Volume II, Issue IV*The fresh dirt on the MUD* March 6, 1999
| Introduction | Long promised, Guild Master elections are right around the corner. The ballot boxes will be located in the 'members only' area of each guild and class hall. The elections will run for a month or so. Each character may vote once for every class or guild he is a member of. A dual classed character can therefore vote in two elections, but may not hold office. The Guild Master must be a single classed player. The elected GM will get an office of their own, and will be able to set policy and petition for new code for his/her guild. Be warned, this is not a secret ballot election. All votes are logged and ballot box stuffing or other miscreant like behaviour will be punished.
Hey! You vampire clan sovereigns! If you havent done so, email your hall descriptions to darktoast69@hotmail.com. This means you Ryna. No descripts, no hall. |
| Your Requests | The influx of newbies inspired by the nice review at www.mudconnect.com has highlit a few areas that needed improvement. These areas mainly involved navigating around the mud. In response to the needs of these newbies, a few changes and additions have been made. If you read this, then be sure to tell any newbies you see about these commands. The commands are as follows: The Square command, which transports the newbie to the center of town, now works from level 1 to level 5. The Church command will transport the dead or injured newbie directly to the healer Severinus. This command also works from levels 1 through 5. The Newbie command will transport the newbie back to the Escher Memorial Newbie area. This is good for lost little newbies, and again it works from levels 1 through 5.
Colors! Some ansi color has been added to the mage spells. Clerics are soon to follow. |
| Mudlib Changes | Shwaine has made it so that all skills and stats are easily and temporarily changed. This will enable us to create items like a Girdle of Giant Strength that would raise your strength while it is worn, or Gloves of Necromancy that would increase your necromancy sphere. Look for this to be used first in some Fighter skills, then in other items. The vampire Clan Midnight now has a clan hall of their own. This richly detailed area was designed by, and is home to, Midnight. Fighters now get use of the Judge command without the need for the Jewel of Judgement. This reflects their knowledge of arms and armour. Original code by Cin. Read the help file.
The Consider command is now available to all players without the need for the Crystal Lens. Original code by Xanax. Read the help file. |
| Behind the Scenes | The development server has been having some problems lately. The tech on site at MCMX doesnt know anything about Linux. Rather than struggle to get in touch with the tech, then struggle some more trying to get the box online, I had him send me the hard drive from the development server. I have an ISP in my local area that would be happy to host a server for me. This means within a week or so the development server will be back up, with a new IP address. |