Hi,
Yes, I think the package I was led to was MushZ. But that was also the one
that kept giving me the error messages.
Also, it asked me what character type I wanted to create without even really
going into detail about what they were. Needless to say it was all very
alien to me. Unfortunately I haven't got all the output (to be honest I
didn't think to explore the options to see if I could save the logs).
Cheers.
Damien.
-----Original Message-----
From: Oriol Gómez
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2017 4:17 AM
To: blind-gamers@groups.io
Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] MUDs
Hi Damien:
If you want to try AA, just go to mush-z.org, download the main client
and run it. it should connect you. once you create a character, there
are man tutorials and helpful explanations inside the game itself, you
won't be just sitting around.
just try it and let me know. mush-z is currently the most popular
option as it has a really good audio environment but there are others.
hth
On 12/6/17, Damien Sykes <dam...@dcpendleton.plus.com> wrote:
Hi there.
You know, I wasn’t sure if Alter Aeon was discussed on here much any more.
Given that updates are still posted here that sends me a clear message
that
it is still popular.
I have been hesitant to try MUDs for a while due to the fact that I always
knew them to be mainly textual, leading to a lot of confusion and
frustration for beginners of the text gaming world, and a slight sense of
anticlimax for those more used to real-time gaming such as myself.
However I was recently informed that MUDs have now become more than just
the
traditional text adventure style game and can now include audio, action
hotkeys etc, like any other audio game might.
To that end, I have been recommended to, and trying to get into, AA.
However
so far I have found the whole concept confusing and almost advanced.
I know something like Crazy Party is no comparison to something like AA,
but
this is how clueless I am in that I’ll have to use it to try and
conceptualise things in my head, as it is the closest thing I’m aware of.
1. To connect to a Crazy Party server you use Crazy Party and wait for
players to connect. With AA, it seems there are various applications that
will support it and there are people there all the time. Is this because
AA
is centrally rather than individually hosted? What are people doing and
what
would I be expected to do? Last thing I want is to find myself logged in,
clueless as to what to do and have someone say, “what are you doing just
sat
there?” or even worse getting killed.
2. In Crazy Party you simply choose a username and host a server or choose
one to connect to. AA seems to want character types, skill levels etc,
which
goes way over my head. Seems like AA is taking real life concepts like
priests and crafters and fighters and the like, none of which I’m good at
in
real life...Are these just game related? What is expected from each
profession and how do you learn it? Is this specific to AA or are all MUDs
like this?
3. Despite the fact I was told that it was like a regular audio game, I’m
still being asked to type in text commands. I always found this a little
daunting in offline text adventures, given you have to know all the
commands, what you can do with each command etc. Whereas an adventure game
like Chillingham gives you a set list, a text adventure could have a whole
host of relevant options. While I suppose this gives more replay value to
those who are used to such systems, to those who have had little, if any,
experience with this form of gaming it can be very confusing. Especially
if
you don’t know how movement works. To give an example, “Forward is not
recognised as a valid exit”? I didn’t get that message on AA, but a text
adventure I tried to see if I could get used to the system before deciding
whether to try out MUDs.
4. Now for the software...AA seems to guide blind players to something
called “MushZ”, which I believe is some derivative of another gaming
system
that is designed in such a way as to make it easier for us to play.
Problem
is, I’m getting tons of errors regarding TTS and sounds, and even more
warnings about uninitialised variables. There’s nothing in the docs
regarding this leading me to assume that I’m one of a few, if not alone,
in
having these errors.
Needless to say. MUDs still seem like a whole planet away from audio
gaming
and so I feel something a bit more is needed for beginners than, here’s
the
software, get playing. During the short spell I actually played MUDs
several
years ago, someone was practically holding my hand and guiding me every
step
of the way, so that when I lost contact with this person I pretty much had
to stop because I still didn’t know what I was doing. Is there something I
am missing? Are there thoughts from other beginners in this area? Or is it
one of these merky areas where it’s hard for people to get into it unless
you were practically brought up with it, kind of thing?
Cheers.
Damien.
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