Using MQ to turn EQ into a MUD :-p

Tuna · Post by **Tuna** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 2:06 pm

Here is a mock-up of an app I'm considering writing. Would any of you guys actually use it?

Lax · Post by **Lax** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 2:08 pm

That would be interesting to see, no idea as far as actual use

Tuna · Post by **Tuna** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 2:13 pm

If you work from a 200MHz machine running Win95, but you can SSH to your home machine, you could open up 4 windows to 4 EQ machines at home and have your own group (again).

merkzu · Post by **merkzu** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 7:09 pm

kinda neat, but how would you map the terrain?

Tuna · Post by **Tuna** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 7:56 pm

That's the easy part - use the downloadable maps but make the grid 10x10 (or whatever works).

It's kind of an ambitious toy project, I know, but I love text mode.

[40oz] · Post by **[40oz]** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 8:54 pm

That's hilarious

Amadeus · Post by **Amadeus** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 10:33 pm

OMFG! ...We could have EQ Bard's Tale with that technology!

EqMule · Post by **EqMule** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 11:22 pm

I think it rocks!

do it by all means, I would use it from work

Pragma · Post by **Pragma** » Thu Nov 13, 2003 11:48 pm

I would trade an unbelieveable amount for a fully non-graphical version of EQ that I could run like 15 times per machine.

mackster · Post by **mackster** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 12:08 am

Macro your very own guild!

spudgun · Post by **spudgun** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 7:27 am

Verant's worst nightmare. I love it.

Midnight · Post by **Midnight** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 8:18 am

When was Bards Tale ever a MUD? 3 Kingdoms!! Trade Wars!! MAJORMUD! This option would set me back a few years

LordGiddion · Post by **LordGiddion** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 10:18 am

Tuna,
I started looking at doing this as an add for MQ, an enhancment on the telnet client, but I couldn't find a good guide to ansii that showed escape codes for things like text positioning. Do you have one?

Tuna · Post by **Tuna** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 11:37 am

I've been doing so much perl for the past few years I've almost forgotten my C roots. Might do it in near-ANSI C so it will run on as many OS' as possible.

ncurses is a must!

I guess there is enough interest here. I'll draw up the requirements and see how many hours approx it will take me to develop.

MacroFiend · Post by **MacroFiend** » Fri Nov 14, 2003 12:13 pm

Giddeon, do a search for old world BBS info ... RBBS etc all used ANSI color codes and positioning. You may be able to find docs on cursor control that way.