Once you are logged in there are a number of useful commands that can help personalise the mudding experience or help you find the detail you need and this page will cover off these.
It will deal primarily with viewing information and how it is presented to you, character creation and getting your character set-up for roleplay are covered elsewhere!
Your prompt is what you see whenever MUD is awaiting a command and will, if enabled, be displayed after fresh updates have been displayed.
Click here to see the valid prompt codes
To view your current prompt configuration enter the PROMPT with no additional parameters.
Your prompt is currently set at: ^N%E<^h%hhp ^m%mm ^v%vmv^N>
To configure your prompt enter the PROMPT with with the codes you wish to see. For example, to add your characters name to the prompt so you can see which screen you are in
<711hp 369m 654mv>Change your prompt to: %E<MyCharacter %hhp %mm %vmv>, are you sure (Y/n)? Your prompt is currently now set at: ^N%E<MyCharacter ^h%hhp ^m%mm ^v%vmv^N> <MyCharacter 711hp 369m 654mv>
When roleplaying the prompt can be intrusive or unnecessary to switch it off enter the command NOPROMPT to switch it on again, simply add the command PROMPT
The score sheet in the edge of midnight is designed to give a flexible view of your characters state- allowing you to tailor what you see to a degree.
The command on its own will display your saved configuration
SCORE FULL will display the full view of the available data.
SCORE CONFIG will put you into a menu system where you can chose what you want to see and in what order you want to see it
You can also use PERSONAL CLASS STATS EXPERIENCE FINANCE FLAGS AFFECTS BAR as parameters.
o--------------------------------EoM v4.10.12--------------------------------o | Name: Bethany Gender: Female | | Race: Half Elf Height: 5' 0" tall. Weight: 110lbs. | | Level: 3/64 Class: Dancer Alignment: pure neutral. | | Age: 20 years | | Birthday: Ventil, the 15th day of Turning, Adamantium 58 | o----------------------------------------------------------------------------o | You also have levels in: | | Bard (61) | o----------------------------------------------------------------------------o | Str: 22/ 23 Int: 18/ 19 Fire : 4 Cold : 4 | | Dex: 20/ 20 Wis: 18/ 18 Water: 4 Para : 4 | | Con: 10/ 18 Cha: 27/ 24 Dise : 2 Magic: 4 | | Pois : 2 Acid : 4 | | Hit points: 711/711 Gas : 4 Dead : 2 | | Mana: 369/369 Elec : 4 Mind : 5 | | Movement: 654/654 | | TPS: 0/6290 Ambidexterity: 0% | | Initiative: 1 Sense of Smell: Poor | | | | Armored defence: vulnerable | | Combat prowess: almost skilled (290) x 1 | | Combat damage: grazing(10) | o----------------------------------------------------------------------------o | Parry: 0 Dodge: 0 Block: 0 | o----------------------------------------------------------------------------o | Experience: 205362 XP2LVL: 1738 Role Playing: 9970 | | Trains: 5 Practices: 97 Quest Points: 0 | | RP Level: 61 Remort: 0 Last Remort: Never | | Online: 39 hours Respec Points: 0 | o----------------------------------------------------------------------------o | You are at 0% of your Total Point Allowance. | | You are carrying 169/250 items weighing 189lbs 13ozs/736lbs. | | Money Carried: | | 1 glass bead, 2 shiny pebbles, 1 carrot, 3 skins, 1 | | feather, 2 yarn balls, 4 plushie cthulhus (42871) | o----------------------------------------------------------------------------o | Wimpy: 269 hit points. You are standing. | | You are thirsty. You are roleplaying. | o----------------------------------------------------------------------------o | (ElfSight) | o----------------------------------------------------------------------------o
To configure the score sheet enter the command SCORE CONIFG
Score configuration, select option to enable/disable. 1) PERSONAL ON (1) 2) CLASS ON (3) 3) STATS ON (4) 4) NATURAL 5) EXPERIENCE ON (6) 6) FINANCE ON (7) 7) FLAGS ON (8) 8) AFFECTS ON (9) 9) PROFESSIONS 10) BAR 11) PDB ON (5) 12) SPECIAL ON (2) 13) Compact mode 14) Line character _ Enter a selection: (Return to exit)
Entering a selection gives you the option to switch it on or off or to change the order in which it is displayed.
You can also enter a section as a parameter to the command to view only that for example SCORE FLAGS
o--------------------------------EoM v4.10.12--------------------------------o | Wimpy: 269 hit points. You are standing. | | You are thirsty. You are roleplaying. | o----------------------------------------------------------------------------o
As covered briefly in the character creation the Edge of Midnight supports several different colour modes.
To switch colour off enter the command NOCOLOUR
To switch colour on enter the command COLOUR or ANSI
To change the colour mode enter the command XCOLOUR. The following paramters are valid: