It's been a long time since I've been on BYOND. Since I started programming again, text MUDs have become increasingly interesting to me. I looked through some of my old libraries and found almost everything I needed to get started with a MUD.
These libraries are the Ebonshadow.MUDbase libraries, which I plan on revamping and re-releasing under this name. I'm also going to be extending on this library suite with an XML based area system which is nearly complete and a few other libraries to help MUD creators get started.
The site is pretty barren right now. If you are interested in MUD development, feel free to join the guild and share your ideas!
I use an XML element called a 'popper' in conjunction with an element called a 'poptype'. The poptype specifies an atom type and variables to override, along with an id number. The popper pops that poptype in whatever location it is nested. The popper has a repop time, and will automatically repop every so many ticks. Poppers can be placed within poppers to add inventory to ATOMs. Works out pretty nice.
[edit]And about the telnet thing. No, I haven't. My understanding is that BYOND's telnet support is pretty buggy though. I've been doing all my testing in the Dream Seeker client so far. | |
If you've ever heard of Dragonball FE, it's a dragonball game, made on BYOND, but it's a text MUD.
I think it was someone named Trent who created it, but if I remember correctly, he managed to get past the "Press Enter to Continue" message. | |
Keeth wrote:
If you've ever heard of Dragonball FE, it's a dragonball game, made on BYOND, but it's a text MUD.Old I know. Yeah, his MUD is still up. Its called Dragonball Z: Reality Now.. | |
Oh, and have you managed to find a way around that irritating [Press Enter to Conitnue] message Telnet users run into with any DM MUD server?