Step Events - no more than 8?

[Uatu]

So, my so-called "game" seems to be turning into a dungeon romp, I think. As such, random step events are probably going to be used a great deal... but there are only 8 slots. I guess this means that I can set 8 different zones (levels) of random encounter chains, right?

Is there no way to do more than 8? (For example, I can set level 1, level 2, level 3, up to level 8, but then what about level 9? Also, if I use up all these for a dungeon, I can't set up random wilderness encounters or undersea encounters, for example.)

[manikus]

I'm not sure if i'm understanding wht you are saying about levels...but, you can have 8 step events per level.

There might be ways to seemingly boost that number, like using rest event chains for some of the combat (each tied to a zone).

You should put in a request over at SourceForge for more than 8 step events. Not having loooked at the code, it seems like this would be fairly easy to increase.

[SilentThief]

IIRC, there are 8 different step events for up to 16 zones, and 16 rest zones. Why, I dunno. But, like Manikus said, you can do complex step event chains to expand on the possibilities. And they can overlap, as in you could set up a chain that happens in areas 2 & 9.
There are ways to expand on the step zones, but you have to (for example) track with a quest or other way of expanding the step zones.

SilentThief

[Uatu]

Ohhhh, 8 step events per LEVEL... That helps things.

Making chains that have dozens of possibilities is quite complex - there is no limit, right? Can I put 100 encounters into one chain?

[manikus]

ST: It's only 8 step events per level right now and only 16 zones per level. There is no differentiation in DC's eyes between 'rest' zones and other zones.

Uatu: Theoretically, the only limit is the space on your drive. The longest chain that I've done had 32 layers, and it worked just fine.

[SilentThief]

An interesting idea would be to use a loop for each step. Why? I haven;t figured out why, but the fact that you COULD do it is kinda nice

Actually I do have a reason to do this, what if we could count our X,Y steps and have a spell "Mark" that sets up a placement marker of sorts on the map and then you cast "Recall" so you can teleport back to the marker at any time

SilentThief
PS, still too much work for the payout, but still pushing the limits

[Uatu]

Looks like my "dungeon crawl" game is theoretically okay