WinTin++ on Windows

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Installing the WinTin++ Mud client on Windows

While you can install TinTin++ on Cygwin and WSL, the easiest route is to use the wintin client installer from the download page.

Check the install section for installation instructions for specific Windows platforms.

WinTin++ is not to be confused with Wintin.Net and Wintin 95, which are different mud clients that are no longer maintained. WinTin++ has more features, like an auto mapper, better scripting, and perl compatibility regular expression support. There's also an active Discord community for support.

Creating a start up script for WinTin++

When starting up wintin it tries to read the file 'main.tin' by default, this feature will be used in the following walkthrough example:

After starting wintin you should check out the #config command. For example, if you want speedwalk disabled per default you would want to type: #config speedwalk off, if you type #config without an argument you will get a list of things you can configure. Set the configurations to your liking and type: #write main.tin, this will save your changes. If you want to edit main.tin directly you can do so by opening the file with wordpad (don't use notepad) in the WinTin++ directory. You can configure Windows to automatically open .tin files with Wordpad. If you want wintin to automatically connect and login to your favorite mud upon startup create a PROGRAM START event, for example: #event {PROGRAM START} {#ses bla mud.com 1234;MyName;MyPassword} This will make wintin connect to that address (which is a made up address). It sets the session name to 'bla' and also passses along the name and password of your character, assuming that's what your mud asks for first. To save the event once again enter: #write main.tin, if you later change your mind and don't want to auto-connect to your mud type: #unevent PROGRAM START, and #write main.tin to save the changes.

Sound

You can play .wav files in WinTin++ by creating the 'sounds' directory in the 'bin' directory. Wav files stored in the sounds directory can be played by executing: #showme {\e]440;<filename>\a\}. To avoid playing multiple sounds at once you can use: #showme {\e]440;<filename>:async:nostop\a\}. You can cancel an async sound using #showme {\e]440\a\}.

Input bar

A useful thing to have is an input bar. You can create one in wintin by using: #split. See #help split for more information. This will prevent the prompt from overwriting what you are typing.

If you are using the Windows Console (for example because you use a screen reader) keep in mind you need to use #split 1 1 because of a bug in the Windows console.