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Amnon · 07-09-2006, 01:14 PM

If you're making your world room-based, you could have some problems: Main one is that rooms don't always point to where they logically should.

You could have five rooms, for example, that go:
Room A has an exit west leading to room B.
Room A has an exit north leading to room C.
Room B has an exit north leading to room D.
Room C has an exit west leading to room E.

So which room would you show as being northwest of you: room D or room E?

If your whole world is built in a way where this situation is not possible, then you'd have to set up an array (or list) of "view directions" similar to the exits (movement directions). Room A has a view west to room B, for example. Then, when someone looks inside room A, they see that room, and if that room has a view direction to room C, they'll also see that one... up to a certain range (Not a problem do to with a recursive function).

I don't think it'll work in a normal room-based world, and I agree with KaVir that you should consider an X/Y grid for that.

07-09-2006, 01:14 PM	#3
Amnon Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 140	If you're making your world room-based, you could have some problems: Main one is that rooms don't always point to where they logically should. You could have five rooms, for example, that go: Room A has an exit west leading to room B. Room A has an exit north leading to room C. Room B has an exit north leading to room D. Room C has an exit west leading to room E. So which room would you show as being northwest of you: room D or room E? If your whole world is built in a way where this situation is not possible, then you'd have to set up an array (or list) of "view directions" similar to the exits (movement directions). Room A has a view west to room B, for example. Then, when someone looks inside room A, they see that room, and if that room has a view direction to room C, they'll also see that one... up to a certain range (Not a problem do to with a recursive function). I don't think it'll work in a normal room-based world, and I agree with KaVir that you should consider an X/Y grid for that.