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So I've still ben working on cm, and don't worry, i did manage to get it set up, on my local machine, which i admit isn't a large step, but a step nonetheless. Also in my defense, i did manage to fix quite a few errors, and ALMOST get it up on a pub server...anyway, So in order for it to not be a total waste of my time, I've begun building. I'm not in competition for this great mud for everyone to join...not yet anyway, because i'm still playing around with it, though i do have one vital question.

What will i need to change in the .ini file, or any other file in order to get it from a windows based local machine to a public lynox server.

For those who don't know CM and want to help here, I'll post a few config options that i think are rellivant. If you do know CM and i'm missing something, PLEEEEEEAse let me know.
, here goes:
here are some config settings from the coffeemud.ini file:
# PORT number for CoffeeMud to listen on. Multiple ports may be separated
# by commas.
PORT=5555

# DOMAIN is the friendly name of your mud server to the outside world.
# For instance, myserver.mydns.org would be an example.
# It is required by the SMTP Server, the two intermud clients
# I3 and IMC2, and the Siplet internal MUD client.
# The SMTP Server will require that all email addresses end
# with this name (ex: myname@thishost.domain.com), so be smart about what
# you put here. See www.dyndns.org for information on getting a free domain
# name.
DOMAIN=

# BIND address, defaults to all IP addresses (multi-homed machine)
#BIND=127.0.0.1

# BACKLOG defaults to 6 - number of connections that can be queued
BACKLOG=6

# Runs the specified web servers. This entry is either the word FALSE to disable
# all internal web servers, or a comma-delimited list of web server names, each
# with their own special configuration ini file of the same name located in your
# /web directory. For instance, if this entry is "pub,admin", then the server
# will look for the files "/web/pub.ini" and "/web/admin.ini" for configuration
# information on those two web servers to start.
# Default is pub,admin
RUNWEBSERVERS=pub,admin

# Runs smtpserver if the value is 'true' (case insensitive)
# any other value, or absence of line, will mean the smtpserver is not loaded
RUNSMTPSERVER=TRUE

# SMTPSERVERNAME defines the name of the smtp server to use when sending out-going
# emails. If blank, the system will attempt to connect to the mail server denoted
# by the email addresses directly. Otherwise, the given server will be used as
# a relay server. If you want to implement SMTP authentication, you can include
# a comma followed by either LOGIN or PLAIN, followed by the user name, followed
# by the password.
SMTPSERVERNAME=


Now, hre's the pub.ini file:
# Web Server PORT (required)
# May include a comma-delimited list to start more than 1 public server
PORT=27744,80

# BIND address (optional)
# defaults to all IP addresses (multi-homed machine)
#BIND=127.0.0.1

And here's the admin.ini:
# the port number to listen on is required
# May include a comma-delimited list to start more than 1 admin server
PORT=27777

#optional
# defaults to all IP addresses (multi-homed machine)
# BIND=127.0.0.1

I think that's al the config settings that are rellivant, and some may nt be. Anyway, help on what i should change would be greatly appriciated.
hank you

CoffeeMUD (CM) should run as-is on any Linux server with the recent Sun Java installed.

For questions about the codebase you may be better served asking at the CM Yahoo group:

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/coffeemud/

Or if you are the use "Valerie" over there, you already did so.

CM requires a lot of RAM (as compared to many other MUD code bases) for a fully functional game. Finding a public server for a reasonable price can be an issue. A VPS is always a good alternative, but requires some knowledge of Linux and server administration.

If you are getting the server space from another person, they will assign you (or ask you to request) the ports. You will need at least 3 ports for full functionality of the game, public server (including MSP and MXP) and the admin server.

If you plan on taking the game public I also recommend using a MYSQL database. Making sure that the Sun Java SDK, as well as ANT, are also installed can help with development if you plan on altering the .java files.

Best of luck to you, and as stated earlier asking at the CM Yahoo group is more likely to get you the information.

yeah, i aksed at the Yahoo group, and, though i haven't checked my inbox as of right now, i did check last night and no response, so figured someone here owuld know, or at least have an idea.
I thought about keping it on my local machine, but if i'mnot mistaken, if people logged ontomy server, they would be using my internet connection, and depending on what all was going on with/in my comp, the server could be slow. ALso I would have to kep my comp on all of the time (even if i got a domain from dyndns and routed it to my localhost), and since i'm mainly using this server, that i have up, to play around with it, i thought it was better to get a public server.
I also know that with more people logged on, and the bigger it gets, it will eat up more ram, and i want to get my friends to help out with it.
and oneal thing on this, i know that windows progrms eats up more mem athan something like mac or lynux, so i couldn't figure out why anyone would want to run a mud on their local windows computer, but for testing purposes...unless i'm missing something?
Your thoughts?

ALso, i tried to insall the cm server to a lynux host with mysql, and it worked fine...accept for the fact that i was unable to log in, which is what brought me to ask the question in the first place about changing the port numbers in the .ini files. I'm smart enough to know to change the listening port, and i suspected i needed to change the pub and admin oprts too. it was teh bind IP addresses, really, that i was unsure about, since they default to a local machine.

it was teh bind IP addresses, really, that i was unsure about, since they default to a local machine.

You connect to the IP address and port of the machine on the *net (be it a local network, or internet network).

If the Linux server has a website, you could try using the website domain name (DNS) and port number. If they assigned you a sub-domain (which likely they did) you would use that sub-domain name and the port that you have assigned.

If you check the domain name on any of the various sites you could use the actual IP address to attempt to connect.

Here is one site where you can find the IP address of a DNS:
http://network-tools.com/

Go to that site (or one similar), type in your domain (or sub-domain) name, and it will provide you the IP address.

Best of luck to you.

LadyRahl wrote:
and oneal thing on this, i know that windows progrms eats up more mem athan something like mac or lynux, so i couldn't figure out why anyone would want to run a mud on their local windows computer, but for testing purposes...unless i'm missing something?
Your thoughts?

Yes

ALso, i tried to insall the cm server to a lynux host with mysql, and it worked fine...accept for the fact that i was unable to log in, which is what brought me to ask the question in the first place about changing the port numbers in the .ini files.

If this was the problem, then this is what you should have asked.

Like this:

Hey guys, I finally got CM installed on my home Windows PC! Woo!
Works and everything. So, but, thing is, I then installed it on
Linux, and I think it worked, but when I try to
log in, <explain exact problem here>.

I've asked on the Yahoo group, and got no response. I searched
the CM webpage for clues as well as Bing, using keywords like
<keyword> and <keyword>, but found nothing. What do you guys think
I should do next?

Thanks!

All this other crud about memory and ini files and whatall
just makes it hard to read your post to understand what you're
trying to solve. In fact, you didn't even get to your *actual*
problem til *after* your original post. In your original post
you're trying to ask for help on something other than the
actual problem you confronted.

Now that you know how to ask for help on your actual problem,
please state exactly what happens when you try to connect*,
what IP you're trying to connect to, and what program you're
using to make that connection.

-Crat
http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

*Protip: "nothing" is not the correct response

That site to ge tthe IP really helped. thank you so much. got the mud up! ^^

: I wasn't meaning to sound rambling, though i know my tendancy to ramble so i'll keep your words in mind. I didn't ask the question that you thought i should at first because i thought i knew the problem (and i was right). I'm a newbie, but i'm a quick learner, and i'm fairly good at figuring out how things work, even if i can't figure out how to fix thigns sometimes. If the resolved IP didn't fix my problem, i'd planned to go into more detail, but i wanted to make sure i tried everything i could think of to fix the problem first.
And about the other stuf, i was answering the comment about hosting that was asked on the post after my first one.
thank you all for your help, and i'll work on not rambling, as i have a tendancy to do.