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 COMBAT.DOC - Out of date COMM.DOC - The game-to-player communications system, most important the act() procedure.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 Out of date LEVELS.DOC - Out of date LICENSE.DOC - The conditions under which this game is distributed.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 NEWSTRUCT.DOC - Out of date RUNNING.DOC - Directions for running the game. SHOPS.DOC - Brief doc on how to build shop files in lib/ SKILLS.DOC - Out of date SPELL_INFO.DOC - Doc on spells, especially how damage is calculated SPELLS.DOC - Out of date TIME.DOC - How time is in DikuMud compared to real world.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.