Subject: Watch that first step...

From: "M. Strata Rose" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1993 17:47:28 -0700

Okay, I have made my DNS behave and am building my resolver library in the
background.  I compiled gcc today and then compiled the moo code, no
problems.   

I have the Minimal.db and I have the LambdaCore-April-something.  Now it's
question time:  

1) is there a newer version of the LambdaCore that I can start from?  Nothing
newer than the April one could I find on parcftp.

2) Amy, would you be willing to let me take a copy of the MediaMOO core
instead?  How much difference is there from LambdaMOO?  What interesting
utilities, functions, etc have been added, and how do I go about getting
permission from their author(s) to use them? 

3) Has anyone taken some of the cooler packages or features or whatever you
want to call them and actually gently pried them free of all but the core or
core+some_stuff so that I can easily graft things like the gopher client or
the MediaMOO taxi service or what have you into Virtual City?   I can provide
FTP space and serve as a clearinghouse for such things, it's part of my
charter.  :-)

4) I would love useful suggestions on things to do, things to avoid, and how
to make the transition from a few initial builders to opening the floodgates.
 I have tenatively scheduled August 15th as "opening day" and there's a
helluva lot of work to be done before then!  Those of you who have opened
MOOs, how long did it take you to create a reasonably rich environment?  Or
did you just set a minimal structure and open the gates?

5) BTW, I haven't ever logged into JaysHouse or Cardiff or other MOOs, so
pardon me if I seem to be slighting any of you folks; MediaMOO is the only
one I'm familiar with, not even having spent more than an hour or so on
Lambda itself.  Please tell me what exciting things you're developing, and if
you'd be interested in integrating them into VC.

Cheers,
_Strata

M. Strata Rose
Unix & Network Consultant, SysAdmin & Internet Information 
Virtual City Project
[email-masked] | [email-masked] | [email-masked] | [email-masked]

---

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1993 19:21:26 -0700

Most of what you want really is in LambdaCore.  On MediaMOO we just added the
stuff about real names and changed "wizard" to "janitor."  Albert has done
some pretty spiffy events code which is almost ready for prime time.  We also
made new players by default programmers.

All the gopher stuff is from JaysHouseMOO.  It requires a small server patch
for this version of the server.

If you want MOOnet, you need to speak to Networker@(most MOOs).

My advice: start small.  Examine every object number in the core and see what
it does (there aren't many.)  Port things one at a time as you need them.

-- Amy