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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ok, I didn't think I was so dim witted but I guess
i am...<pause for you to stop nodding> anyway I have a
proposal:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would like to propose an arch
object to be created and document the procedure since I think it would save
people from going through what I am going through now (lots of looking through
the code and documentation trying to understand seemingly simple stuff). I
am assured it is trivial but that is once you know how it works right...I think
it would be valuble anyway. SO I am going to put forth a detailed arch
object requirement and ask for a step by step procedure on how one of you
fellows would implement it (not actually implement it, but all the things you
would do, even the little things that are obvious - except to non
coders). I was going to try an Randomizer, but am told this is not simple
as it would appear so I am now going to put forth another arch
object.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This is the object.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is called Timer (face is a little clock
for map makers - but it will always be invisible like a creator...)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It waits for another object to trigger
it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It counts down a specified number of
'turns'</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It has a setting to be silent or
to display a message</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It has a setting to display the message once or
each interval </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>(perhaps even, but only if it
isn't hard to do, a message with a variable like a countdown...)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It triggers something else</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It has a setting to reset or not</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>it should function like this:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>player steps on a button or pulls a handle with
connect '5'</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>timer is set to accept connect '5' and to count
down from 10</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>timer counts down from 10 displaying a message
"tick..."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>timer trigers all the gates to close and a
teleporter to teleport in a dragon to the room...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now the object isn't to actually build this so much
as to teach other people how it should be built.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Like:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>step 1. add an entry to the define.h :
#DEFINE TIMER 125</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>step 2. add code to button.c ... (why - it's a
button - what if it's was say a boat?)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>step 3. make entry in loader.c : (a
case statement entry for say type #125?)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>step 4. create arch...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>other steps...?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone take me up on this? I seem to be
missing some brains but I am sure I could do this myself if i could get a better
grip on the way it works and perhaps with better
documentation. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>If this object is too complex
I maybe someone can suggest another one even simpler for this
purpose.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Perhaps we could even have a IRC session to
step through it sometome. I think that other people would be interested in
seeing how this works too.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>