WHAT IS THIS?

The complete source and world to the mud Aarait. A mud that is so unique, you've never seen
anything like it before. 

Features at a glance:

Fishing w/ World and Personal Recording keeping, plus webpage record keeping.
Pig Farming w/ World and Personal Recording keeping, plus webpage record keeping.
Nethack style graphics.
Totally Original World.
D&D3 Based mobiles and objects.

Aarait is a 'proof of concept' mud. I wanted to see if it was possible to make a mud that
did not involve killing or rp, while remaining fun. Aarait does this beautifully. It's not
for everyone though, I've found that four out of five new players type kill a few times,
figure out it doesn't work and quit, never to be seen again. Those that stay love it.

Aarait works in every aspect, is very playable, there are no 'crash' bugs. While being more
complete than 90% of muds on the Internet it lacks a certain polish that keeps me from 
considering it finished.

WHAT IS INCLUDED?

I am releasing everything. This is all you need to run Aarait.

EVERYTHING?

Everything.

WHAT IS IN THE ZIP FILES?

aarait-lib.tar.gz - This comprises the lib/ directory for Aarait, all of the zones are in here.
aarait-src.tar.gz - All of Aarait's source code.

HOW DO I MAKE IT WORK?

Download all of the zip files unto any UNIX type computer.
Unzip/untar all of the zip files. (tar zxvf filename)
Type 'cd aarait/src'
Type 'make'
Wait a few minutes.
Type 'cd ../'
Type './autorun'.
Open your favourite mud client and point it towards the computer you did all of this on
at port 2002.
Enjoy yourself.

ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO KNOW?

Aarait is offered with no warranty of any sort. No guarantee of fitness is provided. 
It may work, it may not. You may give homage and beer to anyone listed in the credit file.

-- Dean Vaughan
   December 26, 2002