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Thread: Mob origins?
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Oreet
Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:17 am
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Ok, SWG is my first an only MMORG, so maybe that's why i'm unsure of it's meaning, but what does "mob" mean?
i hear people refer to any attackable non-player thing in game as a mob. even just a single creature can be "a mob". does "mob" have some meaning? like is it an acronym?
Calculus_Entropy
Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:26 am
#2
Oreet wrote:Ok, SWG is my first an only MMORG, so maybe that's why i'm unsure of it's meaning, but what does "mob" mean?i hear people refer to any attackable non-player thing in game as a mob. even just a single creature can be "a mob". does "mob" have some meaning? like is it an acronym?
It is indeed an acronym. I have heard "man or beast," but I know there is another, more appropriate name out there. It does mean any sentient being (i.e. Shaupauts, Stormies, etc, but NOT inanimate objects such as lairs) in the game that is not a player character.
FultonMeigs
Fri Jun 24, 2005 9:53 am
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MOB is an old (old) system developers term for Mobile OBjects. In those cases,long ago ingames far far away..... you found object definition files for encapsulated entities, like a Kreetle, in a file with a .mob extension.
Almagill
Fri Jun 24, 2005 3:25 pm
#5
frightwig wrote:
Calculus_Entropy wrote:
Hey, I pointed out that there was a 'more appropraite' definition out there!!!
And, where have you been?
Well, I didn't say you were wrong..
And, in space mostly... literally and figuratively
Gratz on the Ace... currently burning my nerves to the ground working on mine for SA.
Now, when you coming to TC to do some hunting?
frightwig
Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:42 am
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FultonMeigs wrote:MOB is an old (old) system developers term for Mobile OBjects. In those cases, long ago in games far far away..... you found object definition files for encapsulated entities, like a Kreetle, in a file with a .mob extension.
Ding ding!! Fulton, with the winning answer
Calculus_Entropy
Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:45 am
#7
frightwig wrote:
FultonMeigs wrote:MOB is an old (old) system developers term for Mobile OBjects. In those cases, long ago in games far far away..... you found object definition files for encapsulated entities, like a Kreetle, in a file with a .mob extension.
Ding ding!! Fulton, with the winning answer
Hey, I pointed out that there was a 'more appropraite' definition out there!!!
And, where have you been?
frightwig
Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:47 am
#8
Calculus_Entropy wrote:
Hey, I pointed out that there was a 'more appropraite' definition out there!!!
And, where have you been?
Well, I didn't say you were wrong..
And, in space mostly... literally and figuratively
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