Quickstart Guide to Playing
This is a guide containing many of the commands you will use to play Untold Dawn.
Basic Movement[edit | edit source]
To move around, you can type the cardinal direction you which to move through. A room may have any one (or multiple) cardinal directions available to move through. North, south, east, west, northwest, southwest, northeast, southeast, up, and down. For example:
north n southwest sw down d
Look[edit | edit source]
It's important to know that you can look at the room, and you can look at objects or characters. (Help:Look)
look (or l) - look at the room you are standing in
look <target> - look at the object or character you desire
look look man look east look me
Emoting[edit | edit source]
Emoting is the most important aspect of roleplay. In Untold Dawn, you can emote both in speech and out of it. (Help:Emote)
The targetting style for emotes is inspired by the same emoting style in other games such as Armageddon MUD. You can emote like this:
emote smiles. Others will see: The newbie smiles.
emote smiles at ~man. Target will see: Newbie smiles at you.
emote With a grin, @ nods at ~man. Target will see: With a grin, the newbie nods at you.
You can also emote in speech, with the following syntax:
say (with a broad gesture) Welcome to Artemis! tell man (pointing a finger south) The cryo-pods are that way.
Here is a reference list for targeting different pronouns in emotes (credit to ArmageddonMUD):
<Symbol Reference Target Sees ------ --------- ----------- ~ (sdesc) you ! him/her/them you % (sdesc)'s your ^ his/her/their your # he/she/they you & himself/herself/themself yourself = (sdesc)'s yours + his/hers/theirs yours
Describing Your Character[edit | edit source]
After you go through chargen, you will be able to set a short description and your main description. (Help:Bodyparts)
However, you can also describe each bodypart individually; for example, you can describe your eyes and if you wear sunglasses, that part of the description will be hidden.
If you type BODYPARTS, you will see a list of all the bodyparts you have and can describe.
For example, you might get something like this:
bodyparts You have a face (#2478). It is visible if not covered by anything. It can be described. You have a neck (#2475). It is visible if not covered by anything. It can be described. ...
You can then optionally provide a description for each bodypart with the following command:
bodyparts describe 2478 His face is oval-shaped and features dimpled cheeks.
Go ahead and feel free to play around with these descriptions; you can use them at will. This is completely optional. You can not use this system if you desire.
Another tip is to describe ONE foot (use the right - rfoot) as both.
bodyparts describe <id> Two feet, with ten toes are well kept and clean.
Postures[edit | edit source]
Postures are how you can pose your character in a room. See Help:Stand or 'help stand' in game to view this helpfile while you play.
- Positions Available: stand, stand at ease, stand at attention, squat, sprawl, slump, sit, prostrate, prone, lie, lounge, lean, kneel
- Modifiers Available: in, on, under, before, behind, around
Most positions have default modifiers. For example, typing sit on <object> will attempt to sit on the object.
Voice Customization[edit | edit source]
You can set the sound of your voice with the VOICE command. Talking after customizing your voice will add the descriptor words you choose each time. See Help:Voice for more details.
- voice range <range> - Set your vocal range.
- voice accent <accent> - Set the geographic or cultural reference for your accent.
- voice adjective <adjective> - Sets an arbitrary adjective for your voice.
Your QC Chip[edit | edit source]
The Quantum Communications chip (which was implanted upon your acceptance to the Artemis program) allows you to access the QC network, a low-level augmented reality network. There are various software in the QC chip and you can access their respective helpfiles through the following commands:
- qc group help - Group management.
- qc wallet help - Currency wallets.
- qc time - Shows the current game time.
See Help:QC for more details.
Relationships[edit | edit source]
Overwhelmed by the idea of remembering all these character names in game? Have no fear, the relationship command is here! (Help:Relationship) You can assign an alias for another character and add notes about your character's relationship with them using the following commands:
- relationship <target> - Shows the relationship between you and the target.
- relationship <target> aka <name> - Sets an alias for the character.
- relationship <target> notes <note> - Sets a note for the character.
Other Commands[edit | edit source]
This is not a complete list of commands. You can view Category:Helpfile for more details on any of these, and more!
Stand/Sit/Kneel/ETC. | See HELP STAND for further info - many postures are available. |
N, E, S, W, NE, NW, SE, SW, U, D | Cardinal movements for travelling through the world |
Health | This will show you your character's current health |
Score/Profile | Will show you your score sheet, stats and skills |
Who | Shows the current player count |
Look/L | Looks around, or at something targetted |
Turn | Turn switch on, Turn switch off |
Input | Some devices when looked at, will instruct you to INPUT commands. |
Mine | When holding appropriate equipment, will allow you to mine |
Diagnose | This will show you the diagnostic tests your character can run. |
Treat | This will show you the medical treatments your character can offer |
Hold | This will put something from your inventory, into one of your hands |
FH | Free hands will move things from your hands, into your inventory |
Get | This will get something from the room and put it in your hand |
Drop | This will drop something in your hands, to the room |
Get <item> bag | This will get something from your bag container (cannot be worn) |
Put <item> bag | This will put something from your hands into your bag container (cannot be worn) |
I/inventory | This lists your wearables, things in your hands and your general inventory. |
Bodyparts | This lists your bodypart descriptions and how to edit them. |
Permit | Permit <name> Medical: This will give someone permission to administer medical treatment to you |
Biography | Add biography entries for your character's big life events |
Think | Think will allow you to sink into your characters thoughts. |
Feel | Feel will allow you to sink into your characters feelings. |
Shout | Louder speech which echoes to nearby spaces. |
Follow | Follow Bob wil have you follow Bob. |
Rent | This will allow you to rent rentable spaces. |
Wear/Remove | Wears/removes items. |
Xhelp/Wish | Contacts staff for help. |
QC | This will bring up the QC chip information |
Attack | Does what it says on the tin. |
Disengage | Pulls you away from attacking. DISE can be used. |
OOC | Speaks ooc locally. Use= OOC HI! |
Quit | Quits you out the game, leaving your character's body asleep in the world. |