Cultural differences between MUDs and MUSHes
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@faraday You know, that is actually a good idea. It could be handy to set up the exit parent to actually just note <OOC> [name] has arrived [optional: from direction]. for odrops, and <OOC> [name] has left [optional: via exit]. for osucc.
That could clear that confusion up pretty nicely, and auto-loggers designed to strip OOC comments from logs could automatically remove it as needed, provided it uses whatever the standard OOC text prefix is.
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@surreality Yeah that's what it does. I have the direction on the 'leave' because it's handy for following people around, but on entry it just says "has arrived" because the room they came from is largely irrelevant.
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In the OOC nexus, knowing how the player object arrived provides a lot of context for helping newbies. Arrived from the landing pad? Hi new person! Arrived from chargen, starts asking questions, they're probably connected.
I do not feel comfortable when I don't OOCly know how a person arrived to my scene. It may not be logical, but knowing how the object entered the room grounds me to their presence. It may be a skeuomorphism thing.
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@surreality said in Cultural differences between MUDs and MUSHes:
@faraday You know, that is actually a good idea. It could be handy to set up the exit parent to actually just note <OOC> [name] has arrived [optional: from direction]. for odrops, and <OOC> [name] has left [optional: via exit]. for osucc.
That could clear that confusion up pretty nicely, and auto-loggers designed to strip OOC comments from logs could automatically remove it as needed, provided it uses whatever the standard OOC text prefix is.
Hell yes.
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@faraday
You'd have to edit the hardcode though wouldn't you? @odrop (at least on Penn) only covers what is after the name, as it automatically includes the name. Perhaps an @adrop that remits to the room. -
Or you could just tag the <OOC> at the end.
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@Sunny
Actually, I asked. At least on Penn you can set the @odrop NONAME and it won't prepend the name, so you can futz with the messages completely.