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Verithrax2005-11-13 03:36:08
New one, fresh from Imperian:

QUOTE
ANNOUNCE NEWS #683
Date: 11/12/2005 at 23:03
From: Danaglas, the Essence of Consciousness
To  : Everyone
Subj: Poses

Greetings mortals,

I have just finished putting in a new system of poses. Poses provide a
means for your character's emotes to be persistent for a time. If an
emote has a pose associated with it, then using that emote will change
the way others in your room view you. For example, 'pace' now has the
pose "pacing." If I 'pace,' in addition to doing the standard emote just
as before, I will now appear as, "Danaglas is here, pacing."

Poses will be removed/replaced anytime you do another emote (whether
standard or custom), move, perform an aggressive action, meditate,
sleep, or use the UNPOSE command. Also please note that others may not
see your poses if other things that change your description (like
artifacts or the fact that you are seated) supercede them.

In order to help you get a feel for the system, we have setup several
poses already. I will open a forum thread momentarily in which you can
provide suggestions for others. The current emotes with poses are:
ponder, furrow, daydream, blush, weep, sob, pace, purr, march, moon,
slump, restless, listen, insane, boggle, envy, quake, thought, cavort,
stroll, and grin.

I have also added a few config options related to poses:

CONFIG POSES ON/OFF will turn them on or off for you
CONFIG POSES VERBOSE will allow you to see a message telling you what
  pose you have just assumed. (This will also show up in STAT)
I have turned poses on for all of you (but they are not verbose).

Enjoy!
Danaglas
Xenthos2005-11-13 03:37:44
Wow. I like.
Unknown2005-11-13 03:50:25
I don't.

Of course, I'm just being difficult.
Cwin2005-11-13 06:05:17
I like it. It sounds simple, but effective, and limits oddities like walking around town while kneeling.

Richter2005-11-13 06:14:34
That's awesome.
Acrune2005-11-13 06:22:31
Oooh, that'd be nice.
Sylphas2005-11-13 06:33:21
Very very nice.
Saran2005-11-13 12:09:28
didn't i suggest that a while ago smash.gif argh.gif
Malicia2005-11-13 13:31:10
Malicia is here, crying.


I love it!
Soll2005-11-13 14:17:48
Soll is here, mooning the world.

*eye* That's just asking for...
Verithrax2005-11-13 17:02:00
QUOTE(Saran @ Nov 13 2005, 09:09 AM)
didn't i suggest that a while ago smash.gif  argh.gif
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I know. I thought of mentioning but I didn't remember who did it happy.gif . But you suggested freeform poses, which are easily abusable:

POSE smirking smugly. Fain, of the Red Mask, is here, groveling at Verithrax's feet.
Result:
Verithrax is here, smirking smugly. Fain, of the Red Masque, is here, groveling at Verithrax's feet.

Those aren't freeform, but they still let you do a lot of things, and can't be abused. Besides, they're automatically set with several emotions (CRY puts you in the 'crying' pose, and so on). This makes things easier.

*begs the gods to implement that*
Vix2005-11-13 20:23:18
Heh, but what if you cry, then decide to hold a guild ceremony and forget that you cried so you do the whole ceremony while in tears? rolleyes.gif
Estarra2005-11-13 21:00:05
Tell you what, come up with at least one dozen poses that are not used or copied from Imperian or another game, and we'll think about it.
Soll2005-11-13 21:07:58
ARGH - ', tugging distraughtly at $hisher hair.'
BRANDISH - ', brandishing $hisher fists in the air.'
CLAMPTEETH - ', jaw rigid in anger.' (stops after talking or any other conditions are met.)
CONCERNED - ', looking at $target with a concerned look.' (stops when target leaves room or any other conditions are met.)
DAYDREAM - ', staring into space.'
DRIBBLE - ', saliva dribbling from $hisher mouth.'
FAINT - ', collapsed on the floor.'
FIDGET - ', fidgeting.'
FROWN - ', brow creased in a frown.'
FUME - ', fuming mad.'
GENTLEHANDS - ', holding $target's hands.' (stops when target leaves room or any other conditions are met.)
GRUMBLE - ', grumbling to $himherself.'
HEADBANG - ', banging $hisher head to an unknown rhythm.'
HOLDHANDS - ', holding $target's hands.' (stays connected if following one another, for the "let's stroll through the woods together" effect, or any other conditions are met.)
LEAN - ', leaning on $target.' (stops when target leaves room or any other conditions are met.)
PANIC - ', flapping his arms in a panic.'
PARANOIA - ', muttering frightenedly to $himherself.' (stops after talking or any other conditions are met.)
SERENADE - ', serenading $target with a beautiful song.' (stops when target leaves room, or after talking, or other conditions.)
WHIMPER - ', curled in a ball and whimpering.'
VICTORY - ', fingers raised in the victory sign.'
VOMIT - ', clenching $hisher stomach and vomiting.'
Richter2005-11-13 21:10:23
You rock Soll!
Acrune2005-11-13 21:17:23
A few more

chin - Acrune is here, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.
frolic - Acrune is here, frolicking about.
hum - Acrune is here, humming happily.
jig - Acrune is here, dancing a jig.
Soll2005-11-13 21:21:00
My hopes are on the 'holdhands' pose. I like the idea of strolling with someone somewhere hand-in-hand. Perhaps it could even go as far as: 'Soll enters from the south, holding Narsrim's hand proudly/shyly.'
Estarra2005-11-13 21:32:04
QUOTE(Soll @ Nov 13 2005, 02:21 PM)
My hopes are on the 'holdhands' pose. I like the idea of strolling with someone somewhere hand-in-hand. Perhaps it could even go as far as: 'Soll enters from the south, holding Narsrim's hand proudly/shyly.'
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Well, with targetted poses and changing enter/exit messages, you've just made a potentially easy addition much more difficult to code....

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Soll2005-11-13 21:32:56
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It'd be unique, though!
Acrune2005-11-13 21:59:52
QUOTE(Estarra @ Nov 13 2005, 05:32 PM)
Well, with targetted poses and changing enter/exit messages, you've just made a potentially easy addition much more difficult to code....

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But Achaea, Imperian, and Aetolia would all be jealous, and it would inspire a thread with them to steal stuff from us. biggrin.gif