i think i am starting to understand  how it works.

with the dothack style monster system that would prevent a ton of problems with monsters falling through the map because the monsters will spawn and chase... and anyways the monster spawns need to have a randomizer ( between a few different types that are predefined) to make you not know what\'s goin to spawn...  i think that vengeance was working on a scripting system that is a ton better... it might be a good idea to place hooks for that system into the scripting system.... a good binary plugin sample would be the  system used for xchat...  http://www.xchat.org

i can probobly sum this up in a nice sentence.....  so pardon if it is a bit rough.

PlaneShift is a sample MMoRPG for chrystalspace, and thus Planeshift could be used to make many more rpg\'s... it\'s a helpful tool... just think of it this way... if you want to run your own mmorpg planeshift is a good start on a backend to work with... even though samples are not completely done yet, like sample monsters and maps on the db would be nice.

and as for a side note... ChrystalSpace because it\'s plugin oriented is very dynamic in it\'s open ness... i can\'t wait to see chrystalspace have BSP ( similair to the bsp used in unreal and quake ) so that mappers ( level designers) can better optimize certain areas.

umm... there is a distinct option that might help... you could redo the ui so that it\'ll be easier to use, but a full 3d app that is open source could be a option.... look at blender ( http://www.blender3d.org ) and it\'s dev site ( wwww.blender.org ) for details... oh, and note that the crystalspace support for it is somewhere in the projects list.

some random notes:
blender has support for 3ds, lwo and wings3d... and it is a fully featured multifunctional app.

where are all the dig locations and what can  you dig for... so far i know that gold is over near the magic shop, and that the road to oleandea has the iron somewhere... what else is there... minerals, ores, etc?