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<p id="headertext">The Dead Souls Mud Library version 2</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">The Frontiers LPC Preservation
Foundation is proud to present the release of Dead Souls 2 after a long
period of development.<br>
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<p style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><a
href="http://dead-souls.net/ds2.1.html">Dead Souls 2.1 release
announcement</a></p>
<p>This distribution is optimized for the latest version of MudOS, and
the lib has been thoroughly updated. Extensive documentation has been
added for players and for creators, and a Quick
Creation System
makes world creation an absolute breeze. The download package also
includes a version that will run on Microsoft Windows.<br>
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<h1>What is Dead Souls?</h1>
<p>The Dead
Dead Souls MUD Library is a multi-user text based adventure
creation system. It allows the user to build their own adventure game
which can be played over the internet simultaneously by many people. It
is designed for both experienced and beginner MUD admins.</p>
<h1>Why use Dead Souls?</h1>
<p>If you love another mudlib, then go ahead and keep using it. We're
not here to persuade anyone to stop doing what they prefer. Dead Souls
is targeted at three main audiences:</p>
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<li>People who are new to creating and running a MUD, and need a
mudlib that is well-coded, well-featured, well-documented, and works
great right out of the box.
Dead Souls comes configured with a working combat system, races (with
limbs and detailed body stats), classes, magic system, emotes, postures
(even flying), built-in ftp and web servers, menu-driven MUD
administration tool, intermud network channels, QCS, a sample town
loaded with examples of objects and quests, banking, economics,
variable description based on time-of-day, and much, much more.</li>
<li>People who liked the old Nightmare code base and want to get
their hands on a lib with the old Nightmare magic that actually works.</li>
<li>Folks who tried their hand at older, unsupported mudlibs but are
looking for something more modern and currently maintained.</li>
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<h2>Download Links:</h2>
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<li>Download Codebase: [<a
href="http://dead-souls.net/code/dead_souls.zip">2.1</a>] <br>
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<li><a href="http://dead-souls.net/hotfix.html">Hotfixes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dead-souls.net/downloads.html">Third Party
Applications</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dead-souls.net/code/">Patches and old code</a><br>
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<h2>Frequently Asked Questions and Docs</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://dead-souls.net/ds-inst-faq.html">Installation
Guide (for UNIX and
for Windows)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dead-souls.net/ds-admin-faq.html">Admin FAQ</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dead-souls.net/ds-creator-faq.html">Creator
FAQ</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dead-souls.net/debugging.html">Debugging FAQ</a></li>
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<h2>Non-Technical Information</h2>
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<li><a href="http://dead-souls.net/news.html">Latest News</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dead-souls.net/RELEASE_NOTES">Latest info
on alpha version</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dead-souls.net/plan.txt">Developer Plan File</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dead-souls.net/articles.html">Articles and
Opinions</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dead-souls.net/ds-faq.html">General FAQ</a><br>
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<h2>Additional Technical Docs</h2>
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<li><a href="http://dead-souls.net/verbs.html">Verb Tutorial</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dead-souls.net/editor.html">Editor Tutorial</a></li>
<li><a href="http://dead-souls.net/example.html">The Quick
Creation System (aka OLC, aka QCS)<br>
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<li><a href="http://dead-souls.net/router.html">Intermud 3
router</a></li>
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<p class="centered_txt"><span style="font-weight: bold;">New!</span>
See the <a href="http://lpmuds.net">LPMud information page</a><br>
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