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- From: Kari.Hurtta@Helsinki.FI (Kari E. Hurtta)
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.sources.d,vmsnet.sources.games
- Subject: Monster Helsinki V 1.04 - part 00/32
- Keywords: Monster, a multiplayer adventure game
- Message-ID: <1992Jun13.185811.134@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: 13 Jun 92 18:58:11 GMT
- Sender: hurtta@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Kari Hurtta)
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- Organization: University of Helsinki
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- Archieve-name: monster_helsinki_104/part00
- Author: Kari.Hurtta@Helsinki.FI
- Product: Monster Helsinki V 1.04
- Environment: VMS, Pascal
- Part: 00/32
-
- Monster Helsinki V 1.04
- -----------------------
-
- Monster, a multiplayer adventure game where the players create the
- world and make the rules.
-
- Derived from Rich Skrenta's Monster (from version 1).
-
- Includes programmable non-player characters (NPC) with own programming
- language - MDL (Monster Defination Language). Also rooms and objects
- can program with it (via so called hooks). NPCs are called to 'monster',
- all other MDL-objects are called to 'hook'.
-
- Environment: VMS V4.x (MONSTER_INSTALL.COM requires V5.x)
- PASCAL
-
- New to version 1.03 (posted 24.11.1990):
- 1) Several bugfixes (of course)
- 2) New commands MONSTER/DUMP and MONSTER/BUILD (via MONSTER_DUMP.EXE)
- 3) Reading of keyboard and database polling starategy have rewrote -
- should cause smaller IO-load to system (new GUTS.PAS).
- 4) MDL -parser now writes offending line and points error position when
- it detects error in MDL-program.
-
- This distribution includes also small database for starters (Build
- with command MONSTER/BUILD CASTLE.DMP).
-
- Compilation and installation - two possibility:
- 1) Compile MONSTER_E.HLP
- $ LIBRARIAN/HELP/CREATE MONSTER_E MONSTER_E
- Read installation help
- $ HELP/LIBRARY=SYS$DISK:<>MONSTER_E Installation
- and follow help.
- 2) Run installation-script
- $ @MONSTER_INSTALL
- and answer to questions.
-
-
- Send notice to me (Kari.Hurtta@Helsinki.Fi) if you get this
- working or if you have problems.
-
- - K E H
- ( Kari.Hurtta@Helsinki.FI,
- hurtta@cc.Helsinki.FI,
- hurtta@cs.Helsinki.FI,
- HURTTA@FINUH.BITNET
- )
-