If you understand a telnet's serminology, that's fine. I couldn't make heads or tails of the telnet descriptions on the Play Store because I'm not familiar with the Android-Linux command-line and I don't want to brick my notetaker which is easier for me to use than a traditional computer, Windows, Mac or Linux, with a qwerty-style keyboard. On Apr 10, 2022 8:58 PM, Travis Siegel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bah, any telnet client will do the job. It doesn't have the fancy audio > effects the clients sometimes have, but if your goal is to play > regardless of os, a simple telnet client is all you need. > > The other clients folks always discuss are simply glorified telnet > clients, ones that play sounds, have aliases, triggers, and various > other features to make playing the mud easier, but when it comes right > down to it, telnet is all that's needed. I've logged into many muds > with nothing but a telnet client, and had no issues playing the game. > > Of course, I'm a no frills kind of person, and to be honest, most of the > features of so-called mud clients just irritate me, though I do use > triggers and aliases regularly, though often times, there are ways to do > such things with the muds themselves, independent of the client, so even > there, plain telnet isn't a handicap. > > > On 4/10/2022 8:06 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > On Linux the tintin-alteraeon github package made by lilmike is the > accessible way to go. > > > On Sun, 10 Apr 2022, Heather Seaman wrote: > > Thanks for the info. What you've said doesn't surprize me. I'm still a > newbie to the gaming sceen and thought I'd toss the idea out there, > knowing it most likely wouldn't stick. I ce dream for a > while, whough. LOL!! > > On Apr 10, 2022 6:07 PM, john <[email protected]> wrote: > > From time to time I'll see someone trying to play the game on > Android, IOS, or OSX. While it is apparently "possible", most often > people seem to spend as much time struggling with > their client as they do actually playing the game. > > > Also, it's worth noting here that while several recent changes > have been mentioning the dclient, that software has never been, nor will > it ever be, accessible. The accessible package > is Mush-z, and that receives ongoing development. > > > While I know this isn't exactly the answer you were looking for, > it's also worth noting that MushClient, the software that Mush-z is > built on, will run acceptably on pretty much any > hardware made in the last 20 years. You do not need a modern > computer to play Alter Aeon. Just remember not to use your ancient > laptop or desktop for other things on the internet. > > > On 4/10/2022 14:55, Heather Seaman wrote: > > I really enjoy reading these updates and I would love to play the game. > However, I use an Android tablet with a physical keyboard, braille > display and speech output, in other words a screen > reader, and haven't found a MUD client that really seems to support > these very well, especially the prysical keyboard. Have you ever > considered making a version of the dclient available for > those using Android or IOS? Even if we couldn't get the ambient music > and sound effects, if we could write and read sext I THINK owe could > enjoy the game. > > Heather > > On Apr 10, 2022 1:07 AM, Alter Aeon <[email protected]> wrote: > Happy spring, everybody! Last month we held Alter Aeon?s annual > Spring Festival event. Our next event will be the Mayday event, which > will begin on Friday, April 29th and end on > Monday, May 2nd. This event will be like the previous two years? > events, with players experiencing a different style of quest as they > explore a crashed spaceship while piloting a > robot. It can be completed by players of any level, even brand > new ones. If you haven?t done it out yet, I would strongly suggest that > you try out this year?s Mayday event area! > > Here are some recent updates to the game: > * There is a new forged metal: wind steel, an iron-mithril alloy > that gives dexterity. > * There is also a new wickercraft item: cornucopia, which can cast > the ?fruitage? spell. > * The opals in the mines beneath Ubar have been divided into potch > opal, hyalite, black opal and white opal and added to the mining and > lapidary tables where appropriate. > * Some shopkeepers may now be able to cut gemstones from raw > materials... for a price. > * You can add gemstones to crafted jewelry as long as you know > lapidary. > * Wetlands terrain (mire, marsh, swamp) now has a dclient ambient > track. > * ?Landslide? now knocks over unbalanced opponents instead of > stunned ones. > * Called electric eels now have mild damage reflection and chance to > stun opponents, and the damage reflection for porcupines has been made > more aggressive. > * You can no longer doubly mutilate the remains of creatures with > ?flesh beast? and ?bone guardian?. > * You can now call animals while resting, as nature intended! > * Reagent lore information should now show up on ?shortid?. > * Adding an arrowhead adds +1 hitroll and adding fletching adds +1 > damroll to ammunition, even if nothing else transfers. > * The ground cleaner now targets food, ores, spell components and > herbs outside of clan areas. > Work continues on Primordial Chaos, an upcoming high-level procedurally > generated area. Primordial Chaos is a shadowy, malleable realm riddled > with pockets of raw material that mimics > other planes. Distinct populations of creatures will be found in the > different pockets depending on the terrain. Inhabitants will range from > corrupted elementals to demons and more. > There will also be distinct features within Chaos that will serve as > landmarks, and places to collect unique resources. > > Two other building projects will soon be coming to fruition. One is the > city of Port Crimsonia, a level 42-43 zone on the eastern shore of the > continent of Ramanek when finished. The > level 34 zones of Dreahul and Thuoduhr should also be available soon. > > For more information regarding Alter Aeon latest developments, please > refer to our April 2022 Youtube update here: https://youtu.be/Ue99PMXpCDw > > > > > > > >
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