ONSET is the
server part of the
Solace VR system. It combines with SOLACE (the client) to form Solace.
Short for: "Online Novel/SOLACE Environment Transport"
Named for Webster sense #2
Technical information:
- Uses TCL as its scripting engine
- Written in C++
- Will eventually become multithreaded
- Designed as a generic MUCK server, but with a few compelling features which will make it able to host non-realtime 3D games as well (and even have a mixture of graphical and textual clients interacting with one another)