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<h1> Installing and Using MUDGrinder </h1>
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<li><a href="#what">What is MUDGrinder?</a></li>
<li><a href="#install">Installation</a></li>
<li><a href="#mother">Not Your Mothers MUDGrinder</a></li>
<li><a href="#use">Using MUDGrinder</a></li>
<li><a href="#notes">Author's Notes</a></li>
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<h2><a name="what">What Is the MUDGrinder:</a></h2>
<p> The MUDGrinder is a visual editing and administration tool.
It includes all of the following: </p>
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<li>
<p><b>Control Panel</b>, for changing many of the flexible settings
of the engine, and includes the following:</p>
</li>
<ul>
<li>Disable/enable buttons for features</li>
<li>Database health and reset<br />
</li>
<li>Security settings</li>
<li>Start Room settings</li>
<li>Death Room settings</li>
<li>Morgue room settings</li>
<li>Channels definitions</li>
<li>Ability/skill/spell/etc settings</li>
<li>Clan settings</li>
<li>General player-related variables and settings</li>
<li>Economy and monetary settings</li>
<li>Calendar and weather settings</li>
<li>Other miscellaneous system/engine settings</li>
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<li>
<p><b>File Browser</b> lets you browse, create, delete, upload,
search, or modify text files in your CoffeeMud package.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><b>Journals Browser</b> lets you post, read, email, delete,
or reply to any of the journals (message boards) in your system.</p>
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<li>
<p><b>Players List</b> is the place for reviewing your players
and the banned names/ips list, and includes the following;</p>
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<li>Player browser and editor, with the ability to delete or ban.</li>
<li>Bank account balances for all players</li>
<li>"Ban List' manager<br />
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<li>
<p><b>Cache Resources</b> is an obscure tool for flushing from
memory those things that have been loaded from disk.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><b>Quests Manager</b> allows you to create, destroy, start,
stop, and update Quests and quest scripts.</p>
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<li>
<p><b>System Reports</b> gives you a quick health and status check
for your mud, which also includes:</p>
</li>
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<li>"Tick" threads browser <br />
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<li>
<p><b>Server Log</b> shows you the mud.log file, which is your
main log file.</p>
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<li>
<p><b>Statistics</b> is where you can browse the gameplay statistics
after you've been running for awhile.</p>
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<p> Also included is a pleasant alternative to the command-line
interface described in the <a href="ArchonGuide.html">Archon's
Guide</a> for creating and maintaining the areas, maps, rooms,
monsters, and items inside your MUD. Instead of typing in commands,
you can point and click to design your maps. Instead of running around
with your Archon to get an idea of how things look, you can just point
your eyes at the map on the screen. </p>
<h2><a name="install">Installation:</a></h2>
<p> The MUDGrinder is a built in part of the Administrative
Web Site of the CoffeeMud HTTP Web Server. For more information on
this aspect of CoffeeMud, please refer to the <a href="WebServer.html">Web Server Guide</a>. So, if you have successfully
installed and started up your CoffeeMud Server, and the Administrative
Web Server has been successfully started as well, then MUDGrinder
is already installed! Good job! </p>
<p> To access MUDGrinder, simply connect to your Administrative
Web Site (<a href="http://localhost:27777/">http://localhost:27777/</a>)
and log into the MUDGrinder pages using your Archon administrative
account information. If you have no idea what an Archon Administrative
account is, you'll need to start back over again and read the <a href="InstallationGuide.html">Installation Guide</a>. </p>
<h2><a name="mother">Not Your Mothers MUDGrinder:</a></h2>
<p> The MUDGrinder is easy to use, but it is not forgiving,
and it is not for wussies. If you make a mistake, you will probably
pay for it. If you click the wrong button, you will regret it. Be
careful kiddies! </p>
<h2><a name="use">Using MUDGrinder:</a></h2>
<p> If you've actually played this game before, and you've read
the <a href="ArchonGuide.html">Archon's Guide</a> and <a href="GameBuildersGuide.html">Game Builders Guide</a>
, and you understand
it, you will have no troubles at all. The MUDGrinder is merely a
visual means of accomplishing the same tasks, with the same objects
and parameters as are described in the Archon's Guide. </p>
<p> If you have any further questions, or want to know how to
undo a mistake, refer to the previous section. </p>
<h2><a name="notes">Author's Notes:</a></h2>
<p> Users of previous versions of the MUDGrinder know that the
documentation provided for this version of the editor are twice as
good as anything provided previously. However, the same caveats still
apply: do not email Bo and tell him that his Java and MUD puns are
not funny. He knows they are funny. He also knows you think
they are funny and that any protests to the contrary are vicious lies.
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