Hello, I am in dire need of a coder to modify code that has already been modified. It is a DBS style MUD and it has players on it, a coder is only needed to implement new commands and races and so on and so forth.
If you are interested please go to frostmud.dyndns.org port 8481 and talk to Taylor. Thankyou and have a nice day.
You could do, as so many have done before you (like myself who is a baker) roll up thier sleeves and have a go yourself. Yes it can be hard, but hell its much more rewarding when you actually complete something. And you can ask here if you have problems, you will be surprised how quickly you will pick it up.
Making races is a builders job as it can all be done in olc, as for making a new command, unless your trying to re-invent the wheel then you will find that you can wok out most things by looking at the code for a simular command.
The problem is I am not used to this code and I have no clue where to find anything, the code is confusing and I need to get a coder to help me get new commands made and also edit former commands, I am scared to mess with anything fearing that I will mess with the wrong thing and I am not willing to make my players suffer at my mistake.
Its a computer, what can you break, firstly you would work on a copy of the code and if you stuff something up you can easily revert back, also if you dont know where anything is then all you have to do is ask, even a simpleton like myself could answer some of the questions you will have.
As Robert said.. you can use another copy of the code to work on, so if you totally destroy the code you can just delete it, and still have your main copy. I myself use CVS and just pull out another copy when I mess up.
It's very easy to learn the basics of coding, such as command modifications. When I started coding smaug(almost a year ago) I had NEVER ever touched C code or anything besides copy+pasting html and php. Now i've got player owned shops, multiclass, automapping, player housing, custom clans, and around another 200 changes(yes I keep individual notes of them *rolls eyes*).
One year and already able to code a mud that is working and stable. As you can see it's not exactly a requirement to be a genius... being that well... i'm doing it(for those who are reading disabled, that means i'm stoopid).
Make this short.... do it and shut up :-p Coding yourself will be much more rewarding in the future and it will be more benficial to you. Rather than relying on someone elses time and someone elses preferences. If you have to, start a second mud for coding.
You've got two ports :-p Along with a decent amount of space for it. Since you don't have a second login name, I EXTREMELY do *not* recommend getting a coder. Mainly for the below reasons. .. also since there's no way to protect what they can do.
And off a personal experience:
Most coders will only do so if they are paid, or they expect the entire mud to be under their ownership, and depending on the work done, even copyrighted under their name. Since the coder has no moral obligations to keep the mud running... they wouldn't think twice but to take all their code and just remove all your files.
(happened to friend hehe.. rm -r /* said the coder.. and bam it was gone)
This isn't a generalization of all "freelance" coders.. just a "what if(hehe funny)" statement.
Excuse any lengthly sentances or random ramblings... Been a while since human interaction haha.
Txzeenath you have the most lengthiest signature i've seen on here...
But anyway.
A lil tip for a new coder would to start small... I mean We're not "big people" before we're "lil people" are we?
so try changing things like... words in the code... like:
You are dying of hunger, change it to something else... just so you learn something from it... I've learn't to code in a few codes, and im still a newbie coder really, but i've developed alot in C over the last year or so.
You need someone to code for you, you might want to say what you want done. Some people (like myself), won't do some things because we think of it as rather, well, stupid (like switching the entire codebase randomly for a feature or two), but like they said, learn to code yourself. Install some snippets. They will help you understand the code basics. Write a small skill. Cann't mess up anything bad that way unless you delete alot. Get a book on C/C++ and/or a refrence, and remember ASK QUESTIONS. No matter how stupid it may sound, you'll only learn one way. By doing, and if you don't know how to do, then ask. I have some rather dumb questions on here in places, but I'm getting a decent grip on the codebase and how it works.