Aliases are a great way to create a shortcut to replace a long list of commands that you might want to send to the MUD at one time. The shortcut can consist of a few characters, a word or a short phrase. The MUD itself has a way to create aliases within the game but there are some limitations (see “help alias”).

This tutorial will give basic instructions on how to create an alias in the Aard MUSHclient. If you are using a different MUD client the process for creating an alias will be a little different but the examples given below are still likely to be useful. Please feel free to suggest any other aliases that might be helpful to others.

To add a new alias:

1. Go to file>world properties>input>aliases OR use the keyboard shortcut shift+ctrl+9. This opens a new window where you can add a new alias or edit any one previously entered. Click the Add button to add a new one.
2. The “Alias” box is where you enter the text you want to use to run the alias. Try not to use any text here that is already a command in the MUD.
3. The “Send” box is where you list all the commands you want the alias to run. These can be separated with a different command on a different line, or you can use semi-colons to separate commands. Note that you may need to use a double semi-colon (;;) in order for the client to run the alias properly.
4. In the dropdown box next to “Send to” you can either leave this as World or change to Execute. If you find that an alias is not working correctly, try changing this to Execute. Script is a third option in this dropdown box that you may find useful if you plan to use Lua programming language in any alias. Then click OK.
5. To test whether your alias works, input the alias text from step 2 above and it should execute the alias as expected. If the alias works incorrectly, you will need to edit your alias. To do this, open the window again as in step 1 above and instead of clicking Add, choose the alias from the list and click Edit. Check that the list of commands is entered correctly and try testing again.

A useful alias to have setup is to recall using the clan portal duffle bag and hold or dual wield an object in your off-hand. To do this:

1. Follow the process to add a new alias in step 1 above.
2. In the “Alias” box, enter the text you want to use as the alias. In this example we could use “cr” or “clanrecall”.
3. In the “Send” box, we will list all the commands we want the alias to run. In this example, the commands needed are:
get duffleportalID portalbagID
hold duffleportalID
enter
rem duffleportalID
put duffleportalID portalbagID
wear all

DuffleportalID/portalbagID can be replaced with the clan duffle name or bag name but using the ID number means the alias will always target the correct item. You can find the ID number of any item either with identify, or it will also appear after the object in your inventory if you have this option toggled.

4. In the box next to “Send to” you can either leave this as World or change to Execute. Then click OK.
5. To test whether the alias works, move to a different room then type the alias text.

You can also include a wildcard in an alias. The wildcard is designated with an asterisk and in the body of the alias commands you refer to the wildcard using %. The % must have a number after it, e.g. %1 will refer to the first wildcard * in the alias, %2 would refer to the second wildcard *.

An example of how to use this is to create an alias to take any potion from a bag and immediately quaff it. The alias might be named “qu *” then the Send to box would contain:
get %1 potionbagID
quaff %1

In this case, if “qu duff” is typed, it will take a duff beer manor potion from the bag and quaff it. The wildcard can be altered for any potion that is in the bag.

Asking other clan members about their own aliases might give you some additional ideas for useful commands that can be shortened in this way.

1. 5? Ascent,
2. 10+ Cineko, hell-(?20-25?), FAyke Marcaril,
3. 25 paradise lost, hell
4. 40 killing, song
5. 50 goblin fortress, earth plane 4,
6. 58+ kobold siege
7. 80 elemental, insanitaria, seven wonders, nursing(also in mix),
8. 90 halls of the damned, insanitaria, agroth,
9. 100 duskvalley, Amazon amazon citiz and war,
10. 110-115 living mines daktai, uprising, desert doom-mrtdes portal,
11. 115-120 gathering horde,
12. 130+ MOD,
13. 140 tribal-hot-evil, cold good, , avian,
14. 150 stormhaven, tribal, annwn – harlech
15. 160 Tanra, keep of Kearvek,
16. 175 nottingham (mapper addnote sherwood forest hunt a bandit, elegant fox.
    fluffy rabbit or outlaw to be next to a clearing. a gentle deer is in
    clearing (bridge portal room)),
17. 175 Mauldoon
18. 180 Were, Icefall,

1. 5-10 atlantis, canyon memorital hospital, gnomalin,
2. 10 cat
3. 30-35 Paradise lost,
4. 40 Earth plane 4, volcano
5. 50 nulan, Hedgehog,
6. 80 Pompeii,
7. 95 Tairayden Peninsula,
8. 100 gilda, dynasty, Tairayden Peninsula, Eighteenth dynasty (mix but lots of good)
9. 105-110 FT 2, Verdure
10. 120 ddoom, Nanjiki
11. 125 takeda warcamp,
12. 125 yarr- pirates, aiighiallan, Takeda, bonds,
13. 130 +- Winterlands. Takeda
14. 140-145 Arisian
15. 145 annwn-harlech, , Winterlands,
16. 150 Arisian,
17. 160 Temple of Shal’indrael
18. 173 Umari, kiksaadi
19. 175 Gwillimberry
20. 180 mauldoon- lower levels. Oceanpark, Umari
21. 185 glamdursil, umari

1. 10+ wtc, Hatchling,
2. 12-15 Andarin has a few
3. 30 Nulan,
4. 40- Great salt flats
5. 40-50 aardington has several in manor and on east side,
6. 55 wayward,
7. 60 snuckles(some), wedded (wh dove), Wayward (tried at 52, no), firebird,
8. 90-100 duskvalley, firebird , gilda, agroth,
9. 95 Gilda some,
10. 100 Tairayden Peninsula, Eighteenth dynasty-(mix but several neutral),
11. 107 Verdure, lots good, some neutral in bar
12. 112 Giant
13. 130 black lagoon,
14. 175 Maldoon- a few with evil

1. 15-25 greece pyrmid for more xp
2. 12-15 andarin, kul tiras
3. 15-20 Cradlebrook, darkside of fractured, mudwog
4. 25+ Onyx
5. 25 paradise lost, DSR
6. 30 wooble, yurgach
7. 40 song(most evil),deneria
8. 45 Aardington
9. 53 deneria
10. 55 Kobold, illoria
11. 60 wedded northstar , snuckles
12. 65 Firebird mostly evil neutrell ,
13. 70 lost time, Insanitaria
14. 75-80 Northstar, Insanitaria,
15. 80 Pompeii ( mostly good), seven wonders, nursing (lots evil)
16. 90 halls of the damned (mostly evil),
17. 95 Yarr,
18. 100 Amazon, Eighteenth Dynasty,
19. 107 Verdure (mostly good)
20. 110 Tumari, uprising
21. 115 120 ddoom,
22. 125- 130 sagewood
23. 130 black lagoon
24. 149 annwn forest evil,
25. 150? -160 Annwn Pwyll,
26. 150- 170? Mount dunoir-(Level range is : 175 to 201),
27. 160 TOL, Keep kearvek (mostly evil neutral) Temple of Shal’indrael good some neutral
28. 170-175 glamdursil Italy
29. 180 Umari, mostly good, , gwillimberry, glamdursil- germany

Portal Goals

Area               Level          Portal

amazon            100             Queen Melosa’s Mirror
arisian              150              a dolphin figurine
autumn            170             Map of the Woods
adaldar             150            Permanent Peace
blood                 130            opal Black Darkness of the Citadel
callhero             5                Aura of the Sage
catazlysm         147             golden crown laurels victor is type portal
cougarian         100            Cowlina’s Trust
darklight           85              the orb of the stars
desertdoom      141            Desert Doom
diamonreach    60              A Heliodor Shard 60

Note: With the shard in inventory, give 150000 gold to mallic to         change its landing location

• Aiighialla           138             Denali’s teleport device
• talsa                   58             Irresistible Calling
• fayke                 10             Wizards Prism  (read guide)
• fens                    200          dreary hole despair
• citadel               60             A Majestic Orb
• ft2                      140           the Sea King’s Portal
• arena                 80             Lifetime Pass to the Gladiators Arena
• Glamdursil        148           a copy of the ((Map of the World))
• gwillim              80              Passage to Gwillimberry
• gwillim              189            a Crown of Swords
• hades                 190           a Golden Obol
• helegear            130           Icy Portal of Gvozd (36 uses farmable)
• Illoria                 60             The Sigil of Illoria
• insanitaria         85             a Cedria
• kearvek             158              the Dark Orb of the Vampires
• knosses              58             a passport to knossos
• labyrinth            15            Yelsem’s (:*Freedom*:)
• layrinth              15            Wooden Yoke (farmable)
• lagoon                 160          black lagoon pendant
• lem dagor           100         a Storm Ship in a Bottle
• prosper               100         a Share Ownership of Hotel Royale
• losttime               80          Time Capsule
• masquerade       100         A Masquerade Mask
• mayhem             180         Compendium of Fal’Shara    (rot death)
• omentor             150          Aethelswyth’s Visions
• pompeii              85             black volcanic glass
• qong                    201          Hot Wok of Qong
• denaria               70             a mirror showing Deneria’s past
• sagewood            148             bell tent   (read guide carefully)
• snuckles              80            Enchanted Spellbook
• stronghold          75             Enchanted Dreams (rot death)
• takada                181            the Tiger of Kai
• temple                185            a Yin-Yang Pendant
• verdure              120           holy well clay figurine wellfigurine
• wooble                 38            Cracked Wooble-Nut
• xyl                       100          An Envelope of Xyl
• ygg                      185           A Small Crystal Tree

Here is a list of some of the useful plugins out there. All credit goes to their original authors. These plugins are intended for MUSHclient. Use at your own risk. We are not responsible for these plugins. Some may be outdated.

Pwar’s Plugin Manager v1.33 (Allows for installation and updating of Pwar’s plugins: Showmap, mudbin, WinkleGold S&D, Soundpack, etc)
*** Note: This requires at least version r1955+ of Fiendish’ Aardwolf MUSHclient package. You can type checkversion to make sure you are up to date.

Install instructions: unzip the file directly into your root mushclient folder (the one where mushclient.exe exists). Then in MUSHclient, press Ctrl+Shift+P and click Add, browse to your mushclient/worlds/plugins folder and load Pwars_Plugin_Manager.xml. Now simply type ppm and choose to install which plugins you like.

Backup Of The Above

Whisper Colors

Three Moons Predictor

Mendaloth’s Plugins

Gammons Plugins

Updated Showmap Plugins Updated version of pwar’s showmap plugin above with with an up-to-date map list.