Tapestries MUCK - User contributions [en]

Connecting

2012-03-18T01:44:31Z

GreyWizard: /* Address */ fix SSL port 2069 -> 6699

Tapestries MUCK runs the TinyMUCK FB software, and as such is accessible through the [[telnet]] protocol. While you can use basic telnet programs as provided by Unix or Windows, we strongly suggest you find a [[MUCK Clients|MUCK Client]] program to connect. That will give you a much more enjoyable experience.

Please note that you will need to read the [[Policies]] and [[Character Creation|create a character]] before you can connect. Please note: The Forums and Wiki use a separate account system from the Muck at this time, creating an account with them will not create you a character on the Muck.

==Address==
* Tapestries MUCK runs at the address '''tapestries.fur.com''' on port '''2069''' for standard '''telnet''' access.
* Tapestries MUCK runs at the address '''tapestries.fur.com''' on port '''6699''' for '''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSL SSL]''' access.

We do not recomend that you use the IP address unless you really have to, but it is '''67.100.59.3'''. ''This is subject to change with out notice.''

[[MUCK Clients|MUCK Client]] programs (or telnet) will need to know this information.

[[Category:MUCK Documentation]]

About

2012-03-18T01:37:04Z

GreyWizard: undo 10467 by User:WhiteWizard /* The Game */ is verbatim from WikiFur:MUCK +1 sentence

{|align=right
|__TOC__
|}
==Mission Statement==
{{MUCK Mission Statement}}

''[[Policy Mission Statement|more...]]''

==The Game==
Tapestries MUCK is, as it's name implies, a [[MUCK]]. A MUCK is an online role-playing game that is usually text-based and accessible through [[telnet]], as well as a variety of [[MUCK Clients]]. The term MUCK doesn't actually stand for anything, but is rather a play on the word "MUD", which stands for "Multi User Dungeon/Domain". However, the popular backronym for MUCK is "Multi-User Created Kingdom".

==The Environment==
[[Roleplay|Roleplaying]] is centered around the town of [[Layleaux]] and it's surrounding areas in a fictitious fantasy world of [[Curuoskar]] that has social norms very different from anything seen in the real one to allow for the mission of the Muck.

==More Information==
*[[Policies]] - The rules or terms of service of the Muck. You should read these if you wish to play.
*[[Connecting]] - How to connect to the Muck.
*[[Contacting Us]] - How to contact the Muck Administrators.
*[[:Category:Locations]] - Locations on the Muck.
*[[:Category:Characters]] - Characters on the Muck.

==External links==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapestries_MUCK Tapestries MUCK] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]
* [http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Tapestries_MUCK Tapestries MUCK] at [http://en.wikifur.com/ WikiFur]
* [http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/commentary/sexdrive/2005/01/66423 2005 Wired Article] at [http://www.wired.com/ Wired]

{{Template:WikiFur|MUCK}}
[[Category:MUCK Documentation]]

FAQ

2012-02-29T20:22:37Z

GreyWizard: Reverted edits by Spam (talk) to last revision by Wesha

Not yet imported, see [http://www.fur.com/tapestries/faq/ the old FAQ software].

*Q: How to unlink someone/some object/some exit from a room I own?
*A: <code>@breaklink <name></code> (type <code>@breaklink</code> without any parameters to read more)

*Q: How can I alter the message others see when I teleport?
*A: It is currently impossible. Taps uses a [http://www.fur.com/wfire/stuff/muf/cmd-tport custom teleport program] which does not allow that.

*Q: I have a cool MUF program that I want to use in my area. How can I do it?
*A: Short answer: You can not. Detailed answer: [[User:WhiteWizard/New_Policy#MUF Programming and Programs]]

*Q: I have been hiding from somebody using <code>wf #hidefrom</code>, but eventually stopped. They can now see me on watchfor just fine, but not on the WHO list. How do I fix that?
*A: <code>wft #hidefrom !playername</code>

*Q: I want to be notified when somebody looks at my cinfo.
*A: Add this to the end of any ONE field of your cinfo:

{null:{tell:{pronouns:{name:me} (%N) a {gender:me} {species:me} is looking at your cinfo},this}}

*Q: My desc is cutting off mid-way.
*A: A line of text cannot be longer than 2000-something chars. In order to set up a longer desc, it has to consist of multiple lines. Type <code>editplayer</code> and use option 2, then follow the prompts.

User:WhiteWizard/ZoneChat

2007-04-15T12:37:26Z

GreyWizard: /* ZoneChat as a Solution */ reformat

{|align=right
|__TOC__
|}This is meant as an explanation for what the ZoneChat program is, and why it exists. It is not meant as documentation on how to use it.

==ZoneChat==
'''Zone Chat''' (zchat) is a program for zone-wide chat. Its purpose is to allow OOC chat and other socialization within an establishment while freeing you to participate in roleplays in other rooms.

Zone chat can be turned on/off by users for themselves, and on/off by the admins of public zones.

==Experimental==
'''Zone Chat''''s deployment is to be considered ''experimental.'' If it fails in it's goals it may be changed dramatically, removed or replaced with something else.

==The Problem==
To chat, everyone must go to the same room in a zone. This overcrowds single rooms. See [[Fox Plaza]] compared to the rest of the Muck core, or the way that only a single room in any given establishment will draw a large crowd. This makes using the rooms for their intended purpose (See [[Policy Mission Statement]]) hard or impossible in many situations:
* Using the room for roleplay is difficult due to how spammy it gets.
* People are unwilling to explore other rooms because empty rooms are lonely.
* People are unwilling to start a scene in the middle of other people's conversation.

==ZoneChat as a Solution==
ZoneChat's purpose is to separate chatter from roleplay.

It is designed so that:
* Instead of being forced to a central room, people can participate in, watch, or wait for scenes in different rooms without missing out on socialization.
* If the chatter becomes disruptive to a scene, it can be turned off.
* Zone owners can disable zchat if they think it's not right for their area.
* People still need to get out of their homes to chat.
* All zones can have an OOC/chatter area without disrupting the Muck's mission.

Disadvantages:
* People still need to get out of their homes to chat.

==Other Considered Solutions==
Other solutions we considered.

===IRC/Shout like system===
This allows people to chatter without ever leaving their homes, thus failing to encourage people to be out in public on the Muck. It is thus not an optimal solution.

===OOC Room off the Plaza===
At least it gets people out, but it creates an area on the Muck which can't be used for the core mission of the muck. This just seems to concentrate the problem rather than solve it.

===OOC Areas in Zones===
Same as above, just more broken up into interest areas. Seems like a poor implementation of IRC.

===Subscription based IRC===
Force users to go out to public places to subscribe to channels they wish to listen to each time they connect to force them to interact with the rest of the muck and still giving channel-based chatter. Considered so contrived that people would just resent the system. (It IS that contrived.)

===Other===
Lots of other things were considered too which I forget at this time. :)

User:WhiteWizard/ZoneChat

2007-04-15T12:35:36Z

GreyWizard: Rewrote top

{|align=right
|__TOC__
|}This is meant as an explanation for what the ZoneChat program is, and why it exists. It is not meant as documentation on how to use it.

==ZoneChat==
'''Zone Chat''' (zchat) is a program for zone-wide chat. Its purpose is to allow OOC chat and other socialization within an establishment while freeing you to participate in roleplays in other rooms.

Zone chat can be turned on/off by users for themselves, and on/off by the admins of public zones.

==Experimental==
'''Zone Chat''''s deployment is to be considered ''experimental.'' If it fails in it's goals it may be changed dramatically, removed or replaced with something else.

==The Problem==
To chat, everyone must go to the same room in a zone. This overcrowds single rooms. See [[Fox Plaza]] compared to the rest of the Muck core, or the way that only a single room in any given establishment will draw a large crowd. This makes using the rooms for their intended purpose (See [[Policy Mission Statement]]) hard or impossible in many situations:
* Using the room for roleplay is difficult due to how spammy it gets.
* People are unwilling to explore other rooms because empty rooms are lonely.
* People are unwilling to start a scene in the middle of other people's conversation.

==ZoneChat as a Solution==
ZoneChat is designed to separate chatter from roleplay. Instead of being forced to a central room, people can participate in, watch, or wait for scenes in different rooms without missing out on socialization. If the chatter becomes disruptive to a scene, it can be turned off.

ZoneChat is also designed so that:
* Zone owners can disable zchat if they think it's not right for their area.
* People still need to get out of their homes to chat.
* All zones can have an OOC/chatter area without disrupting the Muck's mission.

Disadvantages:
* People still need to get out of their homes to chat.

==Other Considered Solutions==
Other solutions we considered.

===IRC/Shout like system===
This allows people to chatter without ever leaving their homes, thus failing to encourage people to be out in public on the Muck. It is thus not an optimal solution.

===OOC Room off the Plaza===
At least it gets people out, but it creates an area on the Muck which can't be used for the core mission of the muck. This just seems to concentrate the problem rather than solve it.

===OOC Areas in Zones===
Same as above, just more broken up into interest areas. Seems like a poor implementation of IRC.

===Subscription based IRC===
Force users to go out to public places to subscribe to channels they wish to listen to each time they connect to force them to interact with the rest of the muck and still giving channel-based chatter. Considered so contrived that people would just resent the system. (It IS that contrived.)

===Other===
Lots of other things were considered too which I forget at this time. :)

User:WhiteWizard/ZoneChat

2007-04-15T12:30:17Z

GreyWizard:

{|align=right
|__TOC__
|}This is not meant as documentation for the Zone Chat program, rather, this is meant as an explanation for what it is, and why it is being implemented.

==ZoneChat==
'''Zone Chat''' (zchat) is a program for zone-wide chat. Its purpose is to allow OOC chat and other socialization within an establishment while freeing you to participate in roleplays in other rooms.

Zone chat can be turned on/off by users for themselves, and on/off by the admins of public zones.

==Experimental==
'''Zone Chat''''s deployment is to be considered ''experimental.'' If it fails in it's goals it may be changed dramatically, removed or replaced with something else.

==The Problem==
To chat, everyone must go to the same room in a zone. This overcrowds single rooms. See [[Fox Plaza]] compared to the rest of the Muck core, or the way that only a single room in any given establishment will draw a large crowd. This makes using the rooms for their intended purpose (See [[Policy Mission Statement]]) hard or impossible in many situations:
* Using the room for roleplay is difficult due to how spammy it gets.
* People are unwilling to explore other rooms because empty rooms are lonely.
* People are unwilling to start a scene in the middle of other people's conversation.

==ZoneChat as a Solution==
ZoneChat is designed to separate chatter from roleplay. Instead of being forced to a central room, people can participate in, watch, or wait for scenes in different rooms without missing out on socialization. If the chatter becomes disruptive to a scene, it can be turned off.

ZoneChat is also designed so that:
* Zone owners can disable zchat if they think it's not right for their area.
* People still need to get out of their homes to chat.
* All zones can have an OOC/chatter area without disrupting the Muck's mission.

Disadvantages:
* People still need to get out of their homes to chat.

==Other Considered Solutions==
Other solutions we considered.

===IRC/Shout like system===
This allows people to chatter without ever leaving their homes, thus failing to encourage people to be out in public on the Muck. It is thus not an optimal solution.

===OOC Room off the Plaza===
At least it gets people out, but it creates an area on the Muck which can't be used for the core mission of the muck. This just seems to concentrate the problem rather than solve it.

===OOC Areas in Zones===
Same as above, just more broken up into interest areas. Seems like a poor implementation of IRC.

===Subscription based IRC===
Force users to go out to public places to subscribe to channels they wish to listen to each time they connect to force them to interact with the rest of the muck and still giving channel-based chatter. Considered so contrived that people would just resent the system. (It IS that contrived.)

===Other===
Lots of other things were considered too which I forget at this time. :)

User:WhiteWizard/ZoneChat

2007-04-15T12:21:46Z

GreyWizard: Rewrote Solution

{|align=right
|__TOC__
|}This is not meant as documentation for the Zone Chat program, rather, this is meant as an explanation for what it is, and why it is being implemented.

==ZoneChat==
'''Zone Chat''' (zchat) is a program for zone-wide chat. Its purpose is to allow OOC chat and other socialization within an establishment while freeing you to participate in roleplays in other rooms.

Zone chat can be turned on/off by users for themselves, and on/off by the admins of public zones.

==Experimental==
'''Zone Chat''''s deployment is to be considered ''experimental.'' If it fails in it's goals it may be changed dramatically, removed or replaced with something else.

==The Problem==
To chat, everyone must go to the same room in a zone. This overcrowds single rooms. See [[Fox Plaza]] compared to the rest of the Muck core, or the way that only a single room in any given establishment will draw a large crowd. This makes using the rooms for their intended purpose (See [[Policy Mission Statement]]) hard or impossible in many situations:
* Using the room for roleplay is difficult due to how spammy it gets
* People are unwilling to explore other rooms because empty rooms are lonely
* People are unwilling to start a scene in the middle of other people's conversation

==ZoneChat as a Solution==
ZoneChat is designed to separate chatter from roleplay. Instead of being forced to a central room, people can participate in, watch, or wait for scenes in different rooms without missing out on socialization. If the chatter becomes disruptive to a scene, it can be turned off.

ZoneChat is also designed so that:
* Zone owners can disable zchat if they think it's not right for their area.
* People still need to get out of their homes to chat.
* All zones can have an OOC/chatter area without disrupting the Muck's mission.

Disadvantages:
* People still need to get out of their homes to chat.

==Other Considered Solutions==
Other solutions we looked at.

===IRC/Shout like system===
This allows people to chatter with out ever leaving their homes, thus failing to encourage people to be out in public on the Muck. It is thus not an optimal solution.

===OOC Room off the Plaza===
At least it gets people out, but it creates an area on the Muck which can't be used for the core mission of the muck. This just seems to concentrate the problem rather than solve it.

===OOC Areas in Zones===
Same as above, just more broken up into interest areas. Seems like a poor implementation of IRC.

===Subscription based IRC===
Force users to go out to public places to subscribe to channels they wish to listen to each time they connect to force them to interact with the rest of the muck and still giving channel-based chatter. Considered so contrived that people would just resent the system. (It IS that contrived.)

===Other===
Lots of other things were considered too which I forget at this time. :)

User:WhiteWizard/ZoneChat

2007-04-15T11:56:49Z

GreyWizard: Rewrote The Problem

{|align=right
|__TOC__
|}This is not meant as documentation for the Zone Chat program, rather, this is meant as an explanation for what it is, and why it is being implemented.

==ZoneChat==
'''Zone Chat''' (zchat) is a program for zone-wide chat. Its purpose is to allow OOC chat and other socialization within an establishment while freeing you to participate in roleplays in other rooms.

Zone chat can be turned on/off by users for themselves, and on/off by the admins of public zones.

==Experimental==
'''Zone Chat''''s deployment is to be considered ''experimental.'' If it fails in it's goals it may be changed dramatically, removed or replaced with something else.

==The Problem==
To chat, everyone must go to the same room in a zone. This overcrowds single rooms. See [[Fox Plaza]] compared to the rest of the Muck core, or the way that only a single room in any given establishment will draw a large crowd. This makes using the rooms for their intended purpose (See [[Policy Mission Statement]]) hard or impossible in many situations:
* Using the room for roleplay is difficult due to how spammy it gets
* People are unwilling to explore other rooms because empty rooms are lonely
* People are unwilling to start a scene in the middle of other people's conversation

==ZoneChat as a Solution==
Advantages:
* Allows the solution of having an OOC area within a zone for all zones.
* People can stay in parts of the zone that they wish to, rather than being forced into a central room.
* Helps separate general chatter (light-IC and OOC) from scening and roleplay.
* Opt-out allows people RPing to focus on play. Or just ignore chatter if they wish.
* Zone by Zone enabling/disabling allows zone owners to decide if it's right for their area or not.
* Still makes people get out of their homes to chat.

Disadvantages:
* Makes people get out of their homes to chat.

==Other Considered Solutions==
Other solutions we looked at.

===IRC/Shout like system===
This allows people to chatter with out ever leaving their homes, thus failing to encourage people to be out in public on the Muck. It is thus not an optimal solution.

===OOC Room off the Plaza===
At least it gets people out, but it creates an area on the Muck which can't be used for the core mission of the muck. This just seems to concentrate the problem rather than solve it.

===OOC Areas in Zones===
Same as above, just more broken up into interest areas. Seems like a poor implementation of IRC.

===Subscription based IRC===
Force users to go out to public places to subscribe to channels they wish to listen to each time they connect to force them to interact with the rest of the muck and still giving channel-based chatter. Considered so contrived that people would just resent the system. (It IS that contrived.)

===Other===
Lots of other things were considered too which I forget at this time. :)

User:GreyWizard/Zchat help

2007-04-15T11:09:35Z

GreyWizard:

<pre>
z - Version 0.1.0 BETA 1 by WhiteFire - Subject: Chat
------------------------------------------------------------
Zone Chat (zchat) is a program for zone-wide chat. Its purpose is to
allow OOC chat and other socialization within an establishment while
freeing you to participate in roleplays in other rooms.

Usage:
zchat <message> Talk with others in the same zone
zchat #on | zchat #off Enable / disable zchat entirely
zchat #zon | zchat #zoff Enable / disable zchat in this zone only
zchat #who See who is listening

For format settings and zone-owner setup, see zchat #help advanced .
----------------------------------------------------- Feeps 4ever! -----

============

z - Version 0.1.0 BETA 1 by WhiteFire - Subject: advanced
------------------------------------------------------------
You can set the format of zchat messages which you receive:
zchat #format <format string>

The format string may contain:
%zone - Zone's name or short name
%name - Name of the person sending the message
%mesg - The text of the message

In addition, you can use any of the time-related substitutions listed
in "man timefmt".

Zone owners can change who is allowed to talk in zchat:
zchat #zmode on Anyone
zchat #zmode off No one
zhcat #zmode admin The Zone Owner (future: and listed zone admins)

Zone Owners can set the abbreviation used in the %zone format string:
zchat #zname <short name>
----------------------------------------------------- Feeps 4ever! -----
</pre>

User:GreyWizard/Zchat help

2007-04-15T11:04:32Z

GreyWizard:

<pre>
z - Version 0.1.0 BETA 1 by WhiteFire - Subject: Chat
------------------------------------------------------------
Zone Chat (zchat) is a program for zone-wide chat. Its purpose is to
allow OOC chat and other socialization within an establishment while
freeing you to participate in roleplays in other rooms.

Usage:
zchat <message> Talk with others in the same zone
zchat #on | zchat #off Enable / disable zchat entirely
zchat #zon | zchat #zoff Enable / disable zchat in this zone only
zchat #who See who is listening

For format settings and zone-owner setup, see zchat #help2 .
----------------------------------------------------- Feeps 4ever! -----

============

z - Version 0.1.0 BETA 1 by WhiteFire - Subject: help2
------------------------------------------------------------
You can set the format of zchat messages which you receive:
zchat #format <format string>

The format string may contain:
%zone - Zone's name or short name
%name - Name of the person sending the message
%mesg - The text of the message

In addition, you can use any of the time-related substitutions listed
in "man timefmt".

Zone owners can change who is allowed to talk in zchat:
zchat #zmode on Anyone
zchat #zmode off No one
zhcat #zmode admin The Zone Owner (future: and listed zone admins)

Zone Owners can set the abbreviation used in the %zone format string:
zchat #zname <short name>
----------------------------------------------------- Feeps 4ever! -----
</pre>

User:GreyWizard/Zchat help

2007-04-15T11:02:44Z

GreyWizard:

<pre>
z - Version 0.1.0 BETA 1 by WhiteFire - Subject: Chat
------------------------------------------------------------
Zone Chat (zchat) is a program for zone-wide chat. Its purpose is to
allow OOC chat and other socialization within an establishment while
freeing you to participate in roleplays in other rooms.

Usage:
zchat <message> Talk with others in the same zone
zchat #on | zchat #off Enable / disable zchat entirely
zchat #zon | zchat #zoff Enable / disable zchat in this zone only
zchat #who See who is listening

For format settings and zone-owner setup, see zchat #help2 .

============

z - Version 0.1.0 BETA 1 by WhiteFire - Subject: help2
------------------------------------------------------------
You can set the format of zchat messages which you receive:
zchat #format <format string>

The format string may contain:
%zone - Zone's name or short name
%name - Name of the person sending the message
%mesg - The text of the message

In addition, you can use any of the time-related substitutions listed
in "man timefmt".

Zone owners can change who is allowed to talk in zchat:
zchat #zmode on Anyone
zchat #zmode off No one
zhcat #zmode admin The Zone Owner (future: and listed zone admins)

Zone Owners can set the abbreviation used in the %zone format string:
zchat #zname <short name>
</pre>

User:GreyWizard/Zchat help

2007-04-15T11:01:58Z

GreyWizard:

<pre>
z - Version 0.1.0 BETA 1 by WhiteFire - Subject: Chat
------------------------------------------------------------
Zone Chat (zchat) is a program for zone-wide chat. Its purpose is to
allow OOC chat and other socialization within an establishment while
freeing you to participate in roleplays in other rooms.

Usage:
zchat <message> Talk with others in the same zone
zchat #on | zchat #off Enable / disable zchat entirely
zchat #zon | zchat #zoff Enable / disable zchat in this zone only
zchat #who See who is listening

For format settings and zone-owner setup, see zchat #help2 .

============

z - Version 0.1.0 BETA 1 by WhiteFire - Subject: help2
------------------------------------------------------------
You can set the format of zchat messages which you receive:
zchat #format <format string>

The format string may contain:
%zone - Zone's name or short name
%name - Name of the person sending the message
%mesg - The text of the message

In addition, you can use any of the time-related substitutions listed
in "man timefmt".

Zone owners can change who is allowed to talk in zchat:
zchat #zmode on Anyone
zchat #zmode off No one
zhcat #zmode admin The Zone Owner (future: and listed zone admins)

Zone Owners can set the abbreviation used in the %zone format string:
zchat #zname <short name>
</pre>