Hey there. This is just a short little blurb to the newbie coders who are feeling frustrated. I started my first attempt at coding CircleMUD five days ago with very little C knowledge and had very little knowledge of the workings of this style of system. (only quick glances and small string mods to PennMUSH). In the last couple days I have amazed my self with the complexity of mods I am getting up to. This is not to say that I am good yet :) but I have learned ALLOT in five days and have basicly turned the system inside out. I did this by looking through the code and looking at all the examples. I also searched for every example of code I could find that would help with the specific mod I was working on. If you can be persistant and keep hacking away at the code and dont mind spending allot of time staring and meaningles junk you will get better. Also dont be afraid to ask questions. They may not appriciate silly questions like what file to raise levels in on this list, but if you are seriorusly stummped and have a good question to ask, DO IT! you will never learn if you dont ask! And I know there are many people on here who would be willing to help you, if you are willing to take the time on your own and do as much as you possibly can. Ok so it wasnt short but I sure hope it helped some of you... P.S. Thanks to the people who gave me tips these last few days, I couldn't have done it without ya :) (This sounds like an acceptant speach, yechh.) Thanatos@iCE-Dawn MUD +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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