These documents describe the tools available for building on Lensmoor. Note, not everything described here is available for level 91 characters building their Hero Castle; some features may not be available for non-immortal use.

The Online-Creation (OLC) System

The mud is built from database files. Originally, if you wanted to add anything, you had to edit these files by hand, and then reboot the mud.

This is not an optimal solution. It prevents you from feeling-out an area as you construct it. It prevents you from testing your ideas easily. It is prone to errors, both in installing the areas, and in setting the values up nicely. And, editing text files by hand, having to look up tables, is a fairly miserable process.

On-Line Creation (OLC for short) solves these problems. It provides look up tables when you need them, allows the system to prevent bad values from entering the game, and allows you to test as you go.

Before you can start working on an item, you must have a zone open to work in. Zones are opened with the castle open (name) command. If you omit the name parameter, the zone defaults to the zone you are currently standing in. Only one builder may work on a zone at a time, and you will be notified if someone else is working in the zone when you try to open it.

Once you have an area opened, you can start to build. The three main olc commands are castle add (item), castle edit (item) and castle remove (item). Some secondary olc options will be discussed later.

Once in the editor, you will receive prompts to ensure that everything needed is entered.

When done working, castle close will close the zone and save your work.

Note: Members of the Immortal Staff use the OLC command in place of castle. If you see an OLC command referenced in these documents, please replace it with castle for non-immortal use.