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• Bairloch

  June 2018

  Sylandra said:

  how to search through designs using categories and word choice. 

  Whoa. Can I do that for shop searches too? Would be sweet...

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• Arix

  June 2018

  Sylandra said:

  Gather 'round, fellow designer nerds. Something that changed my life a few years ago was learning how to search through designs using categories and word choice.
  
  To my knowledge, this isn't documented properly anywhere, so here you go:
  
  1) Searching by DESIGNEDBY (Designer)
  So let's say I want to find an old tailoring design by Daraius. To search all tailoring designs open to to me for it, I'd do:
  
  TAILORING ALL DESIGNEDBY DARAIUS
  

  *******************************************************************************
  

  [ID]    [Org]         [Type]        [Description]                              

  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  23273   Public        Accessories   a tattooist's apron

  *******************************************************************************

  Total: 1
  
  2) Searching by APPEARANCE, DROPPED, or EXAMINED
  Or let's say you're shopkeeping and you want to find masculine robes in particular to stock in your inventory. To search for one that uses the word "masculine" in the description, just do this:
  
  TAILORING GREATROBES EXAMINED MASCULINE
  

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  [ID]    [Org]         [Description]                                            

  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  394     Public        masculine robes of sun-hued silk

  7064    Public        sapphire blue, loose-fitting sherwani greatrobes

  7527    Public        silk kurta robes of creamy white

  20278   Public        an understated elegant grey suit

  21889   Cloudweavers  robes of eventide

  26053   Public        silken emerald-green robes braided with gold

  26054   Opera         serene silver-and-blue robes of silken waters

  *******************************************************************************

  Total: 7
  
  Or let's say you just want a pair of purple shoes. We change up the formula to be this:
  
  TAILORING SHOES APPEARANCE PURPLE
  

  *******************************************************************************

  [ID]    [Org]         [Description]                                            

  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  11421   Public        glittering purple high-heeled amaranth sandals

  11765   Public        thigh-high purple boots

  24736   Public        elegant, dark purple high-heeled shoes

  *******************************************************************************

  Total: 3

  
  (The same basic concept applies to DROPPED, but I don't know if you have any strong opinions on a dropped description.)
  
  3) Searching by CARTEL
  Looking to only see your cartel's designs? Easy peasy.
  
  TAILORING ALL CARTEL SILKENSNOW
  

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  [ID]    [Org]         [Type]        [Description]                              

  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  23815   Silkensnow    Splendor      an elegant high-necked gown of midnight cas

  23817   Silkensnow    Accessories   a petite wintry fascinator

  23864   Silkensnow    Accessories   elbow-length opera gloves of ivory silk

  23865   Silkensnow    Greatrobes    a chic trumpet gown of stark ivory silk

  24019   Silkensnow    Greatrobes    a bell-shaped gown of periwinkle satin and

  24090   Silkensnow    Accessories   a royal blue satchel of wintry starlight

  24243   Silkensnow    Coats         a handsome frock coat of cashmere wool

  24271   Silkensnow    Hats          a knit penguin hat with dangling tassles

  24512   Silkensnow    Greatrobes    a formal, well-tailored suit of wintertide

  25926   Silkensnow    Accessories   a twinkling shawl of snow-swept crystal

  27018   Silkensnow    Greatrobes    an ethereal sheath gown of glacial aquamari

  27019   Silkensnow    Greatrobes    a boreal green sheath gown with flowering f

  27148   Silkensnow    Lingerie      a snowy chemise with icy lacework

  27168   Silkensnow    Accessories   a crowned veil of spiralling fractal lace

  27335   Silkensnow    Accessories   a swirling fractal headpiece of lapis lazul

  27349   Silkensnow    Accessories   a refined half mask of lapis lazuli and bon

  *******************************************************************************

  Total: 16
  
  Fun fact: "Public" counts as a cartel also!
  

  sadly, there are several things I designed that did not have my name added because it was either before that was a thing or it didn't get put in, so when I do designedby I get like, two results

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• Sylandra Join Queue for Mafia Games The Last Mafia Game

  June 2018

  Bairloch said:

  Sylandra said:

  how to search through designs using categories and word choice. 

  Whoa. Can I do that for shop searches too? Would be sweet...

  You can do PORTAL SEARCH SHOPS <descriptors of choice> to have options show up. I’m on my phone now but some examples might be PORTAL SEARCH SHOPS WHITE GLOVES or even something vague like PORTAL SEARCH SHOPS CRIMSON.
  
  If memory serves, you can also do PORTAL SEARCH <player> to find manses or shops by owner. But that syntax might not be exact, I’ll check this evening to be sure.
  
  —
  
  @Arix yeah they added DESIGNEDBY in 2010 iirc? So designs prior to them won’t get included in that list.
  
  And in retrospect I’m pretty sure you can search by COMMODITIES too if you’re looking for a specific material for some reason (TAILORING ALL COMMODITIES SILK).

  Daraius said:
  

  "Oh yeah, you're a naughty mayor, aren't you? Misfile that Form MA631-D. Comptroller Shevat's got a nice gemstone disc for you, but yer gonna have to beg for it."
  

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• Moi

  June 2018

  Can confirm; I use that to search for stuff to make with honeycombs when I acquisitio them in faethorn.
  

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• Shuyin The pug life chose me.

  June 2018

  APPRAISE lets you check out player underwear.

  

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• Xeii

  June 2018

  @Bairlochhttps://www.lusternia.com/game/honors/zvoltz

  "May this be the first of many new experiences for you, Heart of the Crescendo," Czixi says, smile quirking. "The future is an exciting place."
  
  https://estelss16.deviantart.com/, visit if interested.
  

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• Anita

  June 2018

  As per CHANGELOG 1318 -
  
       - New command for City/Commune Leaders - [CITY|COMMUNE] MANSEBLOCK [ON|OFF]
       - Activating this will prevent enemies of your org from exiting connected manses into your org. It does not prevent them from entering those manses if the permissions are not set up correctly or if they follow a non-org enemy into it.
      -  They will be unable to follow an unenemied person out of the manse (you cannot follow into enemy territory).
  
  
  

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• Snald

  June 2018

  HELP <name of trade> ITEMS is amazing. Try brewmeister, poison, enchantment, so on.

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• Maligorn Windborne

  June 2018

  DESIGN COMMS <trade> in case you're not sure what the minimum amount of commodities are.
  

  
  
  

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• Valaria

  June 2018

  Xenthos said:

  Inr everything.
  

  i kindof wish 'inr all' will work as well. 'inr everything' is too long for me.

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• Versalean

  June 2018

  Valaria said:

  Xenthos said:

  Inr everything.
  

  i kindof wish 'inr all' will work as well. 'inr everything' is too long for me.

  alias?

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• Shaddus , the Leper Messiah Outside your window.

  June 2018

  Valaria said:

  Xenthos said:

  Inr everything.
  

  i kindof wish 'inr all' will work as well. 'inr everything' is too long for me.

  INRA if you're on MMF?

  Everiine said: The reason population is low isn't because there are too many orgs. It's because so many facets of the game are outright broken and protected by those who benefit from it being that way. An overabundance of gimmicks (including game-breaking ones), artifacts that destroy any concept of balance, blatant pay-to-win features, and an obsession with convenience that makes few things actually worthwhile all contribute to the game's sad decline.

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• Vefai

  June 2018 edited June 2018

  Shaddus said:

  Valaria said:

  Xenthos said:

  Inr everything.
  

  i kindof wish 'inr all' will work as well. 'inr everything' is too long for me.

  INRA if you're on MMF?

  Can't you just alias it? I alias everything. 
  
  Examples: Get gold from pack : Setalias ggfp get gold from pack. or Put gold in pack: pgip. So I'd do something like inre for inr everything. 
  

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• Xenthos Shadow Lord

  June 2018

  I just trigger the quit-line from the game to do various things (like inr everything) so I do not have to remember it myself.
  

  

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• Tylwyth

  June 2018

  You can only have like 100 aliases.
  This isn't as useful but if you are a druid you can use STAFF instead of CUDGEL. I find it useful becuase my brain doesn't like spelling cudgel for some reason.

  FOR pposters who aren't steingrim:
  

  
  

  
  

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• Anita

  June 2018 edited June 2018

  Some configs people are unawre of!
  
  

  adwatch  -  When enabled, adwatch will alert you when an ad is created or modified.
  

  
  

  auditwarning -  Receive notification when you login about items that are going to decay soon, between 1 and 25 months.

  
  

  changelog  - Toggle whether or not you will see changelog entries

  > Also for changelogs, you can search through them using CHANGELOG SEARCH <term> ; so if I wanted to find something to do with 'hunger' - CHANGELOG SEARCH HUNGER brings back a list of any changelog that contains the word hunger, etc.
  

  
  

  designmessages -  useful for those who are the designers out there! You can toggle to get messages of whether your designs are approved or rejected. This works for the trademaster of the cartel, and if they list someone as the designer (DESIGN # DESIGNEDBY<person>) the person listed as designer will also get a message of approval/rejection providing they also have this config on.
  

  
  

  powerstones  - Toggle whether you ONLY draw power from powerstones when possible or not - so this won't let you draw from reserves if a powerstone can be used in place, you'll get a message that you don't have enough reserves to do the action, but if you wield a powerstone you will be able to go ahead.

  
  

  timezone -  Set your current timezone. So when you use TIME in-game, it will show you the current GMT time, but also your time. Handy for when organising events if they are given in GMT time / or referring to 'weave' time, as weaves end/begin at 00:00 GMT.
  

  (ex. In your world, it is 2018/06/28 14:00:54 GMT and 2018/06/28 15:00:54 in your configured timezone.)
  

  
  
  
  
  

  EDIT:
  

  Anyone who is CR6 in their commune/city can also use the POWERLOG command to see power input/output. Works like reading city/commune logs, with POWERLOG seeing today, POWERLOG 0 1 is last weave, etc. You can also just see the summary of the current day POWERLOG SUMMARY, and to view previous weaves POWERLOG SUMMARY 1 (last weave), POWERLOG SUMMARY 2 (weave before last) etc etc.
  

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• Jolanthe

  June 2018

  config designmessages is also really useful when you make designs for trades you don't practice, since it captures the design ID for you and you can keep the message until you transpose and store the number for yourself elsewhere.

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• Irillia

  June 2018

  In light of the new changes to hunger (and thus increased interest in food and the Cooking skill, perhaps), the syntax for cooking, infusing, fortifying, and preserving was combined a while back into a single command: COOK/BAKE <recipe #> [INFUSE SPEED/INFUSE CONSTITUTION ] [PRESERVE] [FORTIFY]. Just be sure to have all the quicksilver/allheale, colewort, and flax on hand when you're cooking. It will also let you know if you don't have enough colewort or flax to preserve or fortify everything you make. This definitely speeds up cooking tremendously!
  
  Busy crafters with lots of stuff in their rift may also find CONFIG RIFTCRAFT useful. Toggling it on lets you use commodities directly from your rift when crafting, without having to OUTR everything you need. This can definitely lead to your rift quickly emptying out before you realize it, though, especially with commodity-heavy trades like Artisan!

  Avatar created by the amazing Feyrll.

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• Moi

  June 2018

  HELPSEARCH <word> to bring up the "no such help file found, but these files mention it" listing for a given word. Useful if you want to find, for example, every helpfile that contains the word 'teh' and helpedit them away!
  

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• Xiran

  June 2018

  Anita said:

  EDIT:
  

  Anyone who is CR6 in their commune/city can also use the POWERLOG command to see power input/output. Works like reading city/commune logs, with POWERLOG seeing today, POWERLOG 0 1 is last weave, etc. You can also just see the summary of the current day POWERLOG SUMMARY, and to view previous weaves POWERLOG SUMMARY 1 (last weave), POWERLOG SUMMARY 2 (weave before last) etc etc.
  

  Also the POWERLOG SUMMARY goes back 30 weaves! But any nuances about the source/spending of power will only go back 6 weaves in POWERLOG.
  
  
  Oldbie me was recently saved by curatives not needing to be outrifted before consuming. You can `eat dust` and it'll work.

  Active: Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday EST
  
  Avatar made through Picrew
  

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• Anita

  June 2018

  Xiran said:

  Anita said:

  EDIT:
  

  Anyone who is CR6 in their commune/city can also use the POWERLOG command to see power input/output. Works like reading city/commune logs, with POWERLOG seeing today, POWERLOG 0 1 is last weave, etc. You can also just see the summary of the current day POWERLOG SUMMARY, and to view previous weaves POWERLOG SUMMARY 1 (last weave), POWERLOG SUMMARY 2 (weave before last) etc etc.
  

  Also the POWERLOG SUMMARY goes back 30 weaves! But any nuances about the source/spending of power will only go back 6 weaves in POWERLOG.
  
  
  Oldbie me was recently saved by curatives not needing to be outrifted before consuming. You can `eat dust` and it'll work.

  POWERLOG itself goes back 30 weaves along with POWERLOG SUMMARY -- at least it does for Ministry of Power!
  
                                                                   powerlog 1 30
  2018/05/31 00:00:07 - The Wild Nodes added 0 power through the energies of the Astral Plane
  
  

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• Xiran

  June 2018

  Omigosh. Thank you!

  Active: Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday EST
  
  Avatar made through Picrew
  

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• Versalean

  September 2018

  TIL that if somebody's jingle comes up to tell you to vote, it means they're logged in.
  
  
  

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• Kistan

  September 2018

  Anita said:

  Xiran said:

  Anita said:

  EDIT:
  

  Anyone who is CR6 in their commune/city can also use the POWERLOG command to see power input/output. Works like reading city/commune logs, with POWERLOG seeing today, POWERLOG 0 1 is last weave, etc. You can also just see the summary of the current day POWERLOG SUMMARY, and to view previous weaves POWERLOG SUMMARY 1 (last weave), POWERLOG SUMMARY 2 (weave before last) etc etc.
  

  Also the POWERLOG SUMMARY goes back 30 weaves! But any nuances about the source/spending of power will only go back 6 weaves in POWERLOG.
  
  
  Oldbie me was recently saved by curatives not needing to be outrifted before consuming. You can `eat dust` and it'll work.

  POWERLOG itself goes back 30 weaves along with POWERLOG SUMMARY -- at least it does for Ministry of Power!
  
                                                                   powerlog 1 30
  2018/05/31 00:00:07 - The Wild Nodes added 0 power through the energies of the Astral Plane
  
  

  I wish all logs went back 30 days
  

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• Shaddus , the Leper Messiah Outside your window.

  September 2018

  Versalean said:

  TIL that if somebody's jingle comes up to tell you to vote, it means they're logged in.
  
  
  

  Is this why 90% of the time when I log in with a character, I get that character's jingle?

  Everiine said: The reason population is low isn't because there are too many orgs. It's because so many facets of the game are outright broken and protected by those who benefit from it being that way. An overabundance of gimmicks (including game-breaking ones), artifacts that destroy any concept of balance, blatant pay-to-win features, and an obsession with convenience that makes few things actually worthwhile all contribute to the game's sad decline.

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• Tridemon

  September 2018

  Kistan said:

  Anita said:

  Xiran said:

  Anita said:

  EDIT:
  

  Anyone who is CR6 in their commune/city can also use the POWERLOG command to see power input/output. Works like reading city/commune logs, with POWERLOG seeing today, POWERLOG 0 1 is last weave, etc. You can also just see the summary of the current day POWERLOG SUMMARY, and to view previous weaves POWERLOG SUMMARY 1 (last weave), POWERLOG SUMMARY 2 (weave before last) etc etc.
  

  Also the POWERLOG SUMMARY goes back 30 weaves! But any nuances about the source/spending of power will only go back 6 weaves in POWERLOG.
  
  
  Oldbie me was recently saved by curatives not needing to be outrifted before consuming. You can `eat dust` and it'll work.

  POWERLOG itself goes back 30 weaves along with POWERLOG SUMMARY -- at least it does for Ministry of Power!
  
                                                                   powerlog 1 30
  2018/05/31 00:00:07 - The Wild Nodes added 0 power through the energies of the Astral Plane
  
  

  I wish all logs went back 30 days
  

  Er... they do.

  I'm Lucidian. If I don't get pedantic every so often, I might explode.

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• Snald

  September 2018

  Yeah, try the syntax READLOG WHATEVER 0 30 or POWERLOG SUMMARY 30

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• Kistan

  September 2018

  Happiest in the world now!!
  

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