#HELPS
-1 ADVENTURE~
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In our efforts to give credit to everyone who deserves it, we almost
forgot to give credit to one of the "grandfathers" of computer adventure
games... David Platt, the author of the original "Adventure" (c)1979.
Also credit to Ken Wellsch for porting the original Fortran-77 version
to UNIX-C (over a period of about 3 years) (c)1984.
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0 ARCHITECT~
Skills:
survey
landscape and design
construction
bridges and exits
spacecraft
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0 ASSASSIN~
Skills:
backstab
vibro-blades
poison weapon
sneak
spacecraft
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1 BUILDING CONSTRUCTION LANDSCAPING SURVEYING BRIDGES BUILD~
New planets are created as they are found with the EXPLORE command.
In order to build on a planet you must:
A. Belong to the clan the controls the planet.
B. Be "empowered" by your clan to build.
C. Know the building skills/commands...
bridge ....... connects rooms on a planet (skill)
landscape .... used to alter the apearance of a planet (skill)
construct .... build new areas on a planet (skill)
survey ....... get information about a room (skill)
For people desiring to expand their planets heres the advice I offer. Since
you can't delete existing exists, I suggest that you start by building a
road from the colonization center to an new area. You do this by changing
the descriptions and sectors of the rooms with "landscape." To start
building your new area you use the "construct" comand wich starts a new
room in the direction you supply. Finish that room with "landscape." You
can also use "survey" at any time to get info about a room. Try to keep
your area well ballanced. Read the help file called "taxes" and check
"showplanet" often. Remember to build barracks and control towers.
Leaving your area unprotected could result in its capture by opposing
forces and the ultimate destruction of all your hard work.
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1 CLAN CLANS ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATIONS~
The following commands are used with clans or organizations:
organizations. shows a list of organizations.
donate ....... donates money to the organizations funds.
withdraw ..... withdraws money from the organizations funds.
appoint ...... allows leader to appoint another member to leadership status
empower ...... gives member special powers (ie. withdraw, induct, build)
induct ....... inducts a person into your organization.
outcast ...... kicks a person out of the organization.
resign ....... to quit an organization.
clanbuyship .. to purchas spacecraft and other vehicles for clan
capture ...... allows an organization to capture the government of a planet.
planets ...... shows a list of planets and who controls them.
showclan ..... shows details about the organization specified
showplanet ... shows details about specified planet
postguard .... posts a guard that will attack opposing forces (skill)
reinforcements calls mercinaries to help fight enemies (skill)
order ........ give mercinaries orders
addpatrol .... calls guards to patrol the area (skill)
propeganda ... raises support for your organization (skill)
war........... declare war (or a ceasfire) with another clan
setwages...... set hourly wages to pay to clan members
see also: HELP TAXES, HELP BUILD
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0 COLOUR COLOR COLOURS COLORS~
&w^xThe foreground special character is: &&
Tokens for && are:
&w&&x -&x Black &w &&r -&r Red (blood)
&w&&g -&g Green &w &&O -&O Orange (brown)
&w&&b -&b Dark Blue &w &&p -&p Purple
&w&&c -&c Cyan &w &&w -&w Gray (default color)
&w&&z -&z Dark Grey &w &&R -&R Light Red
&w&&G -&G Light Green &w &&Y -&Y Yellow
&w&&B -&B Blue &w &&P -&P Pink
&w&&C -&C Light Blue &w &&W -&W White
&wThe background special character is: ^^
Tokens for ^^ are:
^x ^^x(z) - ^xBlack ^x ^^r(R) - ^rRed
^x ^^g(G) - &x^gGreen&w ^x ^^O(Y) - &x^OOrange&w
^x ^^b(B) - ^bBlue ^x ^^p(P) - ^pPurple
^x ^^c(C) - &x^cCyan&w ^x ^^w(W) - &x^wGrey&w
^zThe tokens in brackets are the same colors, but cause the foreground color
to flash.
^x
Note: If setting both foreground and background colors. The foreground must
precede the background color.
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1 COMBAT KILLING FIGHTING~
blast......... fire a ranged weapon into another room
kill.......... attack a mobile or npc in the same room
flee.......... attempt to flee from combat
wimpy......... will automaticly flee from combat
rescue........ will attempt to lure attackers from an ally
aid........... assist an unconscious character
murder........ attack another player
kick.......... a foot attack
throw......... throw an object you are holding
ammo.......... reload your weapon
wield......... equip your character with a weapon
setblaster.... chages the power setting on your weapon
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1 COMMUNICATION SPEAK SPEAKING TALK TALKING~
channel....... lists or sets which channels you will hear.
beep.......... Used to get someones attention with a "beep" and a short
message.
gtell......... Used to communicate with members of a group.
social........ Lists available socials.
clantalk...... Used to communicate with other members of your clan.
say........... Say something to the people in the same room as you.
tell.......... Tell something to someone using your comlink.
pnet.......... Use you comlink to broadcast a message to the entire planet.
gnet.......... Use you comlink to broadcast a message to the entire galaxy.
ooc........... Used for "out of character" ie real life conversations.
yell.......... Yells to to the surrounding rooms.
newbie........ New players can ask questions about the game.
teach......... Teach someone a skill.
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-1 CREDITS~
SWR 2.0 is an extention of Smaug which was expanded from Merc
which was derived from the original Dikumud code.
SWR 2.0 copyright (c) 1997, 1998 was created by Sean Cooper
(specs@golden.net) based on a concept and ideas from the original
SWR 1.0 immortals: Himself, Mark Matt, Jp Coldarone,
Greg Baily, Kyle Hillman, Stefen Glenfelding, etc. as well as much
input from its builders and players.
DikuMud (c) program and concept by Sebastian Hammer
(quinn@freja.diku.dk), Michael Seifert (seifert@freja.diku.dk),
Hans Henrik (bombman@freja.diku.dk), Tom Madsen (noop@freja.diku.dk),
and Katja Nyboe(katz@freja.diku.dk).
Merc 2.1 (c) was created by Furey (mec@shell.portal.com), Hatchet
(hatchet@uclink.berkeley.edu), and Kahn
(michael@uclink.berkeley.edu).
Smaug (c) was created by Derek Snider with the help of Altrag,
Blodkai, Narn, Haus, Scryn, Rennard, Swordbearer, Gorog, Grishnakh
and Tricops.
see HELP DIKU, HELP SMAUG, HELP MERC, HELP TSR, HELP ADVENTURE, and
HELP STARWARS for more credits.
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-1 DIKU~
Realms of Despair was originally based on the Merc 2.1 code which was
based on the orignal DIKUMud code created by:
The Original DIKUMud Team:
Katja Nyboe [Superwoman] (katz@freja.diku.dk)
Tom Madsen [Stormbringer] (noop@freja.diku.dk)
Hans Henrik Staerfeldt [God] (bombman@freja.diku.dk)
Michael Seifert [Papi] (seifert@freja.diku.dk)
Sebastian Hammer [Quinn] (quinn@freja.diku.dk)
Additional contributions from:
Michael Curran - the player title collection and additional locations.
Bill Wisner - for being the first to successfully port the game,
uncovering several old bugs, uh, inconsistencies,
in the process.
And: Mads Haar and Stephan Dahl for additional locations.
The Original DIKUMud was Developed at the Department of Computer Science
at the University of Copenhagen.
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-1 GREETING~
Welcome To....
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PLANETS
The Quest For Galactic Domination
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SWR 2.0 by Sean Cooper - specs@golden.net
Original SMAUG 1.0 written by Thoric (Derek Snider) with help from
Altrag, Blodkai, Narn, Haus, Scryn, Swordbearer, Rennard, Tricops and Gorog.
Original MERC 2.1 code by Hatchet, Furey, and Kahn. Original DikuMUD code by:
Hans Staerfeldt, Katja Nyboe, Tom Madsen, Michael Seifert && Sebastian Hammer
Please enter your name:
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-1 IMOTD~
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1 INFO INFORMATION~
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0 MEDIC~
Skills
aid
dodge
first aid
rescue
spacecraft
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200 MEIC~
Skills:
spacecraft
aid
first aid
rescue
dodge
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-1 MERC FUREY KHAN HATCHET~
Originally based on the Merc 2.1 code which was created by Furey,
Hatchet, and Kahn.
This original code base is available as Merc_21.tar.gz via FTP from:
ftp.tcp.com, ftp.math.okstate.edu and game.org.
E-mail to 'merc-request@kpc.com' to join the merc mailing list.
Merc would like to thank ...
... Diku Mud for their code base.
... The Free Software Foundation and DJ Delorie for kick-ass tools.
... Copper Mud and Alfa Mud for releasing their code and worlds.
... Aod of Generic for ... well, everything. You're a hoopy frood, Aod.
... Alander for many ideas and contributions.
... John Brothers of Silly for permission to use Silly code and worlds.
... Zrin for administering the mailing list.
... Abaddon for proofreading our comm.c.
... Hind, Quin, Vic, Diavolo, Oleg, Trienne, and others for porting help.
... Diavolo, Grodyn, Morgenes, and others for code and bug fixes.
... Raff, Doctor, VampLestat, Nirrad, Tyrst, PinkF, Chris, Glop for worlds.
... the players and imps of Mud Dome, Final Mud, Mud Lite, Vego Mud, Rivers
of Mud, Ruhr Mud, and Mystic Realms for bug reports, ideas, new code,
and hours of enjoyment.
Share and enjoy.
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-1 MOBPROG MOBPROGRAMS OBJPROG ROOMPROG MUDPROG~
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The MOBprograms have been contributed by N'Atas-ha.
Haus hacked together room && obj programs 'cause
he got sick of failing to add lever bitvectors,
and cause he thought Carnage was a
Trancendentally Cool Mud.
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-1 MOTD~
&RBridge command is finished.
Landscape bank is now fixed.
Makearmor etc should work now.&W
&PSoldiers and ships will only attack clans you have declared war on.. use
the "war" command to set and unset.
&w
&CExplore has been added.. be good
&W
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1 MOVE MOVEMENT~
north, south, east, west... used to move characters from room to room
se, sw, ne, nw............. used to move characters from room to room
up, down................... used to move characters from room to room
leave, enter............... enter/exit spacecraft, vehicles or rooms
climb...................... used to move characters from room to room
exit....................... shows a list of possible room exits
sleep, wake................ sleeping assists healing but should only be
done in safe areas
sit, stand................. self explanitory
rest....................... safer but slower than sleeping
unlock, lock............... some doors and objects can be (un)locked
open, close................ used on spacecraft, vehicles, doors, bags
scan....................... use to look across several rooms
look....................... use look by itself to look around
can also be used to look at objects, charcters
follow..................... follow another character
use "follow self" to stop following
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1 NEWBIE~
If you are new to mudding this mud might be a liitle difficult to learn on
but I guarantee the experience will be rewarding.
The help files are pretty vague right now but offer a good starting place.
Typing "help" by itself will point you in the right direction.
If you have played any SWR muds before you will notice ALOT of changes in
this version of the code. A major change is how much emphasis is placed
on controling planets and having them almost entirely build by the clans
that control them. Another change you will notice is that spacecraft are
built on demand when you buy them. No more searching around for one for
sale. Just type in the mode you want built for you and voila.
Have fun.
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-1 NEWS~
Listing of recent news
News... what news :p
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-1 NMOTD~
Welcome.
There is a help file to help you get started. Type "help newbie" to view it.
You also need to read the "help rules" file for obvious reasons.
Have Fun :)
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1 OBJECTS OBJECT ITEM ITEMS~
ammo, battery..... replaces ammunition or a spent battery
activate.......... to use a held device
dig, bury......... some objects can be burried, can be used to find food or
burried resources.
search............ look for hidden objects
wear, remove...... wear or remove a piece of clothing or equipmanet
wield, hold....... wield or hold a weapon or object for use
inventory......... lists the items you are carrying
equipment......... lists the items you are wearing or using
get, put, drop.... transfering an object
give.............. give an object to another character
value............. see how much a shopkeeper will pay for an object
list.............. list the items a shop has for sale
buy, sell......... buy or sell an item at a shop
empty, fill....... empty or fill a container
eat............... eat something when your hungry
drink............. drink something to ease your thirst
examine........... look closely at an object
pick.............. attempt to pick a locked door or object (skill)
setblaster........ changes the power setting of your weapon
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1 OTHER MISC MISCELLANEOUS~
afk........... let others know your away from your keyboard
buyhome....... buy a home / storage locker
quit.......... save your character and leave the game
save.......... save information about your character
!............. repeat last command
pagelength.... set how many lines of text that will be sent at once .. only
works with some commands
ansi.......... turn color on and off
prompt........ change your prompt, use "prompt default" to reset it.
config........ change some user options
teach......... teach someone a skill
credits....... shows the games credits
forget........ forget a skill completely
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0 PILOT~
Skills:
spacecraft
ship maintenance
ship design
weaponsystems
space combat
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0 PIRATE~
Skills:
spacecraft
hijack
picklock
pickshiplock
weaponsystems
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1 RULES LAW PK SPAM POLICY PUNISHMENT RP BAN SITEBAN NAMES~
There are only a few rules and they are pretty straight forward.
1. Behind every character is a real life flesh and blood person. Treat each
of those people with respect and dignity as if you were speaking face to
face. Keep disputes between characters, between characters, not between the
players behind them.
2. This is a roleplaying mud although its not enforced. Please try to keep
your character's actions in-character. If you want to discuss things that
your character wouldn't know about such as the fact that you are playing a
game or "real life" stuff please use the "out of character" channel, OOC.
3. Spam is bad. Avoid spam. Do not be a spammer.
4. Have fun.
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103 SAVE~
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0 SENATOR~
Skills:
spacecraft
survey
postguard
reinforcements
propeganda
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-1 SMAUG THORIC~
. [S]imulated [M]edieval multi-[U]ser [A]dventure game
SMAUG is an ongoing project headed up by Derek Snider (Thoric), who has
taken on several assistants in expanding and improving the code.
Thoric Altrag Blodkai Narn Haus Scryn Swordbearer Rennard Tricops Gorog
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0 SOLDIER~
Skills:
spacecraft
blasters
enhanced damage
kick
second attack
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1 SPACE SHIP SHIPS PILOTING FLIGHT SPACECRAFT~
The following commands are used to control spacecraft in Star Wars Reality:
SHIPS Shows list of ships that are for sale or rent.
BOARD <shipname> Enters a ship.
LEAVESHIP Leaves a ship.
LAUNCH Launches a ship.
LAND <planet> <location> Lands at specified dock.
SPEED <newspeed> Accelerates to specified speed.
COURSE <x y z> Stears ship towards vector x y z.
STATUS Shows ships status.
INFO <ship> Gives info on a ship.
RADAR Scans the surrounding system.
HYPERSPACE Preforms hyperspce jump to system set with calculate.
CALCULATE <system> Calculates hyperspace jump to system.
BUYSHIP <model> Used to purchas a ship.
SELLSHIP Sells the ship to the local shipyard.
SHIELDS [ON|OFF|IDLE] Turns shields on or off (idle leaves shields on but
they do not recharge and eventually drain away).
RECHARGE Recharges shields faster.
OPENHATCH <ship> Opens ships hatch.
CLOSEHATCH <ship> Closes ships hatch.
TARGET <ship> Aims weapons or turret at specified target.
FIRE [missile|laser] Fires lasers or specified missile.
REPAIRSHIP [shipsystem] Preforms repairs to ships hull or specified system.
ADDPILOT <name> Allows a character to pilot your ship.
REMPILOT <name> Removes a character from your ships pilot list.
AUTOTRACK Automaticly adjusts you course to follow your target.
CLANBUYSHIP Buys a ship for your organization.
CHAFF Releases small scraps to stop incoming missiles.
AUTOPILOT Toggles the ships autopilot.
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0 SPY~
Skills:
spacecraft
sneak
peek
pick lock
hide
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1 STARWARS "STAR WARS"~
A brief thank-you...
The author of SWR would like to give special thanks to George Lucas,
creator of the Star Wars films. His work captured my imagination as
a child and has continued to inspire me as an adult.
And a disclaimer....
Although parts of this code have been inspired by Star Wars, it is not
in any official or unofficial way connected to George Lucas, Star Wars,
Lucasfilm Ltd. or any other related corperations or persons.
Star Wars is a trademark (TM) of Lucasfilm Ltd.
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1 STORY THEME BACKGROUND HISTORY QUEST GAMEPLAY "THE QUEST FOR GALACTIC DOMINATION"~
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Anyone feel like filling this in :p
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-1 SUMMARY~
The following help topics are available to get you started:
NEWBIE Read this one first.
RULES Also a good read.
STORY Explains the theme of the game.
MOVEMENT Help on moving around the mud.
COMMUNICATION Help on communicating with other characters.
INFORMATION Help on getting information about the mud and your character.
OBJECTS Help using and manipulating objects.
SPACECRAFT Help on flying spacecraft.
ORGANIZATIONS Help on politics, power and group objectives
COMBAT Basic self defense commands.
TERMINALS Help on messages and mail terminals.
OTHER Help on other important commands.
TAXES Help on how planetary revenue is created.
BUILDING Help on building and editing planets.
Type HELP <topic> to view them. (ie HELP NEWBIE)
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0 TAILOR~
Skills:
spacecraft
makecontainer
makejewelery
makearmor
quicktalk
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1 TAXES REVENUE INCOME POPULATION "POP SUPPORT" CITY CITIES FARMLAND WILDERNESS~
Orgizations receive revenue from the planets they control. This revenue is
based on a monthly rate and is paid in hourly installments. The revenue is
generated from a combination of taxes and resource production with
maintenance costs subtracted. The following things affect the total
revenue:
Population...... The higher a planets population the more taxes you receive.
A higher population also increases the amount of resources
that can be produced.
Citysize........ Population increases with the size of a city.
Farmland........ Population is limited based on your food supply. Although
food is collected from the wildness, farmland provides a
much greater amount.
Wilderness ..... Areas covered by a planets natural habitat provide a
planets total resource base.
Popular support. The support of the people towards the planets government
can drasticly increase or decrease a planets maximum
popultaion and thus affect its revenue.
Military........ The cost of supporting a planets military is subtracted.
Automated Ships. The cost of maintaining defensive fleet is subtracted.
Barracks........ The number of barracks on a planet increases the size of a
planets army.
Control Towers.. The number of control towers a planet has affects the
size of its defensive fleet.
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1 TERMINALS TERMINAL BOARDS NOTES MAIL~
note write...... Begin composing a message
note post....... Upload your message to the terminal
note read....... Read a message on the terminal
note list....... List all messages posted on the terminal
note to......... Address a message
note subject.... Sets a messages subject
note remove..... Deletes a message from the terminal
note show....... Look at a message in progress
note take....... Downloads a message onto a portable data disk
mail............ Mail commands are the same as note commands but used
at mail terminals. ie. "mail write", "mail list", etc.
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0 THIEF~
Skills:
spacecraft
steal
pick lock
peek
hide
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-1 TSR D&&D AD&&D~
. Dungeons && Dragons (tm) and TSR Hobbies Inc.
Here we'd like to duplicate the original credits from the Basic Rules,
Dungeons && Dragons (tm), (c) 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983 TSR Hobbies Inc.
Acknowledgements:
The following individuals have made this work possible through its years of
evolution: Dave Arneson, Brian Blume, Dave Cook, Anne C. Gray, Ernie Gygax,
E. Gary Gygax, Allen Hammack, Kevin Hendryx, John Eric Holmes, Harrold
Johnston, Tim Kask, Jeff Key, Rob Kuntz, Alan Lucien, Steve Marsh, Tom
Moldvay, Mike Mornard, Jon Pickens, Brian Pitzer, Michael Price, Patrick L.
Price, Paul Reiche, Evan Robinson, Gordon Schick, Lawrence Schick, Don Snow,
Edward G. Sollers, Garry Spiegle, Stephen D. Sullivan, Ralph Wagner, Jim
Ward, Jean Wells, Bill Wilkerson, Donald Paterson, and Frank Mentzer.
DIKUMud's concepts were directly based on TSR's D&&D concepts.
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0 WEAPONSMITH~
Skills:
spacecraft
makeblaster
makeblade
makeshield
quicktalk
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-1 _DIEMSG_~
...Everything begins to fade to black
...and then
...nothing.
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0 $~
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