Possible new features

[LordAndrew]

So I've thought of a few features and need input on them. Below I shall list them.

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Dynamic lighting
Imagine not using /area anymore for effect. Imagine if RM had its own lighting system and updated when new light was introduced. While this would cause a proc to run across every turf checking to update the current lighting, it would be neat.

Pros
* Realism

Cons
* Resource hog

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Browser menus
Our current container system involves dropping items onto an open box and closing it. Imagine if you actually had a popup menu (similar to say... Diablo or Oblivion) where you could select what items you wish to add and remove from it, as well as maybe add all and remove all.

Pros
* More organization

Cons
* Menu management motherfuckery

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Icon generator
Imagine if there were an icon generator. It supplies you with a naked man (or woman) base, and has a list of various things such as hairstyles, haircolours, shirts, weapons, and other such things one would place on their icon. And you choose all of the things you wish to add to said icon, and then it saves as a single icon with all of the stuff attached. This could allow for easily obtained icons, especially for new people.

Pros
* Faster iconing
* Customization for newcomers

Cons
* The sheer amount of compatibility between bases and overlays.
* Might get stale.
* PINK HAIR.

[Savaril]

Against dynamic lighting, I think you should make pop-up/browser things optional, and I'm all for the Icon Generator.

[thecowness]

Dynamic Lighting

I dunno what this is, if it's a GM verb or an automatic thing, but it'll freeze the server for 5-30 minutes depending on how fast the processor of the host is.



Browser Menus

Browser menus are always cool. There's nothing really wrong with not-browser menus, but it's fairly easy to code except for the security. (Remember, you can walk away from a chest without closing the browser menu.)



Icon generator

This would be fairly cool, and also easy to make. Just make like half a dozen hairstyles/tops/bottoms/etc and pallette-swap them and add them up. In advance, I've never worked with icon arithmetic~ Thy guess is as good as mine. And don't knock pink hair; it's too close to my beloved purple.

[Exoduster]

Dynamic lighting is fine if you can make it work well, but we can definitely live without it.

For the menus, do you mean an actual HTML interface, or a BYOND popup with options?

As for the Icon Generator, sounds good as long as you're willing to put enough effort/options into it to prevent constant duplicate icons.