The corpse idea isn't a terrible idea /if/ we have corpse pics for all the various monsters.
Also 2x2 creatures should have a 2x2 corpse. This can be done if we can get the talented artists who created our current monster pics in on the job. Also, we need a new type. Container-food-weapon. So we can still eat corpses... and can use them as a weapon (ala nethack)... not an effective weapon though :P. --- Alberto Sáez Lodeiros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mark Wedel wrote: > > Downsides: > > > > 1) Monsters that pick up loot would now need to do > more work (instead of the > > objects of 5 dead creatures merging, they would be > all seperate, instead of the > > common objects merging. > > Monsters can pick up only the objects over the flor, > but not into the > corpse-container. > Or maybe, when the monster is over the > corpse-container, check the > object into it, and then move one random object from > corpse-container > to monster inventory. > > > 2) point 2 from above- fire effects may now have > more objects to check for > > destruction because they don't merge. > > When a fire spell (for example) burns the corpse, > you can make a > simple python routine, which destroy all objects > into the > corpse-container. Or simply, the same thing that > occurs when fire > reaches a chest, which is also a container. > > > All that said, I'd think this should be more > driven by actually thinking this > > is a good or bad feature, not memory or > performance reasons. > > You can set a timer in the corpse which will destroy > the corpse and > all its contens, past 5 minutes, for example. In > this way, we will not > wait for server resets to clean the maps. > > -- > -- Powered by Fedora Core 4 Linux -- > -- AMD Duron 1.3 GHz -- > -- 512 Mb RAM DDR 400 MHz -- > -- HDD 80 Gb 7200 RPM -- > -- GeForce 2 MX 400 -- > > _______________________________________________ > crossfire mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ crossfire mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.metalforge.org/mailman/listinfo/crossfire
