Input parsing

[Arlequin]

The suggestion is to implement parsing for a small amount of actions, like in old text adventures.

Lets say the * is the emote symbol. Simple spoken actions would be:

*goes to hunt* -> that would attack all animals with the best weapon, and print only the ones that were killed.

*fights someone* -> hits the someone with full strenght and the best weapon.

*drops all xxxx* -> drops all the xxxx (if any) and prints nothing else.

*drops 1000 xxxx* -> drops one thousand grams of xxxx.

*gives all/n xxxx* -> sends you straight to the character picker page.

I know, translations could be a bit of a headache, but...

[Pie]

hmmm, it's kindof a spoof suggestion. I'm not shure if we really need it actually.

[SekoETC]

I've been thinking about written commands speeding things up, saving you from loading pages in the middle, for example if you know that you have at least one hammer in storage but it's going to be listed under two dozen types of resources, it would be faster to write "pick up hammer". Or you could chain commands with "and" - "pause project and go out".

The problem is if these commands were written into the say to all box, we would be flooded with bad rp no one wants to see. Or even if the commands didn't show up in events, mispelled commands would, should they use asterisks as a trigger. It would be better to use / as in irc, and if the line starts with / and the command is unreadable, it would give an error message without printing the line.

It would be better if there was a separate console for quick commands, and commands would not show up to other characters, only the results would. This would be useful in reducing server load since people could skip loading lists they don't want to see. Commands could be listed in the wiki and no one would have to use them, they would be only for advanced users who know what they want.

[SumBum]

Not sure I like it due to RP. Although, we currently work around the way the game displays actions now... *shrugs*

[Arlequin]

I agree, invisible IRC like commands would be better. The / must be coded carefully, tho, because in some regular expressions it must be escaped.

Even if they are just for two or three common shortcuts, they would save a lot of time and page loads. And not like anyone is forced to use them.

[SekoETC]

/ would naturally matter only if it's the first symbol of your line. So if you were to include it in your rp or speaking, it wouldn't trigger anything. The only problem situations would appear when a person forgets to include the /. I've seen it in chat. Even though those situations are rare, it might slightly increase the number of screwups on the events page. But if the commands were written in the say to all box, just as long as they don't appear to the public as long as the first sign is /, it would save space not to have a separate textbox for commands.

[N-Aldwitch]

This is a great idea! I love it!

And guys, do you know how much more server it would save? If everyone did this, used the Events page as the control-center, I can assure you Cantr would be (even if slightly) less laggy. Because people are clicking around on links less etcetera, and getting straight to the task.

Also, it's even better for keyboard-bound people.