Player-session MUD protocol
MCCP4
MudForge experimental compression protocol
Experimental / unproven
Not in common current use
A MudForge-advertised experimental compression feature described as zstd-based, separate from MCCPX.
Protocol overview
- First seen
- 2025
- Present-day status
- Experimental / unproven
- In use today?
- No common current use was verified.
- Legacy?
- No.
- Layer
- Player-session MUD protocol
- Transport
- No public interoperable wire specification located
- Research validated
Current use and fit
No public option number, framing specification, or independent interoperable implementation was verified.
Implementation essentials
- Do not implement from the feature name alone.
- Wait for a public versioned wire specification and independent compatibility evidence.
Compatibility and safety notes
- MCCP4 is not another name for MCCPX.
- Treat the current name as an implementation claim, not a standard.
Original specifications and sources
- MudForge feature page Implementation
Where an original site has disappeared, a preservation archive is linked and identified as such. MUDVerse does not claim authorship of the original protocol.