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Suggestions & Ideas / Bounties
« on: March 07, 2013, 07:38:24 pm »
Ok, i had been thinking about this for a while and I just happen to have been discussing with Xeriuth this idea.

Bounties could be a fun global quest, increasing rewards for harder mobs to find and/or kill (similar to the cosmo canyon fighting arena meets roger young).  Here are just a few ideas I had about how to implement them...

1- Have a bounty hunter somewhere in space or in star wars who gives you these global contracts around all 4 dimensions.  He can move as he is also a bounty hunter off killing for rewards.  You kill the target, you bring him what he's looking for (head, item, whatever), and he rewards you.

2- Rewards range from low gold/statted equipment to much gold, tokens, and good equipment, etc (anything really that fits into these things)

3- First bounties are mobs with specific names and locations.  As you get higher up as a bounty hunter, you get higher level mobs to kill, assignments with no specific names, only descriptors and general locations, riddles/clues to find them, etc.

4- One specific idea for a harder mob... this person was seen fleeing into the mosh pit at the punk rock concert.  they had green hair and a small tattoo on their back shoulder. (or something very discrete)... wander into the mosh pit and there are tons of people, you have to find the right person matching all the clues.  Attack one, everyone else flees (is purged) so its just you and this person.  Hopefully you are killing the correct one because the rest are gone and you have to wait if you mess it up to try again.

5- imms can also use the bounty hunter to do a current global quest that mentions any given mob in the game to pit players against each other to compete for the mob's scalp (like zedd but for killing).  could also be fun because players would all be there trying to kill the mob, but also killing each other to claim the scalp.  (could temporarily make the mob's room an arena until the mob dies)  Again, the bounty hunter (as played by an imm, RP leader, Hero) can give either clues or a specific mob/location

thats all for now.  ready, set, discuss!

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General Discussions / Poetry Contest Entries
« on: July 16, 2011, 11:34:34 pm »
Here is the official posting spot for both Loria and Once to submit their poems.  Remember, entries must be added by Sunday, July 17th, midnight PST.  Entries posted past that time will be disqualified.

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Suggestions & Ideas / Zone Flag Hunt: Clan Rewards
« on: April 14, 2011, 10:39:33 am »
I was thinking about possible clan rewards for the overall zone flag hunt, and came up with the following idea.

What if each clan got a shortcut from their clan hall to that particular zone.  So for example, Vikings claimed the flag for Upper Nile.  So in the viking trophy case would be the Upper Nile flag.  Someone in their clan hall could 'get upper case', and that action would result in that player being pulled through space and time to a set location in the Upper Nile zone.

Of course, there are a few quest zones that you shouldn't be able to get into, but maybe that particular flag would transfer you nearby that zone (or it could check if you have a variable on you to determine whether or not it could transfer you to the zone).  Obviously each flag would have a specific room vnum its taking you, so it wouldn't be hard to determine where was fair for those particular flags.

I like this because each clan then has a sort of reward for participating, in proportion to how much they found.  Also, there are the tokens for the top 3 clans, which provides the extra incentive to be the best clan in terms of flag hunting.

Thoughts? Musings?
Asmo

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I don't even know what to say when I see this, except for a bunch of swear words... just watch!!!

http://www.twitvid.com/Q41DB

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Scripting Board / Script death?
« on: August 19, 2010, 05:33:29 pm »
Another question... do we have a way in script to cause a player to die?  Its probably in the website or in the 4D advanced scripting stuff, but I cant find it.  In a room command script of mine...

I tried 'eval death %actor.hitp% + 1', and %damage% %actor% %death%, but that just caused them to be stunned until an imm restores/fixes them.

so then...

I tried 'eval death %actor.hitp% + 100', and %damage% %actor% %death% , and that caused them to die, but then when they showed up in the room they get sent to after death, it kept showing the message 'Lie Still, you're dead!! :-(' and stayed like that until an imm fixed them.

So finally I tried adding the %actor.pos(resting)% to the end of the 2nd option above, but although it set actor to resting and technically worked, it sent out a syslog error that says '[ Room 30774 :: Unknown world cmd: 'Resting' ]'

So yeah, it would be sooo much simpler if there a way to just %kill% %actor%, or whatever

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Suggestions & Ideas / GM Skills
« on: August 18, 2010, 11:33:56 pm »
So I just found this out that brace and parry were taken out of the GM skill list, and was urged to make a forum post about all this, so here I am.  I just want to figure out why this happened, and try to get them put back in.  The perk to being a GM is that you're to have all T1/T2 skills and spells, so it doesn't make sense to me to just take them out.  Not to mention i love brace and parry and was relieved to know I'd always have them on my side to help me sleep at night.  So... yeah, any thoughts?  Perhaps a reason they were removed?

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Scripting Board / new variable?
« on: August 04, 2010, 03:57:48 pm »
Hey guys.  I'm not exactly sure who would be able to do this (i assume its possible), but I would really like a variable that could check a characters carried weight, considering %actor.weight% never changes depending on what one is holding/has in their inventory.  Or maybe it already exists and its just not on that dg scripts guide.  Is there a list of added variables anywhere?


so for example, the first things i see when I type inventory are...


[You are carrying 26 of 39 items]
[You have a total weight of 422/1055]


So I would like an %actor.tweight% variable (or whatever word you want to put in there) that would return the number 422, in this case.

Also, does anyone know if 422 includes all the things i'm wearing/holding/wielding?

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Suggestions & Ideas / Restring of Statted Equip
« on: August 01, 2010, 08:12:38 pm »
Ok, so I've been thinking about this for a few days, then asked Kvetch about it, and decided to make a post about it. 

The topic:  A middle ground between perz and restring.

The question:  Why can't statted equipment get a restring, other than that is current policy?  Rp equipment is all the same vnum, yet people can have different restrings all on the same rp head item, so why not on our statted equip?

The explanation:  Being able to get a different name on your statted equipment for a larger fee than just getting a restrung rp equip.  (here's another possible use for gold... this is something I would definitely spend gold on, even if it were harder to get)

The reason:  We've all been a part of the discussion that talks about seeing the weirdest combination of equipment on a single person, just because things from different quests and zones don't have to necessarily work together aesthetically.  This leads to some funky lookin outfits!  :o  Buy why shouldn't there be an option to have your statted equipment restrung?  This could lead to people having their own unique coordinated look, without having to sacrifice all their statted equipment.  I would like to go out looking like what I think Asmo should look like (clothing wise), but still have all my stats and earned equipment on me.

The difference:  While a perz is essentially the same thing, if you ever lose your perzed equipment, you can buy it back for a fee.  This would not be the case with this restrung statted equipment.  Because its not perzed, it would be lost and you would have to go through the quest/find the equip again to recover it.  Of course, you could get a perzed item restrung, and if you lost that, you could buy back the perz with the title of what it was perzed at.  Also, I think this would be a great option for artis.  You could rename your artis this way to fit your character's theme, and not be able to buy them back when they finally poof, making everybody happy!   ;D

The response:  you tell me!

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Barrel of Laughs / Double Rainbow All the Way Across the Sky!
« on: July 20, 2010, 11:42:46 pm »
This made my night, so I just had to share it!  Very amusing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI



And how could anything be complete without its own remix?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX0D4oZwCsA

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Barrel of Laughs / Zedd the Cloudreader has been tamed!
« on: February 25, 2010, 10:39:31 am »
After chasing Zedd for a bit...

>where zedd

Zedd the Cloud Reader     - Pet Shop Store

You gossip, 'i don't think this is even accessible to players is it?'

The Pet Shop
[ Exits: w ]
The Pet Shop is a small crowded store, full of cages and animals of various
sorts and sizes.  There is a sign on the wall.
 John, the pet shop owner is here, tending to his animals.

>list

To buy a pet and name it, use:
buy <pet> <the name you give it>
Available pets are:
 1034793 - Zedd the Cloud Reader (Class: Normal, Race: Humanoid)
   22450 - the wolfhound        (Class: Animal, Race: Animal)
    5280 - the deerhound        (Class: Animal, Race: Animal)
    5160 - the bulldog          (Class: Animal, Race: Animal)
    2300 - the terrier          (Class: Animal, Race: Animal)

You gossip, 'ROFL'

You gossip, 'YOU CAN BUY ZEDD'

John pets the hounds.

Lionheart gossips, 'that's why I made it so he teleports in another place after 5m, so if it gets stuck you just wait and he'll teleport somewhere else'

Thotter gossips, ':D:D:D:D::D:D'

Lionheart gossips, 'yeah as a personal pet :P'

You gossip, 'you can buy zedd as a pet for 1034793'

Thotter gossips, 'nice!'

>buy zed

Zedd the Cloud Reader starts following you.
May you enjoy your pet.

The Pet Shop
[ Exits: w ]
The Pet Shop is a small crowded store, full of cages and animals of various
sorts and sizes.  There is a sign on the wall.
 Zedd the Cloud Reader owned by Asmodeus stands here.
 John, the pet shop owner is here, tending to his animals.


Thotter gossips, 'this is cause pet shops suck codewise'

You gossip, 'Muahaha'

Lionheart gossips, 'bought it?'

You gossip, '"Zedd the Cloud Reader owned by Asmodeus stands here"'

Prison Alley
...
Zedd the Cloud Reader sneaks in after you.


Lionheart gossips, 'omg'

Prison Alley
...
|@ Don Lionheart (invis) is standing here.
 Zedd the Cloud Reader owned by Asmodeus stands here.


Lionheart looks at Zedd the Cloud Reader.

You grin.

You gossip, 'might want to not let him teleport there from now on ;)'

Molzilla runs into the room playfully, trampling mortals and buildings.

Molzilla exclaims, 'awesome!'


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General Discussions / Viva la poison!!!
« on: February 20, 2010, 03:12:49 am »
(and no, I don't mean fish in french)

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Suggestions & Ideas / 4d website front page
« on: January 26, 2010, 01:56:27 pm »
I'm all for having a blog as part of the front page of 4dimensions.org, but could someone update it?  I know theres not a lot going on right now (if anything) to update it with, but if we're trying to attract people, i dont know if something from last Halloween is really the first thing that should be there :P Maybe someone could write a short blurb about the upcoming changes, and how they're gonna be super cool... just SOMETHING that doesnt make it look like nothings going on.

Just a though...

Asmo

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Suggestions & Ideas / Player Emote
« on: January 25, 2010, 10:26:06 pm »
Ok, obviously this is not an original idea, but i think it would be a really good add.

I was hoping we could get some sort of player emote so you can direct emotes to pcs or npcs.  For those of you who dont know what i mean...

If the command was 'pemote', id type...


pemote cackles with glee as he tags Kitolani!

Kito would see 'Asmodeus cackles with glee as he tags you!'
Others would see 'Asmodeus cackles with glee as he tags Kitolani!'


Basically its just making it so emotes look more correct and IC.  would be better for RP, obviously, and also gives the possibility of no longer needing people to make a bunch of new socials.

Yes? No?

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Suggestions & Ideas / URGENT! (maybe) Nobat compromise
« on: November 14, 2009, 05:11:59 pm »
can we PLEASE get some command that allows us to see titles and afk messages but gets rid of all the "Glows with a bright light" crap and all that annoying junk on the screen when you type look?  Thanks

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Suggestions & Ideas / Virisin/Imm
« on: November 12, 2009, 10:51:44 pm »
What happened tonight with Kvetch and the gold was a joke, and only a joke.  I returned all of the gold to her, right in front of your own eyes.  No harm, no foul.

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