[crossfire] New movement code.

[Mitch Obrian]

Sounds good, should be easy enough to set the proper
permissions on the ground arches (2 hrs with nedit, 2
min with regex).

--- Mark Wedel <
     mwedel at sonic.net
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        So I finished up the new movement code and did
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      some basic testing, and it
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      seems to work.
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        In basic terms, now multiple move types (walking,
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      fly_low, fly_high, 
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      swimming).  Spaces can block some or all of those.
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        For compatibility, no_pass 1 blocks all of those.
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        My basic test shows this work.  One issue:
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        Movement blockage has to be explicitly set.  In
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      other words, unless something 
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      on the space explicity says you can't use movement
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      type X, you can use it.
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        This matches previous behaviour, and for the most
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      part, works fine.
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        The issue here is swimming.  As things sound now,
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      you can't swim in the ocean 
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      or rivers, because they have no_pass 1.  However,
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      since pretty much all outdoor 
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      spaces don't set anything, it means you can 'swim'
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      through the desert.
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        right now, this doesn't have any relevant meaning
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      - there is no way to get 
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      swimming movement type.  One issue if you could is
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      that slow_move (old field) 
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      only slows down walking, not flying or swimming.
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        It seems to me the proper way to fix this is to
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      set all ground objects to have 
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      move_block 8, so you can't swim through desert,
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      forests, etc.
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        Any other thoughts?  Notes?  Questions?
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        Also, feel free to try this out on my server:
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      tavern.santa-clara.ca.us
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        Do note this server is really only up for this
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      testing.  I put a building next 
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      to the inn in scorn that has some test cases.
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