Creating MUDs in ADLENGINE...

Hey everyone,

There's quite a few people asking about using ADLENGINE to build MUDs. It is totally possible to build a MUD in adliberum engine, especially with recent updates including the ability to roll dice and with the addition of variables / pointers.

I will be running a tutorial series on how this could be achieved shortly. The biggest thing holding the engine back is AI / NPC. Which is being worked on in the background.

Here's a brief insight:

For example you can create any stat you wish for example on your character player.health=100 for example. You can then write scripts that manipulate the values (-+/*) and query against example for when a monster perishes etc.

Here's a quick look at variables..

setting:
#damage=0;

minus:
#health-damage;

plus:
#health+healing;

divide:
#maxhealth/poison;

multiply:
#maxhealth*level;

append:
#stringa&stringb;

creating pointers:
#playerhealth=player.health;

Targeting:
focus orc;
target.health-10;

Damage:
player.health-10;

Querying:
player.strength=12;
player.health=100;

#playerstrength=player.strength;
#playerhealth=player.health;

?playerstrength>12:do something!do something else;
?playerhealth<1:playerdied!;

Factoring Stats:
random 1xd6;
#rolled=random;
?rolled=1:disarmtrap!setofftrap;

Shout if you get stuck or have suggestions / requests, as I may be able to help with workarounds / scripts / additional commands in the mean time.

~ Liam