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Ack!Mud Visual Area Editor - AVAE (Ack!Mud Visual Area Editor) is a full featured offline Area Editor for ACK! Area files. It could probably be persuaded to work with other area formats as well as most settings are done in XML. For screenshots and installers/sourcecode, visit the site.

Ansalon MUD - Building Site - A comprehensive website for building MUD areas in ROM with OLC. Our building website is dedicated to helping people learn to create areas. An extensive programming section is on command at the click of a button; Featuring mprogs, oprogs, and rprogs, with downloadable .txt versions as well. Updated weekly. - Skol

Area Editor for SMAUG and ROM areas - Windows Area Editor for standard SMAUG and ROM areas - uses graphical (GUI) interface to easily add rooms, exits, objects, mobs and resets. Can be customised from configuration file to add extra flags etc. Features "area walkthrough" to simulate playing in the area, "area check" to check for missing links, and cross referencing (see which rooms lead *to* a particular room, for instance).

Area Swap - Area Swap is a place to talk about and swap Mud Zones or Areas used in muds. While different formats are necessary for each mud, many can be converted to suit your own mud's codebase.

Builder's Club - A place where area builders can discuss ideas, technics, and just help each other out. We have a board to post to and a chat room for quick help along with many links for diffrent types of building! Come in and look around!

How to Succeed at Building Without Really Trying - Written for Envy Muds in general, Miracle's outstanding guide is applicable for building on any mud. It is extremely useful for both beginning and experienced builders and includes both OLC and MZF walkthrough examples for each step of the area building process. It also contains numerous tips, hints, and FAQs.

MUD Map Designer - MUD Map Designer - Plot Maps quickly! Export to multiple image types! Easy to use!

Mish's MUD Resources - A growing collection of information on MUD resources, links to building- and MUD-related sites and ROM 2.4 area downloads. Two mobprog guides, one for offline building and one for OLC, are here, along with examples for scripting in different codebases.

Nick Gammon's Client and SMAUG/ROM Editor - You may want three entries, one for the area editors, one for the client, and one for the windows pennmush port. Nick is still active, often seen on M*U*S*H, and is responsive to problems and bug reports. -- Sandi

Sirak's Muditor - Link to the *BEST* Merc/Envy area building software around. 100% customizable, and runs under DOS. Great software to build your area with!

Warlock's Realm - A Yahoo Board for members to enlist help with Building, Coding and Mudding in general. It has a CHAT room and a MESSAGE board.




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