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Whiteknight
Name: Whiteknight
Gender: Male
Race: Human

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You can play Ancient Anguish by connecting to the game server with the telnet protocol. Most computer operating systems support this protocol, including modern game consoles and mobile phones.

There are many dedicated MUD clients available, some are commercial while others are free, and a dedicated MUD client is recommended.

Ancient Anguish Client is a free, purpose-built client available on iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, Linux, and the web. It features full ANSI color rendering, a live status bar that tracks your HP, SP, XP, and coordinates, and ambient background music that changes as you explore the world. Set up triggers to highlight important events and aliases to streamline your commands all without needing a third-party MUD client. Whether you're on your phone or at your desktop, it makes it easy to connect and start playing.

Ancient Anguish Client downloads may be found at ancient-anguish-client.

For players who do not have a client already installed, you may play Ancient Anguish from the website via the Telnet or Web based clients via the buttons below.

Note: Settings that are changed in-game are saved to your character and are available anywhere you login, but the settings you make to the clients themselves are saved locally. In addition, settings made to the Web client may be reset upon clearing your browser cache.

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Optimization

You can adjust various options in-game and also in your client preferences to enhance your overall experience while playing Ancient Anguish. In-game you may want to try these options:
  • set riverblock on - Prevents you from accidentally falling into rivers.
  • ansi on - Turns on colors in the game.
  • prompt set || - Turns off the arrow that appears whenever you send a command.
  • puebloclient - Toggles the puebloclient support. Turning it off is suggested.
Client fonts should be any monospace font (also called fixed-width) or pictures won't display properly. A good starting font is Courier New, size 10, bold. Client colors for recommended play are as follows, with the first set of numbers being the RGB (Red, Green, Blue) colors and the second set of numbers being the Hex (HTML) colors:
  • Black = 0,0,0 or #000000.
  • Red = 128,0,0 or #800000.
  • Green = 0,128,0 or #008000.
  • Yellow = 128,128,0 or #808000.
  • Blue = 0,0,128 or #000080.
  • Magenta = 128,0,128 or #800080.
  • Cyan = 0,128,128 or #008080.
  • White = 192,192,192 or #AAAAAA.
  • Bright Black = 128,128,128 or #808080.
  • Bright Red = 255,0,0 or #FF0000.
  • Bright Green = 0,255,0 or #00FF00.
  • Bright Yellow = 255,255,0 or #FFFF00.
  • Bright Blue = 0,0,255 or #0000FF.
  • Bright Magenta = 255,0,255 or #FF00FF.
  • Bright Cyan = 0,255,255 or #00FFFF.
  • Bright White = 255,255,255 or #FFFFFF.
Client defaults should be set to your "Black" color for the "Background" option and the main font should be set to your "White" color for the "Output" option.