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 If your MUD client was connecting to Dune on 6789, use 4242 instead. If you were using the secure port, 6788, then use port 4241 to connect to DevDune. If your MUD client was connecting to Dune on 6789, use 4242 instead. If you were using the secure port, 6788, then use port 4241 to connect to DevDune.
  
-You can use your normal login/password. Nothing that happens on DevDune (character death, skill training, glevels, etc) will be persisted long-term, or affect your characters on "real Dune". DevDune is an alternate universe.+You can use your normal login/password. Nothing that happens on DevDune (//character death, skill training, glevels, etc//) will be persisted long-term, or affect your characters on "real Dune". DevDune is an alternate universe.
  
-You may find the data on DevDune is "stale". We only take snapshots of "real Dune" every few weeks. This means things you've done on regular Dune (levels, skill training, etc) may not be present on DevDune, it's like a time-machine back to the last snapshot.+You may find the data on DevDune is "stale". We only take snapshots of "real Dune" every few weeks. This means things you've done on regular Dune (//levels, skill training, tell/channel history, gexp, etc//) may not be present on DevDune: it's like a time-machine back to whenever the last snapshot was made.
  
 ===== What should I do to test? ===== ===== What should I do to test? =====
  
-This is a tough question to answer because Dune is so big! In short: try everything you can think of! If anything seems weird (you get an error, text seems missing, a room has no exits, etc) then report a bug :-)+This is a tough question to answer because Dune is so big! In short: try everything you can think of! If anything seems weird (//you get an error, text seems missing, a room has no exits, etc//) then report a bug :-)
  
 If you want a list of things people have done that have helped find bugs in the past, here are some ideas: If you want a list of things people have done that have helped find bugs in the past, here are some ideas:
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 Be on the look out for the dreaded "Your sensitive mind notices a wrongness ... " messages. Those are always an indication a bug happened. Be on the look out for the dreaded "Your sensitive mind notices a wrongness ... " messages. Those are always an indication a bug happened.
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 +In general focusing on more obscure parts of the game, or older areas, can sometimes help uncover bugs as well.
  
 ===== I found a bug!!! ===== ===== I found a bug!!! =====