Amnar
October 4th, 2004, 1:36 am
Well, M'name's Amnar, and I am working under Artemis(In turn under the "employment" of MN) on the future MUD. I build the actual world that players navigate, explore, fight, conquest, whatever, on. I am pleased with the comments in response to Artemis' announcement, and I was wondering if anyone had any questions, don't want anyone getting a bad impression, or wrong one of this. First off, I think I'll answer any questions I can percieve would be general ones...
1. Can I be Harry Potter, Hermoine, Ron, Hagrid, etc.?
- No. In efforts to restrain any fighting over certain personas, we have wrapped up most of the current story. You will not be any book charecters, however will be able to be just about any position they could fulfill(Potentially headmaster, teacher, owner/proprieter, dark lord, etc.)
2. Will it cost any money?
-No.
3. How does it work? System requirements?
-It is run through Telnet, a way of connecting and sending data and text across modems. You can use the basic telnet client which is already on your computer(unless you have a very archaic one), but we recommend you download one of the free MUD clients (most under 3 mb) to see color, and use other features like macros(pressing one of the F buttons(f1, f2, etc.) to do a certain thing, like a shortcut).
4. How does one walk around, interact, fight, cast spells, etc.?
-All areas are like a grid, imagine graph paper. You are in one grid, one room, one area of a field, and to move to another place you type in the cardinal direction in which it is, i.e. to move north one room, you would simply type north and then hit enter and you would move one "grid" north. The full list of directions are n, e, s, w, ne, se, sw, nw, up, and down. In all lighted areas(areas that are lit up, or areas where you are holding a light, be it a torch, candle, or a wand after casting Lumos) you will see a mini-map.
Items, or objects as they might be called are interacted with commands that are common sense based. You have an inventory, things you have in your posession at the time, and you can interact with those items. For example, if you have a Tornadoes(woot) robe in your inventory, you can type wear robe and it will put the robe on you. You can type remove robe to take it off. Other commands are drop, give, wield, put(on/in) and get, which I'm sure you can guess what they do.
Typing look and then the name of an object will give you a description of that object(or person as the case may be) and what they are wearing/holding.
Casting spells is also quite simple, using the cast command(unless coders will change it, which I doubt). You must have the necessary skill, and you will cast the spell and the target(if any) and may succeed or fail, depending on your prowess with that spell. "Muggle" fighting will probably be automated, with punch and kick commands.
Note: There is a text file attatched, which is an in game demo of how it works. Anything and everything is subject to change, mind you. I picked Diagon Alley because A) It's my favorite place and B) It's the place I'm working on right now :eyebrows:
5. Will I go to Hogwarts?
-Yes, you will go to Hogwarts and be trained as a witch or wizard. You will be sorted into a house, take lessons, and do all that which a student would. Upon graduation from Hogwarts, you will take a place in the world as whatever you like, be it you work for the ministry, hogwarts, own a shop, craft items, or what have you.
6. Can I be evil?
- :evil: Yes you can. With Voldemort knocked off,(he and Harry killed each other in our world) there is a bit of a power vaccuum, so create your own dark empire to conquer the world if you wish, but watch out, those goody-goody Aurors can be rather pesky. :p
So, if any other questions you can think of, please, please ask.
Awaiting your replies,
~Amnar~
1. Can I be Harry Potter, Hermoine, Ron, Hagrid, etc.?
- No. In efforts to restrain any fighting over certain personas, we have wrapped up most of the current story. You will not be any book charecters, however will be able to be just about any position they could fulfill(Potentially headmaster, teacher, owner/proprieter, dark lord, etc.)
2. Will it cost any money?
-No.
3. How does it work? System requirements?
-It is run through Telnet, a way of connecting and sending data and text across modems. You can use the basic telnet client which is already on your computer(unless you have a very archaic one), but we recommend you download one of the free MUD clients (most under 3 mb) to see color, and use other features like macros(pressing one of the F buttons(f1, f2, etc.) to do a certain thing, like a shortcut).
4. How does one walk around, interact, fight, cast spells, etc.?
-All areas are like a grid, imagine graph paper. You are in one grid, one room, one area of a field, and to move to another place you type in the cardinal direction in which it is, i.e. to move north one room, you would simply type north and then hit enter and you would move one "grid" north. The full list of directions are n, e, s, w, ne, se, sw, nw, up, and down. In all lighted areas(areas that are lit up, or areas where you are holding a light, be it a torch, candle, or a wand after casting Lumos) you will see a mini-map.
Items, or objects as they might be called are interacted with commands that are common sense based. You have an inventory, things you have in your posession at the time, and you can interact with those items. For example, if you have a Tornadoes(woot) robe in your inventory, you can type wear robe and it will put the robe on you. You can type remove robe to take it off. Other commands are drop, give, wield, put(on/in) and get, which I'm sure you can guess what they do.
Typing look and then the name of an object will give you a description of that object(or person as the case may be) and what they are wearing/holding.
Casting spells is also quite simple, using the cast command(unless coders will change it, which I doubt). You must have the necessary skill, and you will cast the spell and the target(if any) and may succeed or fail, depending on your prowess with that spell. "Muggle" fighting will probably be automated, with punch and kick commands.
Note: There is a text file attatched, which is an in game demo of how it works. Anything and everything is subject to change, mind you. I picked Diagon Alley because A) It's my favorite place and B) It's the place I'm working on right now :eyebrows:
5. Will I go to Hogwarts?
-Yes, you will go to Hogwarts and be trained as a witch or wizard. You will be sorted into a house, take lessons, and do all that which a student would. Upon graduation from Hogwarts, you will take a place in the world as whatever you like, be it you work for the ministry, hogwarts, own a shop, craft items, or what have you.
6. Can I be evil?
- :evil: Yes you can. With Voldemort knocked off,(he and Harry killed each other in our world) there is a bit of a power vaccuum, so create your own dark empire to conquer the world if you wish, but watch out, those goody-goody Aurors can be rather pesky. :p
So, if any other questions you can think of, please, please ask.
Awaiting your replies,
~Amnar~