Welcome to CircleMUD 2.2! Before doing anything else, please look at license.doc in the circle/doc directory. Also, out of courtesy if nothing else, please keep the 'credits' file intact. You can add your own credits on top of the existing file, but I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't simply remove it and all references to the word "Circle" everywhere in the MUD. If you're like me, you don't like to read a lot of documentation when you have a neat new toy to play with. In fact, if you've even read THIS far, I'm impressed! Briefly, here are a few tips on how to get started quickly: * All source code is in the /src directory. Before compiling, take a look at the beginning of the Makefile and set options as required for your operating system. Type 'make' to compile only the main Circle server; type 'make all' to make the server as well as Circle's dozen or so maintenance utilities. running.doc in the doc/ directory has more information about compiling and compatibility. * The server should be run from Circle's root directory. For debugging and testing, you can just type 'bin/circle'; to run the game "for real," use the 'autorun' script -- it automatically reboots the game if it crashes, and handles moving old system logs into the /log directory. The game will run on port 4000 by default. * The first character who logs in to the game will be made a level 34 god. The first god can then use the 'advance' command to create other gods. Use the 'wizhelp' command to get a list of god commands; use the 'commands' command to get a list of other commands. * For security purposes (i.e., to prevent all Hell from breaking loose if someone hacks a god character), most of the god commands do not have on-line documentation. God commands are documented in the doc/wizhelp.doc file. Wizhelp.doc is in the standard help file format; if you're willing to sacrifice security for convenience, you can incorporate the help for the wizard commands into the on-line help file by appending wizhelp.doc on to lib/text/help_table. There is a wealth of additional information in the files in the /doc directory. The README file in the /doc directory describes what is in each of the documentation files. If you're just getting started, you may be interested in 'running.doc' -- it gives more detailed information about compiling, running, maintaining, and day-to-day administration of CircleMUD. If you have strange problems -- and you can't figure out the answer by reading the docs -- feel free to write me at the address below. Good luck, and have fun! Jeremy Elson aka Ras/Rasmussen jelson@cs.jhu.edu Version 2.20 release: November 17, 1993 Version 2.11 release: September 19, 1993 Version 2.10 release: September 1, 1993 Version 2.02 release: Late August sometime.. Version 2.01 release: Early August sometime.. Version 2.00 release: July 16, 1993