[crossfire] Quest/Maps idea

[Mark Wedel]

Andrew Fuchs wrote:
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      On 10/13/05, Rick Tanner <
      leaf at real-time.com
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     On a somehwat similar thought, what about map entrances that vary based on
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     time of day or other event?
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     For instance, during the day a castle contains royal guards, no wondering
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     monsters, etc.  But at night, interior map is replaced with ghosts and
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     other nasties.  Or, a dungeon in a tower next the sea floods every
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     afternoon because of high tide.
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      Theres a RFE on the tracker, for a time-based connected object.  Which
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      could be used for this.
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      http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1318639&group_id=13833&atid=363833
      
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  The problem is that the same issue that applies with different exit pointer 
based on quest completion has.

  EG, player 1 enters time based map.  Player 2 decides to join him 10 minutes 
later - unfortunately, in that time period, the event time has changed, so 
player 2 is now on a different map.

  I will say I'd prefer the idea of time based rather than player based events. 
  But trying to keep in synchronized seems odd.

  Now I guess in theory the same thing can happen for random maps - a player 
could be deep in a random map set in which the first few maps have reset, so 
that a new player gets a different set of maps.

  I think for time based stuff, more likekly, different information given out by 
time (eg, NPC abc says something at night, not at day).  And maps being 
open/closed by time make sense (the shop is closed, etc).