PixelMUD

A ROM 2.4 / QuickMUD MUD server rewritten in C# for .NET 8.

This is a faithful port of the classic QuickMUD engine so it can run as a modern .NET process. Classic telnet clients still connect the usual way. Stock QuickMUD areas and helps are included under area/ so a fresh clone can boot.

Build

Requires the .NET 8 SDK.

dotnet build src/Rom24/Rom24.csproj -c Release

Then start the server by running the built executable (not dotnet run). Copyover starts a new child process of that same binary; launching via dotnet run breaks that handoff.

# From the repo root (so area/ and player/ resolve):
./src/Rom24/bin/Release/net8.0/Rom24 <port>

# Windows
.\src\Rom24\bin\Release\net8.0\Rom24.exe <port>

The process walks up from the binary to find the repo root (a directory that contains area/), then loads area/ and writes players under player/.

Layout

• src/Rom24/ — server
• area/ — stock QuickMUD world, helps, socials, music (from avinson/rom24-quickmud)
• player/ — player files created at runtime (empty in git)
• imc/ — stock IMC config files
• licenses/ — Diku / Merc / ROM license texts

Licenses

This is a DikuMUD → Merc → ROM / QuickMUD derivative. Stock license texts are in licenses/. See CREDITS.md. Areas and helps ship under those same lineage terms.

Notes

• The server code tracks QuickMUD C closely, including quirks.
• On Windows, copyover can hand live sockets to a new process so players stay connected (CopyOver.cs). Elsewhere it may fall back to restart-and-reconnect.