terraMOO NEWBIE Guide
Connecting to terraMOO

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Connecting to terraMOO is easy.

You need a JAVA ENABLED browser (preferrably Internet Explorer) and a live connection to the Internet. Since terraMOO is graphical, a fast connection will be less frustrating than a slow one but a standard modem is sufficiently fast for you to connect and use the virtual environment adequately.

First go to Terrace's Home Page
[ http://www.terrace.qld.edu.au ]
and then click on the COW icon

The terraMOO interface is a live-web and java portal to a database.

It uses a Java Virtual Machine to construct the environment interface. It has been successfully tested with Microsoft's JVM and also the JVM from Sun Microsystems.

Some browsers struggle to provide JVM support (eg. Opera, Netscape) and some platforms have poor JVM support (eg. Apple)

To use terraMOO you need a username and password.

TerraMOO is a safe place for students to learn because the only people who are inside are those who have been given user accounts. The MOO Wizard can give you an account - email him

The terraMOO environment is powerful, flexible and takes a little getting used to.

The sections that follow will introduce you to the features of the environment and how you can get it to do things for you.