Original Message: ----------------- From: David Greenwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:21:06 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [GMAGamesTalk] The new GMA Mud client is coming
Hi all, VipMud is a Mud client that we are currently about to alpha test. For those of you who do not know what a Mud Client is, it is a communications program which allows you to communicate with on-line multi-user games on the internet. In the past such clients as the following were used: 1. GMud. More or less accessible, but not usually right out of the box. Its main weakness was that it had no scripting capabilities, and in my opinion not too much better than a Telnet client. 2. TinTin+ - an Unix text -based client which is an excellent program, but it was only available for those accessing the internet through a Unix shell. 3. ZMud - Another excellent program, but almost totally inaccessible. Mush Client - A reportedly good client supported by Jaws scripts, but it does not work right out of the box. Certainly it is not as powerful as TinTin+ nor ZMud. The VipMud client that I always wanted would do the following: 1. work right out of the box without having to download scripts or make many setup option changes. 2. Work directly with Jaws, Window Eyes, and MS Sapi. 3. Be able to use multiple voices concurrently, and be able to mix MS Sapi speech with a screen reader voice. Also have different voices assigned to different activities such as incoming text, command entry, script editing, system messages, and so on. 4. The gamer should be able to play multiple characters on a single Mud or on multiple Muds at one time, and the characters should be able to work together using triggers, aliases, macros, and other scripting commands. 5. Support for.Wav, .OGG, and .MP3 files. These files should be played as background, or when an event is triggered such as when you kill a monster or you sustain an injury, or to indicate low stats such as energy, mana, hit points, and so on. 6. The scripting commands should be voice oriented. For example, you may want to stop speaking spam, but you may want it still displayed on the screen for future use. Or you don't want something displayed on the screen, but you want it spoken. 7. Lots of accessibility aids. An example of one is let's say a character name Xandiavier asks you a question. It is a painful and time consuming experience to first find his name on the output screen, if your client allows this, and then cut and copy it to your entry field. inStead you could type: "Tell X", then press control-space to complete the word with the client doing the work by finding it in your recent output info, and then finishing with "how's it going?" The End result is "Tell Xandiavier How's it going?" Other shortcuts are needed as well, such as quickly finding a previously entered command by typing one or more of its leading characters and pressing, say Shift-space. Another helpful tool would allow you to extract hard to remember place names, character names, spells, and weapons from a built-in list of names and phrases which you maintain with just a simple keystroke. 8. Be able to support powerful scripting capabilities to give you complete control of your actions and environment. VipMud does all of the above and much more. It is almost completely written and is going into alpha testing. Beta testing will start in the summer sometime, and it should be coming out early fall, and so stay tuned. Regards, David Greenwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.GMAGames.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GMA Games Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/GMAGamesTalk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
