[crossfire] New movement code.

[Mitch Obrian]

Perhapse an override 1 flag would be good, that way if
anything conflicts between items of the same type then
the override 1 arch wins, if there are more then 1
overrides that conflict the most restrictive arch with
override 1 wins.

--- David Delbecq <
     delbd at oma.be
     > wrote:

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      2 questions
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      - can we think about allowing player to swim in
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      non-deep sea (near scorn
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      port) and if so, make this movements very low (for
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      geographical reasons)
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      - If we suppose you can't swim in on grass (obvious)
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      using move_block 8,
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      what about grass with a piece of river above??
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      Tricky? that's because
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      this flag is a per tile flag while it is set at the
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      object level.
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      Perhaps we could start start, apart from this patch,
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      a discusion on the
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      opportunity
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      to move every square flag away from object to the
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      map square itself. Or
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      perhaps creating a mapsquare_flag object which
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      override any map flag
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      that could be set by other object. This
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      mapsquare_flag object could be
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      present not as an object but a a square properties
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      in the editor.
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      1 Suggestion
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      Is it faisable with current code to create a square
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      that could be
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      traversed by small creature but not by big one.
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      eg: mice, ants, dogs, cats, and 'crouched' humanoids
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      could get thru but
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      not any thing bigger?
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      other example: only mice, ants, dogs
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      Other suggestion: a square that need a minimu size
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      to get thru. Eg a 1m
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      wall mice can't pass while any humanoid can
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      naturally climb it? :D
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      Any way, good job Mark,
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      Regards,
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      Tchize
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      Mark Wedel a écrit :
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      >  So I finished up the new movement code and did
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      some basic testing,
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      > and it
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      > seems to work.
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      >
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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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      >
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      >  For compatibility, no_pass 1 blocks all of those.
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      >
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      >  My basic test shows this work.  One issue:
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      >
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      >  Movement blockage has to be explicitly set.  In
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      other words, unless
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      > something on the space explicity says you can't
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      use movement type X,
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      > you can use it.
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      >
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      >  This matches previous behaviour, and for the most
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      part, works fine.
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      >
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      >  The issue here is swimming.  As things sound now,
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      you can't swim in
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      > the ocean or rivers, because they have no_pass 1. 
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      However, since
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      > pretty much all outdoor spaces don't set anything,
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      it means you can
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      > 'swim' through the desert.
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      >
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      >  right now, this doesn't have any relevant meaning
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      - there is no way
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      > to get swimming movement type.  One issue if you
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      could is that
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      > slow_move (old field) only slows down walking, not
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      flying or swimming.
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      >
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      >  It seems to me the proper way to fix this is to
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      set all ground
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      > objects to have move_block 8, so you can't swim
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      through desert,
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      > forests, etc.
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      >
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      >  Any other thoughts?  Notes?  Questions?
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      >
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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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      >
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      >  Do note this server is really only up for this
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      testing.  I put a
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      > building next to the inn in scorn that has some
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      test cases.
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