Top Mud Sites Forum

Top Mud Sites Forum (http://www.topmudsites.com/forums/index.php)
-   MUD Humor (http://www.topmudsites.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=15)
-   -   "A little tweaking" (http://www.topmudsites.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4677)

Rufus_Legend 11-21-2007 01:56 PM

"A little tweaking"
 
I was tasked with the job of adding flaming objects to Legend many, many years ago. I'd just wrapped up the code and had run some small scale tests. I added in a few polishes to the handler that checked the room for what objects could ignite and which ones couldn't.

Proudly, I brought our head coder over to take a look at the results and fired up a test mud. I got everything set up, he and I in the same room with a few trees, and cast an area-effect fire spell.

It lit everything on fire. On the whole test mud.

Every. Single. Item. All. 22,000. Of. Them.

It didn't matter which room. I'd swapped ->next for ->next_in_room in the loop and I knew it right away.

And we got a line of spam for each one.

After the onslaught and subsequent ignition of everything it got real quiet. The Head Coder broke the silence.

"I think it needs a little tweaking," he said, and logged off.

Mabus 11-22-2007 01:29 AM

Re: "A little tweaking"
 
Thank you for the chuckle!
:)


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 04:08 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright Top Mud Sites.com 2022