This directory is the directory that contains the NOW assets in development, and does not actually mirror the operating NOW server.

If you are cloning NOW, be aware that this is the customized code in development, and not the full code for the server.

The prerequisite install of the latest Evennia is required. Be aware that NOW runs atop Evennia in a separate game folder named NOW.

It's highly recommended that you look up Evennia's extensive documentation found here: https://github.com/evennia/evennia/wiki.

Plenty of beginner's tutorials can be found here: http://github.com/evennia/evennia/wiki/Tutorials.

After the full install of Evennia, outside the evennia folder, while operating the pyenv as directed by Evennia's install and operation proceedure, before installing this game code,

evennia --init NOW

If you have no existing database for your game, cd NOW then initialize a new database using:

evennia migrate

To start the server, cd to this directory and run

evennia -i start

You will see console output, but can disconnect with Control-D or exit. Evennia stays running in daemon mode and displays output to the console.

Make sure to create a superuser when asked. By default you can now connect using a MUD client on localhost:4000. You can also use the web client by pointing a browser to

http://localhost:8000

Within it is the game's main configuration file, Evennia will create a default configuration file; you don't need to change it to get started): NOW/server/conf/settings.py