Notes: (1) Square brackets mean you should substitute appropriate text (without the brackets). (2) If you use the Web Gateway, many of these commmands will not be necessary, since you will be able to "point and click" in the web window.
| COMMAND | WHAT IT DOES |
|---|---|
| connect [name] [password] | Logs you into the MOO |
| @quit | Logs you out of the MOO |
| @who | Gives you a list of everyone who's logged in and where they are |
| say (abbreviated ") [text] | (e.g. 'say hi' or "hi) how you talk to people in the same room as you are; others see "[your name] says [text]" |
| page [character] with [message] | how you talk to people in rooms other than the one you're in |
| emote (abbreviated :) [text] | (e.g. 'emote smiles' or :smiles) prepends your name to whatever text you type and prints it to everyone else in the room; this is how you "do" things in the MOO |
| look (or 'look here') | gives a description of the room |
| look [object] | gives a description of an object or detail. This includes other people! |
| look me | gives a description of your character -- you need to describe yourself! |
| @describe me as "[your description here]" | sets your character's description. @describe is also used to describe rooms (@describe here as "whatever") and other objects you own. |
| @rename me to [new_name] | renames your character, so long as you haven't chosen a name already in use; @rename also works for other objects and rooms that you own |
| @gender [male | female] | sets your character's gender (which is neuter by default; there *are* other choices -- type @gender to see them) |
| @realname [charactername] | (e.g. @realname Camilla) use this to find out who the people you're talking to really are |
| [exit name] | moves you through the named exit |
| @go [room name] (NEW!) | moves you to the room in question (assuming there are not more than one with that name) |
| @join [player name] | takes you to the current location of the named player (unless the location is locked) |
| help | gives a list of MOO help indices |
| help [index name] | lists topics on which help is available |
| help [whatever] | gives help on [whatever], if available |
| @password [old] [new] | changes your password (impt. to do on your first log in) |
| @examine [obj] | gives more info. about an object (including 'verbs' defined on it) |
| take [obj] | pick something up |
| take [obj] from [another obj] | take something from a container |
| put [obj] in [obj] | put it back |
| give [obj] to [player] | just what it says |
| news | lets you read the MOO news |
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Please direct questions about this document to bonefas@acs.colleges.org. 3 May 1998 |