Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Gloom of Night

Posted by Garaelb on Wed 30 Jul 2003 06:31 AM — 3 posts, 14,823 views.

Garaelb Wed 30 Jul 2003 06:31 AM #0

Well thats fine and dandy if you have weather to contend with but the problem with my mail system is that it dosen't seem to work.

Quote:
Public Notices
Here the citizens of the city come to read and trade information about the events of their time. A large board hangs on the far wall, serving to carry the word of the common people one to another, and people mill slowly by,
reading and perusing notes in the silent atmosphere.
Exits: east.
The Darkhaven board hangs here.

<4000hp 104m 110mv>
note post
There is no bulletin board here to look at.

Quote:
note show
Lordrom: (no subject)
To: All this is a test of the MUDmail/Note system this is only a test Signed Lord Rom
this is a test of the post office system in the game. This is only a test/s

I have tried all the related commands. I can write a note or a mail, but I can't psot it or send it. I looked at the object to see if it has any special setting and it is listed as 'furniture'. There are no object or wear flags connected to it, so I'm at a loss on how to get the note/mail out of my hands and on to the board. Is ther something that I need to turn on or set in a config file or something?

Signed
Mail-less in MUD!

Nick Gammon Australia Forum Administrator Thu 31 Jul 2003 01:54 AM #1

A bit of a hunt through the source revealed this ...

There is a file in the boards directory, called boards.txt. In it is ...


Filename          immortal.brd~
Vnum              1200
Min_read_level    50
Min_post_level    51
Min_remove_level  55
Max_posts         100
Type               0
End
Filename          highgod.brd~
Vnum              1201
Min_read_level    54
Min_post_level    52
Min_remove_level  59
Max_posts         50
Type               0
End

This suggests to me that there are currently only two boards, in rooms 1200 and 1201.

I did a "goto 1200" and then "note post" (after writing a note) and got this:


note post
You post your note on the board.
note list
 1) Lordrom     : All          : To everyone
note read
Note read which number?
note read 1
[  1] Lordrom: To everyone
Thu Jul 31 11:48:36 2003
To: All
Nick is eating some fruit right now.

Also try typing "boards" ...


boards
immortal.brd    #:  1200 Read: 50 Post: 51 Rmv: 55 Max: 100 Posts:   1 Type: 0
highgod.brd     #:  1201 Read: 54 Post: 52 Rmv: 59 Max:  50 Posts:   0 Type: 0

And "makeboard".

Garaelb Thu 31 Jul 2003 02:45 AM #2

Thanks Nick - two more questions

1)
The sequence of commands to make, post and read a message

have paper in hand and a quill in your inventory
type Note To <recipient>
Type Note Subject <title of note>
Type Note Write <message>
Type /s to save note when done writing it
type Note Post to leave the note on the board
type Note List <number of note to start listing from> to see all the notes on the board
type Note Read <number of note to read>

Sheesh thats a lot of work to leave a note LOL

ok question 2)
I don't have any help files on MAKEBOARD
When I type makeboard I get -
Log: Lordrom: makeboard
Usage: makeboard <filename>

So what is the procedure to make a board. There are several places in Darkhaven that claim to be boards such as the Darkhaven Courrier (s,s,w,s,w of town square)but there is no help file on how to make one. I thought about editing the boards.txt file to add one in, but am not sure that would work.

Filename immortal.brd~
Vnum 1200
Min_read_level 50
Min_post_level 51
Min_remove_level 55
Max_posts 100
Type 0
End
Filename highgod.brd~
Vnum 1201
Min_read_level 54
Min_post_level 52
Min_remove_level 59
Max_posts 50
Type 0
End
Filename postoff.brd~
Vnum 21053
Min_read_level 01
Min_post_level 01
Min_remove_level 58
Max_posts 150
Type 0
End

What do you think?

edited to add ignore question 2 I found it

BSET and BSTAT