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Retribution
01-05-2001, 07:11 PM
If you were at the Knightly Challange Thing this eve, you might have noticed something that I believe needs fixed... when you look in the room you see the following...

Bard and Myrrh are sitting near here. A short guard, a shield, Duraze and a handsome courier are standing near here. Zenaida and a cat are standing near the north passageway. Ashitaka and Delacroix are sitting near the white marble arch. Sir Alrik, Sir Launfal, Haemos and Sir Gaudis are standing near the white marble arch. Martel, Armsman Philo, Catharsis and Lord Sicard are standing near the center of the courtyard. A snow drift is lying in front of the staircases along the eastern wall. Margaret and Faith are sitting on the staircases along the eastern wall. Charmiam is standing on the staircases along the eastern wall. Punzel is sitting on the low steps to the west. You are sitting against the western courtyard wall. Jasmine is sitting near Faer. Robert is standing near Faer. Faer is standing near Kiera. Mandrake is sitting near Anabeth. Ewan is sitting near Margaret. Anabeth is sitting next to Margaret. Kiera is standing near Zero. Avaria and Kristine are sitting next to Delacroix. Zero is sitting near Charmiam. Illiana is sitting next to Linnet. Addreama is sitting near a shield. Linnet is sitting next to Bard. Myrth is sitting near Myrrh. A scroll is standing on a snow drift.

My question for all is this.... Where is Jasmine sitting... if you follow the order..
Jasmine is sitting near Faer.
Faer is standing near Kiera.
Kiera is standing near Zero.
Zero is sitting near Charmiam.
Charmiam is standing on the staircases along the eastern wall.

you find that all of them are actually at the eastern wall, which not everybody probably knew unless you took the time to figure it out.

My question is, is there any way to simplify this, and is it in the works?

Retribution

ChristopherA
01-05-2001, 11:46 PM
Originally posted by Retribution:
My question is, is there any way to simplify this, and is it in the works?

The part of of the StoryBuilder that generates that output is called the "cluster system", and is overdue for a major overhaul. Unfortunately, some its other problems (you see ten clothes here) are actually quite technically tough, so it is not on our engineering schedule right now.

We will get around to it, but probably not until after The Galactic Emperor is Dead is out.

(BTW, there is some talk about the cluster system in our The Tech (http://www.skotos.net/ubb/Forum5/HTML/000006.html) section.)

-- Christopher Allen