As of this posting, all 3 of the FUSS codebases now support MSSP Plaintext. I've uploaded the new packages to SmaugMuds.org and to the repository here.
Keberus has also made the snippet for SmaugFUSS available for those who are not using the current iterations of the FUSS codebases but still want to add the support to their games. Time to get crackin on installing!
And if anyone is wondering, I'll dust off AFKMud long enough to add the support to it as well in the next few days.
Threading for non-blocking DNS is one of the few really useful (and safe!) ways you can use threading. Many people have very slow nameservers, and having the mud stall for up to 20 seconds while it waits for a response from a malfunctioning nameserver is an Epic Fail, when it's easily avoided.
Adding it into an existing codebase may not be worth the effort if it's not a problem you have, but removing it seems pointless unless you're trying to get it to run on some antique that doesn't support threads?
Well aside from it being on SmaugMuds.org in the files section, it's also here in the repository. The update feature for the site software doesn't make that entirely obvious I'm afraid, but it was updated on the 17th.
Keberus has also made the snippet for SmaugFUSS available for those who are not using the current iterations of the FUSS codebases but still want to add the support to their games. Time to get crackin on installing!
And if anyone is wondering, I'll dust off AFKMud long enough to add the support to it as well in the next few days.