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- Ghost Town ]I[ v.10
- (* Sysop Documentation *)
- (08/28/90) BETA Release
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- +--------------------------------------------+
- | |
- | Ghost Town ]I[ v.10 |
- | Copyright 1990 John Richardson |
- | |
- | |
- | TopSoft Software |
- | 2135 Possum Ct. |
- | Brookfield, Wi 53005 |
- | |
- +--------------------------------------------+
-
-
-
- Warranty
- --------
- This is product is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. The
- entire risk as to the results and performance of the program is assumed by
- you. Further more, I the author do not warrant, guarantee, or make any
- representations regarding the use of or the results of the use of the program,
- and you rely on the program and results solely at your own risk. I the author
- cannot accept responsibility for system damage, loss of profit, or any other
- special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use or
- inability to use this product.
-
-
-
- What Is Ghost Town ]I[: The Final Draw
- --------------------------------------
- Ghost Town ]I[ is an interactive multi-user door program written for many
- different types of BBS's. It is for ansi users only since most of the
- options contain ansi. The main object of the game is to destroy the newly
- formed villinous group called The Pioneers Of Destruction.
-
-
-
- Sysop Options
- -------------
- o BBS Support for QuickBBS, Remote Access, Phoenix, PCBoard 14.x,
- PCBoard 12.x, Force, WWIV, GAP, Wildcat, Spitfire, RBBS and GT-Power.
- o Supports Com Ports 1 through 16.
- o Supports locked baud rates up to 38.4k.
- o Sysop can drop to DOS with user online.
- o Support for 43-line, and 50-line EGA/VGA modes.
- o Has a built in ANSI driver.
- o Written in Borland's Turbo Pascal v5.5 using the new OOP.
- o Uses a fossil driver for communication routines.
- o Full hot-key support.
- o Sysop Chat.
- o On-Line Sysop Help Screen.
- o Detects loss of carrier.
- o Colors are configurable.
-
-
-
-
-
- Configuration and Setup
- -----------------------
- Ghost Town ]I[ needs a fossil driver to run from remote. You will need to
- get X00.SYS, BNU, or OpusComm. They will all work.
-
- To configure Ghost Town ]I[, edit GT3.CFG to your needs. A sample of
- what GT3.CFG follows:
-
-
- ;Sysopfirst: Specifies the first name of the sysop as it will be shown to
- ; the users.
- ;
- ;SysopLast: Specifies the last name of the sysop as it will be shown to
- ; the users.
- ;
- ;BBSName: Specifies the name of the bbs as it will be shown to users.
- ;
- ;Mono: Will disable color on the local side. (Necessary if you are
- ; running a monochrome system)
- ;
- ;BBSType: Specifies the type of bbs software under which this door program
- ; will be run. Valid bbs types include:
- ;
- ; RBBS - Rbbs-Pc version 16.1+ (uses DORINFOx.DEF)
- ; QUICK - Quickbbs; Uses DORINFOx.DEF (same as above)
- ; PCB12 - Pcboard version 12 (uses PCBOARD.SYS)
- ; PCB14 - Pcboard version 14 (uses PCBOARD.SYS)
- ; WWIV - WWIV bbs (uses chain.txt)
- ; GAP - GAP v4.x (uses DOOR.SYS)
- ; PHOENIX - Phoenix bbs (uses INFO.BBS)
- ; WILDCAT - Wildcat bbs (uses CALLINFO.BBS)
- ; SPITFIRE - Spitfire bbs (uses SFDOORS.DAT)
- ; GT - Gt-Power bbs (uses GTUSER.BBS)
- ;
- ;ComPort: Simply put the port number (i.e. 1,2,3,4,etc) not the whole
- ; word COM1.
- ;
- ;Status: Specify "ON" if you wish the status line to appear at the bottom
- ; of "OFF" if you wish it to be disabled.
- ;
- ;Statfore: The foreground color of the status line (default 0)
- ;
- ;Statback: The background color of the status line (default 7)
- ;
- ;Foreground: Specifies default foreground color (default 7)
- ;
- ;Background: Specifies default background color (default 0);
- ;
- ;Color1: Tells doordriver to select ANSI graphics when a "1" is passed
- ; in the graphics parameter of the DORINFOx.DEF. From what I
- ; understand, FORCE and QUICKBBS require this option set although
- ; RBBS should not.
- ;
- ;43Line: The 43LINE option will instruct doordriver to load in the EGA
- ; 43-line mode. (You MUST have an EGA adapted for this option). The
- ; enhanced screen allows the local sysop to see much more infor-
- ; mation on the screen.
- ;
- ;25Exit: The 25EXIT option will tell DoorDriver to switch back to the 25
- ; line mode when doordriver is completed. This option is only
- ; useful when the above 43LINE option is used. If 25EXIT is not
- ; specified and 43LINE is, then doordriver will exit to DOS in
- ; the 43-line mode.
- ;
- ;EndChat: This is what gets displayed when the sysop exits chat mode.
- ;
- ;ReMapFore: The REMAPFORE parameter allows you to "remap" doordrivers color.
- ; This allows you to substitue in one color for another (i.e.
- ; you could substitute in GREEN for all instances of BLUE). The
- ; REMAPFORE parameter effects only the FOREGROUND color. The
- ; REMAPBACK command below handles the background colors. When a
- ; color is substituted, it effects both the LOCAL user and the
- ; REMOTE user. REMAPFORE's syntax is below:
- ;
- ; Syntax: REMAPFORE <color1> <color2>
- ; Example: REMAPFORE 14 15
- ;
- ; The <color> parameters are numeric codes for colors which are
- ; listed on a table below. The example will substitue white
- ; (color 15) in for yellow (color 14)
- ;
- ; 0 - Black 4 - Red 8 - DarkGray 12 - Lightred
- ; 1 - Blue 5 - Magenta 9 - LightBlue 13 - LightMagenta
- ; 2 - Green 6 - Brown 10 - LightGreen 14 - Yellow
- ; 3 - Cyan 7 - LgtGray 11 - LightCyan 15 - White
- ;
- ;RemapBack: The Remapback command is similar to the remapfore command, but
- ; it effects background colors instead of foreground colors. The
- ; syntax is identical except that only colors 0-7 are available
- ; for background.
- ;
- ;-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- SYSOPFIRST JOHN
- SYSOPLAST RICHARDSON
- BBSNAME TopSoft Support Systems
- ;
- ; ::::------- Put your bbs type here! Select from those listed above
- ; ::::
- ; \/\/
- BBSTYPE QUICK
- COMPORT 2
- ;
- ; Uncomment this line if you are running a monochrome
- ; ::-------------- system on the local side.
- ; \/
- ;MONO
- STATUS ON
- STATBACK 1
- STATFORE 12
- FOREGROUND 7
- BACKGROUND 0
- ENDCHAT Thanks for chatting!
- ; Uncomment this if GT doesn't give color output to users
- ; ::-------------- who have color (ansi) selected.
- ; \/
- COLOR1
- ;
- ; ::--------------- Sets the door for use in 43 line EGA mode.
- ; \/
- ;43LINE
- ; If in 43 line EGA mode, then when exiting GT restore
- ; ::--------------- to 25 lines
- ; \/
- ;25EXIT
- ;
-
-
-
- To run Ghost Town ]I[ in local mode, execute the following at your dos
- prompt:
-
- D:\GT3>GT3 /L
-
- To execute Ghost Town ]I[, you must have the BBS file in the current directory
- and execute it like this:
-
- Proper Execution:
-
- D:\GT3>GT3 Node_Num
-
- Example:
-
- D:\GT3>GT3 1
-
-
-
- Things to come in future versions
- ---------------------------------
-
- Some of the things I hope to be able to add in future versions of
- Ghost Town ]I[:
-
- o Map Editor for Sysop.
- o Player Editor for Sysop.
- o Multi-Level Game Maps.
- o Bank Accounts in Towns.
- o More Ansi Screens.
- o User Term Program for EGA/VGA bit-mapped graphics.
- o And other interesting features.
-
- Whether these changes are made or not depends largely on the
- continued popularity of Ghost Town ]I[.
-
-
-
-
- Comments & Credits
- ------------------
- All programming was done by John Richardson of TopSoft Software.
-
- Thanks to:
- Dan Vanderboom for giving me numerous ideas for the game, drawing part
- of the map, writing the documents, and for drawing some of the danger
- and zoom up screens.
-
- Robert Richardson, Steve Richardson, and Dan Vanderboom for testing the
- game before its first beta release. They gave it a good run and found
- most of the bugs.
-
-
- I'd also like to thank the following sysops for beta testing Ghost Town ]I[!
-
- Reptile Ranch.......................Terrance Ohearn...(XXX)XXX-XXXX 9600HST
- Open Door West......................Bill Hamilton.....(602)242-4784 2400
- Plane Crazy's High Flying BBS.......Jerry Kemp........(901)357-1778 9600HST
- Modern Pastimes.....................Bruce Berna.......(414)384-1701 19200HST
- The Com-Link Infotainment System....Alex Slinin.......(904)642-2633 2400
- The Westfield Express BBS...........Mark Gill.........(404)435-8722 9600 v.32
-
-
-
- Ghost Town ]I[ was written and compiled in Borland's Turbo Pascal v5.5.
-
-
- Ghost Town ]I[ Copyright 1990 John Richardson
- Turbo Pascal 5.5 Copyright 1983, 1989 by Borland International, Inc.
-
-
-
- Support
- -------
-
- TopSoft Support Systems (414) 796-8408.
- 24 hour / 7 days a week operation.
- Support of 1200 and 2400 baud.
-
- I may be contacted directly through fidonet netmail at the following address
- [1:154/300].
-
- You may also contact me through the following fidonet echos:
-
- ON_LINE_GAMES
- DOORWARE
- TOPSOFT
-
-
- There has also been a Fidonet TopSoft Support Echo created for TopSoft
- programs. Ask for the echo when you call, and we can help you get the
- closest feed for it.
-
-
-
- End of original documentation
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