00:00:00.00 I'm going to demonstrate how to connect to a MUD game 00:00:03.23 ... a Multiple-User Dungeon (MUD) using MUSHclient. 00:00:07.83 First thing we'll do is just go to the Connection menu 00:00:10.10 and choose "Quick Connect". 00:00:12.30 Type in name of the world (MUD) we want to connect to ... 00:00:15.13 it can be anything, it doesn't matter what you type 00:00:17.33 but it will help you in future to remember what you are doing. 00:00:21.20 So, I'll type in, say, "Aardwolf". 00:00:24.40 And then the TCP/IP address of the MUD: aardmud.org 00:00:32.86 and then you need to type in the "port number" ... 00:00:36.00 quite often the port number is 4000, but if not, you'll need to check 00:00:39.86 from the MUD listing that you've looked up the name of the MUD you want to play. 00:00:45.43 Once you've typed in those three entries just click OK ... 00:00:48.03 and it will attempt to connect. 00:00:50.20 I might just make the window a bit bigger. 00:00:52.90 I want to make a new character here ... 00:00:54.23 so I'll just choose Edit menu -> "Generate Character Name" 00:00:57.56 Find a name that I like the look of ... 00:01:01.23 Yardocred - OK, we'll copy that... 00:01:05.06 Close that and paste that in here. 00:01:07.13 That's going to be my name! 00:01:10.43 He's not known here. Create a new character? Yes. 00:01:16.26 Now it's asking for his password. 00:01:18.53 But I'm going to have trouble remembering the name, let alone the password ... 00:01:22.10 so I'll press Alt + Enter or go to Game menu -> Configure -> Connecting 00:01:29.53 and in there I'll save my character name by pasting in "Yardocred" 00:01:36.23 which is my avatar name. 00:01:39.63 I'll just close that for now - and I want to generate a password. 00:01:42.66 So I'll choose Generate Unique ID - that's just a random number 00:01:48.46 I'll copy that and paste that in. 00:01:51.80 He wants me to confirm it - I'll paste it in a second time. 00:01:56.93 Now before I forget that password - and I'm extremely likely to ... 00:02:00.46 I'll also paste it into the Password field here and 00:02:03.33 and change Connect type to "Diku-style" so next time I connect 00:02:08.30 it will automatically fill in the name and the password. 00:02:12.60 Do I want ANSI Color? Yes I do. So I'll say "Yes" (type "y"). 00:02:16.63 I think I'll go for bright colors. 00:02:20.83 I think I'll make a warrior. 00:02:25.33 I think I might make a barbarian. 00:02:32.83 And I might - I don't know - I might make a Troll. Copy that and paste. 00:02:41.80 Just say I'm male (to be truthful). 00:02:45.96 Keep these? Yes. 00:02:49.23 Ah, I'll say "little or no experience" (type "1"). 00:02:55.70 And it says I've completed my character creation. 00:03:00.10 Now before I forget, I'll save my file under the "worlds" directory as Aardwolf. 00:03:12.23 So that it will remember my name and password ... and other settings. 00:03:18.80 Well, that's basically it - now I can start playing. 00:03:25.16 So I can type in "look" to look around, and it says here: 00:03:30.73 Type "north" to begin your journey ... 00:03:33.20 So I'll type "north" ... 00:03:36.83 And there is a recruiter who is welcoming me, and he is asking me 00:03:45.23 to enlist in the Academy. 00:03:49.46 Ah well, that looks like fun, so I'll type in "enlist" 00:03:56.63 and now it's giving me more things to do. 00:03:59.73 Well, we can just explore the world and see what there is to do. 00:04:04.73 So, I'll just save that for now (Ctrl+S) for the time being, I'll quit. 00:04:12.80 And close the world window. 00:04:16.56 Next time I want to play I can just go to the File menu, find Aardwolf ... 00:04:20.90 and I am reconnected - it has automatically typed in the name and password. 00:04:26.86 I can look around again and I am still at the Academy Recruiter ... 00:04:32.50 ready to do some, ah, slashing and fighting. 00:04:40.10 So, that's the tutorial. How to connect to a MUD game and start doing things. 00:04:45.00 Thank you for watching.