Muddled Times
Issue:Issue 5, August 2000
Section:Articles
Author:Turrican

Front End Clients available for MUD2

Name Wpmud2
Author unknown
Url http://www.gameplay.com/games/gameinfo/14304
Filesize 923k
Special requirements Wireplay 2
Logging no
Sounds no
Snoop windows no
Status info no
Compass yes
Who window no
Inventory window no
Colours configurable no
Font configurable yes, partial
Copy & paste yes
Scroll back 100
Input line yes, in F1/F2
Input line history no
Speed test fetchs
Extra features buttons, artistic graphics
Comments fetch bug, can't use at mud2.com, soon to be obsolete, cpu intensive, doesn't work on NT



Name Twpmud2 v1.05
Author A. Keylock (Turrican)
Url http://212.140.216.35/twpmud2.html
Filesize 18k
Special requirements winsock 2
Logging yes
Sounds no
Snoop windows no
Status info no
Compass no
Who window no
Inventory window no
Colours configurable no
Font configurable yes, partial
Copy & paste yes
Scroll back max 10000
Input line yes, in F2/F4
Input line history yes
Speed test 3.7
Extra features control key emulation
Comments looks like wpmud2, boring



Name MUD for Mortals v1.4.2
Author M. Albery (Havoc) and M. Walker (Lestat)
Url http://www.wowee.eliteservers.net/M4M/
Filesize 191k
Special requirements -
Logging yes, colour
Sounds no
Snoop windows yes
Status info yes (stats, next level, rank, reset, sv, weather, dream word, chart dirs)
Compass yes
Who window no
Inventory window no
Colours configurable no
Font configurable yes, partial
Copy & paste no
Scroll back 200
Input line yes
Input line history yes
Speed test 3.8
Extra features top players list, update notification, off-line BB reader
Comments can't change font, no horzontal scroll bar



Name MUD2 Client v1.8
author IO Productions
Url http://212.140.216.35/
Filesize 1375k (sounds +5811k)
Special requirements 3d card
Logging yes, colour
Sounds yes
Snoop windows no
Status info yes (stats, time, reset, weather)
Compass yes
Who window yes
Inventory window yes
Colours configurable yes, edit script file
Font configurable yes, no windows fonts
Copy & paste no
Scroll back unlimited
Input line no
Input line history -
Speed test 12.2 (intermitant freezes, doesn't happen in normal play)
Extra features Fkeys, graphical font, fullscreen, configurable display style>/td>
Comments fonts hard to read, cpu intensive, doesn't work on NT



Name The MUD2 Front-End
Author R. Harper (Mcnabb)
Url http://www.mud2.com/mudfe.html
Filesize -
Dpecial requirements -
Logging yes, colour
Sounds yes
Snoop windows no
Status info yes
Compass yes
Who window no
Inventory window no
Colours configurable yes
Font configurable no
Copy & paste no
Scroll back 500
Input line yes
Input line history yes
Speed test unable to test
Extra features Fkeys, artistic graphics
Comments slow, can't use at Wireplay



Name Tera Term v2.3
Author T. Teranishi
Url http://www.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html/a>
Filesize 921k
Special requirements -
Logging yes
Sounds no
Snoop windows no
Status info no
Compass no
Who window no
Inventory window no
Colours configurable no
Font configurable yes
Copy & paste yes
Scroll back max 10000
Input line no
Input line history -
Speed test 4.4
Extra features macros
Comments can't change odd colours



Name Zmud v5.55
Author M. Potter
Url http://www.zuggsoft.com/
Filesize 2042k
Special requirements -
Logging yes, colour
Sounds yes, with triggers
Snoop windows no
Status info yes, with triggers
Compass no
Who window no
Inventory window no
Colours configurable yes
Font configurable yes
Copy & paste yes
Scroll back max 65000
Input line yes
Input line history yes
speed test 4.7
Extra features macros, aliases, triggers, buttons, tab completion, variables, functions
Comments shareware ($25), complicated, some bugs


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