Welcome to M-MUCK!
M-MUCK, the next generation of MUCK client, combines the freedom of your favourite MUCK with the convenience of your favourite Instant Messenger.
M-MUCK is a dedicated MUCK client, with a bunch of labour-saving features, all designed from the bottom up to make your experience with your favourite MUCK more seamless and sociable, and storing everything your character knows, so you don't need to struggle to remember everything. It is currently under active development, and is available at no cost.
Note
You may have noticed a quick change of hosting provider. This is because when I posted the address of my last site on Twitter, the server could not handle the load! Angelfire will do for now, until I find a more suitable home. When the web server went down, the automatic updater broke with it.
For the moment, the beta release is very kindly being hosted by Filefront. A new version that fixes the automatic updater and updates links will be released once a more permanent home is found.
Features
- Connects to any Telnet server, including MUCKs, MUDs, etc.
(Optimised for MUCKs, but will work as a basic Telnet client for any server.)
- Stores up to ten servers and characters.
- Internal command system allows you to issue commands to M-MUCK by typing in the same way as you'd issue a command to the MUCK you're connected to.
(Planned feature): Internal commands will be accessible from any window, whether issued from a query window or from the main window, the commands will work the same way.
- All internal commands are also accessible from the intuitive menu-driven interface.
- Query window system: Pop-up windows keep page and whisper conversations separate from the flow, allowing you to carry on conversations with the same ease as with your favourite Instant Messenger.
- All windows have their own command recall, you can use the up and down arrow keys to cycle through commands you've recently issued.
- All windows change colour in your taskbar to attract your attention if they have something new to show you, allowing you to leave your MUCK open without having to keep checking if you've missed something; but they don't flash distractingly so you can keep working on something else until you decide to check them.
- Automatic logging ensures if you ever have a conversation you want to keep, it's already safe on your hard drive.
- Automatic highlighting of your character name allows you to notice instantly if someone is talking to you, even in a busy room.
- Automatic WS (What Species) of characters who walk into most locations.
(This function is updated on a case-by-case basis, if it doesn't work in your favourite hangout, watch someone come in and someone leave, then send me the relevant lines of your log and I can update it easily.)
- Both of the above features can be turned off if you don't like them.
- Text is displayed in whatever font and size you like.
- LookCache stores descriptions of everyone you've ever looked at, and displays it in any query window with them in future alongside their messages. Never again will you have to wonder "who's that?" - and if their description ever changes, the next time you look at them, LookCache automatically updates your copy.
- Semi-automatic updater allows you to choose when updates are installed, giving you more control over your experience.
Plus three really big planned features, and a whole bunch of features I've already got used to having, and forgotten about.
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