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When exporting local images, I get maps that look like this:

http://mkv25.net/dfma/map-3404-reinhammers

At first I thought it was the map compressor, but I took a look at the .bmp files that DF exported directly and discovered the problem was with the DF export, not FDF's conversion.

I'm running a 960x300 tileset with blackspace enabled at 1000 x 500 windowed resolution.

No, seriously.

They'll just die of starvation/thirst after a while.

I just want to let everyone know about some of the features that have been added so far:

Time/date/weather: This is the newest addition. Type +today in the game to see the current time/date/weather/moon phase. There are +help files available for the time system's use and how to use it while building to create time- and season-flexible room descriptions.

Time currently moves at a 4:1 ratio.

+Help System: As of yet there's not a whole yet here, but keep checking back for more. Eventually this command will contain documentation for all of the major in-game commands available to players.

Global Bulletin Board: The global bulletin board can be viewed with the +bbread command. For further instructions on how to read and post entries, see +help.

Game Appearance: I'm working on adding a lot of pizazz to the visual aspects of the MUX (at least, as far as text-only coding will allow). If you haven't check in for a while things are likely to look radically different.

Short Descriptions: Players can use the command: '&shortdesc me=<text>' to change their short descriptions. Short descriptions are snippets of information about what a player's character is currently doing that can be seen by looking at the room. These are eventually intended to function as a roleplaying aid. Players can also add &shortdescs to objects that will show up in the room.

I'm ambivalent. I have high hopes, but I'm also not going to hold my breath.

As much as I loved Fallout 1 & 2, and Morrowind, I was not particularly fond of Oblivion. Oblivion was a decent game after being modded with Oscuro's and having its difficulty exponentially cranked up, but the simple fact of the matter is - compared to its predecessors, Oblivion was a kiddie sandbox. Everything was too easy, gameplay was horrendously unbalanced, and as beautiful as the scenery was, it just didn't jive with me as well as Morrowind did.

That said, if Bethesda manages to make Fallout 3 enough of a challenge to keep the game interesting, I think it could have an incredible amount of promise. I'm also looking forward to seeing the world of Fallout in 3D.

Hah, I code. When you get right down to it, RPG's are all equations and lists. Not exactly brain-busting work. Just alot of it, plus deciding how exactly how you want the equations to work, tweaking, updating, etc.

Let me show you the code for my virtual inventory program sometime...

I'm not! I never use telnet, so maybe I goofed up with that link. Anyhow, I KNOW this will work:

http://simplemu.onlineroleplay.com/

Go there ^, and download the client on the site.

Open it once it's installed, hit the 'File' tab at the top-left, and select 'New Connection Wizard...'.

From there, just enter the information in my original post, and name your new connect info 'DF MUX' or whatever you'd like to call it. You should then be able to connect.

Obligatory Warning: There's nothing there yet, really. Just commands to communicate. Anything else would need to be coded in. Once in-game you can use 'say <blah>' and 'pose <blah>' or just '"<blah>' and ':<blah>' to 'speak' and use actions.