== What's Redwall MUCK? ==

A MUCK is a multiplayer real-time virtual world, similar to an MMO, but text-based.

Players connect to the MUCK server, log in as a character, and participate in ongoing interactive fiction as they travel among linked rooms and roleplay with others.

Our MUCK is set in the universe of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redwall Redwall], a series of children's books by author Brian Jacques. Because we are based on a children's book series and welcome all ages, we require players' behavior to be consistent with juvenile literature. See [[Mission Statement]].

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== How to Connect ==

Redwall MUCK can be reached at telnet host <code>redwall.realm.limitless.org</code> port <code>4203</code>

[https://mudslinger.net/play/?host=redwall.realm.limitless.org&port=4203 Click here] to connect to Redwall MUCK using the Mudslinger web client.

Alternatively, you can connect to Redwall MUCK by downloading a MU* client.

See [[#Clients|Clients]] below for a list of recommended apps.

If you need additional help connecting, please post to our [http://forum.rwmuck.org forum]!

=== [[MUCK Clients|Clients]] ===

Below are free, recommended MU* clients. These apps have features that make it easy to use the MUCK and customize your experience. Each has its own setup but the general idea is to put <code>redwall.realm.limitless.org</code> in the host field and <code>4203</code> as the port.

==== Desktop ====

===== Multi-Platform =====

* [https://www.mudlet.org/ Mudlet] (ChromeOS, Linux, MacOS, Windows)
* [https://www.potatomushclient.com/ Potato MU* Client] (Linux, MacOS, Windows)

===== MacOS =====

* [http://www.riverdark.net/atlantis/ Atlantis]
* [https://www.heynow.com/Savitar/ Savitar]

===== Windows =====

* [http://www.gammon.com.au/mushclient/mushclient.htm MUSHclient]

==== Mobile ====

===== Android =====

* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.happygoatstudios.bt BlowTorch MUD Client]

===== iOS =====

* [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mudrammer-a-modern-mud-client/id597157072 MUDRammer - A Modern MUD Client]

==== Terminal / CLI ====

* [http://tinyfugue.sourceforge.net/ TinyFugue] (Linux, MacOS)
* [https://tintin.mudhalla.net/index.php TinTin++] (Linux, MacOS, Windows)

==== Web-Based ====

''No download required for these web-based clients.''

* [https://mudslinger.net/play/?host=redwall.realm.limitless.org&port=4203 Mudslinger]
* [http://www.mudportal.com/play?host=redwall.realm.limitless.org&port=4203&name=Redwall MUD Portal]

== How to Make a Character ==

Creating a character on the MUCK takes only a few minutes of setup.

After connecting as a guest, you will need to set seven properties (props) on yourself before your character can be created.

Type <code>+set #list</code> to view these properties.

=== Character Props ===

==== Name ====

Pick a unique name for your character. There aren't many restrictions on names, as long as it is consistent with the MUCK's theme, rating, and is not already in use.

To view a list of online characters as examples, type <code>find</code>.

If you want your character to be named Bill, type <code>+set name=Bill</code>.

Keep in mind that once your character is created, you cannot change its name without [[wizard]]ly intervention.

==== Species ====

A complete list of allowed species can be viewed with <code>+list_species</code>.

If you want your character to be a mouse, type <code>+set species=mouse</code>.

Like the name prop, species cannot be changed once the character is created.

==== Password ====

Choose a password and set it with <code>+set pword=YourPassword</code>.

''This field is case sensitive.''

==== Secret ====

Your secret phrase will be requested by a wizard in the event that your password is lost.

Set it with <code>+set secret=Your secret phrase</code>.

==== Email ====

''Your email is not visible to other players on the MUCK.'' It will be used by admin only to send a retrieved password if requested. See [[Privacy policy]].

Set your email with <code>+set email=email@domain.com</code>.

==== Age ====

The age prop refers to the age of your character in the game world.

On Redwall MUCK, age is measured in seasons and a season is equivalent to two years. So if your character is 20 years old, you will set your age to 10 seasons.

<code>+set age=10 Seasons</code>

Age estimates like "Young Adult" are also fine, and the age property can be changed at any time.

==== Description ====

What do you want your character to look like? That's what you'll set in the desc prop.

For now, come up with a few sentences. Your description can be updated at any time.

To set a description, use <code>@desc me=Your description here.</code>

=== Create Your Character ===

Once you have completed the seven fields above, enter <code>+pcreate me</code> to create your character.

You will be automatically switched from a guest user to a character with the name and props you set.

Next time you visit Redwall MUCK, connect as your character with <code>connect bill YourPassword</code>.

== What's Next? ==
It's time to explore the world of Redwall MUCK!

Now that you have created a character, you will want to familiarize yourself with the '''[[Basic_Commands|commands]]''' used to interact with the MUCK and other players. See [[Basic Commands]].

When you are comfortable with the basic commands, articles on intermediate MUCK use (such as building and character development) can be found in the [[:Category:General Help|Help]] section.

[[Category:General Help]]

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Hey, there seems to something fundamentally broken with this page where I can't edit it - is there a way to delete this? I made a new page (Friar Lacota) that works just fine - OlRandom

I tinkered with maintenance scripts and it seems to have resolved the issue with the page. It appears there were like 20 other pages with a similar problem, and hopefully they are all fixed now. Since the page is editable again, I created a redirect to the new page instead of deleting the old one, in case you want to merge the two. Let me know if you find anything else that went wonky with the db migration/update. -- Aeysin

Alright! I merged them.
Unrelated to the update, the character box template is broken and I'm not sure how to even begin fixing it as I don't really know much about wiki templates in general. Is there anyway to fix that? - OlRandom

So the [[Template:CharacterBox]] was a very old project by somebody who no longer plays the MUCK / works on the wiki. Whether it can be fixed is kind of a "maybe".
It has 2 parts: The character info (works), and then the bit below which was meant to pull up logs involving that character (broken).
I replaced the extension used to build the log section with a working version, but the current code relies on a namespace that never really got put to use on the wiki.
Back in 2016 we thought the wiki would be a primary place for log posting, and they'd go under a namespace like Log:Title of Log. It's kind of complicated... and most of that functionality can be achieved using Categories.
While it would be very cool to see something like this working in the future, I have a few projects in queue and don't have time to tinker with it right now. So my recommendation is to delete the broken logs part of the template, but keep the character info part.
The extension used to create the broken template section is [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:DynamicPageList3 DynamicPageList3] if you want to look at the documentation. Or if anybody wants to play with it in the future. -- Aeysin

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Character box template!

Use it like so (feel free to delete lines that don't apply to you, except for FullName)
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{{CharacterBox
| FullName=Matthias
| Portrait={{Image|http://wiki.rwmuck.org/resources/assets/wiki.png}} (if it's a file on another server OR) Matthias.png (if it's an uploaded [[File:Matthias.png]] here.)
| Title=You!
| Species=Mouse
| Sex=Male
| Occupation=Novice
| Organization=Redwall Order
| Alignment=Good
}}
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<div class="Portrait">{{#if:{{{Portrait|}}}|{{#ifexist:File:{{{Portrait}}}|[[File:{{{Portrait}}}|250px]]|{{{Portrait}}}}}}}</div>
=={{{FullName}}}==
{{#if:{{{Title|}}}|'''Title''': [[{{{Title}}}]] }}{{#if:{{{Race|}}}|'''Race''': [[{{{Race}}}]] }}{{#if:{{{Sex|}}}|'''Sex''': {{{Sex|Hermaphrodite}}} }}{{#if:{{{Occupation|}}}|'''Occupation''': [[{{{Occupation}}}]] }}{{#if:{{{Organization|}}}|'''Organization''': [[{{{Organization|Independent}}}]] }}{{#if:{{{Alignment|}}}|'''Alignment''': [[{{{Alignment|None}}}]] }}{{#if:{{{Picture|}}}|'''Picture''': [[{{{Picture|me}}}]] }}
{{#if:{{{DisableLogs|}}}| | <div class="RWCharBoxLogs" style="max-height: 200px; overflow: scroll;">{{#dpl:resultsheader=<hr/>'''Logs''' |suppresserrors=true|namespace=Log|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|linksto={{PAGENAME}}}}</div>}}</div>[[Category:Characters]]</includeonly>

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Character box template!

Use it like so (feel free to delete lines that don't apply to you, except for FullName)
<pre>
{{CharacterBox
| FullName=Matthias
| Portrait={{Image|http://wiki.rwmuck.org/resources/assets/wiki.png}} (if it's a file on another server OR) Matthias.png (if it's an uploaded [[File:Matthias.png]] here.)
| Title=You!
| Species=Mouse
| Sex=Male
| Occupation=Novice
| Organization=Redwall Order
| Alignment=Good
}}
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<div class="Portrait">{{#if:{{{Portrait|}}}|{{#ifexist:File:{{{Portrait}}}|[[File:{{{Portrait}}}|250px]]|{{{Portrait}}}}}}}</div>
=={{{FullName}}}==
{{#if:{{{Title|}}}|'''Title''': [[{{{Title}}}]] }}{{#if:{{{Race|}}}|'''Race''': [[{{{Race}}}]] }}{{#if:{{{Sex|}}}|'''Sex''': {{{Sex|Hermaphrodite}}} }}{{#if:{{{Occupation|}}}|'''Occupation''': [[{{{Occupation}}}]] }}{{#if:{{{Organization|}}}|'''Organization''': [[{{{Organization|Independent}}}]] }}{{#if:{{{Alignment|}}}|'''Alignment''': [[{{{Alignment|None}}}]] }}{{#if:{{{Picture|}}}|'''Picture''': [[{{{Picture|me}}}]] }}
{{#if:{{{DisableLogs|}}}| | <div class="RWCharBoxLogs" style="max-height: 200px; overflow: scroll;">{{#dpl:resultsheader=<hr/>'''Logs''' |suppresserrors=true|category=characters|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|linksto={{PAGENAME}}}}</div>}}</div>[[Category:Characters]]</includeonly>

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| Species=Polecat
| Sex=Female
| Organization=The Knothill
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Redwall MUCK is an interactive, multiplayer text game set in Brian Jacques' Redwall universe.
<code>redwall.realm.limitless.org:4203</code>
[https://mudslinger.net/play/?host=redwall.realm.limitless.org&port=4203 Play now!]
== About Us ==
[[File:welcome.png|right]]
Redwall MUCK has operated continuously since 1995. It is an online text game in which players can interact with each other, in real time, as if they were characters in the Redwall universe.

Our world is a huge and immersive one, built by hundreds of players over the span of two decades. Many familiar places from the books can be visited on the MUCK, or players can expand the universe with projects and plots of their own.

We are a friendly community whose content is safe for players of all ages, and we welcome both veteran MUCK users and novices alike.

Redwall MUCK is graciously hosted by [http://www.limitless.org Limitless Knowledge Association].

== Join the Game ==

New users can visit our [[Quick Start Guide]] to learn how to connect to Redwall MUCK!

Those already familiar with connecting to a MUCK can reach us at redwall.realm.limitless.org:4203.

We have a large [[:Category:General Help|Help]] section with in depth info about the game, or explore our [[:Category:Lore|Lore]], [[:Category:Logs|Logs]], and [http://radio.rwmuck.org Radio] to get a feel for the world.

== Wiki ==
Because our wiki holds over 20 years of Redwall MUCK content, info contained in articles may be outdated.

Both current and former players are welcome to contribute to this wiki. It is open to any content relevant to Redwall MUCK, now or in the past.

Visit our [http://forum.rwmuck.org forum] for news and help!