• Odd behaviour on MUD servers

    From CyntaxX@21:4/113 to All on Sun Feb 24 14:33:34 2019
    So I added a couple MUDs up in Mystic that do outbound telnet to their
    servers while one (coffeemud.net:2323) works but can be finicky the other one (starmourn.com:23) won't take any input at all. I know these servers are
    meant to be run on MUD clients, but figured running outbound connection from the BBS should work as well.

    Curious if anyone has ideas what would cause no input to be registered. It wouldn't surprise me if these servers aren't meant to run in this fashion,
    but figured it'd be cool to at least try.

    If anyone wants to give it a rip and can get it working let me know what
    steps you took.

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  • From g00r00@21:1/108 to CyntaxX on Sun Feb 24 22:00:47 2019
    So I added a couple MUDs up in Mystic that do outbound telnet to their servers while one (coffeemud.net:2323) works but can be finicky the
    other one (starmourn.com:23) won't take any input at all. I know these servers are meant to be run on MUD clients, but figured running outbound connection from the BBS should work as well.

    If it doesn't work with telnet clients then it wouldn't work with Mystic's outbound telnet. I just tried it with SyncTerm and NetRunner and neither of them allow input (I only tried the second one).

    I am not familiar enough with MUDs but maybe there is a way we can get it working.

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  • From maskreet@21:1/114 to CyntaxX on Sun Feb 24 22:46:43 2019
    On 24 Feb 2019, CyntaxX said the following...

    So I added a couple MUDs up in Mystic that do outbound telnet to their servers while one (coffeemud.net:2323) works but can be finicky the
    other one (starmourn.com:23) won't take any input at all. I know these servers are meant to be run on MUD clients, but figured running outbound connection from the BBS should work as well.

    With MUDs and their ilk, you have to have local echo on. Also, the reason they're usually run with special clients is because typing in them straight like that is messy, especially if you have to backspace, so the clients
    usually don't send what you type until you hit Enter.

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  • From CyntaxX@21:4/113 to g00r00 on Mon Feb 25 01:29:20 2019
    On 24 Feb 2019, g00r00 said the following...
    If it doesn't work with telnet clients then it wouldn't work with
    Mystic's outbound telnet. I just tried it with SyncTerm and NetRunner
    and neither of them allow input (I only tried the second one).

    I connected it straight through Netrunner and turned echomode on and it
    worked, it's definitely not suited for these telnet clients. But unless
    there's a way to do the same with outbound telnet via Mystic, I don't think it's feasible.

    Meh, it was worth a try.

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  • From CyntaxX@21:4/113 to maskreet on Mon Feb 25 01:33:23 2019
    On 24 Feb 2019, maskreet said the following...

    With MUDs and their ilk, you have to have local echo on. Also, the reason they're usually run with special clients is because typing in them straight like that is messy, especially if you have to backspace, so the clients usually don't send what you type until you hit Enter.


    Yea I turned that on in Netrunner shortly after I posted and realized while
    it can be done it looks like crap. Starmourn did anyway. Coffeemud doesn't
    look too bad. It was worth a try though, would have been a fun little
    addition had it worked out as planned.

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  • From g00r00@21:1/108 to CyntaxX on Mon Feb 25 02:36:28 2019
    I connected it straight through Netrunner and turned echomode on and it worked, it's definitely not suited for these telnet clients. But unless there's a way to do the same with outbound telnet via Mystic, I don't think it's feasible.

    Sure if thats all it takes I can make that an option. I'll give it a try and see what I can come up with.

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