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<b>Message ID:</b> 2187 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Wed Jun 21 20:25:34 BST 2000 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> Kimes, Dean W. <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [EQ_Tinkering] Re: The Creation of Clockwork Machines <br/>
<br/><br/>
<div id="ygrps-yiv-2144747131">Simple.  <br/>
1. 	Fine Steel Longsword (Item ID#123) undergoes a decay thru a check<br/>
after a <br/>
	successful hit<br/>
2. 	A message is propagated, &quot;Your Fine Steel Longsword has been<br/>
damaged&quot;<br/>
3.	The Fine Steel Longsword is replaced, as in a Combine button<br/>
operation with<br/>
	A Damaged Fine Steel Longsword (Item ID#1230)<br/>
<br/>
To repair:<br/>
<br/>
1.	Place A Damaged Fine Steel Longsword (Item ID#1230) and a sharpening<br/>
stone in<br/>
	a forge with a file and a flask of water<br/>
<br/>
2.	Skill check succeeds Item ID#1230 is replaced with Item ID#123<br/>
<br/>
No columns needed to be added to the database record for item 123.<br/>
Yes code needed to be added to check to see if decay occurred and to<br/>
propagate the result of that decay.<br/>
<br/>
	Leagnomo<br/>
<br/>
-----Original Message-----<br/>
From: Joe D [mailto:<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:joed@...">joed@...</a>]<br/>
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2000 1:06 PM<br/>
To: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:EQ_Tinkering@egroups.com">EQ_Tinkering@egroups.com</a><br/>
Subject: Re: [EQ_Tinkering] Re: The Creation of Clockwork Machines<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 10:09:44AM -0600, Kimes, Dean W. wrote:<br/>
&gt; No need to keep track of item decay.  If an item decayed it could just be<br/>
&gt; replaced by a different item number that was the decayed state.  I still<br/>
&gt; don;t think this will ever happen despite its triviality coding-wise.<br/>
<br/>
If you don&#39;t keep track of it, then how are you going to know when it<br/>
decays?<br/>
<br/>
Item decay is something that would have to have been planned from the very<br/>
start.  It&#39;s not something that you can just patch in.<br/>
<br/>
Joe D<br/>
<br/>
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