This document describes how to make a standard Transit Scroll, which is to say a scroll object that can be dropped in-world to provide a link into the Transit System.
The simplest way to acquire a standard Transit Scroll is to buy one already set up from iay in-world at the cost of 399T. This covers setting up the scroll and registering it with the system; the scroll is ready to drop immediately.
Alternatively, you can save 200T by buying a scroll from the There Shop and setting it up yourself as described here. You will find scrolls in the Playthings section of the shop under Writer's Workshop. Purchase Official Scroll Qty 1 for 199T.
Now, edit your scroll:
Now, you need to register your Transit Scroll so that the Transit System is aware of it. To do this, first find out your scroll's true identity, known as its DOID. Drop the scroll in-world somewhere far from other objects and use the key combination Ctrl+Shift+D to display the DOIDs of all nearby objects. Every DOID is a 9-digit number such as 304330575, and for a scroll the DOID will appear at the bottom of the scroll's "stick". Press Ctrl+Shift+D again to stop the DOID display.
Now, mail the following information to iay using ThereMail:
Your ability to drop a Transit Scroll is controlled by your Author skill level. With the skills regime currently implemented, however, even a Legendary author can only drop a small number of scrolls and for a maximum of 24h at a time outside a zone owned by them. This makes stand-alone Transit Scrolls essentially a thing of the past.
Instead, you need to take advantage of the fact that scrolls dropped inside your own paid zone (PortaZone, FunZone, FrontierZone or inside your own house) never time out. This timeout exemption of course requires you to own such a zone and (in the case of PortaZones) keep it in-world permanently in order to be able to drop a Transit Scroll. In V2.06, this timeout exemption was not 100% reliable for PortaZones and you may find that you need to replace scrolls after a system maintenance session on occasion.
All of the instructions in this document can be taken as guidelines: for example, where this document suggests an Official scroll, a Tiki scroll can also be used, or for that matter any other document with a link. You can even use a Quest Kit bottle. Of course, your object won't look like all the other standard Transit Scrolls in these cases.
I often add [XX] (a two letter location code) to a scroll's title so that I can distinguish one from another in my inventory. You need to keep this extra text short, however, as there is a strict limit on the length of a scroll's title text. Similarly, I often add the scroll's DOID to the scroll's main text simply so that I don't need to look it up in-world so often.
If you follow the directions above, everything will be fine. Here are some additional snippets of information for the curious.
I recommend buying an Official Scroll Qty 1 because you don't want a scroll people can take copies of: at present, the Transit System doesn't know how to handle copies of scrolls yet.
The suggested Title text for the scroll is shortened from the text used as the URL link because the title is trimmed when the scroll is displayed in-world.
At present, registration of a Transit Scroll is technically optional; an unregistered scroll works pretty much as well as a registered one in most respects. This situation might change at any time, however, so I strongly recommend that you do register your scrolls. Registering a Transit Scroll is currently free, although I reserve the right to charge a small amount for this service in the future. I won't apply any retrospective charges to existing scrolls.
