#HELPS 102 TRANSIN TRANSOUT~ Syntax: transin <message> transout <message> This command allows those with the transfer command to customize the message to use, instead of the boring hard-coded message. A %s must be included in the line. This will be replaced with the name of the person that was transferred. ~ 102 SMOTE~ Syntax: smote <action> Smote works exactly like pmote, except you must place your name somewhere in the string, and it will show that string to everyone in the room. ~ 102 ADVANCE~ Syntax: advance <character> <level> ADVANCE sets a character's level to the specified value. It is the only way to create new immortal characters within the game. ADVANCE may also be used to demote characters. ~ 102 TRUST~ Syntax: trust <character> <level> TRUST sets a character's trust to the specified level. This is similar to advancing the character for accessing immortal commands, but has no effect on combat strength, et cetera. You can give more trust to mortal (or immortal) characters to give them access to more power without messing up the character. You can also restrict a player's trust to less than their natural level. A trust of 0 means to use the character's natural level again. ~ 102 ALLOW BAN PERMBAN~ Syntax: allow <site> ban <site> <newbies|all|permit> ban BAN <site> prohibits players from that site from logging in. BAN with no arguments lists the banned sites. ALLOW <site> removes a site from the ban list, if the remover is of equal or higher level than the banner. A site may have all players, new players, or non-permitted players (set by editing the player file) banned, by changing the argument after the site. *s may be used to ban either by suffix (*.edu), prefix (labmac*), or content (*andrews*), but be careful not to accidently lock out too many sites with a wildcard. Bans do not save unless the permban command is used. ~ 102 REBOOT SHUTDOWN~ Syntax: reboot shutdown Reboot shuts down the server. When the normal 'startup' script is used to control the server, a delay of fifteen seconds will ensue (to allow old connections to die), followed by a reboot. Shutdown shuts down the server and prevents the normal 'startup' script from restarting it. ~ 102 WIZLOCK NEWLOCK~ Syntax: wizlock newlock Wizlock and newlock both block login attempts to ROM. Wizlock locks out all non-gods (i.e. level less than 51), except for link-dead players who are returning. Newlock only locks out new character generation, typically used for preventing a spammer from returning. Wizlocking should be avoided, and newlocking should be accompanied by mail or a note to the imps. A god must be at least Supreme level to wizlock the game. ~ 102 DENY~ Syntax: deny <name> Deny locks a character out of a game permanently, rendering their character name unusable. It may only be removed by editing the file, for this reason freeze is usually preferred. ~ 102 DISCONNECT~ Syntax: disconnect <name> Disconnect breaks a player's link to the game, dumping them back to the telnet prompt. This is a non-lethal way of getting rid of spammers and annoying players. ~ 102 FREEZE~ Syntax: freeze <name> FREEZE <character> is a toggle which prevents a character from issuing any commands at all. It can be removed from within the game, so freezing a troublemaker is usually a better option than they deny command. ~ 102 FORCE~ Syntax: force <character> <command> Syntax: force all <command> FORCE forces one character to execute a command, except of course delete. Below level 57 (Deity) force can only be used on mobiles, and force all is unavailable. You also cannot 'force orc murder hugo', for example. FORCE 'all' forces all player characters to execute a command. This is typically used for 'force all save'. ~ 102 SOCKETS~ Syntax: sockets sockets <name> SOCKETS reports all of the visible users connected to the server, including users in the process of logging in. The two numbers inside brackets are the channel number and the 'connected' state. The 'connected' states are listed in merc.h: 0 is CON_PLAYING; non-zero values are various states of logging in. The optional name argument shows the site of a player, or optional can be used to identify switched gods (i.e. socket orc shows the name of anyone switched into an orc). ~ 102 LOAD~ Syntax: load mob <vnum> load obj <vnum> <level> The load command is used to load new objects or mobiles (use clone to duplicate strung items and mobs). The vnums can be found with the vnum command, or by stat'ing an existing mob or object. Load puts objects in inventory if they can be carried, otherwise they are put in the room. Mobiles are always put into the same room as the god. Old format objects must be given a level argument to determine their power, new format objects have a preset level that cannot be changed without set. (see also clone, vnum, stat) ~ 102 SET~ Syntax: set mob <mobile> <field> <value> set obj <object> <field> <value> set room <number> <field> <value> set skill <char> <name> <rating> set skill <char> all <rating> The set command is used to change the numerical values of the various data structures. Type set <class> without an argument to see a listing of options. Set skill all (pc's only) will set all the character's skills to the value given. Use string to change the strings on an object or mobile. (see also string, stat) ~ 102 STRING~ Syntax: string obj <field> <string> string mob <field> <string> The string command changes the various strings associated with an object or mobile. A full list of fields can be viewed by typing string obj or string mob. Sorry, multi-line strings are not yet supported. ~ 102 NOCHANNEL NOEMOTE NOSHOUT NOTELL~ Syntax: nochannel <character> noemote <character> noshout <character> notell <character> Noemote, noshout, and notell are used to muffle other characters, by preventing them from emoting, shouting, and telling, respectively. Characters who are noshout'ed or no'telled will also not receive those forms of communication. The nochannel command is similar, but more drastic. It prevents the victim from using any of the channels (gossip, cgossip, Q/A, music) on the game. Nochannels usually result from swearing or spamming on public channels. ~ 102 PARDON~ Syntax: pardon <character> killer pardon <character> thief Pardon pardons a player for their crimes. Don't pardon a player unless you are sure they deserve it. Being killed by Hassan acts as an automatic pardon. ~ 102 PURGE~ Syntax: purge purge <character> Purge is used to clean up the world. Purge with no arguments removes all the NPC's and objects in the current room. Purge with an argument purges one character from anywhere in the world. Purge will not get rid of PC's, or objects or mobiles with a NOPURGE flag set (i.e. the pit, the fountain, shopkeepers, Hassan). Mobiles may be purged if they are called directly by name. ~ 102 RESTORE~ Syntax: restore <character> restore room restore all Restore restores full hit points, mana points, and movement points to the target character. It also heals poison, plague, and blindness. Restore room (or restore with no argument) performs a restore on every player in the room, restore all does the same for all connected players. Restore all is only usable by creators and implementors. Restore should be used sparingly or not at all. ~ 102 SLAY~ Syntax: slay <character> Slay kills a character in cold blood, no saving throw. Best not to use this command on players if you enjoy being a god. ~ 102 TRANSFER TELEPORT~ Syntax: transfer <character> transfer all transfer <character> <location> transfer all <location> Transfer transfers the target character, or ALL player characters, to your current location (default) or to a specified location. Trans all should almost never be used, as 100 players popping into one room can have horrible effects on slow links. Teleport is a synonym for transfer. ~ 102 AT~ Syntax: at <location> <command> At executes the given command (which may have arguments) at the given location. The location may be specified as a vnum, as the name of a mobile, or as the name of an object. At works by temporarily moving you to that location, executing the command, and then moving you back (if the command didn't change your location). ~ 102 ECHO GECHO PECHO~ Syntax: echo <message> gecho <message> pecho <character> <message> These commands all perform similar functions. Echo sends the message to all characters in the same room as the user, with no indication of who sent it. Gecho does the same for all players connected to the game, and pecho sends the message to the player specified as the target. Any higher-level god will see a prompt in front of your message, informing him or her that it is an echo. ~ 102 GOTO~ Syntax: goto <location> Goto takes you to a location. The location may be specified as a vnum, as the name of a mobile, or as the name of an object. You may not Goto a room if it is PRIVATE and has two (or more) characters already present, or if it is SOLITARY and has one (or more) characters already present. Some other rooms are barred to players below a certain god level. Implementors can use the violate command to get into private rooms. ~ 102 HOLYLIGHT INVIS WIZINVIS~ Syntax: holylight wiznvis <level> Holylight is a toggle that allows you to see (almost) every character and mobile in the game. With holy light, you can see what's in the game more easily. Without holy light, you can see what mortal players see. Wizinvis takes a level argument, and will mke you invisible to all players of a lower level than your invisibility level. It defaults to the maximum (your level) if no argument is given. Wizi 60 characters are totally invisible. ~ 102 INCOGNITO~ Toggling your incognito status will hide your presence from people outside the room you are in, but leave you visible to those who are with you. It takes a level argument similar to wizinvis, people at that level or higher can see you regarless of location. ~ 102 MEMORY~ Syntax: memory Memory reports the size of your mud. The 'Mobs' and 'Objs' lines report the number of types of mobiles and objects, not the number of instances currently in the game. The 'Strings' line shows memory used by area-file strings. These strings have a maximum limit, which is also shown. The 'Perms' line shows permanently allocated memory blocks. There is no limit on the number and size of these blocks. ~ 102 VNUM~ Syntax: vnum <name> vnum <obj or mob> <name> vnum skill <name> Vnum finds all objects and mobiles with a particular name, and prints out the results. Use vnum obj or vnum mob to limit the search. This vnum is very useful for loading. Vnum skill returns the skill number (for set) and the slot number (for making new zones) of a skill name. (see also load) ~ 102 STAT~ Syntax: stat <name> stat mob <name> stat obj <name> stat room <number> The stat command gives you detailed information on an object, mobile, or room within the game. Without a class argument, the command will return a object (if found), a mobile (if no object exists, but a mobile does), or a room (if a number is given). Stat room with no argument stats the room you are standing in. Stat can be used to find room vnums for goto. (see also goto, transfer) ~ 102 MWHERE~ Syntax: mwhere <name> Mwhere shows you the locations of all mobiles with a particular name. ~ 102 PEACE~ Syntax: peace Peace causes all characters in a room to stop fighting. It also strips the AGGRESSIVE bit from mobiles. ~ 102 POOFIN POOFOUT~ Syntax: poofin <message> Syntax: pooffout <message> The standard messages for goto are 'arrives in a swirling mist' and 'leaves in a swirling mist'. You can replace these messages with messages of your own choosing using the poofin and poofout commands. These messages must include your name somewhere in the string. Poofin and poofout only show to characters who can see you. (see also goto) ~ 102 PROTECT~ Syntax: protect <character> Protect is used to protect a character from unwanted snooping. Removing protected status from a character WILL be seen by that character. ~ 102 LOG SNOOP~ Syntax: log <character> log all snoop <character> Log <character> causes all of a character's commands to be logged into the server's log file. Like Freeze, it is a permanent character toggle. Logs may only be used by creators and implementors, and should be accompanied by mail to the implementors. Certain commands (Password) are protected against log. Conversely, certain commands (especially immortal commands) are always logged. Log all logs all character commands. It is a server-wide toggle; it does not persist across reboots. Please do not use this unless you tell the imps. Snoop shows you a copy of all the input and output going to a character. The character must have an open channel. You may snoop more than one character at a time. Try to respect privacy. Snoop yourself to cancel all outstanding snoops. ~ 102 SWITCH RETURN~ Syntax: switch <character> return Switch switches you into the body of another character (who must not already have a descriptor, e.g. you can't switch into a PC). You also cannot switch into link-dead PCs. Return returns you to your original body. ~ 102 IMMTALK :~ Syntax: immtalk <message> immtalk Immtalk sends a message to all immortals. : is a synonym for immtalk. Using this command with no argument turns off the immortal channel (or turns it back on). ~ 102 WIZNET~ Syntax: wiznet wiznet show wiznet status wiznet <field> Wiznet is sort of an immortal news service, to show important events to the wiznetted immoral. Wiznet by itself turns wiznet on and off, wiznet show lists all settable flags (they are not detailed here), wiznet status shows your current wiznet settings, and wiznet <field> toggles a field on and off. The events should be self-explanatory, if they are not, fiddle with them a while. More events are available at higher levels. ~ 102 WIZHELP~ Syntax: wizhelp Wizhelp provides a list of all the immortal commands. ~ 102 'CHANGE SEX'~ Syntax: cast 'change sex' <victim> This spell changes the sex of the victim (temporarily). ~ 102 CLONE~ Syntax: clone obj <object> clone mob <mobile> clone <name> The clone command duplicates an object or mobile. The level of item or mobile that may be cloned depends on your level. The target object or mob must be in the same room as you, or in your posession. Strung and set information is preserved by clone, as well as any spell effects and container contents or mobile inventory, except for items which are too high for you to clone. Strung extended descriptions on objects are not kept, however. ~ 0 $~ #$