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Zones

Zones

Section titled “Zones”

Zones are areas of the MUSH that can have the same user-defined commands without having to @parent every object in the zone or make the commands MUSH-wide globals.

The default zone is NOTHING. Any building done by a player defaults to belonging to the same zone that the player belongs to. Every zone is defined by a Zone Master Object (ZMO). The ZMO is an ordinary MUSH object owned by some player. A wizard may change the zone of an object or player to a ZMO.

If the ZMO is a room, it is called a “Zone Master Room.” Most of the statements about ZMOs also apply to zone master rooms; for details, see ZONE MASTER ROOMS.

Zone commands

Section titled “Zone commands”

$-commands on a ZMO are treated as global within that zone. The game attempts to match $-commands for the ZMO of the player’s location, as well as $-commands for the player’s own zone.

If you want restricted global commands defined over only a small area, you can define that area to be part of a zone, and place the desired $-commands upon the ZMO. If you want players to be able to use special commands for a culture they belong to, the $-commands should go on the ZMO, and the players @chzoned to it so they can use the commands anywhere.

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