Re: That patch I had...

• Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 08:54:40 PST
• From:
  Joe Shaw <joeshaw@eskimo.com>
• Cc: moo-cows@parc.xerox.com
• Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
• Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
• In-Reply-To: <199601191406.JAA30989@arkady.hygnet.com> from "Seth I. Rich" at Jan 19, 96 06:06:51 am

> >> This code creates a builtin called sneak() (or it can be renamed).  It 
> >> allows you to input direct commands into a player (connected or 
> >> non-valid), as though the player typed the command himself/herself.  The 
> >> form is: sneak(player, string);
> >
> >This code is almost exactly like the 'do_command()' patch that has been 
> >floating around.  It is incredibly useful... PAVEL PLEASE INSTALL THIS!  
> >Perhps it would be better if the command actually work directly on 
> >unconnected people, instead of having to use $network...
> 
> I can't see a use for this.  Why would a wizard want to cause another player
> to invoke commands?  Can't the wizard write code that doesn't require 
> this sort of game-playing?  (How does this builtin handle the callers() 
> stack?  Does it lie to callers() as well?)

One thing I can think of is NPCs (Non-Player Characters)... It would be 
much simpler to make NPCs seem more like real players... It would also be 
good for some of us silly coders who overuse player:tell() in such a 
case. :)

Joe

• Re: That patch I had...
• From: "Seth I. Rich" <sir@po.cwru.edu>

• Prev: Re: That patch I had...
• Next: Re: That patch I had...
• Index: MOO-cows
• Thread: MOO-cows