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EARTHDATE: May 29, 2011

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CHANGE TO THE PLANS FOR DISPLAY CABINETS

by Hazed

A few weeks ago I told you about Alan's design for the display cabinets which will give POs a safe place to stash objects, while allowing other players to admire their treasures. I warned you, "bear in mind that he has a history of changing his mind about the nitty-gritty details when he actually writes the code..."

Well, guess what. He has changed his mind.

Instead of a star system having one display cabinet on each planet, now the system will have just one cabinet - but through the magic of tangled quarks, it will be visible on the LP of all planets in the system.

This will have several advantages. You will be able to put stuff in or take it out from any planet, and you won't have to duplicate objects to make sure they are visible on all your worlds.

Alan is making good progress on the code, and has got to the stage where the cabinet shows up on all LPs. You can't put anything in it yet, though... I still can't predict just how long it will be before cabinets get put into the live game; you will just have to be patient.


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