Posts made by Rusalka

I should know this, but I don't, and I can't seem to find it in any help files. So: how many objects can I stuff into another object, or a room? Is there a limit? Is there a limit to how many lcon() can pick up?

You've gotten a lot of really good advice, so instead of repeating that, I'll mention something I don't think has been really discussed yet:

If someone takes on OOC responsibilities and can't or won't perform them, don't hesitate to either remove them from that position or route around them. This can mean staffing, but it can also mean playing an IC leader, or a feature character, or other positions where someone is expected to contribute more to the game than the average player.

This also includes you. If you know you have to go away for a good while, make sure you have someone else in charge (even if they aren't allowed to make, say, sweeping policy changes). I once staffed a game where the headwiz was gone for months and didn't delegate powers in her absence, and trust me, there have been few things in my time MU*ing that were more frustrating than having to run a game without the power to, you know, actually run the game.

I think people understand this if someone's just slacking, but they hesitate if there's a good reason for the absence, or at least a sob story. It's just a pretendy fun time game, RL comes first, people don't want to be mean, etc. The thing is, though, the jobs still aren't being done. (The aforementioned headwiz had a thoroughly legitimate reason to not be around. This did not prevent the game from suffering.) Relieving someone of responsibilities isn't a punishment, just a recognition that, right now, they can't fulfill them.

Thank you! Used a @function to grab the shortdesc, and it's working fine now. I incorporated objeval() into it, which should prevent most mischief.

I'm coder for a game using MUX 2.10.1.12, and I'm having trouble with parent rooms. I want the ConFormat to show a list of who's connected, their idle time, and their &shortdesc.

Tidy list of names? Check. Idle times? Check. &shortdesc? #-1 PERMISSION DENIED.

It works fine when I'm on my wizbit, but when I switch over to a regular player character, I get permission denied even on my own &shortdesc. I've set the room INHERIT, !INHERIT, ROYALTY, !ROYALTY, etc., and fiddled around with objeval(), but nothing changes.

(I'm also totally unable to get u(#some other object/attribute) to work, which I assume is related. But since I can just copy the attributes over to the parent room object and use u(attribute), it's not a big deal.)

Help? I don't have a lot of experience with parent rooms, so feel free to point and laugh at whatever ridiculously simple thing I've overlooked.