Tailoring Materials, Names & Layers
changes to support recent armor fixes

* the solution needed to be flexible for numerous kinds of uses

* the staff did not want the job of actively policing or approving uses

* we needed to understand the scale of the issue better

This all pointed to an audit. So, Linekin and myself, we sat down with a big spreadsheet of all 1900+ custom created clothing items and judged them by some key attributes, one of which was their names.

This let us identify some key groups:

* fake disguises & weapons

* not containers

* musical instruments

* jewelry

* things that sound functional

* expensive things made from cheap materials (lace and leather made from cotton being the biggest offenders)

* clothing used instead of paper products

* body parts (!)

* items that would make sense worn over 'thick' clothing items

Looking at the various groups, it became obvious that we could drive the setting of items as wearable over armor and thick items by the naming of the items pretty successfully. While I'm sure there will be edge cases, this immediately lets us put you in control of fixing the items you can't fit over stuff right now.

So how do you fix your stuff? Use the standard tailoring commands. @name, @check, @finalize will block bad words (like shroud and bag) and recognize words that indicate it should be wearable over thick items.

Wearable over Thick Items:

tie, coat, labcoat, topcoat, overcoat, longcoat, greatcoat, browncoat, trenchcoat, jacket, trench, boots, cane, umbrella, robe, blindfold, bikini, habit, muumuu, hawaiian, bolero, apron, scrubs, shawl, scarf, bathrobe, armband, necktie, obi, cummerbund, belt, duster, veil, parka and balaclava

Words No Longer Allowed in Tailored Names:

hooded, hoodie, poncho, shroud, XO5, x05, ecogear, WJF, protek, tactical, guitar, photo, photograph, enforcer, ledger, notebook, catalog, mask, hygienic, bag, satchel, container, backpack, ski-mask, wingsuit, illuminated, armguards, armguard, legguards, legguard, kevlar, du-wear, nexus, stick, staff and protective

We're also going to set some default thickness values for the various kinds of materials, so you may find custom tailored items in materials like wool or leather wanting to be layered above lesser armor.

I haven't finished locking down what you can/can't name items as yet, there are more important matters I'm currently dealing with. I will return to this shortly I hope. :)

This means that all clothing made from something besides synthetic cotton has an increase in its value. This has added about 2 million in chyen to your pockets.

They also said that they can't add them here because they got told that it's "Find Out IC" which seems unbelievable to me. How is the OOC coded defense against IC deception a secret?

Johnny, Slither, Glitch, please weigh in on this and explain how it's IC to know what you can and cannot @name a tailored item, or, if there's any other good reason not to list the other blocked names here like the 30 or so which already are.

Are specific names blocked, which you don't want listed here because it would give away some IC secret by revealing that such an item even exists at all?

Thank you.