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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alas, it has gotten to the point where I have
items, rooms, players, weapons, and even ammunition. And I can't truly test the
weapon part out until I've got, at the very least, the frame work of a combat
system laid down. So... here's the question:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any recommendations or things I should know about
(but apparently can't find) about setting up a timer/heartbeat, or anything
similar, for purposes of combat.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I understand combat is a pretty broad and
complicated thing. In generally, however, combat does not insue as a series of
responses to two living objects hitting each other, all happening instantly. Of
course, the combat system should give a second or two for the player to rattle
off some commands, maybe run, maybe heal, whatever. I suppose its possible (and
relatively easy) to just wait for a certain time before executing the next
action, but that'd have to run as another thread so commands could still be
parsed.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'm looking for any general
ideas/concepts/suggestions for starting up such a system. Any help is greatly
appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>--jaminv</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>