A number of the old zones have been updated lately by me and Diandra to fit our current standards, (i.e. Listen/Smell/Taste/Feel descs, look Behind/Above/Under descs, undisplayed portals and containers, etc.)

The zones we have been working on are:
- The Robber Baron Castle
- The Viking Ship
- The Pirate Galley Ship
- Lostlands
- Fenizia

Several Quests has been added to these zones during the update.
In connection with the Fenizian Lore, I've also added one Quest each to The High Mountains and the Citadel of Thandar.
In addition there is a very large Quest involving most of the Future Dimension, 'The Quest for the Best of the Best'.

The Questcards have been updated as well, so the cards from 87 onwards are new.
We have now reached the magic number of 100 Questcards.
(The number of actual quests of course is a lot higher).

There has been some complaints about the Trainers being too hard to find for new players. So to remedy that, we've done a few changes today:
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1. From now on all the Class Guildmasters teach all the Tier 1 skills and spells for their respective Class.
2. These Guildhalls are now only open to players of the right Class.
3. The Opas and the Potion of Seeing that are sold in the Esper Guild can now also be purchased at Palpatine's Bar in the Spaceport.
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Nothing else has been changed. All the other Trainers still teach the skills and spells that they used to teach. You still need to seek out those to train the skills and spells from Tier 2 upwards.

The info on the website will be changed presently to reflect this change. The helpfiles are also updated now.

The quick answer is yes. The longer answer goes like this: You need to change your battleprompt. To do this type bprompt and then the variables you want in your prompt.

You can add your own fields into your prompt using ones from the list below.

The '%' character means a variable.

for example: PROMPT %hH %mM %vV>

Would display like: 1234H 1234M 1234V>

Note: bprompt is the prompt only shown in battle. We also have the basic prompt that is shown outside of battle. There are some things you only need to know when fighting - like how much damage you deal to the mob you're fight or how much damage you're taking from said mob, which is why we have the two different prompts. Now, having said that, the prompts automatically change when you're in battle. You do not have to remember any command to change your prompt.

To go back to the original prompt type:

prompt default

and

bprompt default

When you're in the room with a trainer type skills or spells depending on what you're looking for. If you want either, just type in one then the other. It will list the skills and spells that particular trainer can teach you. Once you know what you want and you're with the trainer that has it, type practice (skill/spell name). For example, if you're with the trainer that teaches magic missiles, type practice magic missile.

Mounts and pets can be useful in many ways: they can hold items for you, you
can order them; mounts help you reduce the loss of movepoints when you travel
and you can participate in races with them.
You can buy them in pet shops and livery stables (for instance in Old York and
the IGTCs), they will be automaticly charmed and follow you when they land in
the room. You can also order your own personal mount or pet, but this requires
a playerhouse with an extra room, and is very expensive. For more info on
playerhouses see The 4D Real Estate Company near Recall.

Helpers are those people who have proven that they are willing to help new people adapt to our mud as it's quite a bit different than other muds out there. Also, if you go through our mudschool we have special vouchers for you to find (to help you learn some of the special things about 4Dimensions) and you can turn them into a helper to receive a special prize. But, Helpers are not the ONLY people that help others.

No, but roleplaying does add another level to the game. If you want to just go out and kill things, you're more than welcomed to, but if you want to roleplay, all you have to do is find someone that wants to roleplay with you. What you roleplay is up to you. RPL's (Roleplay leaders) will even give out award points to people that roleplay (just so long as they know about it so you may have to drop them a line or post on the website) and you can use those points to buy things that only roleplayers can have.

Current RPL's are:
Hesara
Lucrete
Riley
Natalya

I just wanted to write a little post today to thank OnRPG for passing us over 300 new players and visitors every month.

We really appreciate your support in growing our online text based gaming community, 4Dimensions.

And those of you who have reached here from OnRPG, come on in to the game, we saved you a place.

See you soon.

Mordecai
4Dimensions Developer

For those who like to read, I can hereby announce that most of the background stories of our players who asked for an RP-flag over time, have been published again. A list of the characters can be found at the following link: http://4dimensions.org/node/PlayerStories.

In case your story isn't there but you still have a copy somewhere, please send it to Diandra.4d@gmail.com and I'll get it published as soon as possible.

And for the people, who currently don't have the RP-flag but want to obtain one, write up an IC-background story of how your character got into the Realms of 4D and send it to the same emailadress. If you need any help or pointers, ask one of the RPL's ingame.

Once your story is approved, your character will get the RP-flag ingame and your story will be published on the website.