Subject: Hook's weekly update 0.2
From: joshua 'hook' corning (hook@u.washington.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 24 1999 - 03:24:42 EET
---------------------------------------------- Hook's Majik3d Weekly Update Nov. 17 - Nov. 23 ---------------------------------------------- Contents 1. Flat World Standard 2. Sky in CVS 3. Hook Starts a Flame War 4. regions.txt Updated 5. Yorkaturr's Avatar Proposal 6. Welcome Origon and Janne to the Team 7. Yorkaturr's Stat Proposal 8. Proposal for server code implementation 9. Proposal for server directory tree structure 10. Starting Location proposals 11. McDuff is back ---------------------- 1. Flat world standard ---------------------- By popular demand the world of Majik is going to be flat. Hook appears to be the only one who wants it to be a sphere and if he doesn't like it he can go to hell. If others have dissenting views like his I suggest you post them soon because the flat world proposal is quickly becoming the standard if it isn't already. Suggestions about the flat world can be found at the link below. https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-design/0572.html ------------- 2. Sky in CVS ------------- According to Drazzt the sky rendering model has been implemented and committed to the CVS. For more info on this check out his e-mails on the subject below. Screenshots are available but a client with the sky rendering model implemented is not yet available for general consumption. Original announcements https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-design/0639.html https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-development/0086.html screen shots https://majik3d-legacy.org/~dazzt/fakesky.jpg https://majik3d-legacy.org/gfx/taivas-3.jpg https://majik3d-legacy.org/~namhas/sky.jpg -------------------------- 3. Hook starts a flame war -------------------------- The title of this entry might not specify the importance of it but is none the less a discussion on the nature and philosophy of game design for Majik. The original e-mail that sparked the debate can be found below. I apologize in advance for any bias that I, as Hook, might have in discussing this. https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-design/0568.html Arguments against the points brought up with this proposal can be found below. (I feel Yorkaturr and Mandor's arguments against it have been the most thought out and complete but there are others and if you are interested follow the thread on the design e-mail thread.) https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-design/0573.html https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-design/0574.html https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-design/0610.html https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-design/0617.html Arguments for the proposal can be found here (These arguments are not exactly supporting the original "radical departure" e-mail but do recognize and agree with points brought up by it) https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-design/0595.html Well the whole thing seems to be decided upon with a cataclysm which destroys all of civilization (or most of it) Any way the e-mail on it can be found here: https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-design/0673.html --------------------- 4. regions.txt updated --------------------- The regions.txt has been updated by Beregar. The regions.txt lists all the regions of the Majik world and states who has claimed what region to describe. We are not sure if all the spelling is correct or if all the regions are truly listed. If you see a mistake or would like to claim a region please feel free to post it on the design e-mail thread. Beregar or Hook will make the appropriate changes. The regions.txt can be found here: https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-design/0635.html or ftp://ftp.majik3d.org/open/hook/ under regions-0.2.txt or higher version # Beregar and Hook can be reached at their respective e-mail addresses beregar@majik3d.org hook@majik3d.org ------------------------------ 5. Yorkaturr's avatar proposal ------------------------------ Yorkaturr came up with an interesting idea about gods and how they can be summoned to the mortal plain. There are some comments and questions about his proposal that clarify his ideas but as a whole his ideas has been well received. Take a look at his original proposal here and follow the design-mail threads for more info. --------------------------------------- 6. Welcome Origon and Gilead to the team --------------------------------------- We have some new people added to our team. First there is Origon who actually joined last week but I missed it and didn't post this on the last weekly update. His skills appear to be in the area of 3d graphics. His real world name is Ulf Sjöström and his e-mail is origon@home.se and introduced himself here: Also welcome Janne 'Gilead' Räsänen. His e-mail is janne.rasanen@iobox.com. His skills appear to be in coding and basic design. He introduced himself here but its in Finnish so go to the next e-mail for Yorkaturr's English translation if you don't know Finnish. ---------------------------- 7. Yorkaturr's Stat Proposal ---------------------------- Yorkaturr sure has been busy. This time he has come up with a proposal for handling statistics of character, monster, and NPC attributes. The proposal is in two parts (2 e-mails) and has not gotten much of response. I suggest you guys at least say if you like it or not. The posts of the proposal are listed below. https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-design/0656.html https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-design/0654.html ------------------------------------------ 8. Proposal for server code implementation ------------------------------------------ Harum has come up with a proposal for what language should be used to code the server. He states "first we code most functionality with Python and when things start to work properly we start porting portions of the code to C++." I only have a small idea what this means but those of you with the SKILLS might find what he has to say interesting. The post can be found here: https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-development/0085.html Harum can be e-mailed here: otso@hybrid.fi ---------------------------------------- 9. Proposal for directory tree structure ---------------------------------------- Drazzt has come up with a proposal for the majik3d server's directory layout. I have a little idea of what he is talking about. He does want responses on this so give him your opinion on the subject. The original e-mail of his proposal can be found here: https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-development/0087.html some weird drawing of a schematic of the server that a few of the developers drew https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-design/0691.html You can e-mail Dazzt here: jsaukkon@cs.Helsinki.FI ------------------------------- 10. Starting location proposals ------------------------------- Two starting locations have been decided upon. It is recommended that we focus our attentions upon designing complete descs of these areas so that we have a good idea of what the world will look like at the start of the game. there is also a third region as of this update has not been decided upon. The e-mails declaring these areas as the starts can bee found here: Lamarhen - neutral https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-design/0694.html Voran (Nalor Thaan) - evil https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-design/0702.html https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-design/0705.html https://majik3d-legacy.org/mailinglist/majik-design/0707.html ------------------ 11. McDuff is back ------------------ The e-mail archive has not updated yet so ill post his e-mail in full below: "Hold on - let me just put these two wires together with spit.. <BZZZZZZATTATT - -FSK> Hello, hello, one, two. <tap tap> Well, I'm back everybody. My internet connection has been back up for a few weeks now, but I had to sort out other stuff, and also try and read through my massive backlog of design Emails. Hopefully, I won't vanish like that again, because I've switched Internet Service Providers etc etc. So, how's everything in Majik Land then? I read that someone was needed for 2d textures - if whoever was in charge of that would like to mail me I'll see what I can do for that, if you like. I'ev also got a wfull.txt on my 'puter that I typo-checked for Beregar. Has that been done in my absence, or would you like me to post it to the list? You'll have to excuse me for a few weeks while I get my bearings back to working with you people. Take pity on the poor Englishman, please! McDuff" Thats it for this week. hook Joshua Corning hook@majik3d.org
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