What if the code worked totally different?

[Asmoth]

I was reading a lot from another game and it got me thinking...

What if your characters never left the world, just went to sleep when you quit?

It would make Burglars the scariest thing ever as it sits today.

It would make people actually have to trust their clan members.

But it would make the game seem a little more real when you see thowe thirty bynners all sleeping in the barracks etc.

I dunno, just thought of it and figured that it would be a cool change. However I realize it will never happen lol.

[Beethoven]

Would be awful for people who can't play constantly.

[Asmoth]

Would be awful for people who can't play constantly.

Yeah, maybe we could hypothetically code it to leave them in the world for 24 hours, so after that they become virtual again?

[Revenant]

I've played a game that did this. When you logged out in your living quarters, it would bar the door (provided no one else also using it as a living quarters was logged in), and the communal quit room would actually remove you from the game until you logged back in, because these very concerns were frequently exploited. I mean, it does look pretty neat, but, it's like giving a bunch of blindfolded people in a china shop sticks and hoping they only hit the pinata.

[Talia]

Feel free to go linkdead instead of logging out! Achieves same purpose, requires no new code!

[Asmoth]

Feel free to go linkdead instead of logging out! Achieves same purpose, requires no new code!

Can I go link dead with a changed ldesc? If so, challenge accepted since I'm on a throw away character currently.

Probably wouldn't do it on an important one though.

[Talia]

Can I go link dead with a changed ldesc? If so, challenge accepted since I'm on a throw away character currently.

As long as you're not poweremoting or attempting to control what happens around your PC via ldesc. E.g., it's not cool to change your ldesc to "is here totally watching you, utterly aware." Or to, "uses tai-chi on you to kick your ass."

If you're going to leave your PC in game when you're not there to control it, stuff could happen, and you are taking responsibility for that stuff.

[LauraMars]

What if your characters never left the world, just went to sleep when you quit?

[Rokal]

What if your characters never left the world, just went to sleep when you quit?

I was picturing the exact same thing. 

[Quell]

Can I go link dead with a changed ldesc? If so, challenge accepted since I'm on a throw away character currently.

As long as you're not poweremoting or attempting to control what happens around your PC via ldesc. E.g., it's not cool to change your ldesc to "is here totally watching you, utterly aware." Or to, "uses tai-chi on you to kick your ass."

If you're going to leave your PC in game when you're not there to control it, stuff could happen, and you are taking responsibility for that stuff.

How do you go linkdead in such a way that you don't starve to death? Is there a secret to it?

[Malken]

Can I go link dead with a changed ldesc? If so, challenge accepted since I'm on a throw away character currently.

As long as you're not poweremoting or attempting to control what happens around your PC via ldesc. E.g., it's not cool to change your ldesc to "is here totally watching you, utterly aware." Or to, "uses tai-chi on you to kick your ass."

If you're going to leave your PC in game when you're not there to control it, stuff could happen, and you are taking responsibility for that stuff.

How do you go linkdead in such a way that you don't starve to death? Is there a secret to it?

Yeah, if you're linkdead then hunger/thirst code doesn't affect you.

[Patuk]

What if the code worked totally different?

Outdoors characters would go extinct.

[KankWhisperer]

Just make your character be there sleeping for 1-5 minutes to give people a chance but not indefinitely.

Or that long before it let's you log off. It would likely just be too annoying, but I'm guilty of not sleeping very often.