Hi Kim, Not to confuse the situation further, but a mud client is actually something called a telnet client. It uses a special web protocol called telnet which is used for operating computer software remotely such as a mud although a telnet operator can access and run other software too. However, mud clients are designed for gaming in mind and often have extra features over your basic telnet program such as scripting, the ability to add sound effects, ability to save connection info for various muds, and so on.
As to your question yes. If you type a command into the client your client sends that command over the telnet connection to the game server, and the game acts upon that command if there is an action to be taken. If you typed the word "north" into VIPMud, for example, VIPMud would send that command to the game server, the mud would act upon that command, and then send a message back to VIPMud that would be spoken and displayed on screen. Does that make sense? As for editing long descriptions and such that is where scripts come in handy. You could write a script that performs that action for you freeing you up to do other things. There are a lot of ways to automate the process, but they require more advanced skills with your client of choice, and we need some specifics here. Cheers! On 9/2/13, Kim Friedman <kimfr...@verizon.net> wrote: > Hi Dark, I do understand that a Mud client involves something like a > browser and one should know how to connect to it. Here's a situation: 1. > I'm connected to the mud; 2. I write down a command so my character will > do something; 3. Does that command actually go to the Mud in actual game > play? There is this Mud I'd like to play called The Inquisition: Legacy > and I wish to write down a description for my character but as far as I > can see, it isn't sent to the Mud. Also I think I have what might be > called syntax problems. O I can write directions to travel, but actually > editing long stuff like descriptions and such or knowing how to get a > satisfactory result from a command is a hit-or-miss prospect. It's > rather like the Circumlocution Office in Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit, > where the hapless person finds him/herself going round in circles, ergo, > going nowhere for the foreseeable future. Regards, Kim Friedman. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
