Dystopia MUD the codebase

Dystopia was a GodWars MUD, which started back in the year 2000, and ran until the summer of 2001, at which time it was shutdown due to lack of time to commit to further development. A codebase was created from the resulting code, released in 4 different versions over a period of time. The first release (version 1.0) was lost in a clutched attempt of cleaning up my harddrive, but versions 1.2 and 1.4 can still be downloaded. A special x-mas edition was made in the christmas of 2001, which is an attempt to create a bareboned Godwars platform (if such can exist) from which users can create their own unique MUD.

UPDATE!!! 11.03.2009 - fixed all the codebases so they build clean with gcc 4.3.2

What are the different versions?

Dystopia 1.2
This codebase followed roughly 6 months after Dystopia 1.0 was released. It contains several new classes, much improved code and more areas than the previous version. Dystopia 1.0 was unfortunatly lost from my harddrive, so Dystopia 1.2 is the earliest version which can be downloaded. Like Dystopia 1.0, this version went through a series of bugfix releases, and I think the last one to be released (and then named 1.2) was version 1.2.8

Dystopia 1.4
This codebase was released a short while after I closed my own MUD, and it was stripped of classes, areas and different systems which made the Dystopia world. This allowed for a small, clean and stable codebase, which can be used to create very custommade and unique MUDs. This version of the codebase are for those wishing to create something special, without being boggled down by old code.

Dystopia 1.4 X-Mas
Since most MUD admins wants something more than the basics, the X-Mas version of Dystopia 1.4 was released, and it contains a few classes and a few basic areas. Since I had time to add extra code, I took the liberty of adding an account system to the codebase.

Dystopia Gold
Technologically inferior to Dystopia 1.4, this release contains a snapshot of how Dystopia 1 looked like when it was shutdown. I have cleaned up the code in various places, and removed a few unfinished projects (they weren't working anyway), but I assume that it's the classes and areas that most people are looking for, and they are all available here. Please notice that this is probably the most unstable and messy release of them all, and I highly encourage people to use Dystopia 1.4 instead.

Dystopia 2.0
This is the final release of Dystopia 2.0 - this is actually beta 5, renamed to plain version 2.0 - so if you already have beta 5 running, you can safely continue using that version :o)

Any plans for the future?

I doubt any new versions of the codebase will be released. Actually, after Calim's Cradle was shutdown, I have been planning to release a codebase called Dystopia II. When it is done, I will add it to the list of downloads above.