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Frequently Asked Questions: Commands 3.0 What Are All Of The Commands On REDEMPTION? The following list of commands can be viewed by typing "help commands": AREAS COMMANDS REPORT SCORE TIME COUNT WORTH OLDSCORE Syntax: areas AREAS shows you a list of areas in the game. COMMANDS provides you a full list of all commands available to you -- we recommend that, if possible you save and print this for constant reference. REPORT shows your current statistics to you and also announces them to other players in the room. SCORE shows much more detailed statistics to you only. OLDSCORE displays many of the same statistics as SCORE does, but in a different format. TIME shows the game time, as well as the time the mud was last started, and the current local time for the host computer. WEATHER shows the current game weather. WORTH displays your current holdings, your current experience gained, and your experience needed until your next level. COUNT shows you the amount of people online, the max there was online today, and the record of the total number of players online at the same time EVER. There is also an extensive library of "socials" available for "creating" actions of a social nature (poking, smiling, laughing, etc.). The complete list can be obtained by typing "socials". You're on your own to experiment with the effects of each (there are no help files for socials). 3.2 What About The Help Files? Typing "help" will yield a list of primary help files:
For more help, type 'help <topic>' for any command, skill, or spell. Also help on: DAMAGE DEATH EXPERIENCE STORY TICK WIZLIST Yep, more or less. Help files also exist for most individual commands and aspects of REDEMPTION. We encourage you to review these individually. Some of the help files will refer you to other information that may not be listed here, so read them carefully. 3.4 Hey! What The . . .? Answers To Common Minor Questions And "Problems". In the material that follows, we try to provide answers to questions that arise frequently on REDEMPTION. These apply more or less to all levels of players. 3.4.1 Damn! I Wandered In On A Huge Aggie And Died! How Am I Going To Get My Corpse Back? Ouch! Well, shit happens . . .. Remember to use that "consider" command often! What you are in need of is referred to as a "corpse retrieval", or CR. Note that certain Clans will do CRs for free, or for a fee. If you have no luck getting assistance from the general populace, identify a member of one of these clans and contact them directly. You may have more luck. (Use "help clan" for more information, and see clan information part of this site.) Remember, though, that no one has an OBLIGATION to help you get your corpse. Sometimes you just have to write it off for lack of help, or lack of anyone that can help. Such is life. Consider it a chance to clean out your inventory and find some new toys. Also remember, after a successful retrieval, to dispose of your old corpse after you have removed your gear from it . . .. 3.4.2 Why Won't The Shopkeeper Sell Me X? The shopkeepers sell from the top of their inventory. Thus, suppose you want to buy an elven long sword (level 7). When you type "list" to see the shopkeeper's inventory, you see that there are a level 11 and a level 27 sword above the elven longsword. To purchase the elven longsword, type "buy 3.sword". The same principle works for all shopkeepers, as well as items in your inventory, the pit, and most other "lists". 3.4.3 Hey, My Backpack Is Empty! No, it probably isn't. Are you holding two backpacks? Same principle as above works for looking into items. Try "look in 2.backpack" or "get {item} 2.backpack". Also note that this could be the cause of other problems. For instance, if you are wearing a "signet ring" and you try to "look sign", it will tell you about your ring (the machine checks you first, then your surroundings). Thus, try "read 2.sign". Got it? 3.4.4 How Do I Buy 10 Breads At Once? You can use the * to make multiple purchases. Thus, "buy 10*bread" will get the baker to sell you ten breads in one transaction. The command "put all.bread backpack" would, then, put all of the breads you are holding into your backpack. This also works for other items. 3.4.5 I Can't Get My Spells To Work . . .. What's Up? There are three things to check here. First, is the spell practiced? If you get a message that says "You lost your concentration", your ability simply isn't high enough (though repeated tries may work). Second, if you get a message that tells you that you know no such spell, you are probably not typing the name of the spell correctly. Use the "spell" command to see all of your spells by name. Also, remember that the name of the spell MUST be in ' ' in most cases. Third, if you continuously cast the wrong spell, you may have more than one spell by the same name. Thus, if you want to cast "cure serious" and just type "cast 'cure' ", you will likely get "cure light" since it is the lower level spell. Typing out the full name of the spell will solve the problem. (You may want to create an alias for longer spells to avoid re-typing--see "help alias".) 3.4.6 Why Can't I Use This Staff/Wand/Scroll/Potion? Well, as above, you have to practice your ability first . . .. If it is practiced, and you are of high enough level to use it, you still have to use the equipment correctly. The commands for each follow: Staves: brandish Potions: quaff Scrolls: recite Wands: zap BRANDISH brandishes a magical staff. QUAFF quaffs a magical potion (as opposed to DRINK, which drinks mundane liquids). RECITE recites a magical scroll; the is optional, depending on the nature of the scroll. ZAP zaps a magical wand at a target. If the target is not specified, and you are fighting someone, then that character is used for a target. You must HOLD a wand or a staff before using BRANDISH or ZAP. Also, keep in mind that all of these commands use up their objects. Potions and scrolls have a single charge. Wands and staves have multiple charges. When a magical object has no more charges, it will be consumed. And finally, some items or spells require more than one item to be successful. They are rare, but if you get a message to that effect, you have to search a little more. See the help files for each command or item for more. 3.4.7 Hey! I Can't Recall! Why? Recall does not work in two instances. If you are cursed, you can not recall until your curse wears off or is removed. Type "affects" and see if you are cursed. Second, certain areas are "no-recall" areas, or voids. They are easy to get lost in. To get out, wander around, and after each move type "exits". This will show you where the various exits go. Eventually, one of the exits will lead you out. 3.4.8 Why Did It Just Say "Bosco Protects You"? Every time a spell is cast in Terra, there is a chance it will work, but not take effect. When this happens to you, Bosco has protected you. Feel lucky. Similarly, Bosco can abandon you on occasion. 3.4.9 Hey! Why Am I Shivering And Suffering? You, or your food supply, got poisoned in battle. You must find someone to cure your poison. The Healer at the pit can do this. Again, if you're under level 10, he'll eventually do it for free. Otherwise, you must pay. As long as you are poisoned, you will shiver and suffer at each tick. If you are sleeping or resting, this will wake you up and you must go back to sleep. You will slowly lose HP at each tick while you are poisoned until you either die or are cured. You might also want to check and see if your food or water supply was the source of your poison--if it was, you will get poisoned again the next time you eat or drink. You'll have to destroy and replace your contaminated supplies. Plague is similar to poison, but the affects are worse. Again, you must get it cured or you will continue to slowly lose HP until you eventually die. PLEASE NOTE: If you are plagued and can not afford a cure, please ask someone to cure you or lend you money via gossip. Plague is highly contagious. If you sit around the pit, you will infect other players and mobs, and plague will run rampant in Terra. This will not make you a popular person. If you wish to try waiting out the plague, do it somewhere unpopulated. It is also customary to announce to others, via gossip, if you intend to bring plague to the pit for a cure, and to give others time to get out. Well, it's either too heavy, or you have to many items. Drop something and try again. Note that some spells, such as curse and weaken, lower your STR, and thus your ability to carry lots of weight. You will continue to carry what you had at the time you were affected, but if you remove an item, you won't be able to put it back or replace it until the spell has been cancelled. The same thing might happen if a "giant strength" spell wears off, or if you remove some +STR armor items. Thus, when you can't carry something, check your spell affects and stats. 99.9% of the time the cause will be found here--especially if the change occurs right after battle. If you are carrying more than your max weight, you'll soon discover that your movement is negatively affected by it. 3.4.12 Why Isn't Item Or Mob X Re-popping? Certain items on REDEMPTION, especially low-level stat enhancing items and high-level unique items, have a load limit. This means, basically, that if X number of them exist in the MUD at the time the area to which the item belongs re-generates, the item will not re-generate (X varies by item). It will re-pop again when the total number falls below X. Be patient and try again. Also, items and mobs on REDEMPTION will re-pop faster if no one is in the area at the time the system checks the item and mob presence. Thus, if you sleep in an area, it will take MUCH longer for it to re-pop that if it is empty. If there is always someone in the area, it will re-pop slower. Grouping allows you to combine your efforts with other characters and fight mobs together. Type "help group" for details. Note that grouping, among other things, divides the XP and money received for each kill between players. You should read the group help files carefully to understand fully how this works. Yep. If you choose to keep a pet, the pet acts as a member of your group, and most of the grouping rules apply. 3.4.15 How Do I Get My Pet To Stop Following Me? Type "nofollow" and you pet will stop following you. If you decide to get rid of a pet, please kill it after you make it stop following you. The IMMs frown upon letting strays wander around. 3.4.16 Bards? Kewl, How Do They Work? Bards will sing songs for you in a single room, or over the MUSIC channel to everyone (for a price). If you wish to hear a song, type exam bard when in the same room with him. For more information see, "help bard" and the instructions will be provided. 3.4.17 Hey, Where Is My Class Guild? There are no class guilds on REDEMPTION. Everyone trains and practices at the Temple of Concentration in Midgaard. 3.4.18 Hey, Wouldn't It Be Cool If . . .? Maybe, maybe not. If you have an idea or suggestion for the MUD, please use the "idea" board service which is provided (see "help note"). Don't use the general board for these, and refrain from explaining them to everyone on the public communications channels. Ideas posted properly will be reviewed regularly by the IMPs. If you find a bug report it immediately. It is best to post a note to the IMPs on the bug board. NOTE: Once you find a bug, it is a violation of the rules to exploit it. Thus, should something go wrong, and a shopkeeper, for instance, gives you too much money for an item, you will be deleted for taking advantage of the bug before it is fixed. 3.4.20 What Is The Policy On Others Using My Character? It is illegal for you share your character with ANYONE. Keep your password to yourself, too. You will be held responsible for ANYONE who uses your character, and will suffer any penalties they may incur. IMMs will not listen to stories about significant others, angry roommates and others messing with or messing up your character. If you don't want this to happen, don't share your password. 3.4.21 Damn, My Character Is Gone! This happens only in very rare instances, but it has happened. Please keep two points in mind in such an instance. First, because REDEMPTION runs on someone else's system, there is a certain lack of physical control on behalf of the IMPs. They can't keep people from tripping over powers cords, moving material from disk to disk, or crashing the entire site. These things happen. They often happen, as well, at the worst possible time as far as backups are concerned. Thus, the IMPs can't *always* make everything perfect. They'll get you as close as they can, and from there you are on your own. Second, IMMs can only make reimbursements for matters they can verify. Thus, if you do at some point require one, the last back-up may show you several levels back from where you claim to be, and the IMMs will have to go with what they can verify. Similarly, if equipment is lost, the IMMs can't be running around trying to determine everything you carried--the potential for abuse under such a policy is immense. Under such circumstances you will get some basic eq, and *possibly* an item of your choice, but you're on your own to replace your favorite objects. Now, with this in mind: Things happen, on occasion, to player files, and the IMPs will do their best to correct such problems. PLEASE note the following guidelines: A. If you log in and type your player name correctly, and still get a message that says "Is this a new player", type "NO" and quit immediately. If you create a new character with the same name, your old player file will be overwritten and there will be little the IMPs can do to help you. Start a new character, log in, and write a note to 'immortal' explaining the problem (and, for God's sake, let him know your original character's name). Keep your new player, as the IMM's may need to respond to you that way. Wait two to three days, checking your notes regularly, and the problem should be fixed in that time. B. If you log in and your character has changed substantially (like going from level 40 to level 1), log out immediately and follow the same steps listed above. C. If you are simply missing your favorite item, or perhaps some cash, it is probably not due to the machine--you lost it, it was destroyed in battle, or someone stole it. There will be no reimbursements in such instances. D. If the problem affects a large number of characters, the IMPS may adopt special procedures when re-imburses will be done. This is very, very rare, but it happens. In such instances, a note will be posted explaining special reimbursement procedures. This may include limitations on re-imburses, special hours for re-imburses, etc. If getting your stuff back is that important, follow the instructions carefully. And ALWAYS remember. Reimbursements are an exception, not the norm. Don't bother the IMMs with simple lost or stolen items--just go get another. If there is a major problem, what the IMPs decide to do about it is at their discretion. If they make a policy, it is done weighing a lot of competing interests, and it is final. Matters concerning reimbursements are not open to negotiation. 3.4.22 How Do I Make REDEMPTION Work In Color? Type "color" to toggle ANSI color on and off. This will provide you with set colors. To customize your colors or put color in your title see "help color." 3.5 Am I Gonna Face This Much Sarcasm All The Time At REDEMPTION? No, not really. For the most part the IMMs at REDEMPTION are a bunch of kittens. Sometimes they're maybe even a little too playful, and other times rubbing their fur the wrong way is a really bad idea. Most of the time, though, they're quietly sitting on top of the bookshelf checking out the scene. However, this raises one last final topic--a topic of two parts. The first, of course, is the playful use of sarcasm to confuse newbies with potentially disastrous results. A common example would be encouraging people to stop by the guardian of the Temple (Tetragon) and type "hi Tetragon". Sounds innocent enough, eh? That is, of course, until you find out that "hi" translates to "hit", and Tetragon doesn't take well to being hit. The lesson for newbies, of course, is to think carefully about advice you get from strangers. Most people will be honestly helpful, but you never know when even the most docile player needs a good chuckle. Until you get to know a few people, use your head . . .. If you want to communicate with Tetragon, you would have to type "say 'hi tetragon'" anyway. Be equally careful of commands like: kiss/kill, slug/slay, etc. In most cases, typing out the full commands will avoid problems. And the suggestion for the upper-level players is to have fun, but go easy on the newbies. You were one once, too . . .. Not every character is expected to develop a role that includes running to help at every newbie's beckon and call, but even if your character is supposed to be mean, giving bad advice to newbies goes a little far. 3.6 I Really Like This MUD. Who Pays For It? Starcrossed and Cauthon do, out of their own pockets. They bring you the game free of charge and is ultimately responsible for it.
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