This directory contains documentation on various aspects of the game. CONTENTS: -------- ACTIONS.DOC - Description of the 'social action' system. COMBAT.DOC - Out of date COMM.DOC - The game-to-player communications system, most important the act() procedure. DATABASE.DOC - The format of the most important data files. DBSUP.DOC - Detailed information on each field in database.doc DEFS.DOC - Important document on what rules should be followed when creating a part of the world, to avoid complete chaos. HANDLER.DOC - Descriptions of most of the basic 'database handling' procedures, found in handler.c INTERPRETER.DOC - ?? Out of date LEVELS.DOC - Out of date LICENSE.DOC - The conditions under which this game is distributed. NOTE: THIS FILE MUST ALWAYS BE PRESENT. LOOK.DOC MACRO.DOC - Descriptions of the macros used in the game code. NEWSTRUCT.DOC - Out of date RUNNING.DOC - Directions for running the game. SHOPS.DOC - Brief doc on how to build shop files in lib/ SKILLS.DOC - Out of date SPELL_INFO.DOC - Doc on spells, especially how damage is calculated SPELLS.DOC - Out of date TIME.DOC - How time is in DikuMud compared to real world. VALUES.DOC - The 4 generic values for items, described in detail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All other stuff has been added by jdb. .h files for the constants which are handy for creating monsters, and objects, etc. AdminHints.doc gives some info on adjusting things already in the game.