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- APIE version 1.4 Release Mar, 1994
-
- Welcome to the game of PIE IN THE FACE! This is a multi-player
- bbs door game where users can signon and throw some pies in the
- face of friends and foes.
-
-
- DISCLAIMER: Use this door at your own risk. This door is
- may be distributed freely. By using this door YOU are accepting any
- risks to yourself or your equipment.
-
- This door was written with Quick Basic 4.5 and Door Frame.
-
- BBS's supported:
- C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS <- For PCBoard systems using PCBOARD.SYS only
- C:\PCB\USERS.SYS <- For PCBoard systems using USERS.SYS
- C:\BBS\CALLINFO.BBS <- For Wildcat! systems (prior to v3.0)
- C:\BBS\CHAIN.TXT <- For WWIV systems
- C:\BBS\USERINFO.DAT <- For Wildcat! 3.x+ systems.
- C:\BBS\DOOR.SYS <- For systems that support DOOR.SYS
- C:\BBS\DORINFOx.DEF <- For QBBS/RBBS/RA. Replace x with Node #.
- C:\BBS\SFDOORS.DAT <- For Spitfire systems.
- C:\BBS\TRIBBS.SYS <- For TriBBS systems.
-
- Run in LOCAL mode: If you are like me then you will want to try
- the door in local mode before you go any further. This way you can
- quickly decide if you wish to install the door on your bbs or
- del *.*. Just type LOCAL to start up the door in local mode.
-
-
- INSTALLING THE DOOR:
- =====================
-
- First make a subdirectory and copy in all the files for pie in the
- face.
-
-
- CONFIGURATION FILE:
- The setup is easy just do the following:...or modify the sample
- configuration files. If you have more than 1 node then start up the
- door using 2 configuration files with line 1 pointing to the
- bbs interface file for that node.
-
- C:\PCB\DOOR.SYS
- The Seed Sowers BBS
- Alan
- Yusko
- The Seed Sowers BBS
- 0
- *
- *
- *
- line 1: Enter the path and name to your bbs interface file
- line 2: Enter your bbs name
- line 3: Enter Sysop first name
- line 4: Enter Sysop last name
- line 5: Enter complete Registration name
- line 6: Enter registration number
-
-
-
- STARTING UP THE DOOR: Sample batch file...run the door then bring
- back the bbs.
- E:
- cd \DOORS\pie
- apie apie1.cfg
- C:
- CD C:\PCB
- BOARD
-
-
-
- NIGHTLY EVENT: Pie in the face has a nightly event that runs each
- night. The event does the following:
-
- - deletes players older than 40 days who have not played
- - deletes players that have killed themselves
- - gives out the nightly bonus
- - May or may not re-calculate the price of pies
- - Creates the Daily News
-
- To run the nightly event just add these steps in one of your nightly events:
-
- ; change to the pie game subdirectory
- E:
- CD\DOORS\PIE
- : if pietran.dat does not exist then use the dummy pietran file
- IF NOT EXIST PIETRAN.DAT COPY PIEDUMY.DAT PIETRAN.DAT
- : run pievent
- PIEVENT
- : copy the pienews.txt file created by pievent to the input file
- : for the colfile program
- COPY PIENEWS.TXT FILEIN.TXT
- : run colfile to add ansi colors to the pienews file
- COLFILE
- : copy the output from colfile back to the pienews.txt file
- : and now it has beautiful ansi colors.
- IF EXIST FILEOUT.TXT COPY FILEOUT.TXT PIENEWS.TXT
- C:
- CD\PCB2
- - bring up the bbs or do another event-job
-
- The nightly event (pievent.exe) reads a configuration file that you
- (sysop) may change. The changes will affect the pricing of the
- pies. Read the apievnt.cfg file for details for each line. This
- way if you find the prices are ALWAYS going up...just adjust this
- file and play with it to get the prices to work best for your bbs.
-
- APIEVNT.CFG is the configuration file for pievent.exe. Look
- inside the file for a description for the various settings you may
- use.
-
- THATS ABOUT IT FOR RUNNING PIE IN THE FACE! Once you get it
- setup and running there is no sysop maintenance needed.
-
-
-
- Executable files:
-
- APIE.EXE APIE Game door program
- PIEVENT.EXE Nightly event program
- APIEVNT.CFG (configuration file for pievent.exe)
- APIPLAY.EXE Sysop control program
- COLFILE.EXE Program to add colors to the nightly news file
- This is a freeware program that I wrote...so feel
- free to use it in any other applications you may
- have.
-
- NOTE: Please do not delete any of the files in this archive as they
- are all used by apie except any bbs ads.
-
- THANKS goes to Paul Day who gave many helpful suggestions for this
- game door.
-
-
- USER DOCS:
- The user documentation is build right into the game. Just start
- up the game locally...enter 'r' for report menu and then enter 'h'
- for player help.
-
-
- APIPLAY.EXE: Sysop control program. You may never need to use this
- but if you ever want to restart a game then use this to initialize
- everything. If you are just going to make little changes then you
- should ALWAYS back up the users file: PIEPLAY.DAT. You can also
- change alias's if needed, kill a player or re-initialize the price
- data file. The commands in the program pretty well explain
- themselves.
-
-
- REGISTRATION:
-
-
- This game is NOT expensive to register. Just send in the small
- amount of $13 and the game is registered! Be sure to PRINT the name
- that you want to see on the heading line in the game. Also print
- your address so I can mail you your registration number. Until you
- register the game there are no cripples but a message will appear
- as a user enters and leaves the game.
- The best way to let me know what you think of this game is to
- register it! Use ORDER.DOC to register the door.
-
- Alan Yusko
- 39 Drysdale Cres
- Willowdale, ONT M2H 1M7
-
-
- The Seed Sowers BBS
- (416) 498-5259/5962