I was trying to get an FFG code based up in Evennia, but it kept throwing errors and I should maybe get back to trying to figure it out, buuuuuuut there is a Battletech kickstarter that has been eating up all my attention while I try to sort out what paints go where.

@Pavel said in I want to continue work on my own MUD, but...:

it has basically everything one needs except the world. Install the codebase, connect, build up places to be and things to kill (and vendors and suchlike) and you’re set.

Oh, that’s cool. But I’m a little confused - if everything you need is already built in, why would OP need to learn coding?

Well, grid building and mob scripting aren’t as simple as MUSH/MUX softcode that does the same thing. At least as far as I can recall, it has been decades since I last tinkered with it.

There’s also, again as far as I’m aware, no softcode equivalent so everything special you want for your own game has to be written in C/C++.

So it really depends on what one would want to do with the game. If you want a bog standard SWR experience, then you don’t need a coder per se, just some time with the mob scripts.

it has basically everything one needs except the world. Install the codebase, connect, build up places to be and things to kill (and vendors and suchlike) and you’re set.

Oh, that’s cool. But I’m a little confused - if everything you need is already built in, why would OP need to learn coding?

Chontio was indeed Star Wars with FS3, but it was very freeform/RP-centric. And IIRC they didn’t have Jedi. FS3 is not built for superpowered characters like Jedi.

I would suggest Evennia over Ares for the goals the OP described.

But it is FS3, and you’d have to figure out how to put in jedi powers.

I sent you a dm chat thing yesterday asking about some posts of yours I saw, concerning you working on something too? I’d be interested to hear about that or chat about it, if you’re willing.

I apologize if I broke etiquette/any rule for sending a private chat without asking first, I’m just so used to being a lurker and on the shy side that writing publicly makes me anxious. Took me like a month to get the courage to write this topic and then like two more weeks to actually write and submit it. lol

…the codebase is already there and quite a bit of work has already been done on it internally.

One thing to consider though… incomplete work isn’t necessarily that useful to you. Deciphering someone else’s half-done code can actually be a lot more difficult and time-consuming than starting from scratch and building the skills you need to maintain it long-term. Finding MU coders and tutorials for MU code is hard; finding someone who knows Python or Python tutorials is far easier.

But ultimately that’s a judgement call only you can make. Best of luck to you either way.

…the codebase is already there and quite a bit of work has already been done on it internally. The mud is also already hosted, though it is in very early stages, not meant to have players yet. The work that has been done on it was code related, but the rest of the mud will look very stock. I’m not looking for a new codebase, I just want to be able to identify what I have and learn enough to be able to continue working on that.

I haven’t yet gotten around to looking at the files that were suggested to me and probably won’t be able to til later today, but I appreciate everyone’s replies!

If it’s the latter though, make sure you include Dathomir Nightsisters because they mummify their dead. Mummies are a new MU* requirement.

I’m just glad I wasn’t the first one to bring it up, this time.

(But also they aren’t the only SpaceMummies in Star Wars)

Which I think you have sorted out, but I include here anyway.

Pavel is probably correct though, unless the name was changed it will have the name of your codebase on the folder. One thing you could try is comparing the files. The git repo for SWRFUSS doesn’t make this seem super promising, but C++ data files are stored as .cpp and original C data files are stored as .c which could de facto tell you what your codebase is. Keep us updated!

BUT assuming names haven’t been changed, you could have a look at the folder your game sits in on the server and it should be called SWR, SWR2, SWRFUSS, or whatever the codebase is. Hopefully.

I’m really showing how very little I know here and that means I have a long way to go and a lot to learn. How can I tell?

I’d recommend using SWRFUSS, that’s been updated more recently (2020) and uses C++ in its backend.