooms, potentially 4 billion each. While this number is huge, it does allow an area to expand gradually without ever crashing with another https://smaugmuds.afkmods.com/topic/pre-built-layouts-4589/&p=22061#p22061 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 06:35:05 CDT Coding nobody@example.com (Caius)