Monthly Archives: October 2007

A Custom Client

I don’t believe I’ve mentioned it here yet, but around 2005-2007 wrote a custom MUD client using wxWidgets and SDL. It runs fairly well on Windows and tolerably on Linux (there are one or two glitches). I designed it to work with Duris and its prompt system. It shows maps for a zone if they’re available and keeps track of hits, mana, and moves via a meter system. The graphics are pretty simple, although I had planned to improve them a bit. This program was written from scratch and could form the basis for a custom hybrid 2-d/text-based Basternae client at some point.

Here’s a screenshot (while playing Duris):


(Click to enlarge)

Another Good Chunk

Down to 4,539 errors.

Most of the rest of the errors to be squashed are going to be pretty involved, so I expect slower progress for a while.  Even so, we’re not too far from zero now.

Just 100

The error count is down 100 to 5,704.

I spent this week sending out the second and last issue of my fantasy/sci-fi magazine, All Possible Worlds. Although I run a dozen or so other websites, I might be able to put more time into the Basternae code without the magazine stealing my time. It is/was a pretty cool little magazine, but it’s a massive drain on the time and finances to run.

A Tiny Update

The error count is now down to 5,804.

Working on the Basternae code is a lot of fun, but I don’t get as much time to do it as I would like.  Even so, at least progress is being made.