Bladestorm at 03:17, 3 November 2010

Bladestorm — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 03:17:16 GMT

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#include <Cimbra.h>
#include <Losthaven.h>
#include <room.h>

inherit Cimbra_Definition("Map_Overlay_Base");

void configure() {
::configure();
set_map_feature_name("Losthaven");
// Since this is an overlay, the summary name appends to the end of how the terrain is summarized.
set_map_feature_summary("near the City of Losthaven");
add_map_feature_abstract_item(([
Abstract_Item_Identity : ([
Identity_Nouns : ({ "city" }),
]),
Abstract_Item_Descriptions : ({
"The city is positioned ideally as a trading station and as a social hub, being accessible by all but the most remote regions of Almeria",
}),
Abstract_Item_Attach_Description : ([
Description_Type : Description_Type_Simple,
Description_Content : ({
({ 't', 0 }), "of Losthaven, a social for the entire Almerian region, has evolved here from a simple trading post."
}),
Description_Order : Description_Order_Early,
]),
]));
add_map_feature_abstract_item(([
Abstract_Item_Identity : ([
Identity_Adjectives : ({ "wide" }),
Identity_Nouns : ({ "river" }),
]),
Abstract_Item_Descriptions : ({
"The river flows directly under the foundation of the city",
}),
Abstract_Item_Attach_Description : ([
Description_Type : Description_Type_Simple,
Description_Content : ({
"Its mighty foundation was built over", ({ 'a', 0 }), "that brings trade from the north and the south."
}),
Description_Order : Description_Order_Early,
]),
]));
add_map_feature_abstract_item(([
Abstract_Item_Identity : ([
Identity_Adjectives : ({ "trade" }),
Identity_Nouns : ({ "roads" }),
]),
Abstract_Item_Descriptions : ({
"The roads that bring trade into Losthaven were originally nothing more than simple dirt paths until the Altrian Empire",
"upgraded them into full-fledged roads. The flagstones used in these roads have stood the test of time, and continue bearing",
"many heavily-laden wagons of trade goods into the city",
}),
Abstract_Item_Attach_Description : ([
Description_Type : Description_Type_Simple,
Description_Content : ({
"Leading in from several directions is a set of", ({ 'n', 0 }), "which bring in goods and travelers from all across the realms."
}),
Description_Order : Description_Order_Early,
]),
]));
// Adds this description when it is night, per the weather daemon.
add_map_feature_description(([
Description_Type : Description_Type_Object_Condition,
Description_Index : ([
Condition_Type_Code : Condition_Type_Daytime,
Condition_Flags : Condition_Flag_Inverse,
]),
Description_Content : ({
"Torches illuminate the gates to either side of the city, as well as providing light to several guard posts along the top of the wall",
}),
]));
add_map_feature_mapped(([
Mapped_Item : ([
Abstract_Item_Identity : ([
Identity_Nouns : ({ "city" }),
]),
Abstract_Item_Descriptions : ({
({
({ 't', 0 }), ({ "are", 0 }), "protected by a large wall, revealing only a few colourful rooftops.",
}),
}),
Abstract_Item_Attach_Description : ([
Description_Type : Description_Type_Simple,
Description_Content : ({
"%w", ({ "stand", 0 }), ({ 'a', 0 }), "flying a {{bright blue and bright white}blue and white} banner"
}),
Description_Order : Description_Order_Late,
]),
]),
Mapped_Min_Distance : 2.0,
Mapped_Max_Distance : 6.0,
Mapped_Flags : Mapped_Flag_Exclude_Self | Mapped_Flag_Same_Feature_Nearest_Only,
]));
set_map_feature_adjacency(
"%w stands a city flying the {{bright blue and bright white}blue and white banner} of Losthaven."
);
add_map_feature_description(([
Description_Type : Description_Type_Viewer_Condition,
Description_Index : Condition_Type_Smell,
Description_Content : ({
"The",
Description(Description_Type_Ambient_Medium_Colored_Name),
"is filled with the scents of cooking and woodsmoke.",
}),
]));
// Added in a light level, which means without any other sources of illumination, there will always be enough light around the city for a basic human to see. This rational comes from just having enough torches at night around the city walls.
set_map_feature_light(1);
// This feature allows me to attach an area project directly onto the map, and ties it to the landmark descriptions above. To move Losthaven, all I need to do is move the coords of this overlay on the map.conf, change the exits here, and adjust the exits within Losthaven itself. I could put Losthaven in Esartur if I needed to by changing just 3 files (actually 4, because LH has 2 exit rooms), and all of the features within this file automatically apply to the new location.
add_map_feature_exit(Direction_Westin, Losthaven_Room("east_arch"));
add_map_feature_exit(Direction_Eastin, Losthaven_Room("west_arch"));
add_map_feature_terrain(Terrain_Urban);
set_map_feature_exposure(Exposure_Exposed);
add_map_feature_realm("Cimbra_Losthaven");
// This allows overlays to show up on map visualization tools or on panoramicons, which is an awesome feature. Unlike set_map_feature(), the visualize does not have to be a unique character. I typically make every point of interest visualize as a bright purple x to draw attention to it.
set_map_feature_visualize("{{bright purple}X}");
}

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Bladestorm at 03:17, 3 November 2010