Creating Arana Ruins
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The key to building new parts of the world is to use the builder utility.
It processes input files, verifies them, produces intermediate results, and ultimately loads the data into the database.
Create a directory for the ruin, e.g.
mkdir /arana/worlddat/ivtrak
Create a layout file using this template
dungeon Ivtrak
descr "Ruined Freehold"
author Anthony V. Edwards
#location 4D 3c
entrance 1
wmlist 29
wmfreq 30
level 6
wmtable "Ivtrak"
1 1d6 Stirge
end
public
<h2 >Player's Background</h2 >
text that is readable by players
notes
<h2 >Background</h2 >
DM-only notes
#
# Ruin Physical & Room Layout
map
north U
mapping directions - see next section
end
#
# Ruin Room Descriptions
area areaname
intro
There is staw on the floor. There are (7) Goblins in a circle at the
other end of the room that instantly jump to attack the intruding
party. There are horse stalls lining the walls up to the back of
the room except on the north side in the back.
notes
Straw on the floor causes -1 "to hit" by non-denizens.
monster 7 Goblin 38sp
interest "Horse Stalls"
(If searched:) Many horse stalls have large bones in them. (Of 16 stalls, 20% have 2d8 sp.)
additional room descriptions - see further below
end
To create a gif image of the layout, use the GDPlot command
builder -GDPlot -lay layoutfile > | GDPlot filename.gif
To create a gif image of a room, use the command
builder -GDPlot -area <i >areaname </i > -lay layoutfile | GDPlot > filename.gif
To load the layout into the database, use the command
builder -dbsave -lay layoutfile