=== How to Install First, group with your highest level Unix guru, and have him or her tank. Greed is easier to install than other muds, but every site is different. (1) Get the release greed-0.99.7.tar.gz from one of these fine anonymous ftp sites: ftp.game.org Or the GreedMud homepage at: http://mega.ist.utl.pt/~vasc (2) Unpack the release. gzip -d greed-0.99.7.tar.gz | tar xvf - (3) Go into the 'src' directory. Type 'make' and choose the supported platform matching your machine. Follow instructions. If your machine is not listed, try 'make std'. Makefile Top level Makefile Makefile.aix AIX Makefile.ami Amiga Makefile.bsd FreeBSD Makefile.hp HP/UX Makefile.irx Most machines running IRIX Makefile.lnx Linux with glibc-2 Makefile.mip Mips Risc/OS Makefile.nex NeXT Makefile.osf DEC OSF Makefile.sol SunSoft Solaris 2.1 Makefile.std Most machines with 'gcc' Makefile.sys Sequent SysV Makefile.tek Tektronix xd88s See 'port.txt' for more information on porting, including the Windows 9x/NT platform. (4) Run 'make' with the following options: make <MACHINE> -k >&! make.out This will take 10 minutes to 60 minutes, depending on the speed of your computer. If you encounter errors with 'make', send me your 'make.out' file: mail -s make.out greedmud@egroups.com < make.out Also i'll need to know what kind of hardware, operating system, and C compiler you have. I will help you get Greed running, but obviously i can't guarantee Greed will run on any particular machine. (5) Start the game: startup & telnet localhost 5005 (6) To make your first immortal character, just start as a mortal character, play at least as far as level 2, and then edit the player file and change your level. (After the first immortal, you can advance the rest). (7) If you haven't already done so, read 'license.grd', 'license.doc', 'license.txt', and 'license.nvy'. Because Greed is a derivative work of Diku Mud, you must register your mud with the original Diku implementors. (8) Of course you're going to change the title screen, help files, and so on. Don't just globally erase the 'Merc' references, ok? You wouldn't like it if they did that to your work, so don't do it to theirs.