How to MultiMUD - v2

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Circa 2003...

How to setup multiple MUDs - by Syntax
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NOTE: this method converts your currently installed mud to new call letters (IE: WCC to WBB) and then allows you to install a second mud using the standard setup.exe. If you don't have a currently installed mud, install it normally and test it out. Then come back here.

preparation: copy your whole WG directory somewhere just incase something goes wrong.

1. disable the majormud and majormud plus modules through the offline utils menu ("wgsdmod.EXE")

2. go to your worldgroup directory in DOS (ahh it's lovely aint it?)

3. type “ copy wcc*.* wbb*.* ”

4. type “ del wcc*.* ”

5. go to the WGSDFCVT subfolder and repeat steps 3 & 4

6. go to the GCVIRDAT subfolder and repeat steps 3 & 4

7. exit DOS

8. hex edit the files listed below, i recommend "Hex Workshop" ... it's da bomb.

a) open the file in the hex editor
b) initiate a "replace" operation (usually Edit --> Replace)
c) make sure on the option screen somewhere you have "match case" enabled/selected. also make sure you're searching for "text" or "strings"
d) search for "WCC" and replace with "WBB" (replace All when it asks)
e) search for "wcc" and replace with "wbb" (replace All when it asks)
f) save and close
-->repeat for each file below:

WBBMMHLP.h
wbbmmpls.dll
wbbmmpls.dmd (or wbbmmpls.mdf if you still have mud plus as an enabled module)*
WBBMMPLS.h
WBBMMPLS.mcv
WBBMMPLS.msg

wbbmmud.dll
wbbmmud.dmd (or wbbmmud.mdf if you still have mud as an enabled module)*
WBBMMUD.h
WBBMMUD.mcv
WBBMMUD.msg
WBBMMUD.UIC
wbbmmutl.exe
WBBTEXT.h

WGSDFCVT\WBBTEXT.CV_
WGSDFCVT\WBBGEN4.CV_
WGSDFCVT\WBBGEN3.CV_
WGSDFCVT\WBBGEN2.CV_
WGSDFCVT\WBBGEN1.CV_

* the .mdf file's are renamed to .dmd when they become disabled ... the opposite is true then they're enabled

9. change the module name. edit the file "WBBMMUD.DMD" with notepad. change the "Module Name: MajorMUD" to what you want. So like: "Module Name: CrazyMUD" Do the same for the other line below, "Add-On Utility: WBBMMUTL -- MajorMUD Utilities" ==> "Add-On Utility: WBBMMUTL -- CrazyMUD Utilities". do the same for "WBBMMPLS.DMD".

NOTE: if you still have majormud as an enabled module you would need to edit the ".MDF" files as opposed to ".DMD".

10. re-enable the modules from the offline util, they should now show up with your new module name

11. fix/add the page in the menu editor (wgsrunmt.exe), since it will have the wrong module name now.

12. you may want to go into the security and accouting for majormud and majormud plus and check the key names. step 8 most likely changed the keys for things like gameop and sysop from "WCCGAMEOP" to "WBBGAMEOP." Though, you probably want it this way, and then just add the new keys to whichever classes.

13. use NMR to change all the references in the rooms database for WCC files to WBB files. this is under tools --> rooms --> change dat call letters (NMR v1.4 required)

14. run an offline recovery

15. test out the board (best to test with your lines closed for the first time). gain some exp with a character and exit and re-enter the realm.

NOTE: after writing this tutorial, it did crash on me the first time i gained exp with a char. after i started it back up tho it was fine from then on <shrug>.

16. now you can install another mud by using the setup like it was a fresh install on a bbs without mud.


Other Options
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a) you may also want to change the name that appears next to things in the audit trail and such buy opening up wbbmmud.dll and wbbmmpls.dll in a hex editor and replacing all instances of "MajorMUD" with "CustmMUD" or w/e you want. the only tricky part here is you can't change the length of the text "MajorMUD". so you must replace the letters letter for letter (aka your custom name MUST be no longer and no shorter then 8 characters).

[AdmiralAcid]

You could use it to sync a "standard" realm with a "pvp realm" so that every night people get their latest character to use in the pvp realm. They could then kill off their character and know they have a "fresh" one coming after cleanup to try more pvp.

It already is possible. I do it!
If you are setup to multimud just add this to the end of your wgsclean.bat

copy /Y wccuser2.dat wbbuser2.dat
copy /Y wccitow2.dat wbbitow2.dat
copy /Y wccgang2.dat wbbgang2.dat
copy /Y wccbank2.dat wbbbank2.dat

I thought originally I would have to setup a bot to issue a sys reset to force a database recover but I never had a problem

You may need to tell your users to do SET STATLINE FULL when leaving their main realm and going to the PVP realm.

[Daedalus]

I have followed all of these steps with success. The bbs runs with both MajorMUD modules running. I used the 'wbb' as my stock realm, and the 'wcc' as my edited. As I had already been messing around with some edits before installing the second realm. The wcc realm works as usual. But the new 'wbb' realm that I just installed is still requiring a unique activation code. Did I miss something during the install? Or is there a crack? I know the WG reg number has to line up, and the keygen will spit out the same activation code every time, making that route useless.

Any suggestions will be very much appreciated

[syntax]

Did you go into the WBBMMUD section in Security & Accounting and put in the activation code? You likely also need to add the activation codes for each module in the sysop menu (of the WBB realm).

[Daedalus]

I did. It shows both copies of the module separately in the security and accounting. I have the activation codes in both mud modules as well as the majormud plus (Which I'm probably going to remove regardless).

I've also logged into the bbs and entered the activation codes for all 9 mods. And it still gives me the error that the 'game is currently full'.

[syntax]

Just checking… the DLL you modified to do it, was it the cracked DLL?

Edit: I guess you wouldn’t need the cracked DLL for working reg codes, assuming that’s what you’re inputting

[Daedalus]

I was going to ask about that. I got the files off of the discord server. All of them were already hex edited and renamed to 'wbb'.

I have very little experience in this. Does a hacked DLL not require codes? Or do I need one to run multiple realms?

I'm honestly not sure if the DLL I have is a cracked version or not. But I did run the WCCMMUD.DLL_patch. It was suggested on the discord, but again, I'm not really sure what it is for or what it does. I'm learning a lot of this as I go.

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So, you said you followed all of the instructions here, but then said you downloaded a DLL that was already edited from discord. Which is it?

[Daedalus]

Short answer is both.

I have two instances of an install going on separate VMs that I can access simultaneously from my macbook. On the first one, I did it step by step from the original files. Then I replaced it with a second install using the already hex edited files from discord. Both ended with the same issue.

I worked out my problem. For some reason the update file that NMR made was corrupted. I noticed in the audit trail that I was getting an error on startup. When I reinstalled NMR and did it all again, I finally had success.