Aardwolf MUD – Grouping Rewrite Lasher, October 26, 2010 This article contains the details of a new grouping system being added to Aardwolf MUD. While the older simple version of grouping does still exist, this new version allows groups to be named and (optionally) visible to everyone, track experience and kills, will support group information being added to GMCP…
Myst and Death Gate Areas, Faster Spellups, New Wishes Lasher, September 19, 2010 Area Changes: The ‘Death Gate’ area has been removed and replaced with the ‘The Partroxis’ area. The ‘Myst’ area has been removed as it was copyright related. The area got so little use it wasn’t worth replacing – better to remove and work on newer replacements. Game Changes: ‘Owned 7’…
Area / Quest Changes, Spellup Command, Other Updates. Lasher, September 13, 2010 Area Changes: The ‘Market Road’ area has been removed and replaced with the ‘Gypsy Caravan’ area. This area is significantly higher level so be careful. The Rokugan area has been removed as it was based on copyright material and replaced with ‘Nenukon and the Far Country’. The Soulblade area has…
Autokeep command, nodesc option, other changes. Lasher, August 24, 2010 Game changes in this update: There is a new ‘autokeep’ command. When set to on this will cause items bought from a store to automatically be kept. The limits for ‘ownedwhere’ and ‘ownedcarry’ have been increased to 500 each. If you are low level and get a campaign mob such…
New Quests – Killing Fields, Blighted Tundra and Kimr’s Farm Lasher, August 24, 2010 Area Replacement and Goal – Kimr’s Farm: The once peaceful and vibrant farm has a problem with the local wildlife, particularly the weeds and ants! Visit the owner, Kimr, to see how you may assist him. Level Range : 1 to 5 Goal Difficulty : Easy Goal Recommended at :…
GMCP in Aardwolf MUD Lasher, July 27, 2010 In a comment on the previous post regarding GMCP and MSDP in muds, I stated that “I do fully reserve the right to turn around in 2 weeks time and declare that I was completely wrong”. Well, this isn’t quite that, but close. After experimenting more with GMCP and MSDP,…
Raiding timeout changes, soldier perk, other MUD updates. Lasher, July 16, 2010 Clan Raiding – Defender Timeout Change: The idea of a timeout for outside defenders during a raid, combined with a max of 5 outside defenders in the maze at a time, has never quite worked correctly. The timer is on each individial player so there is nothing to prevent a…
Weather Observatory, Nanjiki Ruins and Olde Worlde Carnivale Goals Lasher, July 16, 2010 New Area and Goal – The Weather Observatory: In the mountains of Gelidus near the Elfin Bay there is a Weather Observatory. The Weather Observatory serves two major purposes. It provides a learning environment for young weather beings. Sometimes a small cloud may arrive and from its time here decide…
Mud standards – telnet options – not a standard yet. Lasher, July 12, 2010 It has been a couple of years now since we worked on handling data exchange between the MUD and client using telnet option negotiation. With hindsight, using telnet option 102 for this was probably a mistake as we have since learned that ATCP could have done the same thing, so…
Blacksmith Subclass Changes, Hammerforge Skill. Lasher, June 29, 2010 Blacksmith Subclass Changes: Quite a few changes were made to the blacksmith subclass in this update, details are below. The current ‘hammer’ combat skill has been renamed to ‘hammering blow’. The command for it is still ‘hammer’ though. There is a new weapon type ‘hammer’. It is blacksmith only and…