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| Posted by
| Jyniver
Sweden (5 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Mon 24 Mar 2003 04:03 PM (UTC) |
| Message
| I've been thinking of something :)
whats the diffrences between SMAUG and ROM? | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,158 posts) Bio
Forum Administrator |
| Date
| Reply #1 on Tue 25 Mar 2003 05:47 AM (UTC) |
| Message
| They are both derived from Diku, or Merc even. :)
SMAUG has built-in some things that are not in ROM, or are available as extras, like the colour code, online building, mob progs, and so on. |
- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Jyniver
Sweden (5 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Reply #2 on Tue 25 Mar 2003 09:48 AM (UTC) |
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| so SMAUG is better if you are new to this mudmaking
am i right? | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Meerclar
USA (733 posts) Bio
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| Date
| Reply #3 on Tue 25 Mar 2003 08:54 PM (UTC) |
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| | Depends, I know a lot of coders that avoid SMAUG like the plague.... actually, they'd prefer the plague. For players SMAUG tends to be a better startup codebase since there are so many "built in" features but I personally dislike it for just that reason as a coder. The code distribution is also seriously different in the two codebases which is another reason most coders hate SMAUG if they're very familiar with ROM at all. What you need to decide is how suitable your talents are to potentially finding and implementing whatever code changes you want to the codebase you decide to work with, but there really isn't a "best" codebase, just personal preferences. |
Meerclar - Lord of Cats
Coder, Builder, and Tormenter of Mortals
Stormbringer: Rebirth
storm-bringer.org:4500
www.storm-bringer.org | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Nick Gammon
Australia (23,158 posts) Bio
Forum Administrator |
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| Reply #4 on Tue 25 Mar 2003 09:08 PM (UTC) |
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| If you have no great reason to use ROM (eg. you have used it previously and love it), then another codebase you could get started with is Dawn Of Time. There are lengthy discussions on the forum here about it, including its features. It is highly configurable, and may suit you better.
It is still based ont he original Diku code, so it has the same general look-and-feel as ROM. |
- Nick Gammon
www.gammon.com.au, www.mushclient.com | | Top |
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