If there's a way to play simutronics games with VipMud, I'll
subscrie. Those things are so much fun.
On Oct 19, 2009, at 5:48 AM, Chad Fenton wrote:
I was able to do this a few months ago. Admittedly I haven't tested
it recently, so things may have changed between now and then. I'm
curious to try it again myself now. Perhaps VIP Mud will have
Simutronics support in their next version, but this method has been
available since the late 90s. Maybe Simutronics made it unavailable,
but there should be a file containing the information. Maybe it's a
file with the .sal extension. I'll look into it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Hartley" <jeremyhart...@comcast.net
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To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 1:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] playing Simutronics games via telnet
Hello.
I will now post my findings regarding this method of connecting to
simutronics games, just after trying to connect using a new
character.
I have seen an article similar to the post below, in an issue of
audyssey magazine from a while back. In fact, what prompted me to
write my messages a few months ago to this list regarding playing
simutronics games with a mud client was that, following those
instructions given below, there did not appear to be a file called
gse.~xt in the root directory or any directory for that matter. I
then ran a windows search on all files and folders on the hard
drive, and no files of any kind were listed with the ~xt extention.
After reading chad's message, I decided to try it all again.
So, I just recreated an account, created a character from the
website, selected the wizard front end, downloaded the game
launcher and connected via the wizard front end, and quit to log
out. Then, went to the downloads section of the play.net site,
downloaded the Simutronics desktop game entry, installed it, ran
it, selected my character and the wizard front end, logged in,
quit, and then looked for the sge.~xt file in the root directory of
the hard drive. And, like I said, there was no file on my hard
drive with that extention. Also, and finally, I did tripplecheck
to make sure that I have show hidden files turned on in the options
view tab.
After looking at the downloads page, the simutronics desktop game
entry program appeared to be the only game entry program around.
Perhaps simutronics has changed something between gemstone III and
gemstone IV? When were you able to successfully log into these muds
in the way described below?
Thanks for posting this, and I will monkey around with the other
files listed in the simutronics directories at some point. Maybe
all the info is hidden in another file with another extention. grin
Jeremy
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chad Fenton" <cwfen...@comcast.net
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To: <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 7:48 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] playing Simutronics games via telnet
Hi, all. I recently was reviewing the archives of recent messages
and saw a discussion of the muds offered through Simutronics. In
case anyone is not aware, it is possible to play these games with
your favorite mud client of choice. To do so, you first must have
an account with Simutronics for the game you wish to play. Here
is how I've been able to play these muds through telnet in the past.
Once you have an account and have downloaded the Simutronics
launcher program and Wizard front-end, I'd also encourage you
download a program called Simutronics game entry, which will allow
you to log into the game by inputting your account name, password,
and the game you wish to play. It may be called Ultimate
Simutronics Game Entry now. Once you have logged in, the wizard
program will load and put you into the game, and you'll likely
hear some music to let you know you're in the mud. Then you'll
have to type quit to exit the game.
Here's where the fun begins: playing through telnet. When you log
into the game with the wizard, a file is put into the root
directory of your hard drive, usually your C drive. The file is
called gse.~xt. It contains the authentication login key you'll
need to access the game, and as an added bonus, it contains the
host name and port you will telnet into, which I think is
something like gs3.simutronics.net 4900. Copy everything after
key= to the clipboard, as it will be the login key you'll use
momentarily. It'll look like a long series of letters and numbers.
Now you will run your mud client of choice and telnet to gs3.simutronics.net
4900. When you connect, your screen reader won't say anything.
Now just paste the login key and hit Enter, then type the word
JAVA, all in caps, and press Enter, whereupon you should see
"please wait for connection to game server." Now you're playing
the game using telnet.
If you log out and wait more than fifteen minutes or so, the login
key you used to get in will be invalid, so you'll need to enter
the game using the Simutronics Game Entry program and quit,
following the steps I mentioned earlier, in order to play once
again.
The other Simutronics muds, Dragon realms, Alliance of Heroes, and
Modus Operandi, each have their own telnet host and port names,
but you can find those by looking for the gse.~xt file in the root
directory of your hard drive.
In case any are wondering, the Wikipedia entry on Gemstone IV
mentions that using telnet to play Simutronics games is possible,
and truthfully has been for years. I am not affiliated in any way
with Simutronics, but just wanted to let players know that one can
play their games through telnet and how to do so.
Hope you all will find it useful. Now if there was a way to make
the Wizard client for Legends of Terris or Legends of Cosrin
accessible with JAWS or Window-Eyes. Their wizard program behaves
very similarly to Simutronics' wizard program, repeating lines of
text and generally making the play experience rather
inaccessible. In case anyone is wondering about these two games
and can work some technical magic through scripting, they can be
found at www.legendsofterris.com and www.legendsofcosrin.com. As
with the Simutronics games, these two are also pay to play, around
$13.50 per month if using Paypal.
Regards,
Chad
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