And in the same light that I'm not trying to change any points already made. But take what you know about Prologue and Until Uru and throw it out the window. Because that is what we did when we totally re-wrote the servers for MOUL.


Thanks,
Chogon

Would it be possible to have one standardized KI, and then any enhancements, plug ins or extra commands be something that could be picked up in individual Ages, and work only in that space?

The first step will be I believe a restoration of MOUL as it was last April 9, with plug ins possibe and individual server set ups as part of a network drawing data from a central Cyan hub.

Would it be possible to have one standardized KI, and then any enhancements, plug ins or extra commands be something that could be picked up in individual Ages, and work only in that space?

My ICish visualization is having a special KI dispenser near the link in point in an age that would upload an 'enhancement' to your KI, like the marker mishs did, or having extra security clearance in Gahreesen. And then it would unload it when you went to leave. You could even tie access to the link book out with having to unload the extras off your KI.

I suppose that's something for the technical forum, really.

What might be interesting and useful would be if those who believe in "One shard fits all" would outline the steps they envision to make that happen. We could then evaluate impossible / possible / if xxx and see if the vision is workable in some form or another. I'm happy to move from "can't can't can't" to "can, if" (which may or may not be possible).

I personally would like a way to know the content of an Age being offered on that Guild bookshelf before I visit it. This is so that if I find the content offensive or otherwise not to my liking I won't have to go through the trouble of download and then deletion.

or a way to clearly identify minors when they log in.

even a central listing of logon spots would be a HUGE improvement. If you run a "shard/server/whatever" you list it there.

RuneScape implements it quite well , and there is no vault corruption

but I wanted to give Rusty_Russell an answer to his query from a casual player's viewpoint. Anyhoo - sorry R_R for the long winded presentation, but you did ask.

I want only one client - one point to get into the game and just one download of the basic Cyan Ages and those Fan made Ages that I have chosen to keep on my Relto book shelf.

What I want to do is be able to put my hand on one of those Fan books and go to the Age as seamlessly as I would go to Kadish or Minkata. I don't want to have to log off of one server and onto another just so I can visit a Fan made Age.

Throughout all this I want to be able to communicate with my friends - no matter where they are - as easily as we did in MO:UL. I also want the ability to invite folks to my Relto and into any Age - Cyan or Fan - on my bookshelf as easily as we did in MO:UL.

Now, I realize fully that the URU I want to play is the "canon" version that was created by Cyan with Fan Ages added. I also realize that there are all kinds of "versions" of the game that are possible - including ones where ordinary folks can fly and sport purple skin, not just purple hair. Truth is, I would be curious to visit these various "versions" just to see what they've come up with but not if it means that I have to download - again and again - the complete game.

...another "discovered" Nexus - that I can access through a book on my Relto shelf or in my Neighborhood - that will take me to all those various "versions" of URU as seamlessly as the current Nexus takes me to the Ferry Terminal.

Now - back to Fan made Ages. I want to be able to visit all of the ones offered (within reason - more on that later) and if I decide that I like one enough to keep I can then add it to my Relto bookshelf. The only way I can see to access all offered Ages at least once is a third Nexus - or maybe a section of the Guild hall - newly opened - where we find shelves loaded with all kinds of linking books (Fan Ages) there for us to try. And going to them is just as seamless as going to Minkata for the first time from the Library. Again - I would want to be assured that trying one of these Ages would not crash my computer - or add a trojan/virus. The difficulty will come - I'm sure - in what happens with the downloaded data of an Age I decide I don't like and don't want to keep. How would I be able to delete that data from my hard drive without causing a glitch in the game?

Now comes something that I think needs to be addressed. Let's face it. As much as many of us want to keep the family friendly version of URU that we've all come to know and love - once Open Source gets really going - there will be Ages and "versions" of the game offered that we might to varying degrees find offensive if not down right disgusting. So - one thing that will have to be addressed if a "golden trunk" version of the tree - such as I presented above - is actually possible, would be how to offer access to such Ages/versions yet at the same time give parents the ability to block said access to their kids, should they so choose. Also - I personally would like a way to know the content of an Age being offered on that Guild bookshelf before I visit it. This is so that if I find the content offensive or otherwise not to my liking I won't have to go through the trouble of download and then deletion.

I believe one of the Cyan people mentioned in another thread adrianbrooks that there had not been a single case of creepy people in MO:UL so rest easy. Eleri was most likely referring to Cyan keeping MO:UL E for Everyone but many people wanting areas where they can behave a bit more uh grownup. <snicker> Though in the case of the average explorer just turning the text filters off in a Age would get it labeled as MA by the community.

Thanks, Kero. I find it interesting that both you and Eleri are looking primarily at the petals.

I believe one of the Cyan people mentioned in another thread adrianbrooks that there had not been a single case of creepy people in MO:UL