Work has been progressing, but extremely slowly. I added a few things last weekend, but I simply haven't had the time to do much with it.
On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 2:22 PM, Joshua Tubbs <ori...@me.com> wrote: > Has work been progressing on Stellar Aeon? > I have not actually played the beta again, it really does seem to be limited > in its alpha state. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 24, 2016, at 3:44 PM, Dennis Towne <s...@xirr.com> wrote: >> >> I don't normally do this, but I wanted to talk about some of the stuff >> we've been working on for Alter Aeon. The biggest thing on my mind >> right now would be ease of use updates, and the biggest one of those >> would be the 'list search' changes. >> >> List search started a long time ago, as a way for players to more >> effectively search for equipment with stats, or to look for items with >> special flags or properties. The original code was cobbled together >> six years ago (!), and over the last couple of months we have been >> working hard to update it. The new and improved version is now good >> enough that it's used by default for storage lockers and looking in >> containers. A lot of the parsing bugs have been fixed, and it's so >> easy to use that even I can make it work. >> >> On top of list search, there has been a pile of little ease-of-use >> improvements and spam reduction changes. Draak has been adding sounds >> and sound triggers all over the place, though I don't know how long it >> will take for the Mush-Z developers to add them all. It's really neat >> to see so many things coming together from so many different builders >> and coders. >> >> Something that's really important and really awesome to me as a >> builder is something that most players don't care about: the world >> map. This has been one of our biggest work areas for a while now. >> We've been rearranging and updating areas, making them flow together >> better, and flattening the world map. In addition to this, the way we >> do world mapping itself is changing: the surface of Alter Aeon is >> gradually becoming consistent and properly three dimensional, similar >> to how the world map would look for a large scale MMO. >> >> I'd like to say I know what's coming up in the next few months, but I >> don't. The best I can say is that we plan to add a bunch of new >> spells and skills, and there are several more areas in the wings. I'd >> really like to see the Archais fairy quarter open. >> >> For those of you who play, I hope you found this interesting. I >> haven't had a lot of time to spend on the game recently, but that >> doesn't mean nothing is happening. Have fun! >> >> -dentin >> >> Alter Aeon MUD >> http://www.alteraeon.com >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
