Re: [CODE] That guy's idea of alternate room descs

From: George (greerga@CIRCLEMUD.ORG)
Date: 12/03/97


On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Chuck Reed wrote:

>decipher when to send the alternate desc but i don't know how to set up the
>alt desc files.  I want to use a file called extra_desc.desc and just set up
>any necessary alternate descs in that.  So, if there is anyone who feels

Why not make the extra descriptions just that, extra?  Then when the player
makes their check, you strcat() it to the original (formatting it to
78 columns of course) and then send that?  That'd save memory over a full
different description.

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http://www.van.ml.org/~greerga | is not thus handicapped. -- Elbert Hubbard


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