Re: NEWBIE: DG Events?

From: Aaron Throckmorton (throck@NFINITY.COM)
Date: 08/05/98


I was gonna ask the same question, and was glad someone asked it.  But....
This answer doesn't quite clear it up for me.  What other kind of events could
you use it for (my imagination just isn't working on this one).

Also, any kind of read.me file included in package?  Or FAQ, or something?

throck

Tony Robbins [Kupek] wrote:

> DG Events is an Event System extracted from Death's Gate MUD (which was by
> Eric Green and Stefan Wasilewski [OK that's probably not even close, but
> YOU try to spell it.]).
>
> What it allows for is certain events being set to go off at a certain time,
> after a certain amount of time, at specific/random intervals, etc.  This
> package is available on the FTP site @
> ftp.circlemud.org/pub/CircleMUD/contrib/code, and there is a DG
> Regeneration package which is a good example of usage of the system.
>
> DG Scripts include a small, less powerful event system.
>
> Erm, I'm out of words.
> -B.
>
> At 12:56 PM 8/5/98 -0400, you wrote:
> >Just a quick question, all I want is a pointer to text file or FAQ
> >somewhere:
> >
> >What are DG events?
> >
> >Maybe I already know what they are and it's just the acronym that's messing
> >me up.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Joe Kingry
> >
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