Natural language processing NLP is the ability of a computer program to understand spoken and written human language. NLP programming automates the translation process between computers and humans by manipulating unstructured data words in the context of a specific task conversation.
View Full Term. By clicking sign up, you agree to receive emails from Techopedia and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. By: Justin Stoltzfus Contributor, Reviewer. By: Satish Balakrishnan. Dictionary Dictionary Term of the Day. Natural Language Processing. Techopedia Terms. Connect with us. Sign up. Term of the Day. Most MUDs will have a certain number of 'mortal' levels.
The term mortal just means that you can die, or be killed by mobiles computer generated characters or other players, if the MUD you are on supports player-killing.
Most MUDs have between 10 and 25 mortal levels. These are usually based on your score, and you will be required to get a certain number to become an immortal, usually between and This may sound a lot, and it is a lot, but you will realise that as you go up the levels, and start killing the stronger mobiles, you will get more and more points per fight.
You will start off with a score of zero, and you can gain points by killing mobiles, or other players if the MUD is player-killing usually abbreviated to pk or finding objects and pitting them.
To pit an object means to drop it in one of the 'pits' around the MUD. There are usually two pits,in the start locations. There are quite a few classes of objects. Armour is objects you can wear that will protect you from damage done by mobiles or other players, eg. Each item of armour has an armour value. For example, the platemail has an armour value of You will be looking to get as high an armour count as possible.
Most MUDs will have a maxarmor value, usually about It is a good idea to try and find a lot of this as soon as possible, as it will reduce the possibility that you will be killed. You do not want to be killed, as you will lose a significant proportion of your points. Also, around the MUD there are various weapons. These vary from a stick which will do a damage of about 2, to massive swords such as the Mjolnir, which would do about 30 damage.
When talking about the damage a weapon does, that is the maximum damage the sword will do on one hit. You will have a natural damage, usually 8, so if you were wielding the mjolnir, you could do a maximum of 38 damage in one hit. Also there are clothes, which are wearable just like armour, but do not protect you from any damage. Examples of these are robes, pendants, talismans. Also there is food. Food, when eaten, heals you a little bit, gives you a few more health and mana points.
Therefore, it is a good idea to collect as much as possible, in case you get into a fight that is a little more difficult than you imagined.
Spells use your mana points to cast, mana being magic points. Fireball, Frost, Missile, Shock and BHands are all attack spells, they do a certain amount of damage to your opponent, and cost you a certain number of mana points.
Aid, Damage, Lit and Blur are special spells. Aid will heal you a little, again at the cost of some mana points. Damage adds 10 to the maximum amount of damage you are doing at the time.
Going back to our example of the mjolnir, if you were wielding it and you cast Damage and it succeeded you would then have a total maximum damage of Lit means you don't have to carry a light source, if you go into a dark room you will still be able to see. Blur blurs your form, making it harder for anyone to hit you.
You will have a percentage chance of these spells succeeding every time you cast them, based mainly on your level. Thus a level 11 character will have a far greater chance that a fireball he casts at a mobile will actually hit him, or that if he tries to Aid himself, it will work, than a level one character.
Some mobiles can cast spells as well, and there are usually somewhere on the MUD things called anti-magic devices. This means that if you are wearing one of these items, no spell will hit you if cast at you or it will be absorbed harmlessly be the item. Also, on most MUDs there are things called quests What is a quest? Quests are puzzles. Quests are challenges. Quests are things you must work out if you want to gain immortal status. Each quest has a different number of quest points - qpoints - associated with it.
Most MUDs will have a qlist or qdone command to allow you to see what quests are available, and what they are worth in quest points. The points awarded to quests vary on many things, like its difficulty, both in terms of puzzles and how hard things in the area are to kill. They may also vary on other things too, such as how well known the zone is. For example, Sorcerer's Tower, a quest that is on most MUDs around, is quite difficult puzzle wise, not too hard as far as killing Shazareth the main mobile in the quest though, but due to it being very well known, very few quest points have been awarded.
You should also realise, that under this system, the points for a quest may be reduced, you will thus go down in quest points obtained. Of course, you may ask, but do not expect anything to be done. You will be required to complete certain quests to become an immortal, generally known as a Wizard.
These are critical quests, and must be done. You are NOT allowed to give the answers to quests away to other players, but hints are generally considered alright. Why should you run? If you run you will get an immortal character. This means you cannot be killed by mobiles or other players. You also gain several privileges along with the immortal status. On most MUDs, you will gain the privilege of Goto. This means you can jump to any room on the MUD, without having to walk there, or go through any of the rooms connecting where you are to where you want to go.
You may also get the privilege Stats, which means you can find out a lot more information about other players, like where they connect from and how long they have been on or when they were last on , their score, and how much armour they have at the moment. Also, you get more information on commands like users.
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