Items in MMORPG

DrewDough · 2005-05-02T19:47:10

Hi, How do people go on about setting up an item system in a MMORPG? I want to be able to have a character put items in his inventory, put them on the ground outside, trade them with other characters, and of course use them... I have my own ideas for this, but it would help a lot if someone could maybe explain how they handled this, as it seems like a pretty complicated task. Really, the hard part for me is designing a generic Item class that can be used with every item in the game, and then somehow make it so the player can use these items, like equip a sword or drink a potion... I mean, having a generic system that can do specific tasks is pretty damn complicated... I'm thinking is this where I start getting scripting involved? Thanks for any help.