[MUD-Dev] Re: Standard Mud Room Format?

[Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt <hhs#cbs,dtu.dk>]

On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, plateau wrote:

> Hello all,

I assume your writing a location-based game. And your terminology
indicates (as others have pointed out) affinity for DikuMud type
games :-). Remember that your design of database format probably will
dictate the organisation of your game. Choose with care! :-)

> Okay, so I guess the format wouldn't encompass too much detail, but 
> still; has a "standard (global?) room format" already been done? Is it 
> more popular to just write code to convert existing room formats (LPC, 
> Tiny, Diku, etc) to your own format (so you could use those snazzy 
> editors instead)? Or is it a complete waste of time?

I haven't heard of any 'standard' format for databases supporting
location-based game styles. If you want something easy parsable, and easy
writable, perhaps you should build on some XML formatted type of database,
since it probably will be soaked up into the 'net eventually. Besides then
people will have a background for using it, with GUI or not (from HTML). 

Just write code to convert existing code. Thats my advice :-)

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