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== Day/night system ==
== Day/night system ==
Day and night system would allow the game to have a day state and a noctournal state.
Day and night system would allow the game to have a day state and a nocturnal state.
Giving the posibility to add multiple monster spawn sets. All point mentioned below are merely possible effects.
Giving the possibility to add multiple monster spawn sets. All point mentioned below are merely possible effects.


Day would..
Day would..
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* Open all shops
* Open all shops
* Give light magic more power
* Give light magic more power
* Enable diurnal NPC's to appear
* Enable diurnal NPCs to appear


Night would..
Night would..
* Enable nocturnal animals to appear
* Enable nocturnal animals to appear
* Make ghosts appear? (what kind of ghosts? creatures or playerghosts?)
* Make ghosts appear? (what kind of ghosts? creatures or playerghosts?)
* Allow players to do burglary acts
* Allow players commit burglary
* Make magic and fire look even cooler
* Make magic and fire look even cooler
* Maybe give acces to places hid in daylight (doors that show only in moonlight)
* Maybe give access to places hidden in daylight (doors that show only in moonlight)
* Be the perfect time for a secret clan meeting
* Be the perfect time for a secret clan meeting
* Make darkness magic more powerful
* Make darkness magic more powerful
* Enable noctuarnal NPC's to appear
* Enable nocturnal NPCs to appear

Revision as of 05:59, 24 September 2006

This article is currently only a proposal

The features or design guidelines described in this article are only a proposal made by one or some persons. It has not been evaluated or accepted by the core development team yet. Feel free to add your personal opinion about them or make counter proposals.

Time system

How long is a day in the Mana World, relative to a day in Earth time? Or does time pass in this world at all? These questions are to be answered later on...

Related Forum topic: http://themanaworld.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=502

Day/night system

Day and night system would allow the game to have a day state and a nocturnal state. Giving the possibility to add multiple monster spawn sets. All point mentioned below are merely possible effects.

Day would..

  • Enable light mapping
  • Enable Day time animals to appear
  • Open all shops
  • Give light magic more power
  • Enable diurnal NPCs to appear

Night would..

  • Enable nocturnal animals to appear
  • Make ghosts appear? (what kind of ghosts? creatures or playerghosts?)
  • Allow players commit burglary
  • Make magic and fire look even cooler
  • Maybe give access to places hidden in daylight (doors that show only in moonlight)
  • Be the perfect time for a secret clan meeting
  • Make darkness magic more powerful
  • Enable nocturnal NPCs to appear