MUD Documentation

This Page contains Documentation on various types of things ranging from how to add more races to what beta really means. If you can't find what your looking for here than check the links page. -Darkoth.

Change Area File Vnums [.txt] [ANY]

This perl snip written by the greatest ROM snippet man Erwin, allows you to change the first 2 digits of every number in an area file. For example if you wanted to change 1200 - 1299 to 1400-1499 all you would do is run this little perl script :)
Written By Erwin S. Andreasen

ROM Help!!! [.txt] [Rom 2.4]

Includes instructions for adding races, clans, skills/spells, understanding gsn's and MORE!! I highly suggest you read this one!
Written By Gary McNickle

HowTo Add New Races [.txt] [Rom 2.4]

Shows you exactly how to add new races to your MUD.
Written By Ferric & Kracus

HowTo Add New Classes [.txt] [Rom 2.4]

Shows you exactly how to add new classes to your MUD.
Written By Kracus

Bug List [.txt] [ROM 2.3]

If your using Rom 2.3 Then check this list.
Written By Unknown

Rom 2.4 Bug Fixes [.txt] [Rom 2.4]

I'm keeping a list of all ROM bugs in this FILE. I'll put a "new" icon next to this whenever I update it.
Written By all the people of the ROM list :).

OLC Bug Fixes [.txt] [Rom 2.4]

Fix the bugs in OLC with this file.
Written By all the people of the ROM list :).

Smaug Bug Fixes [.txt] [SMAUG]

Fix all the bugs in SMAUG.
Written By people who tell me bugs :)

What is a declaration?? [.txt] [ANY]

Learn what a declaration is. Very usefull.
Written By Phoenix

What does Beta really mean? [.txt] [ANY]

This small text file tells you what alpha, beta and testing code terms really mean.
Written By Sauron

The Fun FAQ [.txt] [Rom 2.4]

This was written out of fun to answer "flames" on the ROM mailing list. I got a good chuckle out of it and decided to put it up on my site :).
Written By Dennis Reichel

Newbie Fact Sheet [.txt] [Rom 2.4]

This simple fact sheet introduces newbies to the world of mudding in ROM. Not the prettiest format, but thats ok.
Written By Kracus

RCS Documentation [.txt] [ANY]

This document tells you all about RCS. Its a handy tool that can help you track all changes you have made to your MUD. Its an excellent thing to read if more than 1 person codes your MUD.
Written By Erwin S. Andreasen

Syn Flooding [.txt] [ANY]

Find out what SYN flooding is. Pretty usefull.
Written By Dagamier

Add More Extra Flags to Objs [.txt] [Rom 2.4]

This code tells you how to add more extra flags to your objects.
Written By Stu

Add more ACT flags [.c] [Rom 2.4]

This code is overdue. This allows you to add ACT2 Flags to your MUD :). Very nice stuff.
Written By Whiplash

Add more Affect flags [.c] [Rom 2.4]

This code is overdue too! This one allows you to add more AFF flags to your MUD :).
Written By Lordrom

Add more Wear Flags [.c] [Rom 2.4]

This code lets you add more wear flags. The example is for wear_tail.
Written By Sauron

IRC Logins to your MUD [.txt] [ANY]

This text file tells you how to add IRC logins to your MUD.
Written By Ghostwheel

Exclude Races [.txt] [Rom 2.4]

This shows you how to exclude certain races from the creation process.
Written By Tchaerlach

Directional Idea [.txt] [Merc]

An idea on adding more of a "feel" of directions to your MUD. Check it out. It explains it better than I can.
Written By Artur Biesiadowski

Lycanthropy Idea [.txt] [Merc]

Thinking about adding Werewolves and beasts of the night? Check this out for some cool pointers and ideas.
Written By Vassago

Idea for a Event System [.txt] [ANY]

This has some code and ideas for an events system on your MUD.
Written By Oliver Jowett