So...I'm not a beginner with Quest because I have gotten the itch to use it several times and I finally downloaded the latest trial version because I got the itch to make a MUD again, however, I pretty much suck at the coding beyond the basics.

I just got through working for a company that hosts several MUDs and worked within the game to create items and areas and found that the way that it was set up was so much easier than worrying about coding it like I had done previously.

Anywho, what I would like to try to do is allow the Admins (Admin is a property on some player objects)to create areas, rooms and objects through a set of simple commands.

I am trying to keep things organized so I like to label my rooms with numbers. Areas (for me) are groups of rooms that start with 100 and end with 999. I don't want to have to use up all rooms in an area but I want to be able to do so if I choose to. So numbering my rooms by area and room give me something like 1-100 which is area 1 room 100, which is the 'control room' for my game.

So I want to be able to first create an area by using a simple command /create area <insert area number here> and have it create a segment that is able to handle rooms 100 - 999 and won't let you go over the limit. If the segment is already created, I want it to say so and stop the command, and if it hasn't been, I want it to create a blank room of the segment plus the first room number of the segment (i.e. 2-100) and move me to it. Hehe, I hope this is making sense so far.

I then want to be able to /create room <insert seg-room number here>. If the segment isn't created yet, I want it to tell me so and stop the command. If it is and the room number is already created then I want it to stop the command. If it isn't, then create the room and move me to it.(ie 2-101).

So now we get to the fun part. I want to be able to modify the name of the room and the description of the room via a command /modify name <insert text here> /modify description <insert text here> that will only change the name and description of the room you are standing in at the time. So you won't be able to modify room 2-100 if you are standing in room 5-963. And I think that is all on the rooms for now...

As for items...this is going to be tricky for me to explain I think...anywho, I want to create some basic items that can be copied via the /create <item> command. Say I have a basic prop, a basic sword, and a basic table set with properieties befitting their type so I won't have to modify every single one I create and put them into an 'item_Storage' room. /create prop would come up with moving a copy of the blank prop to your hand that you can then /modify prop for its new name and description. I would like to also be able to modify properties via a similar command.

I have a lot more questions and ideas but I think that is more than enough to get me started. If anyone could help, that would be wonderful, if I sound horribly confusing or confused...it is because I am .

Thanks,
Player of a few too many.