This would be easy to do in C++ (derive the player's polied
form from the descriptor class and the object class), but
seems a bit more difficult in C. You will probably have
to re-write the object struct, but you need to be careful
if you do this that it doesn't have any bad side-effects.
I remember one mud (FL) where they had a shapeshifter class,
and you could shapeshift into a pool of liquid which could
only just slither around look. You dropped all your eq when
in this form, though ;)
Edward Glamkowski, Programmer Mathematica Policy Research
EGlamkowski@mathematic-MPR.COM Princeton, NJ
http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/
Il dort. Quoique le sort fut pour lui bien etrange,
Il vivait. Il mourut quand il n'eut plus son ange.
La chose simplement d'elle-meme arriva,
Comme la nuit se fait lorsque le jour s'en va.
>----------
>From: David Klasinc[SMTP:bigwhale@CAPYBARA.SK-PTTSC.LJ.EDUS.SI]
>Sent: Friday, October 10, 1997 12:12 PM
>To: CIRCLE@post.queensu.ca
>Subject: [ Idea ] Shapeshifters...
>
>Banzai!
>
>
>Ok, there were talk about werevolves and stuff likt that... And players
>chaning into mobs... BUT!
>
>How about player changing into an object? HA! ANyone done this? (Basically
>I think somebody did... Otherwise I will just rename myself to Newton or
>smth *grin*)
>
>OK, anyway, the idea is like this, players can shapeshift into an object,
>at that time, character would be moved, to some temnporary location and
>an object would load. Descriptor would be transferred to the object
>structure and players would have only limited commands available, like
>look and stuff (Maybe if they are a containers, they coould open and close
>and if they are fountains, they could squirt *shrug*) and of course the
>command that would bring them back to their original shape... If they
>would be picked up and put into the container then everything would be
>dark and stuff...
>
>Comments?
>
>David!
>
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