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I was thinking about making a city map to myself with the location of the malls, companies, stores and etc…
But then i had the bright idea of making it a IC profession like the Yellow pages or something.... I already started to make me a RED map in Corel Draw and after i will finish it on Photoshop.
The idea is a profession as Cartographer or Map Publicist and making the maps available to all players by a modest price... I Don't really know how to implement this in game but i tought of sending you the JPEG and you making something like the NLM but for the map...
What do you think about?
(Edited by Xeethot at 1:57 pm on Sep. 16, 2002)
By Xeethot at Sep 16, 2002, 1:46 PM
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I think that's actually not bad. We've all been bitching for ages about maps. Maybe you could get advertisements for it. *shrug* Find out…talk about it ICly with people. There are a few player run businesses out there.
By Tash at Sep 16, 2002, 4:26 PM
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Here is a sample of what the map will look like:
http://www.rpgarena.com.br/sindome/map.jpg
Cheers
By Xeethot at Sep 17, 2002, 4:47 AM
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That looks great! I think this is good player initiative. Good luck getting it going.
By Tylissa at Sep 17, 2002, 8:47 AM
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….why don't you find and use the maps that are -IC- in the game?
like the -map- command with SIC and the little paper maps that occasionally pop up. If they are too scarce, I'm sure more can be made avaiable.
Lovely map by the way, though we discourage people using off-moo maps because well...it's OOC. You can include info on there that is of a distictly IC nature, so we don't like them being made.
By Iga at Sep 17, 2002, 11:51 AM
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Quote: from Iga on 11:51 am on Sep. 17, 2002[br]
Lovely map by the way, though we discourage people using off-moo maps because well…it's OOC. You can include info on there that is of a distictly IC nature, so we don't like them being made.
That's why my idea is to make the maps and send them to you so you can implement them like a NLM Terminal. Like the guy does a : use DomeMap and it shows a text like: Your DomeMap is a one page map of the RED area showing all the streets, shops and full of adds. [http://www.sindome.org/domemap/red?28uah390].
something like that… we already use off moo NLM...
By Xeethot at Sep 17, 2002, 12:03 PM
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I'm with Xee man here, it's like the NLM boards which are off moo and by your standards, Iga, it's Ooc. So as long as the info is treated as IC, and everything done witht he maps is IC, IO don't see a problem in holding it off moo.
By Dominik at Sep 17, 2002, 7:10 PM
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When this discussion popped up last month there was a nice post from Johnny in it. Here's the topic:
http://www.sindome.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard//topic.cgi?forum=7&topic=254
And again I'll reiterate what I said before the map function in game blows. I'm sure whoever coded it meant well, but the moo has progressed since then. NLM is no longer on the moo, I don't see why maps have to be limited by that either.
And yeah, not all the corporations have completed logos, but that can be something Xee can deal with ICly too, their reluctance to trust him/her or something. *shrug*
By Tash at Sep 18, 2002, 1:44 AM
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I think the fact is this, its not done by admin, its not very monitorable by admin, and theres no security for the admin that everything in the map, and that website will stay IC, The NLM is ic, and is easy to keep in such a manner because the site it is run off of, as well as its content are fully and easily enforceable by the game admin.
I like, and wish Xee luck with this thing, but in the reality of it, its not practical for the moo, and in the event that Xee and the Moo part ways, it could turn out fairly nasty for all concerned.
Its just too easy to cheat through.
By Heeru at Sep 18, 2002, 2:14 AM
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The maps were approved. Now i just need to find a way into making them into a IC usable object…
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By Xeethot at Sep 19, 2002, 11:06 AM
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Well to stop the cheating, and as an idea. What if YOu made the map then gave it to the admin. And put it on the sit like NLM, and you could only access it if you had a map on you. The it's monitored by Admin.
By Dominik at Sep 19, 2002, 4:22 PM
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Well, that was the first idea…
By Xeethot at Sep 19, 2002, 5:54 PM
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I have a solution, I'll be in touch.
By Johnny at Sep 23, 2002, 9:36 PM
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Yay!!! I'm already shaking with expectation…
:D
By Xeethot at Sep 24, 2002, 10:52 AM
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What if the admins set up some kind of account system in a seperate area of Sindome.org, where in order to login you had to buy a map in the game, and were only allowed access to the maps that you bought? Just a thought…also, depending on how OOC you consider it to be, what about E-Mail?
By Henri at Sep 24, 2002, 12:07 PM
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Quote: from Henri on 3:07 pm on Sep. 24, 2002[br]also, depending on how OOC you consider it to be, what about E-Mail?
It's called NLM mail :wink:
By Murphy at Sep 24, 2002, 12:10 PM
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Well, since I'm not familiar with NLM, I didn't think you could send graphics via any In-Game system.
By Henri at Sep 24, 2002, 12:12 PM
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The NLM terminals are web based. I'm fairly certain you can use Ikoncode in the messages, and that would probably include the IMG tag.
By Murphy at Sep 24, 2002, 12:15 PM
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