Hi. Ok I will do my best do explain batmud setup a little more.
I have forgotten a lot of it as it has been a while since I
created a character.
First, you are only allowed two characters on batmud and only one
can be logged in at a time. So pick the name you really like.
Don't worry so much about race and such. You can always
reincarnate to something else.
Over the time I have played I have heard ranger is a very good
new player guild. They would pick the nomad background and then
probably a giant cyclops or the like as your race. Then ask
someone either on newbie channel or in the ranger guild to help
you to that guild or to give the whereami coordinates. It helps
a lot if you explain your blind and use a screen reader and can't
see the map.
Some batmud map sites searched for on google you can right click
on a link and then copy it to the clipboard and then paste it
from the clipboard to get the whereami coordinates for an area.
Once you know those coordinates you can basically get to that
location.
whereami is a command you can type to find out your current
coordinates. This is really helpful when your trying to get some
where.
All major cities, ferries and areas have these on map sites
online or you can ask help in game explaining why you need the
help.
Batmud is not a game you learn fast you must take your time.
Here are some commands I hope will help or how to find out these
commands.
I already explained the whereami command.
Having brief on always helps. That way you only look at a room
when you want in the usual typing l way.
Do set show to list your settings options. The first one you
want to set is text-only to on. So find that option and then
type set number of toxt only to on. For example if text-only is
24 type set 24 on.
I also set everything that will help with keeping the amount of
text down to a minimum. Really a lot of it after set text-only
on is really just personal preference. Text only gets rid of the
crazy map and makes moving around a lot easier.
I usually set lines to a higher number than 25 but again this is
totally personal preference.
Most chat channels are off by default which is really nice and
beside most of them aren't worth having on anyway. Some people
on there don't seem to have good manners sometimes. They call it
fun I call it annoying.
Really all you have to do once you turn text-only on and set any
orr compands you wish to set is just talk on the newbie channel
find friends and enjoy.
Oh if you battle I turn a lot of battle stuff off. But again
totally personal preference.
The command you need for that is battle. Just review your screen
for proper syntax.
If you do set followed by a number it will exlpain what that
number does I think and what it is set at.
Nice thing about all this set up is it is done once and then your
free to do whatever you like.
I don't play there much anymore as entombed really is fascinating
me and my life is just busy otherwse.
Again batmud isn't a go fast speed up the levels game. But you
should never ever get bored. And there is enough to interest
anyone of most types of interests. If you like hack and slash it
is there. If you like exploring tons to explore. If you like
crafting and making things and picking plants you can do that
too.
You can go it alone or group and you can reincarnate if you don't
like your guild and background and race.
Text only being set to on via the set compand is your key to
accccessibility.
Jessica
----- Original Message -----
From: James Howard <[email protected]
To: Gamers Discussion list <[email protected]
Date sent: Thu, 24 May 2012 09:09:24 -0400
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] good muds I have used
want to really try batmud, but honestly, have no idea what I'm
doing
on htere at the start
On 5/23/12, Jessica and Trish the Golden Dog <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hello everyone. First I am new to the list and tend to be
long-winded and just reading mostly.
The topic of good muds always interests me.
After years of trying several different muds including alter
aeon
I finally settled on one called bat mud.
I didn't pick it for friendly players and I definitely didn't
pick it for hack and slash or even for questing. I picked it
because of its great crafting and herb and merchant system.
At first batmud doesn't seem to be friendly however with a few
setting changes with the set command on the mud itself it can be
very speech friendly. First you want to type set text only to
on. After this you can basically change whatever settings you
like. set show is what you use to see the settings, what they
are currently set at and their numbers. For inmance set 24 on I
think is text only to on.
Really that is the only command you really absolutely need
although others are helpful.
I prefer batmud. However I have played aardwolf, Materia
Magica,
Discworld, Medievia, alter aeon, Avatarmud, the Iron Reaealms
muds.
All are good and all are accccessible to the blind. Most have
friendly players.
Really it depends not so much on accessibility as on what your
looking for.
I have tried several muds that say they have a great crafting
system only to find out it was very minimal compared to batmud.
I could go on here why I don't like the other games I mentioned
above but that may make you think they are bad games and that is
simply not true.
Anyway one thing does bother me however. And in no way am I
faulting anyone. But it is this idea that some muds are more
accessible to the blind than others.
This always bothers me. Because every mud I have ever played
has
always been fully completely accessible.
Some of them now such as alter aeon, aardwolf, materiamagica and
discworld have settings specifically to help blind people out a
bit. But in most cases those settings are already there
available for your changing as you like. There usually is no
need to change the port you connect too or such like.
I fear that some games have made it in a way to easy for blind
players. Sure it is nice to have everything set up when you
first enter the game but it doesn't teach you how to change
settings and the like.
I always prefer to change my own settings the way I want. Maybe
that is why I never stuck with alter aeon. That and the fact I
just do not like killing things all the time which is also why I
didn't stick with most of the other games above.
All muds are accessible unless they are graphical. you only
need
to figure them out.
And no matter what pick a mud to your interests and desires.
Really only topmudsites and mudconnect can help you out there.
Advice from other people helps yes. But ultimately just trying
out different muds that fit your interest can really help you
out.
I probably should not say this. But medievia's author has said
that they will not make medievia accessible to the blind.
First I want to say they don't have too. But I would stay away
from medievia. The author never sticks to their word and all
they want is more players. They claim medievia is the best game
out there and growing but it isn't true. Also people on there
can player kill you for no reason. And a lot of them don't
stick
to pk rules that are set up. Medievia is definitely good if you
prefer hack and slash. But given the choice if I were you I
would pick alter aeon over medievia any day.
No offence to the alter aeon programmerofswith but they aren't
the only accessible mud out there. Nor in my opinion are they
the best. But I have different interests that alter aeon
provides.
Pick what you like. Find a mud you like and enjoy. Only then
will you be content with the mud you have picled.
Jessica
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