[MUD-Dev] Re: npc memory and reactions

[Richard Woolcock]

T. Alexander Popiel wrote:
> 
> In message:  <199809051441.IAA20593 at darklock.com>
>              Caliban Tiresias Darklock <caliban at darklock.com> writes:
> >
> >But Zeke's opinion of Tom is a property of Zeke, not a property of Tom. To
> >treat it otherwise is just Wrong.
> 
> It may be Wrong, but it's frequently the easiest way to make sure
> stuff gets cleaned up properly when Tom's character gets purged.
> Certainly better than sifting through hundreds of data files/records
> looking for references to Tom...

You'll still have to do that.  You can either sift through the files and
remove other people's opinions of Tom, or sift through the files and remove
Tom's opinion of that person.

I don't bother removing the opinions at all, I just leave them and let them
wipe themselves out over time.

KaVir.