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Marten: Correct minor factual error - banners are in the library, not the museum

2016-12-22T04:51:50Z

Correct minor factual error - banners are in the library, not the museum

Mac Fife at 20:44, 12 July 2009

2009-07-12T20:44:22Z

Mac Fife: Added draft template

2009-07-12T20:43:06Z

Added draft template

Mac Fife: Instancing: Bookmarks moved to Instancing - Bookmarks: Remove namespace conflict

2009-02-18T09:56:10Z

Instancing: Bookmarks moved to Instancing - Bookmarks: Remove namespace conflict

Mac Fife: Instancing:Bookmarks moved to Instancing: Bookmarks: Titling consistency

2009-02-18T08:53:52Z

Instancing:Bookmarks moved to Instancing: Bookmarks: Titling consistency

Mac Fife: /* Eder Delin/Eder Tsogal */ Add category

2009-02-17T11:16:23Z

Eder Delin/Eder Tsogal: Add category

Marten: /* Neighborhood */

2009-02-08T08:09:56Z

Neighborhood

Marten: /* Neighborhood */

2009-02-08T08:09:19Z

Neighborhood

Marten: /* Managing Access to Full Areas */

2009-02-08T08:06:54Z

Managing Access to Full Areas

Marten: /* Acquisition and Use */

2009-02-08T08:05:30Z

Acquisition and Use

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 First, this proposal is an attempt to incorporate the model of Instancing used in other popular multiplayer online games.  A detailed description of Instancing as it applies in most MMOs can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instance_dungeons, but the key idea is that players do not need to be independently invited to every instance they wish to visit together; players may ally themselves with friends to form a group or party such that all members automatically enter an instance together.
-Second, this proposal is inspired by some unused assets hidden in the game files for Uru.  One of the more intriguing assets is series of [http://mystonline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16333 three hanging banners] (one blue, one red, and one purple) that can appear in the Museum area of Ae'gura.  Each of the pedestals under the banners has a set of matching ribbons, although not all pedestals have all ribbons.  The sequence of books and ribbons was as follows:
+Second, this proposal is inspired by some unused assets hidden in the game files for Uru.  One of the more intriguing assets is series of [http://mystonline.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16333 three hanging banners] (one blue, one red, and one purple) that can appear in the Library area of Ae'gura.  Each of the pedestals under the banners has a set of matching ribbons, although not all pedestals have all ribbons.  The sequence of books and ribbons was as follows:
 * Gahreesen: Red and Blue
 * Teledahn: Purple, Red, Blue

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 * Add detailed linking information for remaining Ages
 * Identify how existing Yeesha bookmarks work with the proposal
-* Discuss issues and possible solutions to [[http://forums.openuru.org/viewtopic.php?p=799#p799 Kenguin's Issues List]]
+* Discuss issues and possible solutions to [http://forums.openuru.org/viewtopic.php?p=799#p799 Kenguin's Issues List]
 * Note which instances are "default" in which situations
 * Resolve any lingering inconsistencies

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	** Replaces Neighborhood book. The Solo and Group bookmarks do not appear when opening the Nexus book.		** Replaces Neighborhood book. The Solo and Group bookmarks do not appear when opening the Nexus book.
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 *Great Zero
 :In Prologue, Great Zero was a Nexus link.  Players linking to Great Zero found themselves in a private instance.
 :In MOUL, Great Zero was moved to the Neighborhood so that neighbors could gather at the Great Zero.  Unfortunately, being able to link from Neighborhood to Great Zero violates the rule against intra-Age linking.
 :Although this Proposal does not mandate it, with Bookmark Instancing, players could link from Nexus into the public Great Zero, a group Great Zero, or a totally private Great Zero by using the appropriate Instance bookmark; maintaining the book in the Neighborhood is no longer needed for group Great Zero gatherings.  However, if the book is moved to Nexus, the stained glass art for Great Zero no longer has a home.
 ===Nexus===

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 === Managing Access to Full Areas ===
-Though deserving perhaps of its own proposal, the Bookmark Instancing system as discussed here depends upon some extended method of managing access to high-population areas.
+The Bookmark Instancing system depends upon some new or extended method of managing access to high-population areas.  Though perhaps deserving of its own proposal, here are a few comments on such a method.
 In Prologue and in Myst Online, access to the "real" D'ni City was controlled through the Nexus.  Direct linking to the city was not possible; the City books in Relto & Kadish Tolesa and the City Bahro Stone in Neighborhood would link players to a Neighborhood-instanced City.  (There was a bug  in Myst Online that allowed players to circumvent the intended behavior and link to the main city, but that is not relevant to the discussion of how Cyan meant for the system to work.)  When it worked, this system prevented the city from becoming overcrowded.

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 * Solo Journey (solo hand symbol) - when active, the player will link to his or her own private Age.  The Solo Journey bookmark should always be available.
 * Group Journey (paired hand symbols) - when active, the player and his or her companions will link to the same Age, which will be the private Age of the "expedition leader."  The Group Journey bookmark is only available for a book or Bahro Stone if the player has joined a group, and the leader must have collected and unlocked the Age in his or her Relto.
-* No bookmark (drc symbol) - when neither bookmark is active, the player will link to the authentic (public) instance of the Age.  This instance may be unavailable if it is at player capacity (see "Queuing System" below), and although this proposal does not mandate it, the public Age might also be unavailable if the player has not completed one or more tasks in his or her private version of the Age.
+* No bookmark (drc symbol) - when neither bookmark is active, the player will link to the authentic (public) instance of the Age.  This instance may be unavailable if it is at player capacity (see "Managing Access to Full Areas" below), and although this proposal does not mandate it, the public Age might also be unavailable if the player has not completed one or more tasks in his or her private version of the Age.
 There will few exceptions where the bookmarks do not apply in the above manner.