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Dynamic Key Naming

Postby Crosshair » Tue May 10, 2005 3:36 pm

I hate having to go in and out of a building to see which key i have, one of my characters has many keys and always forgets which is which, as people often borrow them. i suggest dynamic key naming... so instead of key 2059689 it'd be Key to Storeroom... only to you though, not to anyone else unless they name it that, its like a label type thing...
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Postby Solfius » Tue May 10, 2005 3:45 pm

you could boomer all your buildings :lol:
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Postby Surly » Tue May 10, 2005 3:59 pm

:shock:
This is a very good idea... very good indeed...

Yeah for dynamic key naming! :D
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Postby formerly known as hf » Tue May 10, 2005 4:53 pm

I like the idea, but as posted before (sorry - can't remember who) with dynamic building naming, you can put the no. of the key onto the name of the building...
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Postby Solfius » Tue May 10, 2005 5:21 pm

hallucinatingfarmer wrote: but as posted before (sorry - can't remember who) with dynamic building naming, you can put the no. of the key onto the name of the building...


boomer - to put the key numbers for a building in the dynamic name. From "Boomhaeur" the originator of the idea.....
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Postby Crosshair » Tue May 10, 2005 5:55 pm

Well, it would just add another layer to the game, which wouldn't be too hard to implement i trust...
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Postby Jos Elkink » Tue May 10, 2005 6:49 pm

Yeah, I think it would not be *that* complicated to implement for objects, but it would be a little more complicated for just keys. But I don't know yet :) ... Add it as a suggestion to Flyspray if it's not there yet ...
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Postby Crosshair » Tue May 10, 2005 7:18 pm

*nods* ok, Thanks Jos :)
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Postby west » Tue May 10, 2005 9:50 pm

Personally I don't like the idea of dynamic names for keys. With Boomering and *ahem* actually writing notes you should be able to remember which key goes to what.

Would there be a way to make sure you never accidentally erased the actual number of the key?
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Postby Nick » Tue May 10, 2005 10:12 pm

west wrote:Personally I don't like the idea of dynamic names for keys. With Boomering and *ahem* actually writing notes you should be able to remember which key goes to what.

Would there be a way to make sure you never accidentally erased the actual number of the key?


That's what I was thinking.
Perhaps a property of a key, that you could put in the name as a tag?
Like <CANTR CHARDESC>, only it would display the key's "serial number".
<CANTR KEYNO>, perhaps?
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Postby Where are all the monkeys » Tue May 10, 2005 11:25 pm

This Idea is ..fantastic
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Postby Surly » Wed May 11, 2005 3:37 am

west wrote:Personally I don't like the idea of dynamic names for keys. With Boomering and *ahem* actually writing notes you should be able to remember which key goes to what.

Would there be a way to make sure you never accidentally erased the actual number of the key?

I don't really understand any objection. It is more realistic to look at a key and think 'that's my house key' than 'this is key no. 453219'. And I also think it is more realistic to have the name on the key, rather than the key on the building... if you get me.

We have dynamic naming for everything else... Why not keys (if possible, prog wise)?
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Postby swymir » Wed May 11, 2005 5:24 am

I can see Cantr getting a lot more orange very fast.
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Postby Dragonslayer4ever » Wed May 11, 2005 5:52 am

:lol:

oh by the way this is a great idea. I would love to see something like that. The only thing is though. I have already put alot of the work of going around and writing down what key goes to what. :shock:
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Postby formerly known as hf » Wed May 11, 2005 11:23 am

Swymir wrote:I can see Cantr getting a lot more orange very fast.
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