Quickstart Guide to Playing

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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.