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The Oasis Project
Okay!
So, after five months of top secret, classified, unpublished and totally on the down-low work in an underground laboratory sixty seven and a half miles beneath the surface of the Earth, Oasis is (almost, maybe kinda-sorta) ready for the light of day. It's still very much in Beta, but is currently better than Serenity ever was, and I've been very pleased with how easy the base code is for me to update to fix bugs and add requested things.
Now, you might be expecting something like a Frequently Asked Questions, but instead I'm going to provide a list of questions I think you should ask.
What is it?
Oasis is a curing system for Aetolia. Mostly, right now, it cures, handles defenses automatically and has an automatic bashing system that's a step up from bashing manually. It has a chat capture and a map display, while the rest of the UI is under development. It's the system I use personally when I play the game. It has a character database that it uses to track player information, as well as things like afflictions for combat.
How must does it cost me?
Nothing; the system itself is completely free. While that's so, I do spend a lot of time on it, so if you feel like throwing credits my way because you've gotten a lot of good use at it, please feel free.
How much does it cost you?
Anywhere between ten-twenty hours a week and $50 a month. The latter is for server fees and server administration fees.
How do I get it?
Go to http://oasis.interimreality.com/downloads/. Right-click (don't click) on the "Download" link for the latest release and Save Target As (or the equivalent in whatever browser you use). Save the resulting xml as oasys.xml. Create a fresh profile. In the package manager, uninstall all of the packages from that profile, and install oasys.xml. Enable GMCP (I also recommend turning echo input off while it's in Beta, it's sending a lot of commands to the MUD right now while I optimize the limiters.). Repeat the 'init' alias until the system loads. If that doesn't work, restart your client twice. The system will now load on startup with no setup required.
Is there any support for it?
No, sir/ma'am! Not while it's in Beta. In Beta, you can expect no documentation and no support. There's a small team of people that have used the system fairly extensively that can answer your questions in the system clan, though. Please message anyone listed as Developer or Expert User on CLANHELP OASYS to be inducted. (Please note that the clan's for system, PK, and general game talk, but there's no tolerance for bullying, gossip, racial/minority slurs or general outright aggressiveness towards other players. I WILL remove anyone who straight up bullies someone (present or no) or drops the f-bomb (no, not THAT f-bomb, the OTHER f-bomb) from the clan. You have been warned.)
Why can't it do X?
Well, first let's make sure it really can't! If it can't, then write it down somewhere. At some point after we're through with the Beta release, I'll open the development platform to the general public, to allow for feature requests and even modifications directly to the source code in the Git diffusion the system lives in.
Can you make it do Y?
I'm open to it! Drop me a message in-game or a PM. If I can't do it right now, please don't be offended. I have enough to do with it to fill a full regular work week right now, with it in Beta. Write it down for feature requests later!
How can I help?
Use the system! My game here is to make the game and PK more accessible to you.
Will it kill people?
Nope! There've been several requests for skeletal offensive capability for you to build your own offense onto, so at some point I'll provide that as part of the basic system. It does have the vast majority of a target affliction tracker built in, minus triggers for a lot of the classes.
Do you still sell offenses?
Nope! I'll be doing commissions here and there for people I trust and love, but that's the extent of my doing business as a coder in Aetolia.
Why not?
When will it be done?
Before the time is not the time. After the time, it is no longer the time. When it is time, it is time.
Why are there so many questions here?
Frankly, I got kind of carried away.
So that's it?
Yeap.
Cool! Thanks, Ashmer!
You're welcome!
So, after five months of top secret, classified, unpublished and totally on the down-low work in an underground laboratory sixty seven and a half miles beneath the surface of the Earth, Oasis is (almost, maybe kinda-sorta) ready for the light of day. It's still very much in Beta, but is currently better than Serenity ever was, and I've been very pleased with how easy the base code is for me to update to fix bugs and add requested things.
Now, you might be expecting something like a Frequently Asked Questions, but instead I'm going to provide a list of questions I think you should ask.
What is it?
Oasis is a curing system for Aetolia. Mostly, right now, it cures, handles defenses automatically and has an automatic bashing system that's a step up from bashing manually. It has a chat capture and a map display, while the rest of the UI is under development. It's the system I use personally when I play the game. It has a character database that it uses to track player information, as well as things like afflictions for combat.
How must does it cost me?
Nothing; the system itself is completely free. While that's so, I do spend a lot of time on it, so if you feel like throwing credits my way because you've gotten a lot of good use at it, please feel free.
How much does it cost you?
Anywhere between ten-twenty hours a week and $50 a month. The latter is for server fees and server administration fees.
How do I get it?
Go to http://oasis.interimreality.com/downloads/. Right-click (don't click) on the "Download" link for the latest release and Save Target As (or the equivalent in whatever browser you use). Save the resulting xml as oasys.xml. Create a fresh profile. In the package manager, uninstall all of the packages from that profile, and install oasys.xml. Enable GMCP (I also recommend turning echo input off while it's in Beta, it's sending a lot of commands to the MUD right now while I optimize the limiters.). Repeat the 'init' alias until the system loads. If that doesn't work, restart your client twice. The system will now load on startup with no setup required.
Is there any support for it?
No, sir/ma'am! Not while it's in Beta. In Beta, you can expect no documentation and no support. There's a small team of people that have used the system fairly extensively that can answer your questions in the system clan, though. Please message anyone listed as Developer or Expert User on CLANHELP OASYS to be inducted. (Please note that the clan's for system, PK, and general game talk, but there's no tolerance for bullying, gossip, racial/minority slurs or general outright aggressiveness towards other players. I WILL remove anyone who straight up bullies someone (present or no) or drops the f-bomb (no, not THAT f-bomb, the OTHER f-bomb) from the clan. You have been warned.)
Why can't it do X?
Well, first let's make sure it really can't! If it can't, then write it down somewhere. At some point after we're through with the Beta release, I'll open the development platform to the general public, to allow for feature requests and even modifications directly to the source code in the Git diffusion the system lives in.
Can you make it do Y?
I'm open to it! Drop me a message in-game or a PM. If I can't do it right now, please don't be offended. I have enough to do with it to fill a full regular work week right now, with it in Beta. Write it down for feature requests later!
How can I help?
Use the system! My game here is to make the game and PK more accessible to you.
Will it kill people?
Nope! There've been several requests for skeletal offensive capability for you to build your own offense onto, so at some point I'll provide that as part of the basic system. It does have the vast majority of a target affliction tracker built in, minus triggers for a lot of the classes.
Do you still sell offenses?
Nope! I'll be doing commissions here and there for people I trust and love, but that's the extent of my doing business as a coder in Aetolia.
Why not?
When will it be done?
Before the time is not the time. After the time, it is no longer the time. When it is time, it is time.
Why are there so many questions here?
Frankly, I got kind of carried away.
So that's it?
Yeap.
Cool! Thanks, Ashmer!
You're welcome!
the way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
open hand or closed fist would be fine
blood as rare and sweet as cherry wine
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Comments
What client is this for?
Mudlet! Mudlet master race, Mudlet R'lyeh!
the way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
open hand or closed fist would be fine
blood as rare and sweet as cherry wine
(I think @Ashmer made this, or maybe @Maghak, nfc it took me awhile to find the comment)
Mine have to be some private joke - ozone for example, protected me except for the big hole in it. Then it let me die horribly.
My later one, labrador, helped me get around and stay safe, except the times it pooped on my feet.
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the way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
open hand or closed fist would be fine
blood as rare and sweet as cherry wine
Before I finish getting the UI cleaned up (not fully functional yet) for release and the settings system actually built, I'm going to fix the error I made with the target affliction tracker. After that, it'll be settings and UI and we'll probably be ready for an actual "release" - though I'm hesitant to bring it out of Beta without documentation, since the support structure for it consists solely of expert users in the clan. I'd also like to make it easier to install and especially update the system before that. We'll see when we get there, really.
Also, if you need to reach me, PM is much more likely to get through than in-game message. I have two different characters and I sometimes won't log in to one for a day or more at a time, considering my limited time in the mornings and evenings during the week.
Keep an eye on this thread for announcements regarding updates, too. We're currently in Beta 5.2.2; I'll post here when a new update is ready.
the way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
open hand or closed fist would be fine
blood as rare and sweet as cherry wine
the way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
open hand or closed fist would be fine
blood as rare and sweet as cherry wine
the way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
open hand or closed fist would be fine
blood as rare and sweet as cherry wine
Also if I put a system together it'd be called Ciaphas. Advertised as great, actually specced for running the heck away. Also the crafting module would be called Jurgen.
the way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
open hand or closed fist would be fine
blood as rare and sweet as cherry wine
the way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
open hand or closed fist would be fine
blood as rare and sweet as cherry wine
the way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
open hand or closed fist would be fine
blood as rare and sweet as cherry wine
the way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
open hand or closed fist would be fine
blood as rare and sweet as cherry wine
Does it have LIFE AND DEATH too?
the way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
open hand or closed fist would be fine
blood as rare and sweet as cherry wine
1) I've recoded the bashing module from scratch. It'll now start attacking again when you change rooms. Do SET BASH without any arguments to see the list of defined bashing attacks for each class.
2) Live update is now functional. To update your system, you no longer have to re-install it from the website and do a fresh profile. While signed into your Oasis account, do 'update' to make it update the xml and .lua modules.
2a) A couple of notes about this: One, DO NOT take any oasys code out of the oasys package in the script editor unless you plan on editing/version differentiating/deleting it manually on update.
2b) Two, DO NOT name your profile Oasys. This will cause Mudlet to do silly things with installPackage().
2c) You can now keep personal code in your profile without having to export it. YAY!
2d) Updating can take some time, since it runs a fresh download on the xml and all the .lua modules from inside the client. If you do this mid-combat, you're going to have a bad time.
As always, please let me know of any bugs that crop up via PM on the forums or by e-mailing support@interimreality.com. We're still very much in Beta and I'm not currently accepting feature requests. I'm also in the middle of a commission, so I'm not currently accepting any new custom work.
Enjoy!
the way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
open hand or closed fist would be fine
blood as rare and sweet as cherry wine
the way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
open hand or closed fist would be fine
blood as rare and sweet as cherry wine
the way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
open hand or closed fist would be fine
blood as rare and sweet as cherry wine
Changelog:
Version Beta 6.0.1
* (affs.lua) Fixed an issue with spamming concentrate in blackout.
* (bash.lua) Added Sciomancer bashing.
* (bash.lua) Fixed the bug causing SET BASH not to work with an argument.
** (bash.lua) Added a display telling you what to do when you type SET BASH.
** (oasys.xml) Added a new alias, "the feels."
** (oasys.xml) Minor change that should make live update a little smoother.
the way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
open hand or closed fist would be fine
blood as rare and sweet as cherry wine