On Fri, 11 Oct 2002, kkimo Vou wrote: > > Circle Mud ( latest bpl ) > > Races > > Oasis > > Dg scripts > > EZ Color > > Build Walk > > ASCII pfiles If you'll settle for the latest 21 cvs, you can get most of that in an easily patchable form at ftp://ftp.yuggoth.org/pub/games/src/circlemud-cvs/ . . . no buildwalk, but that's about a 15 minute archive search and 20 of modifying the patch from the ftp site to reflect changes. Color is literally about a 15 minute patch. (Making the actualy color code changes in your code takes a while, of course.) > it's better to figure the coding part out yourself and get to where you > can install patches on your own. [. . .] but you really can't operate a > mud if you can't figure out even the simplest portion of the code. I started out with very little knowledge (I'd coded a bit on some ROM source and derivatives a number of years back before giving up) back in June. At this point I've got a fairly decent build of circle which incorporates things I thought I'd never be able to figure out. I managed to get my skill level up to the point it's at now by reding the snippets. Trying to understand what they do, at the very least in a gross sense. If you don't manage to put the easy pieces in, you'll never manage to run a successful mud. Handpatching is your friend, and so is time. I went through about 5 codebases (circle), discarding them as I decided to restart, or I ran into something incredibly nasty, and by saving my notes, modified snippets, and such, each time I was able to get further along, and understand more. I'm still a terrible coder. But at least I'm a terrible coder who has seen a few things before, and doesn't need help every day anymore. :) (Just every 3 days, haha.) -Mathew -- +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | FAQ: http://qsilver.queensu.ca/~fletchra/Circle/list-faq.html | | Archives: http://post.queensu.ca/listserv/wwwarch/circle.html | | Newbie List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/circle-newbies/ | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
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