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[Chris <1164804@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with daagar that this should result in a 'Z' like scenario.  Having
to draw a custom exit line for these scenarios is not a good solution as
compared to just having the visual equivalent of connecting the ends of
exit stubs as opposed to connecting room centers.  Given the mapper is
getting some overhauls now, I'll use this as a chance to optimize & simply
the exit drawing code as well.


On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Stephen Lyons
<1164804@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> The bottom line here is that visually a line leaving a room horizontally
> to the right might appear to be an "east" exit but it could be actually
> any (well certainly an orthogonal - n, ne, e, se, s, sw, w or nw) one
> and you would not be any the wiser until you tried using it or examined
> the room data...
>
> The 2D map drawing is actually agnostic about the "name" or command for
> orthogonal exits which means that implementing code that would, say,
> draw half a line in the right direction for the exits for each room such
> that they would line up for two adjacent rooms in the right physical
> placement and then link the end of those lines if they are NOT in
> adjacent correct positions means more than a trivial revision to the
> (rev 658) code.  :(
>
> I'm just reviewing 659 so can't comment on that yet.
>
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> Title:
>   Exit lines don't 'anchor' to exit direction
>
> Status in Mudlet the MUD client:
>   Invalid
>
> Bug description:
>   Mudlet 2.1, Win7 x64
>
>   Visual issue in the mapper:
>
>   Consider two rooms connected east-west. If I move the room to the east
>   'below' the room to the west, I would expect the connection between
>   them to visually be a 'Z' shape, where it is obvious that the exits
>   still extend from the east and west respectively.
>
>   Instead, the lines originate from the center of a room. So if I move
>   the east-west pair as above, the exit line will visually appear as if
>   it extends from the south/north.
>
>   The exit lines should potentially be drawn between the ends of the
>   'exit stubs', rather from the center of a room. In the example above,
>   this would give the expected 'Z' shape.
>
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Title:
  Exit lines don't 'anchor' to exit direction

Status in Mudlet the MUD client:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Mudlet 2.1, Win7 x64

  Visual issue in the mapper:

  Consider two rooms connected east-west. If I move the room to the east
  'below' the room to the west, I would expect the connection between
  them to visually be a 'Z' shape, where it is obvious that the exits
  still extend from the east and west respectively.

  Instead, the lines originate from the center of a room. So if I move
  the east-west pair as above, the exit line will visually appear as if
  it extends from the south/north.

  The exit lines should potentially be drawn between the ends of the
  'exit stubs', rather from the center of a room. In the example above,
  this would give the expected 'Z' shape.

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