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Triggers are a pain

Theryx — Sat, 24 Jun 2023 07:11:46 +0000

I've recently gotten into Starmourn and I picked Fury class. I have experience with other Iron Realm MUDs but its been literal years since I've made my reflexes on those games, I kinda just use them and I've tried all the formatting I can think of but I can't seem to make any that work for Starmourn. The combat for Fury is proving very complicayed and exhaustive, I just want a trigger that allows me to type my input and execute: assault, wait, gutrend, wait, and then combo: assault strike on a target. Any tips on how to get it to work?

Is it better to fill market orders for raw goods or finished products?

bugbo — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 14:55:49 +0000

Will you get more captaincy from 4 diamene or 1 diamene sheet?

How do level restrictions on maps work?

bugbo — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 22:34:01 +0000

If you are not within the level range does that mean you can not enter that map?

How many asteroids can each ship carry?

bugbo — Thu, 07 Jan 2021 00:42:47 +0000

Is the freighter the first one that can carry more than 1 or there others before it that can carry less than 4? Also how many ships can carry more than one gas scoop?

Planets?

bugbo — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 13:55:49 +0000

What all can be done with them? Once you reach level 30 I believe you can explore them for resources, but are the mobs on them relatively unique to the planet or system? Or are the mobs just randomly generated?

Engineer deconstructing things?

bugbo — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 05:10:09 +0000

Is there a command for Engineers to deconstruct things to get the parts back? Would there be any benefit to deconstructing a bot you made at a lower level then building a new one?

Are the winterflame imps aggressive?

bugbo — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:16:17 +0000

And if so how long will they stick around after they spawn? Will they go away on their own or stay until somebody kills them?

How much is the cloning fee?

bugbo — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 05:48:42 +0000

Does it scale in terms of character level? And how much is the XP loss? Does that also scale?

What happens if a player is inactive for a long time?

bugbo — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:14:56 +0000

Will all their inventory have decayed and will their ship insurance have lapsed? That was an annoying problem on some of the other IronRealms muds I've played to log in after a few months only to find all my stuff gone.

How do you move around inside your ship?

bugbo — Sun, 29 Nov 2020 20:58:16 +0000

Like if you want to see some of the other rooms in it?

Question about armor drops for weaker mobs.

bugbo — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 12:14:24 +0000

It seems that if you get an armor drop from a weaker mob it may be fragile in durability. If the player sells that item on the market and it is bought by a lower level player will the item be fragile for them as well? Would it be better to scrap such items rather than selling them?

Is there a list of resource refining and conversion to goods list anywhere?

bugbo — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 04:49:20 +0000

For example how many Elessium will I get from refining the gas or how much Ultarine is needed to make R-glass .

questions about PVP

bugbo — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 13:54:42 +0000

Do I have to worry about other players stealing my inventory or resources or goods? Do I have to worry about them attacking or destroying my ship?

Tradeskill Lists? (also a super secret bonus suggestion)

EzBreezy — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 19:54:16 +0000

So I'm saving up to get a permit. I'm considering getting ship modding and furnishing. But I'm curious about the others. Fashioning and Cuisine are in the wiki. Could anyone be so kind and provide me with the others?

That's one thing I miss from Lusternia, you could AB and take a peek. Any chance we can do that here too?

Hail to all of you

Litotes — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 10:10:57 +0000

Hello out there,

i want to play starmourn.

i was never in MUDs, but this forum, the official site and all the stuff around made me wanting to play Starmourn.

thx and hail to all of you who make this project a good experience.

i am keen on taking part.

greetz

Litotes

Active universe?

Rich — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 10:41:46 +0000

I couldn’t find this information anywhere. How active is the universe? I see games like TextSpaced and Starfall tout thousands of active players at any one time, how active is Starmourn, is the universe busy? Also, is the universe infinite like most of these games are? How likely are you to meet another player and how big is the Starmourn universe currently?

What's the current state of the game?

Eiphy — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 06:18:21 +0000

Which factions exist and what do they stand for? Do we still have to pay gold to rez? Is crafting still crazy expensive in gold? Are ships less spammy? What's the best place to read the changes for the past year or three?

super ultra mega mobs

Elttila — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 05:22:53 +0000

so can someone explain to me why in areas there are mobs that completely shatter the level range? Like mirror lake there was an eel that was stronger than ever other killed a few of us at level 10 and then almost killed a level 32...

there is also a mutated rodent that is "extremely powerful" despite all the other rodents being about as strong as you at level 15 and hits for close to 700 hp.

PvE Artefacts

Adrenn — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 07:39:07 +0000

Hey all,
So I was just wondering if there were any 'necessary' or even just ideal artefacts for PvE. I'm only level 40 so far, but I plan to keep going. (I'm a nanoseer if that matters)

I was considering Ship Illusion but was wondering about how obvious it is that it's an illusion? Because that might affect my decision,

I have a solid chunk of credits (at least for me, around 900) and I'm not entirely sure what to do with them.

If there is another post with this info I'm happy to read through it if there someone can direct me. Just searching for artefacts shows me a lot of not necessarily related posts.

Death

Kix — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 02:04:24 +0000

Browsing through the Starmourn resources I wasn't able to find anything definitive:

How does the game handle player death?

Just starting out...

deshivi — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 17:10:18 +0000

Hey guys. I've got a few questions that I'm hoping people can help me with.

It's been years (15 or so) since I've done any serious mudding, so think of me as a total newbie.

What does everyone use to play? The last think I had was zmud, and I don't think that has seen an update in 12 or so years.

Do most people just play on the main client?

Are there any starter resources for after the tutorial that people can point me to?

Thanks!

Space obstacle & race courses that grant captaincy experience.

gravithicc — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:04:05 +0000

Space obstacle courses & race courses that grant captaincy experience.

I read that someone wanted to raise captaincy without fighting. Proper maneuvering is as big a part of captaincy as combat and the resource economy, so I think we should get captaincy experience for skillful displays of maneuvering. Specifically, single-person timed obstacle courses where you race the clock to maneuver a tricky course randomly filled with obstacles you must avoid and some you can destroy OR race courses where you race other players in tournaments.

Benefits:

- A method of gaining captaincy experience without combat.

- Incentives for new players to practice their ship movement, indirectly encouraging them to set up ship reflexes.

- A new ship spec will emerge, the racing ship, along with mods geared for racing.

- Growth of the player economy due to racing ships and the racing tournaments.

Negatives:

- Reflexes will pretty much be required to participate realistically.

- Difficult to implement.

Possible return

Dorc — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 19:15:42 +0000

So I am thinking of starting up again and wondering what the game looks like now.

I have been on a few times at random during the last couple weeks and seen 6 - 9 people around so it doesn't fill me with a lot of hope.

How are classes, bashing/PVP?
What is the FoTM?
Is PVP actually viable with the playerbase?
I heard ships got a huge overhaul, any TL;DR info on that?

Help: Cannot shoot the slaver

WingedRizon — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 10:38:22 +0000

I am currently in the tutorial in the bar, It just got raided by slavers and it's telling me to shoot them, but when i try i simply says:

Slow down there, killer. Let's shoot these damn Loroi first. Try SHOOT BLASTER AT LOROI.

the hind doesn't work either and says

SHOOT BLASTER at SLAVER

neither works and results in the "Slow down message"

Ship weapon effectiveness

Cubey — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 22:18:30 +0000

I've just attacked a pirate autofactory and its defenses didn't take any damage from EM weapons, only thermal ones.

Is this intended? They don't have shields so I assumed they count as organics. Or is this an unintentional side effect of the recent change that made EM shots unable to uselessly pierce barriers? (That's a very good change btw)

Command List

Lio — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 01:18:02 +0000

I'm new to Starmourn and MUDs in general and am overwhelmed by the commands that I apparently need to know but don't. For example, after my ship crashed, I went into the cantina, eventually got into a fight where I flipped over a table and took cover behind it. Do I remember how I did that? Nope.

So, is there a command list that all avatars have access to? I know some are skill based, right? Not those, but a list of commands that everyone can use.

Thanks in advance.

If you were a newbie again...

Xiru — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:45:36 +0000

What would you focus on?

(Asking for a friend... that friend is me.)

What's the state of the different factions? And other questions.

Xiru — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 17:17:28 +0000

Hey everyone!

Been a while since I've been on the forums, but life has evened out and I'm looking to get back into Starmourn. I'm basically a newbie again, so I thought I'd come here and try and catch up.

Specifically, what's the state of the factions? Are they all going strong? Is there any conflict going? Is it possible to play casually in every faction?

Also, it looks like there's a million new things to do and try and I can't even remember how to bash or hack or fly a ship so it might be a while before I even get to try that. But what's new that you'd absolutely recommend trying out?

Really want to like this game but...

Thresdend — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 21:40:04 +0000

I really like the sci-fi atmosphere of this game. When I play, I feel like I am in a Robert A. Heinlein novel. It's a nice feeling. And from the description on the website, it looks like there is a lot of interesting lore, a vibrant economy, and other features.

However, I've played up to level six and just can't get through the tutorial. It's mindnumbingly boring. The quests are all completely linear. There are no "quest hubs" like you get in most questing games. Instead, you just do one quest after another until you get to a point where you have to gain some levels. At that point, you walk around trying to kill space rats. If you pull more than one rat, you die, lose exp, and have to spend even more time bored to death killing space rats.

I was trying to make progress by playing for 30 minutes a day. But eventually, I found that I couldn't stomach even that much. Still, I don't want to give up on the game.

Should I just wait for the beta to finish, then come back, hoping that there will be a better low-level experience in the game? Or is there something I can do to start enjoying it now?

Station Landmarks

Matlkael — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:25:28 +0000

Maybe this will be useful for you (especially the newer folk who might be struggling to get around):

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XQo2uOnCiYO22XyLBXfB4L2rqmglCdFWA1Cx3aQPRPA/edit#gid=0

It's a list of known stations and their respective important locations. Enjoy!