Message 1034 : A Newbies Guide to Arda - Part 5 (*Lost*) Written on Fri Jun 24 20:44:49 1994 A Newbie's Guide to Arda - Part 5 --------------------------------- MUME often crashes, and when it does crash, there are certain things that you should be aware of. When you get back online, you will find yourself at the place where the last auto-save occurred. Since the auto-save for each player is staggered (I guess to avoid big lag intervals every auto-save), you will often find that the rest of your group connects near, but not exactly in the same room as you. Crashes during grouping can create quite large messes. Here are some of the effects of crashes. I hope that the Imps someday fix some of these: - All horses and pets disappear. If you were riding a pony before the crash, you aren't now. - Weapons left for mending in the weaponsmith will LOSE ENCHANTS if MUME crashes while they are in the posession of the weaponsmith. - All mobs regenerate - if you killed a huge wolf before the crash, be prepared to fight it again. - All doors/unlocked exits are now closed and locked. If you were in a strange exit room, you are most likely in a lot of trouble. - Travel points will be quite predictable right after a crash - get to learn the areas where they pop-up when MUME comes back online. - All spells cast before autosave will now be down (Not totally sure about this one, but it has happened to me before.) - You will come back online with maximum mana/hitpoints/movement points There will be times when you come back on and find yourself in a locked room, all spells down, with a sanc spirit and nowhere to flee. You are toast. You will most likely die. If you do die DIRECTLY because of the crash (as in the crash CAUSED your death), speak to a god and you MIGHT get some compensation. If you have a place to flee and try to fight a wolf to the death, don't expect compensation. System Lag ---------- Often when the Imps are compiling, or the network is a little messy, you will come upon times of extreme 'lag', where your commands take a long time to register. If you are in a safe area, cha mood wimpy (just in case) and wait it out. If you are in a very dangerous area, cha mood wimpy and watch very carefully. If you suddenly fnd yourself in battle, cha wimpy 999 and hope that you flee. If, for some reason you can't get that command in, I suggest dropping link. More Frequently Asked Questions ------------------------------- * How do you use a stone? Hold the stone, wield the weapon you want to mend, and 'whet'. Mend weapons in SAFE rooms.. There's nothing as bad as mending your weapon just as the white worm regenerates :) * Can the stone do damage to my weapon? The stone has been known to rust weapons, and if this happens, give it (the weapon) to the weaponsmith. (Get the weapon back the next morning - crashes or mend times of greater than 1 day can remove enchants). For the mostpart, stones are safe. * Where do I get a stone? I met a group of drunks last evening in Bree who told me that they had been thrown in the slammer for disturbing the peace. They said that they had discovered something very interesting there. Being as inquisitive as I am, I searched around the jail, but found nothing out of the ordinary... maybe I'm just blind... * How do I get stuff from that second corpse there? Use the convention itemnumber.itemname. If there were 3 corpses, to get stuff from the second, use get (whatever you want) 2.corpse. * It says that I'm burning! Why am I on fire?!?! Nonononono.. that is your mana level. Your status line at the bottom shows you how your hitpoints/mana/movement points are going. Here is a list of the order of them (from memory - so there might be a mistake..) Hitpoints: Healthy, Fine, Hurt, Wounded, Bad, Awful, Dead(not good) Mana: Burning, Hot, Warm, Cold, Icy, Frozen Movement: Tired, Slow, Weak, Fainting, Exhausted * Do other abilities increase like ride? When you have practiced ride to 40% (MUST BE 40 - 39 WILL NOT WORD), your ability is like this. * Why can't I get into Grey Havens? Unless you are good aligned, the magical gate will not open for you. * How do I get into Tharbad? If you're a newbie, forget it. The guards will instantly toast you. * What type of armour should I use? There are two strategies that I have seen: go for high dodge, low absorption, or high absorption, low dodge. It's all up to you. There are arguments for both. Most low-average strength players choose dodge simply because the armour is too heavy. * Where is the town of the shire? The shire isn't a town - it is the area between Road to Grey Havens and the Brandywine bridge. There are a number of very small towns that you might find some stores in. * How do I get citizenship in the shire? Either be a hobbit, get born there, or kill a wanted criminal. * Did a player orc or mob orc just attack me? Player orcs are seen as *an orc*, the *'s showing a player character. The orcs see you as *an elf* or whatever you are. If you see *'s, run. * What's a lauren? lauren=gold, celeb=silver, busc=copper in Elvish. * What does a white skull do? It is a cursed item. Get rid of it... I suggest hiding it (help hide) so that some other newbie doesn't walk along and get toasted. More to come :) Strider the Elven Cleric-Scribe