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Novice Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 30

Hi,
How do i use the same map in 2 sessions, so that changes made in session 1 (or 2) are reflected in session 2 (or 1) ?
Thanks G

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

1)create a new package (for example's sake, we will refer to it as Mapper)
2)in the package editor, click on the Session 1 main window and click on the Advanced tab
3)make sure that Mapper in the list of packages has a checkmark next to it
4)repeat 2 and 3 for Session 2's main window

At this point, you need to handle room scripts (assuming you have some). If both sessions have the same set of room scripts, you don't have to do anything special and can just continue with step 5. Since your map is now shared between sessions, you will need to decide where/how to store session-specific room scripts (they do not at all have to remain at the root level of the mapper object, so feel free to create an organizational structure that makes sense to you). You will also need to take a look at your common room scripts to make sure stuff doesn't end up firing out of order (ie, consider things that weren't in play when you had separate copies of the mapper object attached to each session).

5)move the mapper object you wish to keep to Mapper
6)delete any other remaining mapper objects

And that's all, folks. Locations (mapper dots) are created and maintained on a per-window basis and are created in the window objects themselves, so there's no need to fiddle with #LOCATION-related stuff insofar as map-sharing goes.

Novice Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 30

Thanks for this,

I tried it on my less importasnt session. When it loads it now has the mapper package next to the 'English directions', etc.. packages. When i open the Mapper package i can see the reference to my .dbm file, and in the left pane i can see mymud.Map and a bunch of rooms(?).

However, the map displayed is empty? (I deleted the original map module from the session package)

Novice Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 30

Hello again,

I've been messing around with this all day, never worked. Map displayed in my 2nd session is empty. I guess that something goes wrong with the moving of the mapper object. At the end i just copy/pasted it from the 1st session to the 2nd session and got rid of the mapper package.
2nd session still has empty map, allthough it has the same structure now as the 1st?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Otherwise, are there ways to 'combine' several players in 1 session?

Thanks alot,
G

PS. Forgot to say, but reinstalled completely fresh version of cmud 3.34

Wanderer Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 93 Location: USA

Mr Lofton,

When you say ins step 5, move the mapper object you wish to keep to mapper. I don't follow you :\ I did the previous steps so now I have a common package between characters. But I totally don't understand the mapper object you were referring to. Could you further
explain the steps necessary ?

Sorcerer Joined: 15 Apr 2011 Posts: 809

If you look in the package editor, the mapper object will look something like this:

You need to move that into the shared package to share the mapper between sessions.

Wanderer Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 93 Location: USA

Ahh, Alright. Thanks a lot :)