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== Misc Command Notes & Info ==
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== Misc Command Info ==
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* see: help immcommands
 
* [[Bans]]
 
* [[Bans]]
 
* [[trait info]]
 
* [[trait info]]
 
* [[new imm stuff]]
 
* [[new imm stuff]]
 
* %R - prompt variable for current room vnum
 
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* notify stuff - see "help immnotify" (mostly nonfunctional since at least 2012)
 
* to set skills, use "set skill <name> <group> <value>"
 
* to set skills, use "set skill <name> <group> <value>"
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== Note tricks ==
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Syntax: note faketo <line>
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Syntax: note sigil####
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Syntax: note level##
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Imms have the ability to have a fake "to" line that mortals will see instead of the regular to-list.  Notes with faketo lines cannot be responded to with replyall (unless you're an imm).
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You can put sigil#### in the to-list of any note to send the note to any people with that sigil.  You should always use a faketo line if you're using this feature.
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You can put level## in the to-list of any note to send the note to all people at that trust level or above.  You should always use a faketo line if you're using this feature.
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So, for example, Aeolis could do something like:
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note to sigil1290
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note faketo Followers of the Rose
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And mortals would just see:
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To: Followers of the Rose
  
  
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=== Desc & BG Review ===
 
=== Desc & BG Review ===
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<i>badscan's natural / badscan's good / not everybody does it / but everybody should</i>
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Actually this is not required now that the pbase is so small and all imms can review all PCs. Dov, being old fashioned, still uses these. :)
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* badscan [app] - list of chars w/out approved desc or bg
 
* badscan [app] - list of chars w/out approved desc or bg
 
* bg view [name] - shows character's background
 
* bg view [name] - shows character's background
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* prac char [pcname] - in same room as pc, shows pc practice list
 
* prac char [pcname] - in same room as pc, shows pc practice list
  
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== Imm Rules ==
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Guidelines for IMMs
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The following rules should be blindingly obvious.  If they are not obvious
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to you, you might want to contact us to have yourself denied.  If you have
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any questions about any rule listed here, or other guidelines upon which you
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are uncertain, talk to other staff members or implementors.  We are here to
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a sixth sense for everything your opponents will have, say, and do, and it
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reason, at any time, consider yourself finished.  You are trusted, and
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enjoy their time playing Avendar.  If you have access to prod and you see a
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question asked, you can and should respond to it.  Sometimes people will ask
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fellow staffers not to do this.  If you post telling players to PAFO or
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otherwise being dismissive, you will be reprimanded.  If possible, staff
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characters are ranking, unless they are truly over the top about it, do not
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scholar slaughtering babies wholesale, you need to note this.  Conversely,
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it and see the standing of their account.  By the time you see someone with
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players develop their roles.  ICly, this can be in the form of books or
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in-game texts.  OOCly, this would include the development of help files,
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[[category:Exodus]]
 
[[category:Exodus]]

Revision as of 13:54, 9 October 2014

This page is for adding miscellaneous notes on imm commands, because Dov's memory sucks.

Connection Stats

http://www.avendar.com/bible/loginstats.php

Misc Command Info

  • see: help immcommands
  • Bans
  • trait info
  • new imm stuff
  •  %R - prompt variable for current room vnum
  • notify stuff - see "help immnotify" (mostly nonfunctional since at least 2012)
  • to set skills, use "set skill <name> <group> <value>"

Note tricks

Syntax: note faketo <line>

Syntax: note sigil####

Syntax: note level##


Imms have the ability to have a fake "to" line that mortals will see instead of the regular to-list. Notes with faketo lines cannot be responded to with replyall (unless you're an imm).

You can put sigil#### in the to-list of any note to send the note to any people with that sigil. You should always use a faketo line if you're using this feature.

You can put level## in the to-list of any note to send the note to all people at that trust level or above. You should always use a faketo line if you're using this feature.

So, for example, Aeolis could do something like: 

note to sigil1290
note faketo Followers of the Rose

And mortals would just see: 

To: Followers of the Rose


Prod Monitoring

Accounts & Dataing

  • acl - list of account points for current chars
  • award [name] [points] [reason] - gives account points (can use negative values)
  • showdata [name[ - character and account info
  • data [name] [info] - add a note about the character
  • acctdata [name] [info] - add a note about the account/player


Desc & BG Review

badscan's natural / badscan's good / not everybody does it / but everybody should

Actually this is not required now that the pbase is so small and all imms can review all PCs. Dov, being old fashioned, still uses these. :)

  • badscan [app] - list of chars w/out approved desc or bg
  • bg view [name] - shows character's background
  • desc view [name] - as above, for descs
  • approve [bg/desc] [name] - toggles approval status


Misc Prod Monitoring

  • brand [name] [vnum] - brand with a sigil. To remove, unbrand [name].
  • brand [name] [vnum] prog - set a prog item on a char. To remove, unbrand [name] prog.
  • set skill [charname] [group] [amount] (eg set skill 'minor water' 100) - sets all skills in that group to that amount
  • note list [name] - read their mail
  • note read [name] x - more mail fraud
  • stat [charname] symbols - shows all void symbols that character has
  • stat [offline] [charname] - don't use, crashes the MUD
  • prac char [pcname] - in same room as pc, shows pc practice list
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