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Nick Gammon Australia (18,797 posts)

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Wed 16 Jan 2002 10:42 PM (UTC) [ quote ]

Amended on Mon 21 Jan 2002 04:09 AM (UTC) by Kalahn

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Dawn of Time is a MUD server written by Michael Garratt (AKA Kalahn), which originally was based on the ROM codebase.

Thus it has a similar "look and feel" to the Diku/ROM style of MUD.

DoT has, as standard ...

Compiles and runs under Unix (Linux, OpenBSD) and Windows (Cygwin and Microsoft Visual C++)
MXP (MUD Extension Protocol) support
MSP (MUD Sound Protocol) support
MCCP (MUD Compression Protocol) support
Colour
OLC (online construction), including:
- Race editor
- Class editor
- Spells editor
- Skills editor
- Brew editor
- Mix editor
- Social editor
- Group editor
- Help editor
- Pose editor
- Room editor
- Area editor
- Mob editor
- Object editor
MOB programs, including:
- Token passing - mobs can 'remember' you
- Queued messages - so things happen after a few seconds
Extensive online customisation
Extensive helps
Reads ROM areas
Extensive admin commands and information
Extensive "wiznet" information services that lets you know of ongoing events (such as players connecting)
Source code supplied (C++)
"Hot reboot" feature lets you update the server without players having to disconnect
Lots of features in general. Compare the size of the source files (.c, .cpp and .h) for the various servers:
- ROM: 46,434 lines
- SMAUG: 134,650 lines
- DoT: 182,342 lines
Integrated web server - lets players check who is on in their web browser, before connecting, and other things, like viewing help files.
MUDftp support - lets you edit room descriptions etc. in your favourite text editor
Automapper - shows an text-based map of the current room and surrounding rooms.

For examples, see other posts in this section.

- Nick Gammon

www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com

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