Age of Elements (ageofelements) — porting notes

Source: git clone https://github.com/age-of-elements/age-of-elements (commit 4e5cae45d0804f23a1cecbef577b5bcdee5a53cf, cloned 2026-09-05); repo root is the mudlib. Converted 2026-09-05. Config name Age of Elements. Slug ageofelements, number 975, port 40284.

This is an LDMud → FluffOS conversion. Discovery triage normally drops LDMud-lineage libs; this onboard is an explicit exception in the same family as questmud / acme (AGENTS.md §7.158).

This collection’s copy is a snapshot, not a live mirror. Do not onboard the same upstream repo again.

0. Layout

Repo root is the mudlib. raw/ is gitignored. Original LDMud master preserved as /obj/master_ldmud.lpc.

1. Convert (2026-09-05)

convert_lib.sh with UTF-8 source encoding (already UTF-8 English / German sources). .c → .lpc rename + literal .c" fixups + static→nosave as usual.

2. FluffOS port (LDMud → FluffOS)

The archive is LDMud 3.x (set_driver_hook, inaugurate_master, #' / unbound_lambda closures, multi-file or directory simul_efun). FluffOS has none of those driver hooks. A mechanical dialect rewrite of the whole tree is not attempted; the original login/command stack is kept as source and not loaded.

config.fluffos: master /catalog/master, simul /catalog/simul_efun, global include "/catalog/auto.h", port 40284, lazy resets : 1.

Catalog overlay (questmud §7.158 cluster):

• /catalog/master.lpc — get_root_uid/get_bb_uid, creator_file always returns string "BACKBONE", valid_read includes load_object/recompile_object/include/restore_object, valid_override returns 1, error_handler → /log/catch
• /catalog/simul_efun.lpc — thin cat/log_file/exists
• /catalog/login.lpc, /catalog/player.lpc — name/password → Void
• /catalog/void.lpc, /catalog/workshop.lpc — look/score/quit surface

3. Live-verified (native, port 40284)

Create fluffos / Mud@2026. Lands in The Void; look / score / north (workshop) / south / quit. Reconnect after cold restart reloads data/f/fluffos.o.

深度功能测试（§10.7, 2026-09-05）

Catalog overlay only — the LDMud 3.x world is not loaded. Organic fluffos / Mud@2026 on native 40284: Void look / score (level 1, hp 20/20) / inventory / north workshop / south / quit persist. Reconnect: Void look / score / quit. Shop, combat, guild, death: N/A (needs a real LDMud driver).

Logs this boot (PID started 20:08:32, live fd libs/ageofelements/log/debug.log): stdout + debug.log clean. work/log/catch proven live with a one-shot catchprobe (CAUGHT /catalog/player.lpc *catch-path-probe) then reverted; play itself left no other catch lines.

6. Full dialect port (Strategy A, 2026-09-05)

Catalog Void/workshop is no longer the live world. User asked for the real game, not a demo skeleton.

What loads now:

• /catalog/login still handles name/password (real /obj/player telopt/INPUT_PROMPT/#'gmcp_test is a later slice).
• /catalog/player inherits /obj/living and enter_world() moves into /room/church.
• /lib/room rewritten for FluffOS: no #' / symbol_function / funcall / LDMud foreach (:). Exits and room verbs go through command_driver → call_other.
• Village rooms that stored closures (church, well, wiz_hall, attic, elevator, bank, bankroom, inn) now store function name strings.
• /catalog/simul_efun shims member, m_delete, m_indices, widthof, object_name, 2-arg move_object, process_mxp, deep_copy. auto.h defines status and _efun_move_to.

Live village (native 40284, 2026-09-05, organic fluffos / Mud@2026): church look/score → south green → track → shop road (Harry present) → shop list/buy torch/i → Adventurers' Guild cost (1675 gold to level 2). Combat: kill harry → death → ghost → church pray revive. Quit persist. This-boot driver stdout + live log/debug.log (fd) + work/log/catch clean (older catch lines are from the compile-iterate earlier the same evening).

Still later: real /obj/player telopt logon, remaining #' in obj/player.lpc / obj/chest.lpc / obj/login/*. Do not treat the old Void/workshop §10.7 as a world pass.

Mine / south-forest / remaining village (2026-09-05, same native 40284, organic fluffos / Mud@2026):

• Hump: get stick, get coins. Yard: knife + beggar. Narrow alley well down/up. Bank: guard, counter closed for reconstruction (original text). Eastroad Inn: look at menu, buy 1 commoner's meal (hp 10→14, gold 20→0).
• Plains west of the green → mountain pass → /room/mine/tunnel (lit entrance; look at sign / look at pole = mines closed for falling rock). Inner room.h tunnels are dark (LIGHT 0) but exits work.
• South forest: clearing west past the aggressive forest troll (level 9, original) → slope → deep forest → sforst1/sforst2 old-style add_action rooms. Look/move work.
• Fix: FluffOS lazy reset() left room.h / std.h ONE/TWO/… EXIT rooms dark and exit-less (dest_dir unset → What?). room/room.lpc and the std.h macros now call_other(this_object(), "reset", 0) from create() (§7.158 / §7.177 / §7.185). Catalog look falls back to query_dest_dir() and id()/long(str) so old rooms show exits and the mine sign.
• Catalog drink_alcohol() stub so inn beer does not throw. Carried items still do not persist across quit (catalog save_object only); real /obj/player later.

This-boot live log/debug.log (fd) + driver stdout + work/log/catch (unchanged since 20:28; no new catch lines) clean of runtime errors. /obj/monster.lpc unused-local compile warning only.

4. What is not ported yet

Real /obj/player telopt login and any file that still uses #' (obj/player.lpc, obj/chest.lpc, obj/login/*). Inventory does not persist across quit on the catalog body. The 2.4.5 village, plains, mine, and south forest are what catalog login loads.

5. WASM

Overlay login was verified 2026-09-05 via scripts/wasm_client.js (register/reconnect fluffos, look/score/quit). Same catalog login now lands in the village church; WASM village not re-run this evening.

Listed playable only after the native village §10.7-shaped pass (shop / Harry / pray / guild). Overlay-only LDMud siblings stay partial and off the public site.