| Mushclient Users: Please Clean Your IP Cache!, posted on Wed Sep 18 08:06:56 2024 | | Posted by: Pit | | Category: General | Hello all,
If you are using Mushclient and find yourself unable to connect to Discworld later today, we advise that you go to File => World properties, where you may find a button "refresh cached IP", which you should press!
Explanation: the MUD is always reachable on discworld.starturtle.net, but to deal with network issues, we sometimes have to change which IP this address points to.
Unfortunately, some MUD clients -- of which Mushclient is the commonly used one -- cache the IP you have conne...Read The Rest Of This Entry |
| Lightly Seared On The Reality Grill, posted on Wed Aug 21 16:11:17 2024 | | Posted by: Kake | | Category: General | The klein bottle cosies sold in the Creel Springs magic shop now come in a range of colours (including one super-rare). The plain ones are still available for those who prefer them.
A bug has been fixed that was preventing anyone from getting the best result for the earring in the well-chewed metalworking book.
The soul formerly known as "eskimo" is now known as "hongi".
Inspired by the popularity of lettuce-eating tortoises, the geese from the Slippery Hollow pet stall will now accept gifts ...Read The Rest Of This Entry |
| Disconnection Detection, posted on Sat Aug 10 13:21:27 2024 | | Posted by: Pit | | Category: General | Hello all,
We are aware that there is a problem where players repeatedly get disconnected, and are discussing solutions with the ISP.
For the time being, we have implemented some functionality to protect players from dying in combat when a disconnect is detected by marking them as unconscious. This code is still in beta, and therefore may still have some flaws, but we are rolling it out now because we hope that it will help you.
If you would rather not have this code apply to you, please cont...Read The Rest Of This Entry |
| Now, Turning To Reason, And Its Just Sweetness, posted on Tue Jul 2 11:30:32 2024 | | Posted by: Kake | | Category: General | This blog post is mainly about stat items, but while I'm here:
Erected tents now show up on terrain maps, and people/corpses inside tents can now be located with the relevant rituals.
On to the stat items!
The effects of stacking stat items are no longer dependent on the order in which you equip the items. For positive stat effects, the final effect should now be the best boost that was possible with the old calculation. Moreover, the bless ritual will no longer interfere with equipped stat ...Read The Rest Of This Entry |
| Connecting Securely, posted on Sun Jun 23 08:27:43 2024 | | Posted by: Fran | | Category: General and Web | The mud now supports secure connections both when playing from the browser with DecafMUD or using a third party client[1].
To connect with a third party client use host discworld.starturtle.net and port 4245.
Fran.
[1] If the client supports secure connections. Check your client's documentation for support and instructions to enable this feature. |
| Germane Riposte, posted on Wed Jun 12 14:49:46 2024 | | Posted by: Kake | | Category: General | Various bugs in the hunter's pack have been fixed. It should now no longer prevent you from slipping things into it while closed, and it should no longer give the wrong failure message when you try to put something into it that doesn't fit.
Ranged inhumes now take account of the damage types available on the weapon. Specifically, they no longer assume pierce damage unless the weapon can actually inflict that type of damage.
Poison lab equipment will now give a special message at the end of th...Read The Rest Of This Entry |
| Nominative Redeterminism, posted on Fri Apr 26 19:00:44 2024 | | Posted by: Guildenstern | | Category: General | Several things were getting confused about their names and plurals. Specifically:
* Fluffy ribbon chokers are now properly jewellery.
* When you have more than one tachibo, they are now two (or more) tachibo, rather than being tachiboes. You can refer to them as tachibo, tachibos, or tachiboes.
* Dead chickens, ducks, and eels can now be properly referred to as "corpses".
In addition, you can now buy newspaper boxes from your spulluf, if you have or can summon a spulluf. If you can't, ignore th...Read The Rest Of This Entry |
| Experimental Outbreak!!!!!, posted on Mon Apr 1 10:39:31 2024 | | Posted by: Pit | | Category: General | In an unexpected and totally unforeseeable turn of events, the Bes Pelargic wizards guild reports an unfortunate accident with the results of a scientific experiment breaking free.
"I've never seen anything like this! The catastrophe needs to be contained as soon as possible! We need everyone's help!" according to the junior spokesperson to the guild.
Everyone interested in helping out is asked to report to Professor Shrub in the courtyard. He was not open for commentary when our reporters asked...Read The Rest Of This Entry |
| Revisionist, posted on Fri Mar 15 10:08:44 2024 | | Posted by: Kake | | Category: General | * The "brief" command now shows your settings in alphabetical order.
* The lecture timetables in the AM Assassins' Guild now obey your temporal_reality setting.
* When Bernita's wombles deliver flowers, you'll now be able to see in hcomm who sent them.
* Various new breads have been added to the bakery stall in Djelibeybi's bazaar.
* Some witch hats will now keep the rain off when they didn't before.
* The thaum-absorbing pyramids in the outdoor gym at the Institute of Illusory Learning now ...Read The Rest Of This Entry |
| The Craft Of Bugfixing, posted on Wed Mar 6 13:40:18 2024 | | Posted by: Guildenstern | | Category: General | * Beard Day beards can now be removed. They will vanish when you do so, but if this makes you sad then you can always su for another one.
* The Morporkian Carriages game will now tell you who won when the game has finished. Moreover, you can now end a game that's got "stuck" by making sure that all players who are still in the room have resigned (see the helpfile attached to the game for more details).
* Decoratable items now have the adjective "decorated" or "undecorated" as appropriate. Mo...Read The Rest Of This Entry |
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