The WLD World File

This file contains all the rooms, and is loaded once and for all at boot-time. The file is called [zone name].wld.

Room FormatExample Room
#[room number] #70004
[name of room]~ &+RThe Main Road&N~
[description]

&+L This road is the vital vein of the community. Wagons and packages are &+Lcarried down this road from the northern stores on Market Square to the &+Lgates towards the south. Scores of batiri and hobgoblins traverse this &+Lpathway to trade with each other. Smoke rises from some chimneys off to &+Lthe east, and the bones of dead humans litter the roadway. A hatch is &+Lvisible against the side of a building to the east, and you see a sign at &+Lthe end of the road.&N

~ ~
[zone #][room_flags][sector_type][Length][Width][Height]700 1 1 30 75 500
[direction fields] D0
~
~
0 0 70007
[trap fields] door trap trapdoor secret hatch~
17 0 70005 1 1 10 100 0 0 100
[extra descriptions] E
sign~
&+rA smear of blood covers the name of the town.
~
S *Must be capitalized* S

World files MUST have a blank line at the bottom.
Rooms should have the following:
  • five or more lines of descriptions
  • little to no duplication
  • the first line must be indented 3 spaces
  • avoid the use of personal pronouns in descriptions
  • don't put actions into the room description