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<LI><em>From</em>: Ben Greear <<A HREF="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 17:26:17 -0700</LI>
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Thinus Barnard wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I am designing a MUD from scratch. At first I thought about making the
> MUD normal telnet compatible but now I am not so sure. I am considering
> a Win32 client. Here are a few pros and cons:
>
> Telnet pros:
> Platform independant.
> Tons of software available.
>
> Telnet cons:
> Limited to text.
> Standard telnet sends every character typed to the server. This
> increases server overhead, especially if you do a lot of backspaces.
> No graphic capabilities.
> No mud server specific functionality.
>
> Win 32 client pros:
> Any mud server specific functionality can be added to the client.
> The client can force the user to only enter valid commands.
> The commands sent between client and server will be much shorter.
> The client can support graphics.
Remember that you may never trust the client. You cannot force the
client
to do anything, unless you do code in some heavy security/validation.
(You are not the only one that can write clients!! :)
>
> Win 32 client Cons:
> Limited to Win 32 platform.
> Client has to be developed and maintaned.
> The user will have to download the client before using the mud.
> If the client is updated the user will have to download the client
> again.
>
> The other possibility is to use a Java client. The client will not be
> limited to a specific platform then. I will probably go for this option.
>
> I have been thinking of developing an interface that looks like EOB (Eye
> of the beholder), Bard's tale or the old Might and Magics. The client
> will not have a command line option at all. Everything will be point and
> click. The client will have a text mode available which will show text
> only descriptions of rooms and equipment. This will still work with
> point and click. This will also circumvent the whole free text and
> language interpretation issue.
>
> If anyone has done something like this or seen something like it I would
> like to take a look at it.
I have a java client, but it just does some simple text markup (colors
mostly).
Sounds like an interesting project...good luck!
>
> Cheers
> Thinus
> <A HREF="mailto:thinus_barnard#bigfoot,com">mailto:thinus_barnard#bigfoot,com</A>
>
> --
> MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00983" HREF="msg00983.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Graphic design, client questions</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Thu 17 Dec 1998, 19:05 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00995" HREF="msg00995.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Graphic design, client questions</A></strong>,
Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Fri 18 Dec 1998, 13:02 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01000" HREF="msg01000.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Graphic design, client questions</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00978" HREF="msg00978.html">[MUD-Dev] Graphic design, client questions</A></strong>,
Thinus Barnard <a href="mailto:thinus_barnard#bigfoot,com">thinus_barnard#bigfoot,com</a>, Thu 17 Dec 1998, 08:50 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00989" HREF="msg00989.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Graphic design, client questions</A></strong>,
Ben Greear <a href="mailto:greear#cyberhighway,net">greear#cyberhighway,net</a>, Fri 18 Dec 1998, 00:52 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00970" HREF="msg00970.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear...</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00963" HREF="msg00963.html">[MUD-Dev] AFAP: As fast as possible, non linear...</A></strong>,
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