Introduction to DoT

Dawn of Time is a MUD server written by Michael Garratt (AKA Kalahn), which originally was based on the ROM codebase.

Thus it has a similar "look and feel" to the Diku/ROM style of MUD.

DoT has, as standard ...

• Compiles and runs under Unix (Linux, OpenBSD) and Windows (Cygwin and Microsoft Visual C++)
• MXP (MUD Extension Protocol) support
• MSP (MUD Sound Protocol) support
• MCCP (MUD Compression Protocol) support
• Colour
• OLC (online construction), including:
  
  • Race editor
  • Class editor
  • Spells editor
  • Skills editor
  • Brew editor
  • Mix editor
  • Social editor
  • Group editor
  • Help editor
  • Pose editor
  • Room editor
  • Area editor
  • Mob editor
  • Object editor
  
  
• MOB programs, including:
  
  • Token passing - mobs can 'remember' you
  • Queued messages - so things happen after a few seconds
• Extensive online customisation
• Extensive helps
• Reads ROM areas
• Extensive admin commands and information
• Extensive "wiznet" information services that lets you know of ongoing events (such as players connecting)
• Source code supplied (C++)
• "Hot reboot" feature lets you update the server without players having to disconnect
• Lots of features in general. Compare the size of the source files (.c, .cpp and .h) for the various servers:
  
  • ROM: 46,434 lines
  • SMAUG: 134,650 lines
  • DoT: 182,342 lines
• Integrated web server - lets players check who is on in their web browser, before connecting, and other things, like viewing help files.
• MUDftp support - lets you edit room descriptions etc. in your favourite text editor
• Automapper - shows an text-based map of the current room and surrounding rooms.

For examples, see other posts in this section.