Building guide
This article is meant to serve as a summary of the commands and resources builders have available to them. Relevant help files will be mentioned as well, in case a player wants more information. There will be little or no references to programming. There will be no discussion about specific player creations. There will also be no discussion about features that are not part of the default player's feature set.
Contents
- 1 Your First Room: Welcome to ChatMud
- 2 Creating and destroying Things
- 2.1 Your Next Room: The @dig and @del Commands
- 2.2 A door into your Room: the @door and @undoor Commands
- 2.3 Details to attend to: the @add-detail and @delete-detail commands
- 2.4 Objects to mess with: The @create Command
- 2.5 Memory Joggers: The @remember and @forget Commands
- 2.6 Getting Rid of things: The @recycle Command
- 3 All about Areas
- 4 Traveling Around and Conversing
- 4.1 The Living Room: The gather Command
- 4.2 Talking to those in Earshot: The say Command
- 4.3 Talking in public: Using Channels
- 4.4 Talking to someone in private: The tell and reply Commands
- 4.5 Visiting other players: The @join Command
- 4.6 Getting a Guided Tour: the follow Command
- 4.7 Rest and Relaxation: The home Command
- 5 Getting Information
- 5.1 About another player: The whois and profile Commands
- 5.2 Who's around: The who, @who, @users, and @at commands
- 5.3 Who's listening on a channel: The channel who Command
- 5.4 More than its call letters: The Channel Stat command
- 5.5 About the Server: The uptime and @version Commands
- 5.6 Other informational commands
Your First Room: Welcome to ChatMud
You start in this room. The room comes predescribed with a summary of important useful commands. Feel free to look at them. If you have already changed the room description, use
help introduction
to review the commands. This section will show you how to personalize this room, and how to customize other objects you create in the future.
Me is here: Pronouns to know
Many of these commands are in the form of "verb object to object". For example, "@rename object to newname" will rename "object" to "newname". For objects you are holding, you can use a word from the object's name. There are some objects that you will want to manipulate that you cannot hold, and they can often be accessed via special words. The most common ones are below. Examples of when they are commonly used are used throughout the guide.
- Me: the player typing the command
- here: the room the player is in
- area: the area containing the room with the player
Changing Names: The @rename Command
Command: @rename object to newname
This changes the name of something. Most frequently you will use it to change the name of the room you are in; use the command @rename here to newname to do this. You can also change the name of objects you hold. You cannot change your own name unless you ask an administrator.
Looking at things: The Look Command
Command: l object
This allows you to read the description of objects, rooms, and other players. For example, typing "l here" will look at the room. Typing "l me" will look at yourself. If you haven't set a description, your default description hints that you should type "@describe me as" to do it.
Describing things: The @describe Command
Setting Messages on things: The @messages Command
Creating and destroying Things
Your Next Room: The @dig and @del Commands
A door into your Room: the @door and @undoor Commands
Details to attend to: the @add-detail and @delete-detail commands
Objects to mess with: The @create Command
Memory Joggers: The @remember and @forget Commands
Getting Rid of things: The @recycle Command
All about Areas
Features exclusive to Areas
Setting up an Area: the @Make-Area Command
Setting Area Visitors: The @area-visitors Command
Opening and Closing Areas: The @toggle-area Command
Deleting an area: The @del-area Command
Traveling Around and Conversing
The Living Room: The gather Command
Talking to those in Earshot: The say Command
Talking in public: Using Channels
Talking to someone in private: The tell and reply Commands
Visiting other players: The @join Command
Getting a Guided Tour: the follow Command
Rest and Relaxation: The home Command
Getting Information
About another player: The whois and profile Commands
Who's around: The who, @who, @users, and @at commands
Who's listening on a channel: The channel who Command
More than its call letters: The Channel Stat command
About the Server: The uptime and @version Commands
Other informational commands
- @quota: You are limited to making 1000 objects, which includes rooms, exits and anything you make with the @create command. This command will tell you how many more objects you can make.
- @audit <playername>: This allows you to see what objects you or another player owns.
