Welcome to Mordor 4.0 This package is a source distribution of Mordor 4.0. The database provided is Oceancrest, written by Kevin Kawado and Roy Wilson. Packages can be gotten from our home site at: http://mordor.nazgul.com/. The code for this binary package was created by Brooke Paul and was based upon the Quest for Mordor v2.2 by Brett J. Vickers. Please read the COPYRIGHT and DISLAIMER for information about its use and distribution. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: 3M RAM about 15M HD space ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATABASE: You are encouraged to create your own scenarios, with or without the portions provided. The editor provides an easy way to create your world. Just read the documentaion provided in the help and docs directories, and you will be on your way. NOTE FOR WINDOWS95/NT USERS: You need to add device=C:/dos/ansi.sys to your autoexec.bat to use the editor. Check in the util/ed directory for source code. A Win32 binary is provided in bin/NT. When you first start up the game you will want to log in and create the DM characters (telnet localhost 4040). There are a limited number of DMs and those have been defined at compilation. You can change the DM names by editing the bin/mordor.cf file and using the *game command to reload your changes. You may create as many caretakers as you wish by setting their class to 12. The DM names are set in the bin/mordor.cf file and default to the following: Garth Tesseract Gandalf Ugluk Darwin Fangorn Frodo These are the only characters that will have FULL access to the DM commands. Caretakers can access around 70% of all DM commands. If you are planning on running Mordor on a long-term basis, please be sure to send in the registration form so we can let you know about updates and bug patches. When you get this running on your system, please email a note to mordor@mordor.nazgul.com. If you have questions, post them to rec.games.mud.admin, or contribute to our online documentation at http://mordor.nazgul.com/ Good luck and we hope you enjoy Mordor!