Welcome to Ack!Mud 4.3.1!! Now that you've successfully untarred the mud, you'll want to do a few things to help you along. In the /src dir, there are some adjustments you will want to make: The config.h file contains user customizable strings, take a look. Also, you'll need to determine if you are no a Free BSD system, or a generic *nix OS. There are seperate Makefiles and startup scripts for each. Be sure to copy the appropriate version for your OS into the main filenames, for example, on a Linux system: cp Makefile.unix Makefile cp startup.new startup.unix Edit the port number in your startup.new script for the port you want to use for your mud. If you are familiar with the IMC config file, you may hand edit it, or you can configure it once online. If you do not currently have an IMC hub connection, email webkeep@ackmud.nuc.net to receive a connection. Once you have edited config.h, and copied the appropriate OS version files, cd to your ackmud/src dir, and type make. You should get a clean make, with no errors _or_ warnings...if not, please let Zenithar know of any problems. Once your make is complete, again from the /src dir, type: ./startup.new & You will get a message, hit return. Your mud should now be running! Telnet to the address and port of your mud, and connect with the name Creator and hit return when it asks for a password if you are running a non-bsd system, or use Creatorbsd and the password creator if you are on a bsd OS. This is the admin pfile, and should only be used to create your own admin character. Once you have successfully logged in, create another ( new ) character, log them in, then with the Creator char, type setc <yournewcharname> war 84, then type imtlset <yournewcharname> +all, then type setc <newchar> war 85. At this point, the Creator pfile is no longer required, and should be deleted from the shell to avoid security problems. Enjoy ack 4.3.1, please be sure to notify Zenithar with any errors/bugs, and consider both our web site: http://ackmud.nuc.net and the ack-admin mailing list ( ack-admin@ackmud.nuc.net ) as sources of information. Zenithar Zenithar@ackmud.nuc.net