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<LI><em>From</em>: "Jon A. Lambert" <<A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A>></LI>
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> From: Adam Wiggins <nightfall#inficad,com>
> Subject: [MUD-Dev] RP=MUSH/PG=MUD
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> > years of roleplaying doesn't, either. I don't know the architectural
> > difference between TurdMUD and CrapMUD, so I must be totally clueless. I
> > wonder where people get off accusing *me* of bigotry.
>
> Ah, I see your confusion now. Let me clarify for you.
> No one actually cares about any existing mud servers, except for
> passing references - 'Tiny does this, but not very well' or 'LP does
> this, but I don't have any desire to take it that far'. Most everyone
> here is either writing their own codebase from scratch, or interested
> in completely new kinds of muds. Therefore, of what use to us is
> prattling on about why thus-and-such codebase sucks, and why thus-and-such
> codebase rules?
>
I think it would be foolish not to recognize feature's that are implemented
WELL in existing servers. I myself have looked at Diku/Merc/Rom, LambdaMOO,
Cool, LPMud/DGD/MudOS, PennMush and Cold servers and have made a point to log
into running games of each of these server types. Perhaps this is just a
strange quirk of mine, but I think it was a good exercise for myself to
understand what's out there and how it's done before embarking on my own
server.
In any event, I have a keen interest in builder interfaces which the
original post referred to. Here are some methods that I have encountered:
1) Building is done using a configuration file that is edited using a
standard text editor in an off-line environment.
2) Same as #1 except it is done online via a command interface.
3) Building is done through execution of mud language functions online.
4) Same as #3 except a builder's command interface is implemented with
the mud language online.
5) Same as #1 except it is done with an off-line GUI editor that validates
user input.
What I am implementing for my server is:
6) Building is done online via a GUI interface that validates input,
offers drag and drop inheritance, association and aggregation of existing
object classes, and generates correct mud language code.
Sort of a MudCase tool. My original effort in this area was using
VBScript with ActiveX controls. I am translating this into Java using
the AWT API.
I think good user interfaces are very important. I am working on GUI
interfaces for players, builders and administration. This is still a
text mud server wrapped in a GUI and not a graphics mud in the sense
of something like Diablo or Quake.
JL
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01392" HREF="msg01392.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] RP=MUSH/PG=MUD</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Sat 21 Jun 1997, 06:59 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01413" HREF="msg01413.html">[MUD-Dev] RP=MUSH/PG=MUD</A></strong>,
Brandon Cline <a href="mailto:brandon#merlin,sedona.net">brandon#merlin,sedona.net</a>, Sun 22 Jun 1997, 06:55 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01505" HREF="msg01505.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] RP=MUSH/PG=MUD</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01529" HREF="msg01529.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] RP=MUSH/PG=MUD</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01403" HREF="msg01403.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] RP=MUSH/PG=MUD</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sat 21 Jun 1997, 16:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01416" HREF="msg01416.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] RP=MUSH/PG=MUD</A></strong>,
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