Destisme’s Guide to Taking Notes for Aardwolf Beginners

Destisme’s Guide for Taking Notes for Aardwolf Beginners

 

Taking Notes is a must for any mudd type game because it helps keep you from forgetting important things at the wrong time. They can help you keep track of areas and what might be needed in them and go hand and hand with graffiti especially for those who keep forgetting that graffiti exists. There are different programs out there along with using mushclients mapper notes as well that will keep you full informed of everything. Below are a list of some of the things you can use to keep notes and below the list more detail about each option giving a wide variety of things that can be used to keep notes.

 

1. Mushclients Mapper Notes
2. Notepad

2a.Notepad++

3. Inkpad Notepad
4. Google Documents
5. Google Sheets
6. Pencil and Paper or what I like to call the Old School Method

 

1. Mushclient Mapper Notes

 

Mushclient has their own Mapper Plugin that shows the map in squares and lines along with showing the exits along with so many ways to customize the colors to show the different types of rooms in an area. Right clicking on a square and clicking on edit note opens up a window that allows the posting of a note which is great to have small reminders that might be needed at the recall spot or for area rooms it would be helpful if a certain thing needs to be done to get to another section or to open a door or if the graffiti in the room just isnt enough it can help simplify things.

Mapper Notes are just a great way to make small notes around different areas in rooms to help with making it easier to navigate the areas and enjoy the game.

With the Mapper in Blowtorch you have to be in the room you want to add a note.

Then type: .MapperEditNote <tekst>

Everytime you enter the room it will be shown below the room description.

 

2. Notepad

 

Notepad documents are the easiest best way to make notes and are the first step in the process I use to keep all everything nice and Tidy. Theres no need for specific font or sizes or even format really when making quick notes so Notepad is the perfect tool for that. Programs Like Wordpad and Openoffice docs are good but are more resource hogs when the added functions are of little to no need.

When using Notepad its best to have one main Notepad Document to catch all of the quick notes you have or to copy and paste stuff that others have said in Aardwolf that you want to log and keep on hand. From there the notes can seperate the different notes into their own section in Notepad documents or in one of the other programs mentioned down below.

Its best to use two tabs between each seperate note segment that you have in the notepad document and make it easier to scroll down and with seperate sections it makes it easier to scroll to a specific section to read the notes that have been wrote down.

 

2a. Notepad ++

I dont have a seperate number for this because it does a lot of what notepad does but I like the fact it allows multiple Tabs inside with multiple documents that you can easily arrange it better along with if you close out before saving it autosaves it for you which is even more helpful in my opinion. It makes it easier to take multiple note tabs and move information to organize them better without having multiple applications open. All in all its a better way to organize while still giving you the same quick and easy format as Notepad does.

 

3. Inkpad Notepad

 

Inkpad Notepad is one of those programs that many dont know about and works great for notes that you want to have on hand on a smartphone or tablet. The notes can be made on the Smartphone or tablet with an App or can be wrote on the website https://www.inkpadnotepad.com. The main Google account used on the smartphone or tablet is used to access the account on the website as well.

Inkpad notepad is great for little snippets of notes that can be gotten to quickly and easily with little to no hassle while playing.

 

4. Google Documents

 

Google Documents keep everything in the cloud so they will be able to be accessed easily and quickly and can be updated just as quickly. Important notes that need to be kept long term are best kept in Google Documents to keep them safe from any problems you might have on the computer or smartphone.

Making notes in google documents are best if put into seperate folders for ease of use depending on the topic and inside the notes can be organized into subsections of those topics themselves.

 

5. Google Sheets

 

Google Sheets give you a db sheet with cells formulas and all that can be adjusted easily or through a formula. Though not used as much for note taking itself it is useful for temp notes for doing goals or when trying to get a certain item or for organizing items and equipment to look for better stat items. It works great with the Equipment Exporter Plugin that can be found in the plugins Section on the boot website.

 

6. Pencil and Paper

 

Now we get to the Old school where back in the day we had to hand draw the maps and write everything there was to write about the rooms we needed to do or spells we had alias’s set up for or trigger points. All of those had to be written using pen and pencils because it was just an easy way to make sure you had everything. Now a days its good for areas that you have to do so many steps and you are just tired of going back and forth to website pages or notes. Post Its are great if you have to remember to do something at a certain level you can just put the post it on the monitor while notepad paper or mini notepads are great for mob information in areas that no other note taking method seem to work best with.

 

Conclusion

These are just a few of the vast methods of keeping notes but notes are essential to making the game easier and in my opinion more enjoyable.