This program converts Basternae 2 and Magma MUD format zones to the ModernMUD XML zone format.
It is a separate project due to the different licensing requirements. For the ModernMUD project, see here:
https://github.com/Xangis/ModernMUD
The ModernMUD Zone Converter is configured much like an Envy-based MUD in that you edit the AREA.LST file in the /area directory to add the zones you want to convert and then run the executable. The zones, typically with a ".are" file format, will be loaded and then written out to the ".xml" file format. Zones should be stored in the /area directory, and output will also be in the /area directory.
There is an executable, /src/ModernMUDConverter.exe included for Windows. For Linux, you will need GCC or Clang installed (it has been tested with both). Go into the /src folder and type "make". If all goes well, you should have a binary called ModernMUDConverter that you can run. On Windows, there is a Visual Studio 2012 project included in /src. If you use an older version of VS, just create an empty console project and add the .c and .h files. Newer versions should convert the project just fine. The project is plain C with no special dependencies.
The converter does its best to convert, map, and translate things so that the ModernMUD can load converted zones without any additional work, but it is not perfect, and some things either don't translate or will have to be modified by hand.
If you have a Basternae 1 zone created with DikuEdit or Duris zones created with older versions of DikuEdit, you can use "convzone" utility in the Magma MUD codebase to convert those into Basternae 2 format. Those zones can then be used either with the Magma MUD engine, or loaded into the ModernMUD converter for use with ModernMUD. It has not been tested with (and may or may not work with) zones created with recent versions of DurisEdit. For the Magma MUD codebase and convzone, check here:
https://github.com/Xangis/magma
I would like to add support for converting other zone types to the ModernMUD area format. If you have a zone that fails to convert using one of the supported zone types, or have a zone type that you would like to have support added for, please contact me at jchampion [at] zetacentauri {dot} com.
The converter is not under active development, but it is maintained to be sure that it will build. I am willing to accept pull requests if you have improvements to contribute.