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- The NakedMud Tutorial :: Zone Structure
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- <div class="head">Zones</div>
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- Zones are organizational units for builders. Each zone houses a list of
- mobiles, objects, rooms, triggers, reset instructions, and potentially other
- additions, henceforth called contents. Each zone can be assigned a list of
- builders who have editing access.
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- <div class="head">Zone Keys</div>
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- Each zone has a unique reference key associated with it. Likewise, each zone
- content also has a unique zone-relative key. Most muds accomplish this with use
- of a virtual number (vnum) based referencing system. That each, each unique
- zone, room, object, mobile, etc... has a unique key number associated with it.
- In many DIKU muds, the default start room has a vnum of 1204. Whenever a builder
- would want to reference this start room, they would use the number 1204 as a
- reference key to access it.
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- NakedMud uses a string based referencing system. Each content of a zone is
- assigned a unique string-based key (e.g., fido, mayor, town_square) instead of
- a number. Contents of different types (e.g., mobiles vs. objects) can share the
- same unique key. Key reference is context-dependent, and will identify the
- correct type of content you are referring to. Zones also have unique keys. When
- a content key is referenced, it is implicit that the user means the content key
- of the zone they are currently within. For instance, using the command:
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- > <font class="cmd">goto town_square</font>
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- would attempt to take you to the room with key town_square in city1 if you are
- currently in city1, or the room with key town_square in city2 if you are
- currently in city2. Keys from other zones may be referenced by following the
- content key with an '@' symbol and the relevant zone key. For instance, if you
- are currently in city1 but would like to go to the town square of city2, you
- could use the command:
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- > <font class="cmd">goto town_square@city2</font>
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- By default, zones support room, object, mobile, and trigger contents. However,
- new content types can be added to the game (discussed in C basics). Additional
- modules are available for Quest and NPC dialog contents.
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- <!--div class="footer">Edit Date: Nov 15, 2008. By Geoff Hollis</div-->
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