Running PennMUSH

Trial run

After you have configured PennMUSH you are ready to do a trial "run". To do this:

• Open a "Command Prompt" window
• Change to the PennMUSH "game" directory
• Type in:

  
  pennmush /run
  
  

You should see something like the following scroll by:

C:\>cd \PennMUSH\GAME
C:\PennMUSH\GAME>pennmush /run
PennMUSH version 1.6.10 patchlevel 5 [4/29/97]
MUSH restarted, PID 238, at Sat Jul 12 11:08:43 1997

Creating file: txt/help.txt
    Copying file: INDEX.HLP, 16571 bytes
    Copying file: PENN.HLP, 139397 bytes
    Copying file: PENNCHAT.HLP, 8183 bytes
    Copying file: PENNFLAG.HLP, 21896 bytes
    Copying file: PENNFUNC.HLP, 94644 bytes
    Copying file: PENNMAIL.HLP, 5803 bytes
    Copying file: PENNVERS.HLP, 93154 bytes
Copied 7 files, 379648 bytes
Creating file: txt/news.txt
    Copying file: INDEX.NWS, 223 bytes
    Copying file: PENNMUSH.NWS, 225 bytes
Copied 2 files, 448 bytes
Creating file: txt/events.txt
    Copying file: INDEX.EVT, 171 bytes
    Copying file: PENNMUSH.EVT, 345 bytes
Copied 2 files, 516 bytes
Creating file: txt/rules.txt
**** No files matching: "txt\rul\*.rul" found.
Indexing file txt/help.txt
    702 topics indexed
Indexing file txt/news.txt
    4 topics indexed
Indexing file txt/events.txt
    2 topics indexed
Indexing file txt/rules.txt
    0 topics indexed
File "data/in.db" found, size 791 bytes,
         modified on 12 Jul 1997 00:58:50
File "data/out.db" not found.
File "data/PANIC.db" not found.
Verifying selected database.
File "data/in.db" found, size 791 bytes,
         modified on 12 Jul 1997 00:58:50
Input database verified. Proceeding to analysis.
ANALYZING: data/in.db
ANALYZING: data/in.db (done)
LOADING: data/in.db
READING: done
LOADING: data/in.db (done)
07/12 11:08:44  RPT: No access.cnf file found.
Listening on port 4201
RESTART FINISHED.

If you have trouble reading all of the above messages because they scroll by too quickly, get the "properties" of your Command Prompt window, and change the Layout > Screen Buffer Size > Height to more than 24 lines (make it, say, 200 lines).

Testing the server

Use your client program (we recommend MUSHclient, however Telnet that comes with Windows will do for now) and connect to:

The IP address of 127.0.0.1 is "your own PC". You can also type "localhost" which is easier to remember. Below is an example of entering the correct figures into MUSHclient:

You should see the following appear in your client program:

<This is where you announce that they've connected to your MUSH>
<It's a good idea to include the version/patchlevel of MUSH you're running>
<It's a good idea to include an email address for questions about the MUSH>
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Use create <name> <password> to create a character.
Use connect <name> <password> to connect to your existing character.
Use QUIT to logout.
Use the WHO command to find out who is online currently.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yell at your local god to personalize this file!

You are now ready to connect and start experimenting! Depending on the contents of your database file, the following may well get you connected:

connect One

Setting up PennMUSH to start automatically

The best way to make the MUSH server start automatically depends on which operating system you are using:

Click on the appropriate link above for more details about each option.

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