Example 2. An example area

#RANGES
100 199 100 199 100 199                                                         Hints for min/max rooms/mobiles/objects

#AREA
Central Ruia                                                                    Name of the area
Grimlord                                                                        Name of the owner/builder
A fresh wind blows through your hair.                                           Message to display when area resets
35                                                                              Number of gamerounds (roughly 75 secs) between resets
8 18 0                                                                          Temp. multiplier, avg. temperature, flags (see: Table 2, “Area flags”)

#ROOMS
#100                                                                            Number (vnum) of room
The Great Junction                                                              Name of room
The wind blows through your hair as you arrive at the great junction            Multiline room description
of roads, the central point in Ruia. Here, 3 roads come together.
To the south, the road to Southaven. To the north, the road to Gailen and
Castle Pakthan. To the east, you see the Warriors School.
~                                                                               Separator
0 0 500 3
D 101 3 0 0                                                                     An exit to room #101, direction (see: Table 4, “Directions”), flags (see: (Table 5, “Exit flags”)
E sign                                                                          Extra description "sign"
The sign says 'Southaven south'.                                                Multiline extra description
~                                                                               Separator
S                                                                               End of room #100
#101
Southaven Road
This road is one of the main roads leading through Ruia. It takes you
from the junction to Southaven or back. The road is paved well and
walking on this road is pleasant.
~
0 0 500 3
D 100 1 0 0
D 102 3 0 0
S
#102
Southaven Central Square
The beautiful fountain built on the square shows the welfare of the city.
Numerous little drops burst out of the fountain, falling down till they
hit the little pool of water. Many people come here to sit and eat or talk.
To the north, you see some shops. To the east, you see the bank. To the
west you see the town hall. To the south, you can continue to the docks.
~
0 0 500 2
D 101 1 0 0
S
#END

#MOBILES                                                                        Mobiles (NPC's) section
#100                                                                            Number (vnum) of NPC
Syra                                                                            Name
Syra is here                                                                    Short description
Syra, protectress of Southaven, patrols for danger                              Long description
800 1                                                                           Level, sex (see Table 1, “Sexes”)
15 521 0 0 0                                                                    Armour, flags (see Table 6, “NPC flags”), gold carried, height, weight
skill: Burning Hands                                                            NPC has skill "Burning Hands"
skill: Magic Missile
skill: Slashing Weapons
skill: Second Attack
> give.cod                                                                      Use GMC program "give.cod"
#END

#OBJECTS                                                                        Objects section
#100                                                                            Number (vnum) of object
a fountain                                                                      Name
a sparkling fountain                                                            Short description
a $B$7sparkling$A$3 $2brew$3 fountain has been placed here                      Long description (note the use of coloring!)
12 none none                                                                    Item type (see Table 3, “Item types and values”), bodyparts to wear object on (see the section called “Races”)
0 0 12 0                                                                        value[1..4] (see Table 3, “Item types and values”)
0 4097 0                                                                        Weight (in ounces), flags (see Table 8, “Object flags”), avg. cost 
#101
a robe
a stained robe
a robe, cluttered with dirty stains, lies here
1 body none
0 2 2 0
0 0 0
A "" 0 { apply_max_hp 20 }
#END

#RESETS
M 100 102 1
G 101 100 0
O 100 101 1
#END

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Example 3. Using colors

$A$0black
$A$1blue
$A$2green
$A$3turquoise
$A$4red
$A$5purple
$A$6yellow
$A$7gray
$B$0dark gray
$B$1bright blue
$B$2bright green
$B$3bright turquoise
$B$4bright red
$B$5bright purple
$B$6bright yellow
$B$7white