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> From: "Jeremy Hartley" <jeremyhart...@comcast.net> > Date: May 5, 2010 7:56:36 AM GMT+02:00 > To: "anouk" <radix_an...@hotmail.com> > Subject: Re: connecting to simutronics games with normal mudclient > > Hi there. Below is the post I sent to audissey back in December, plus a few > updated passages. > > This example is for Dragon Realms, but I have also tried this method with > GemStone IV, and with the exception of the gamehost and gameport being > different, it works as well. > > > Here is what I did. > > I logged onto dragonrealms.net and signed up for an account. > > After getting my account, and logging back into the site, including hitting > that go play button. I was brought into the initial screen for my account > wich has a group of radio buttons , which allow you to start a new character > or choose your character, , and then it presents a group of radio buttons > that gives you the choice for picking the wizard front end and a few other > ones. I choose the wizard front end radio button, and hit enter on the go > play! button. > > Now, since I have active X disabled for this site in IE and firefox, rather > than launching the wizard client, a page comes up and says > > Preparing to launch DragonRealms Trial for the Wizard FE. If your game does > not start automatically, > click here. > > > I right click on the link that says click here, and choose save link as in > FireFox or save target as if you are using IE. > > My character's name is galphner, so the filename is galphner.sal > > Once the file is saved, you will want to open the .sal file in notepad. > > Note: In the message, I said that I had activeX disabled in firefox and IE > for this site. I have discovered that I can go to the file types tab in the > folder options of Windows Explorer under the tools menu. > > You will want to look for the sal extention, and then tab to the change > button. You will be presented with the Open With dialog. You will want to > choose notepad from the list and click OK. > > With this method, any .sal file you try to open should not try to launch any > mud clients from simutronics, and should only open in NotePad. > > Now, getting back to the actual .sal file. > Here is part of the contents of the one I just saved > > UPPORT=5535 > GAME=WIZ > GAMECODE=DR > FULLGAMENAME=Wizard_Front_End > GAMEFILE=WIZARD.EXE > GAMEHOST=prime.dr.game.play.net > GAMEPORT=4901 > KEY=ba247ea0ffaf8c1529ae40e9693da03b > > You will want to make special note of the gamehost gameport and key entries. > You will want to copy your key to the clipboard. In other words, copy > everything to the right of the equals sign in the line that begins with key= > If memory serves, the key will expire within fifteen minutes of generation, > so you will want to be quick when you save the file and then run vipmud or > your client of choice. > > So you would fill out your game host as prime.dr.game.play.net > and your port as 4901 > > What happens when you connect. > > When you connect to the gameHost, it will act like you are connected to a > blank connection. This is where you paste your key that you copied to the > clipboard into your mud client and press enter > > You then want to type, all in caps, the words > FE/JAVA > and press enter. > > > Note: if you happen to have punctuation turned off in your screen reader, the > word to type in all capital letters is > FE/JAVA > spelled out it is > F E slash J A V A > > You will finally see a message in your mud client of choice that says > something like, waiting for connection to server, and you should then see the > actual game in your mud client! > > You should be in and playing at that point. > > If something I wrote doesn't make sense, let me know and I would be happy to > help further. I am sort of half asleep as I write this. grin > > Jeremy > > --- 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/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
