Stendhal Development Meeting 2009-11-22/Result Log/Pets

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Types of Pets

• lovely pets
  • like cats
  • pets are not very 'helpful' in real life. they are a friend or a play thing. they're not there to kill much for you :)
  • cats should not grow strong but be sweet little cats
• fighting pets
  • like the baby dragon
  • fighting pets should level, currently a baby dragon can just kill a rat
• suggestion that pets should eat lesser

Kennel

• it should be possible to leave the pet somewhere safely, so you can have a cute pet, but don't have the burden to care for it all the time
• partly possible in your house, but they will not survive a server restart
• superkym: so you can have the cute pet but not with you all the time

• blackfinix: or even have a public kennel you can pay for
• miasma: nad i have no rats at my home... a dragon or a cat would starving to death, right?
• bluekiller: ok
• love_puppet: no if no one is on the screen with it it stops eating
• humana: bluekiller we don't need that now. I think.
• superkym: miasma they dont' get hungry when noone is around * g*
• hendrik: I like that idea of a kennel.
• bluekiller: humana okay sorry
• superkym: katinka can already look after pets
• miasma: oh okay :D
• tigertoes: kennel is very nice idea
• superkym: at the sanctuary
• tigertoes: yes
• superkym: but she would take them forever
• Mayor Sakhs: Welcome citizen! Do you need help?
• superkym: maybe some extension to her, or a similar thing - where you can get your pet back, however i don't think you shoudl get them back fully fat for free. at the sanctuary they are fed ;)
• blackfinix: yes that would be easier than creating a new kennel
• tigertoes: well, it is typical to pay boarding fees when you take pet to kennel
• love_puppet: mabey they are sent to a room that no ones see so they dont starve and they done eat
• bluekiller: Ich wär für einen neuen Balrog
• hendrik: They should take care of the pet. Getting it all fat does not sound healthy.
• storyteller: Hmm... maybe you have to pay for them to be fed...
• hendrik: So I guess a good idea would be to keep them the way they are when they are given to the Sanctury.
• humana: bluekiller .. say that in engish!
• love_puppet: could be a higher fee to get them out if they where under 100lb when placed in
• blackfinix: and they are euthanized after a period of inactivity
• love_puppet: you know like your pet ate more than the other so i will have to charge you more for the return of your pet
• vomit: will the map become extended with the next release?
• superkym: vomit, the world is already very large and we focus on improving existing zones rather than adding new ones
• pepsz: could have a dog with pet
• kiheru: it could be possible to charge for the time spent in the kennel. that approximates the amount of food needed
• love_puppet: or mabey a wolf?
• hendrik: blackfinix, this is mostly a technically issue. If we save the kenneled pets as part of the player object, we can keep them forever. Only if we store it as part of the wildlife zone, there would be a limit.
• superkym: would you have liked to see an extended map, vomit? why?
• blackfinix: a wolf would be awesome

• vomit: because it looks sometimes pretty small when i walk through
• vomit: especially because i just get to the same places
• blackfinix: but i think that is for a nother meeting
• hendrik: I suggest that if the player has given a cat to the kennel, he would not be able to adopt a second one.
• erdnuggel: I like the idea to save a pet in the own house..
• vomit: and i saw a handdrawn map at the wiki
• blackfinix: only one pet per person? that seems reasonable
• erdnuggel: maybe it is possible to save it in the vault? if someone haves no own house?
• superkym: the vault is destroyed when you leave
• hendrik: eeeak, how can you be so cruel to put a pet into a windowless room.
• superkym: it's just created while you are there
• superkym: i think better to have soemone taking care of it (an npc)
• erdnuggel: yes, sounds good too
• hendrik: I think the wildlife place is a good idea for the kennel.
• vomit: maybe you can put your pet into the chest
• humana: yes that's cool kym
• superkym: vomit that's very cruel!
• blackfinix: would making things like the vault or the kennel persitant between server restarts require a lot of work? on the DB code?
• humana: I think Katinka is friendly enough to save them
• pepsz: is posible when you put one iten on valt fo destroid it these iten can teleport for public cheest?
• superkym: blackfinix that's not the aim of the vault
• Mayor Sakhs: Welcome citizen! Do you need help?
• tigertoes: if you find a cat and give to sanctuary, and then want a cat of your own later, why couldnt you buy one
• hendrik: blackfinix, the vault, yes. The kennel, no.
• pepsz: becouse you no need this iten more the new players can use
• Mayor Sakhs: Have a good day and enjoy your stay!
• hendrik: tigertoes, if you give it to the sancturary for them to care about your pet, you can just get it back. This is different form giving it away without wanting it back.
• superkym: tigertoes if you give to the sanctuary that's forever, so yes you could get another. if you gave temporailiy to kennels i don't think you shoudl get another
• tigertoes: ok, i see, was thinking you meant differently
• vomit: why do i never see chars with both, dragon and cat?
• superkym: sanctuary could = when you give permanently an abandoned pet you found or one you dont' want. kennel = temporary
• blackfinix: kym thats sounds right
• tigertoes: yes
• superkym: vomit, the pet seller would tell you why that's not ok
• vomit: okay
• blackfinix: what about animals with special abilities? pack animals with extra slots for itemss. or mounted animals for faster travel?
• superkym: blackfinix players run the fastest that anything can run, in this world