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- From: Kari.Hurtta@Helsinki.FI (Kari. E. Hurtta)
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- Subject: Monster Helsinki, Delta from 1.04 to 1.05 - part 0/7
- Message-ID: <1992Jun30.185941.9847@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: 30 Jun 92 18:59:41 GMT
- Sender: hurtta@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Kari Hurtta)
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- Organization: University of Helsinki
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- Archive-name: monster_helsinki_104_to_105/delta0
- Environment: VMS, Pascal
- Author: Kari.Hurtta@Helsinki.FI
-
- MONSTER Helsinki V 1.05
- -----------------------
-
- 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
-
- THIS IS DELTA POSTING AGAIST VERSION 1.04
- Version 1.04 is posted 14.6.1992
-
- New to version 1.04:
- - MONSTER /BUILD and /DUMP commands now correct handle passwords
- of virual userids created by MONSTER/USER (you can't do
- text dump of database and build new database where password
- of virtual userids have saved in available)
- - MDL function 'or' accept now any number of parameters
- - MDL function 'and' accept now more than two parameters
- - New modules: VERSION.PAS (version number of monster)
- ALLOC.PAS
- - New image MONSTER_REBUILD.EXE - here is now commands:
- MONSTER/REBUILD
- MONSTER/FIX
- MONSTER/BATCH
- - Document have updated little
-
- New in version 1.04 to version 1.03 (posted 24.11.1990):
- - Several bugfixes (of course)
- - New commands MONSTER/DUMP and MONSTER/BUILD (via MONSTER_DUMP.EXE)
- - Reading of keyboard and database polling starategy have rewrote -
- should cause smaller IO-load to system (new GUTS.PAS).
- - MDL -parser now writes offending line and points error position when
- it detects error in MDL-program.
-
- Running delta:
- Get MONSTER Version 1.04 distribution
- Put logical name MONSTER104 to point that directory
- Create directory for sources of version 1.05
- Put logical name MONSTER105 to point that directory
- Go to directory where is this delta distribution
- execute UPDATE.COM:
- $ @UPDATE
-
- Go directory MONSTER105
-
- Compilation and installation - three 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.
-
- 3) Compile with MMS (there if file MAKEFILE.)
- $ MMS ALL
- Install manually
-
- 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
- )
-