Hi tobias, I actually have to confess to never reading any of the Dune books, but the film used to be one of my favourites years ago , so will definitely add this as another mud to my ever growing list of ones I want to play
Paul -----Original Message----- From: Gamers [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Tobias Vinteus Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 5:23 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] final fantasy style Mud Mud connector lists a bunch of muds support sound include Dune, based on the sci-fi novels by Frank Herbert. On Wed, 16 Mar 2016, dark wrote: > Hi Paul. > > Vipmud is good, I like it myself. As I said you can use the free version no > problems, though i did buy it to support the program and david greenwood, > plus, the msp support for sounds is used by one or two muds, albeit not many, > ---- only classic six dragons, materiamagica and medeivia. > Screen reader settings in mud usually disabled ascii maps and directions, > spammy text that pops up a little too often, occasions when text colour is > used to indicate stuff, and usually reduce the amount of lines for repetitive > things like battles to just a few to make it easier to catch up. > > Discworld mud I had trouble with, it was a detailed game with good > descriptions from the books, but I just found it hard to find anything to > really do in the game, there's a hole list of features but no real quests or > anything and it was just depressing to run into people I knew from the books > like Moist von lipwig or corporal knobs and not be able to interact with > them, but there are people who sware by it. > > Alteraeon is exceptional as a game, however the problem is the MushZ client > is so good, it's the one instance I don't use Vip for a mud sinse it > effectively turns the game into a full blow audio rpg with background music, > sounds instead of text for common things like battles and spells, one key > press action keys etc. > Of course text is still sent and needs reading, but it's not really an > accurate depiction of what a mud is like. Lots of people will play Alteraeon > with the MushZ pack and then assume every mudh should have full background > sounds and such and be disappointed when they find muds are basically text > games, then again playing Alteraeon without the mushZ pack would be missing > out or a massive amount of atmosphere and fun and the great work done by the > devs of both MushZ and Alteraeon in supporting it. > > So, I'd suggest playing Alteraeon with MushZ just as a great experience of a > fantastic audio online rpg, quite independent of most other muds, and then > trying something like aardwolf, Materiamagica, classic six dragons, Clok or > discworld (there are some descriptions on audiogames.net), as an intro to > muds. > > Aardwolf particularly has a very good mud bnewbie school and lots of handy > shortcuts and directions to make things friendly, as well as an interesting > distribution of mobs and quests per area and lots of helpful players. > > On the other hand, it's up to you, I actually need to get back on Alteraeon > myself and attempt to srot out my character. > > All the best, > > Dark. > > --- > 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. --- 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.
