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- SillyMUD Server Version 1.1b
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- Some notes:
- SillyMUD is far from perfect. It was designed mostly on an AT&T
- machine running sysVr3. There may be some problems on some systems,
- although we have spent time to try to circumvent any problems you
- may run into. Although Unix is fairly compatible, not all systems
- are the same. If the mud won't compile, we suggest you first read
- the makefile to make sure that all the options that you need set
- are set. If it still fails, consult your man pages on your system,
- things may be different on your system (no gcc? maybe your cc is
- k&r C only and you have acc?). If all else fails, you can always
- try to contact one of us on SillyMUD by connecting to our developement
- site (doldrums.cis.ufl.edu 4000 [128.227.224.35]) and contacting
- either Loki or DM. Either of us are usually able to help you port
- to your specific Unix setup.
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-
- Running the mud:
- If you plan to run the mud fulltime, it is VERY advisable to get
- permission from your system administrator, as most do not look
- highly on their students or employees running a mud and snagging
- up memory and system time. If you're taking up too much memory,
- there is the option to compile it with HASH to lower the memory
- requirements, but this raises your CPU usage. Once you get it up,
- the mud should be fairly stable and able to adjust itself to it's
- new home. If you plan to have alot of objects and mobiles on your
- mud, you may want to make sure that you have plenty of disk room
- for the mud to work with.
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- Configuring the mud:
- Right now, unlike an LP, SillyMUD is not exactly configurable for
- a custom setup without rewriting part of the mud. But do not
- despair, you can reconfigure how the world works, and how the
- mobiles interact with each other (see the docs for more information
- on this). You can use the built in script language to add some
- life to mobiles, and you can edit rooms online. Currently, there
- are two online world editors, one is edit, it is command-line
- driven. The other is redit, and it is menu driven, although it
- requires vt100 terminal emulation to be able to use it properly.
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- Who to mail if you still have problems:
- jdb@cis.ufl.edu
- dm@key880.rain.com
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