Original Moongates.... - RunUO

Blakwind · 03-26-2004, 08:48 AM

I know back in the beta of UO the moongates were very cool. Each of the gates were linked to the phases of the two moons, hence "moongate". A gate would open according to the phase of one moon and the destination of that gate was determined by the phase of the second moon. Are there any plans to put in real "moongates" in RunUO or are they just going to stay as Star Trek transporters?

Blakwind · 04-01-2004, 01:47 PM

No comments? No answers? Am I just freaking crazy? Are the phases of the moon tracked in RunUO? Anyone?

awdball · 04-01-2004, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Blakwind

No comments? No answers? Am I just freaking crazy? Are the phases of the moon tracked in RunUO? Anyone?

They are tracked (check out Scripts\Items\Skill Items\Tinkering\Clocks.cs) and you can see it when you use (double click) a spyglass.

I didn't reply earlier because I don't know too much about re-wiring the moongate gumps but if this info helps you do it we'll look forward to seeing how it works out.
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awdball (old school c coder learning and luvin c#)

Revolution · 04-01-2004, 04:44 PM

maybe it will be fixed on RunUO 1.0, as they say it will be "exactly" like osi...

Dracarys · 04-01-2004, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Revolution

maybe it will be fixed on RunUO 1.0, as they say it will be "exactly" like osi...

Dude... OSI has given up on that system about 5 years ago. The RunUO moongates work 100% like on OSI.

Pete · 04-01-2004, 10:49 PM

I have how they used to work a la T2A Era. I can post Info if you'd like. Straight out of Stratagy Guide.

Captain The First · 04-02-2004, 06:42 AM

Post away, I think it's actually a decent idea for an RP shard.

No idea on how to script it but I'll put it on the bottom of my todo list (item nr 274222 :P) and if I don't have to dig for any info then all the better.

Shouldn't be too hard to script but that's always difficult to say at the beginning of sketchily outlined project hehe.

Revolution · 04-02-2004, 01:36 PM

ack! so who will script this?

**Zippy** · 04-02-2004, 01:41 PM

UOGamers: Rebirth ( www.uogamers.com ) has them :-)

Ethariel · 04-03-2004, 06:16 AM

Yah it IS a rather good idea for an RP shard.
Pray, Zippy, enlighten us. Tell us how it's done.
*is rather scripting impaired*

Dracarys · 04-03-2004, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Pete

I have how they used to work a la T2A Era. I can post Info if you'd like. Straight out of Stratagy Guide.

If you will post the info I would try and script it.

Blakwind · 04-05-2004, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Zippy

UOGamers: Rebirth ( www.uogamers.com ) has them :-)

Well, looks like someone had done this. It's actually a wonderful idea for a RP shard. It was really cool during the original days. I don't know why it was changed. Probably has something to do with people not wanting to "wait" for the moongate to open up. Such lazy people....

It made moongate travel something you had to plan for instead of just zipping all over the place. Forced more traffic to the roads, where is should be. The great fun or roleplaying is meeting another party on the road and exchaging stories.

Blakwind · 04-05-2004, 03:47 PM

From what I recall off the top of my head there were 2 moons that went through 8 phases. The phase of the first moon determined which "moongate" (hence the term) was opened. The phase of the second moon determined where the opened gate's destination was. The phases of the first moon changed slower than the phases of the second moon. So as the phases of the moons changed different gates would open at different places and have different destinations. Some combinations would only occur every so many cyles of the moon. It was really neat. I even remember crowds gathering around the gates waiting for them to open. Lots of stories, trading and conversation took place at the gates when this happened.

I don't remember the exact gate numbering or the time span of the phases though.

Nykovious · 04-05-2004, 04:03 PM

Here's a link to the UO Stratics site about moongates. It should help get you started. http://uo.stratics.com/content/basic...moongate.shtml

Dracarys · 04-05-2004, 04:32 PM

Unless UOGamers is releasing the code I'll try to script them.

Revolution · 04-05-2004, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Dracarys

Unless UOGamers is releasing the code I'll try to script them.

do u think they will reelase it? they never release those codes"!

Dracarys · 04-05-2004, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Revolution

do u think they will reelase it? they never release those codes"!

That's why i'm trying to do it now ;-)

Blakwind · 04-08-2004, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Dracarys

Unless UOGamers is releasing the code I'll try to script them.

Trying to keep this up to follow the status.

Admin Nosferatu · 04-12-2004, 12:22 AM

Those moongates are a royal pain in the ars, and i quote...They shouldnt be on any shard thats not t2a, aka Rebirth...Something about waiting for a moongate to change so i can go to friggin Minoc just tickles me the wrong way...anywho, thats my rant on this

Dracarys · 04-12-2004, 07:33 AM

They are a royal pain in the arse to script...

I stopped working on them.

Blakwind · 04-13-2004, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Admin Nosferatu

Those moongates are a royal pain in the ars, and i quote...They shouldnt be on any shard thats not t2a, aka Rebirth...Something about waiting for a moongate to change so i can go to friggin Minoc just tickles me the wrong way...anywho, thats my rant on this

So why wait? You can always go on horse or by foot.

03-26-2004, 08:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
Blakwind Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6	Original Moongates.... I know back in the beta of UO the moongates were very cool. Each of the gates were linked to the phases of the two moons, hence "moongate". A gate would open according to the phase of one moon and the destination of that gate was determined by the phase of the second moon. Are there any plans to put in real "moongates" in RunUO or are they just going to stay as Star Trek transporters?

04-01-2004, 01:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
Blakwind Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6	hmmmmmm......... No comments? No answers? Am I just freaking crazy? Are the phases of the moon tracked in RunUO? Anyone?

04-02-2004, 06:42 AM	#7 (permalink)
Captain The First Forum Expert Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 647	Post away, I think it's actually a decent idea for an RP shard. No idea on how to script it but I'll put it on the bottom of my todo list (item nr 274222 :P) and if I don't have to dig for any info then all the better. Shouldn't be too hard to script but that's always difficult to say at the beginning of sketchily outlined project hehe. __________________ Captain The First _________________ Undisclosed shard (status: building since Feb. 2003)

04-02-2004, 01:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
Zippy Administrator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 25 Posts: 4,870	UOGamers: Rebirth ( www.uogamers.com ) has them :-) __________________ Zippy, Razor Creator and RunUO Core Developer The RunUO Software Team "Intuition, like a flash of lightning, lasts only for a second. It generally comes when one is tormented by a difficult decipherment and when one reviews in his mind the fruitless experiments already tried. Suddenly the light breaks through and one finds after a few minutes what previous days of labor were unable to reveal." ~The Cryptonomicon

04-03-2004, 06:16 AM	#10 (permalink)
Ethariel Resident Psychopath Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Grenoble, France Age: 23 Posts: 37	Yah it IS a rather good idea for an RP shard. Pray, Zippy, enlighten us. Tell us how it's done. is rather scripting impaired __________________ Ethariel/Gaia Head of Project Gaia Lore - French Medieval Microsociety on a UO RP Shard Admin of Legend of Gaia Shard http://gaialore.ath.cx

04-01-2004, 04:44 PM	#4 (permalink)
Revolution Forum Expert Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: In Brazil Age: 20 Posts: 257	maybe it will be fixed on RunUO 1.0, as they say it will be "exactly" like osi...

04-01-2004, 10:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
Pete Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 108	I have how they used to work a la T2A Era. I can post Info if you'd like. Straight out of Stratagy Guide.

04-02-2004, 01:36 PM	#8 (permalink)
Revolution Forum Expert Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: In Brazil Age: 20 Posts: 257	ack! so who will script this?

04-05-2004, 03:47 PM	#13 (permalink)
Blakwind Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6	From what I recall off the top of my head there were 2 moons that went through 8 phases. The phase of the first moon determined which "moongate" (hence the term) was opened. The phase of the second moon determined where the opened gate's destination was. The phases of the first moon changed slower than the phases of the second moon. So as the phases of the moons changed different gates would open at different places and have different destinations. Some combinations would only occur every so many cyles of the moon. It was really neat. I even remember crowds gathering around the gates waiting for them to open. Lots of stories, trading and conversation took place at the gates when this happened. I don't remember the exact gate numbering or the time span of the phases though.

04-05-2004, 04:03 PM	#14 (permalink)
Nykovious Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 222	Here's a link to the UO Stratics site about moongates. It should help get you started. http://uo.stratics.com/content/basic...moongate.shtml

04-05-2004, 04:32 PM	#15 (permalink)
Dracarys Forum Expert Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,377	Unless UOGamers is releasing the code I'll try to script them. __________________ Dracarys retired - consider me dead to these boards

04-12-2004, 12:22 AM	#19 (permalink)
Admin Nosferatu Newbie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 10	Those moongates are a royal pain in the ars, and i quote...They shouldnt be on any shard thats not t2a, aka Rebirth...Something about waiting for a moongate to change so i can go to friggin Minoc just tickles me the wrong way...anywho, thats my rant on this

04-12-2004, 07:33 AM	#20 (permalink)
Dracarys Forum Expert Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,377	They are a royal pain in the arse to script... I stopped working on them. __________________ Dracarys retired - consider me dead to these boards

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