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%^BOLD%^Introduction%^RESET%^
The purpose of this work is to gather together, in one place, as
much general information on Creator related commands, for the
purpose of getting new Cre's up to speed as quickly as possible.
Feel free to suggest enhancements, to Arby.
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%^BOLD%^New Creator%^RESET%^
Congratulations, you've been promoted to Creator status.
Now what?
At this point, the first thing you need to do, is get in touch with
your Domain Lord, and get set up with a project. Note that Liaison
Cre's should also mail the Lords of the Domain and Guilds that they
are liaising for, and ask to be added to those Domains. Also,
remember that as a Cre, you can access mail from anywhere, without
having to find a Post Office.
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%^BOLD%^Workroom%^RESET%^
In your home directory you will find a default workroom, which will
contain a few useful items. You can get there with 'goto workroom'
as long as you are logged in to your home directory. I would
suggest creating an 'alias home goto /w/yournamehere/workroom'
command to take you there from where ever you are.
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%^BOLD%^Workroom contents%^RESET%^
Once in your workroom, have a look at the bookcase. On it you
should find a couple of books and several other items. These are
Presto's Wand, a Green Jade Scarab, Obilix's Resurrector, Ceres'
Transporter, an Arcane Instrument, a Gagger and a Typewriter. These
are very useful items, because they will allow you to start using
some creator abilities without having to hunt for the necessary
calls. Their uses are described on the next few pages.A
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%^BOLD%^Olorin's Green Jade Scarab%^RESET%^
This is the simplest of the items. Simply wear it, and you become
invulnerable to attack. A terribly useful way to gauge how
destructive that new critter is...
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%^BOLD%^Ceres' Transporter (Small grey disk)%^RESET%^
This handy little device opens a portal from you, to a specified
player. The portal remains open until either the player returns to
their original location through it, or you use the teleporter to
manually close the portal. It has 3 operating commands: transport
<player>, force <player>, and release. Transport player opens the
portal, allowing the player to enter or not, force player opens the
portal and pulls them into the portal, and release close the portal
manually.
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%^BOLD%^Obilix's Resurrector%^RESET%^
A one command wonder, this device allows you to resurrect a player,
without having to figure out the necessary calls. Simply carry the
resurrector, and use the command 'resurrect <player>'.
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%^BOLD%^Presto's Wand%^RESET%^
Probably the single most useful item I've found, Presto's wand is
set up to allow a creator to replace a player's missing items
without having to hunt though the various directories to find the
correct file. It also advises the user when the requested
replacement might not fit the normal guidelines, for example,
replacing items for a level 300+ character, or an amount of money
greater than the recommended A$30. A creator can also determine
which items are eligible for replacement simply by reading the wand.
The command syntax is 'replace <item> for <player>'
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%^BOLD%^Presto's Editor%^RESET%^
This typwriter is an alternative to the built-in editor Ed. As long
as you are carrying it, you may use it as a file editor simply by
using the syntax 'edit <file>' or 'edit <object>'. Within the
editor type 'H' for more help.
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%^BOLD%^Obilix's Gagger%^RESET%^
This device is to be used sparingly, if at all. All uses of the
gagger are logged. The purpose of the gagger is to remove the
ability to chat or shout from obnoxious or abusive players. Please
make sure that the player has been warned before resorting to this
measure. If the warning is ignored, feel free. :-)
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%^BOLD%^Jeremy's Arcane Instrument%^RESET%^
This is a very useful device used to track and compare player's idle
and active times over a period of time. This is mostly useful in
providing evidence of multi-playing, where one character will sit
idle until the player switches to that character. With this tool
and a bit of on the scene observation one can investigate claims of
multiplaying.
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