Zugg Software :: View topic - New CMUD/CMUDPro/TeSSH Beta version 3.22a available

Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 1:22 am

Includes the brand new Script Wizard and Trigger Pattern Wizard. Improved mapper, improved Lua, improved Telnet, improved MXP, improved floating buttons, SQL scripting.
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Please see the Version History for details on new features, changes, and bug fixes. More information can be found in the BETA Forum. Download the CMUD Beta version from the Download page.

IMPORTANT: v3.x is still in BETA TESTING phase. This means that v3.x may still contain bugs or other problems that haven't been reported yet. Always be sure to make a backup of your existing files before installing BETA software. Please post any bug reports to the CMUD Beta Forum.

New Script Wizard allows you to create simple scripts step-by-step without needing to know anything about the CMUD scripting language. Especially great for creating simple triggers that color text from the MUD.

New Trigger Pattern Wizard helps you create a trigger pattern based upon text received from the MUD. Highlight the portion of the MUD text that changes and select the type of wildcard matching. Select multiple lines from the MUD and "merge" them into a valid trigger pattern. Great for learning how to create triggers without previous knowledge of regular expressions or patterns.

This 3.x version contains an improved mapper that integrates properly with the CMUD window docking system, allowing the map and the room properties windows to be properly docked. The new mapper architecture uses SQLite instead of Microsoft ADO/MDAC for the database, to improve compatibility on non-Windows systems, and to improve the mapper speed. The new mapper supports multiple tracked locations in a single map, allowing maps to be shared across sessions. The dockable room properties window has a graphical compass for moving around the MUD by clicking with the mouse. The user interface has been improved and the toolbars in the mapper are now customizable and saved across sessions. Room scripts are also much improved and fit better into the CMUD scripting architecture. For more information on the mapper changes, please see the release notes in the CMUD Beta Forum.

New Floating Buttons were added. Simply set the Toolbar property of a button to zero and it will float over the main MUD window. You can also Unlock the buttons and then drag/drop them using the mouse to whatever location you wish.

New String List and Table (database variable) code allows fully nested tables and greatly improved speed.

New GMCP (Generic MUD Communication Protocol) support added. This is the open-standard followup to the IRE ATCP.

New SQL database commands and functions were added. CMUD can only open SQLite databases, but CMUDPro and TeSSH can open almost any database format, including MySQL, MS-SQL Server, Oracle, Postgres, etc. Documentation is still being prepared, but see the Beta Forum post for more information.

Many bugs in the Lua scripting support have been fixed in the 3.x beta version.

New Telnet features include xterm emulation support, including xterm 256 color mode and xterm mouse support. For Telnet character mode, a complete keyboard map can be used to determine exactly which control codes are sent to the server, and which are used to activate local macros or menu commands. Telnet option negotiation has been made more robust with proper separation of client and server options. EOR/GA operation has also been improved for MUDs that support it, making prompt triggers more reliable.

Many MXP bugs have been fixed, and a new option has been added to prevent MXP from being parsed from a MUD that hasn't negotiated the option, while leaving local MXP enabled for your scripts. This makes CMUD fully compliant with the MXP specification without the quirks that zMUD had.

Many other features, such as support for the zMUD Color Syntax codes, Enable/Disable scripts for class folders, Trigger Wizard and more have been added, with hundreds of bug fixes.

You can download the latest BETA version of CMUD from the CMUD Downloads page.

zMAPPER USERS: Because of the mapper database change in v3.x to SQLite, you will not be able to edit your new maps directly using the old zMapper software. A conversion program is provided in the Beta Forum that allows you to convert the 3.x SQLite map database back to the zMapper MDB format. You can then edit the map in zMapper, then run the conversion program again to convert it back to CMUD 3.x format.