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- The Simpsons Set-Up Instructions
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- For questions, call an Alpha Site:
- Back Woods BBS--(313) 286-6875
- Hunter's Chase--(313) 468-3851
-
- A NOTE ABOUT THE PROGRAM
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- This program was compiled with DoorDriver 2.6 by Scott Baker
- and Derrick Parkhurst. Therefore, you will follow the same
- guidelines as other DoorDriver games (such as Galactic Warzone).
- To activate the program, the format is:
-
- doorname {{number of DORINFO.DEF file}}
-
- For most boards, this will read SIMPSONS 1. The game does
- not support multiple nodes. There are three other features of
- DoorDriver that you might want to take note of. The first is the
- configuration menu. To configure the program for your BBS, you
- type:
-
- doorname/c
-
- Another command line parameter that comes in handy sometimes
- is the local mode. To logon to the game locally (although you
- can do it through your BBS just as easily), the format is:
-
- doorname/l
-
- The last feature is the set of Alt-Key combinations you can
- use within the program. These are used to access special func
- tions, such as chat modes and other defined features. The fea
- tures for this game are as follows:
-
- Alt-C Chat Mode
- Alt-H Help Menu
- Alt-I System Info
- Alt-W Remove User
-
- To run the program, you will need to configure the game for
- one of the options that your BBS uses (mine is compatible with
- QBBS and RBBS for example) and set up the option within the
- board. Then you will need to set up a batch file to run the
- game. This can be rather tricky, seeing that you need to copy
- the DORINFO file into the game directory before it can be used.
- The following is the batch file I use to run the game:
-
- >c:
- >cd \bbs\simpsons
- >copy c:\bbs\dorinfo1.def c:\bbs\simpsons
- >del c:\bbs\dorinfo1.def
- >color1
- >simpsons 1
- >exit
-
- Note the use of the COLOR1.EXE program (included with the
- ZIP file). Insert this in the batch file before you execute the
- program only if the game isn't giving ANSI users any color. This
- will fix the problem.
-
- There are two other executable files included in the ZIP
- package, RESTART.EXE and USEREDIT.EXE. RESTART is self
- explanatory. It will delete the data files for the current game
- and create a new game. USEREDIT can be run to alter the user
- records. It is a rather simple program and fairly self
- explanatory.
-
- The last point that you need to know is how to change the
- logon screen (displayed right after the opening credits). The
- logon picture is contained in the file SIMPSONS.ANS. You can
- alter this to your needs. Although it has the .ANS extension, it
- does not necessarily have to be an ANSI file.
-
- Well, that's about it for the set-up procedures. It's a
- fairly simple game to get working. If you have any problems or
- notice any major bugs, please drop me a note at my BBS and tell
- me. It's a fairly untested game so far, and this first version
- is a trial run. Thanks for your cooperation...
-
- Until then...
-
-
-
- Revision History
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- V1.2 -- "CTRL-C to Abort Text" Message Now Long Enough to Read
- Top Bart feature now functional
- After a fight, you are told if nobody wins.
- If you kill somebody, you actually get popularity.
- You are now told when you lose an item.
- The CITYNEWS.DAT file isn't as gargantuan.
- Lunchtime payment problem fixed.
- USEREDIT.EXE fixed (didn't work before).