Quickstart Guide to Playing

This is a guide containing many of the commands you will use to play Untold Dawn.

Basic Movement

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

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

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.

Or, if you want to write a longer emote with speech, you can work speech in:

emote Shrugging, @ smiles at ~woman. "Nice to meet you too, I suppose," he says, shaking ^woman hand.

Target will see: Shrugging, the newbie smiles at you. "Nice to meet you, I suppose," he says, shaking your hand.

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

These symbols are code-supported but not currently functional.

                &       himself/herself/themself   yourself
                =       (sdesc)'s                  yours
                +       his/hers/theirs            yours

Describing Your Character

After you go through chargen, you will be able to set a short description and your main description.

You set your main description with the describe command, which allows you to enter a single paragraph of text describing your character as a whole. This replaces the old "bodyparts" system for the moment - disregard any instructions you see related to that!

Do include:

• Things people could see at a look (height, coloration, build, etc.)
• Color in moderation, if you want! (see Help:Color)

Don't include:

• Clothing (that's covered by physical objects in the game)
• Anything that wouldn't be visible on a look, such as details about voice - see below!

Here is a sample description:

Petite in stature, this woman possesses a fair complexion. Auburn hair falls in a neat braid to a slender waist, framing a heart-shaped face with defined features. Amber eyes with thick lashes rest above a small straight nose. Still further, full lips with a defined cupid's bow transition into a pointed chin and an elegant throat. Rounded shoulders lead into athletically muscled arms and diminutive wrists. Her hands are smooth, bearing callouses on the tips of her fingers, nails unadorned with polish and shaped into careful ovals. A moderate bust leads into a flat abdomen and rounded hips. Athletically slim, her legs are well-muscled, thighs and calves firm with exercise.

Postures

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.

Syntax: <position> <optional modifier> <optional target> <optional text>

• 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.
• Targets Available: If you specify a modifier, you must specify a target.
• Optional Text: You can add extra text at the end to further flavor your posture.

The DEFAULT modifier is by, so if you don't specify a modifier the game will supply by.

Examples:

stand Cameron 
You stand by Cameron. 

sit on sofa 
You sit on a large turquoise-colored L-shaped sofa.

sprawl on sofa staring up at the ceiling 
You sprawl out on a large turquoise-colored L-shaped sofa, staring up at the ceiling.

stand near a wall, with arms tightly crossed 
You stand, near a wall, with arms tightly crossed.

Voice Customization

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 and the Personal Network

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.

Your QC chip also enables the use of the Personal Network, an in-game and fully IC 'global' chat.

To use the PN, type:

• pn alias <keyword> - to set your nickname or alias on the PN;
• pn all <text> - to send a message to everyone using the PN.

See Help:Pn for more details.

Relationships

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

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.