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┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Double Or Nothing │ │ ======================= │ │ │ │ A Live Game for Many BBS's │ │ │ │ Game Release Version 3.0 - 01/01/91 │ │ │ │ (C)opyright 1989 │ │ │ │ By │ │ │ │ SECRET SERVICE BBS │ │ │ │ Mike Wilson │ │ P.O. Box 9521 │ │ Huntington, WV │ │ 25704 │ │ │ │ BBS (304) 429-6838 │ │ 1200/2400/9600 24 hrs. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Double Or Nothing (C)opyright 1989 - Page 1 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. Futher 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. Copyright The Multi-Board Double Or Nothing live game is distributed as SHAREWARE. Under this concept you may use the SHAREWARE (unregistered) version for a reasonable period of time, which I consider to be three weeks, after which you must either register your copy or discontinue usage. Registration With registration you will recieve the latest registered copy of Double Or Nothing with the ability to download any futher updates from Secret Service BBS at no extra cost. You will also recieve any support the author can give in reference to bugs or other problems that may arise in using the game. I feel that sysop's have enough expense without charging a high cost for a game for their users. I have set the cost of registration at $10.00 which I feel if people will follow the shareware concept will be enough to cover shipping and handling and encourage me to write more doors. See register.txt for ordering instructions. Distribution You are free, in fact encouraged, to distribute the SHAREWARE (unregistered) version of the Multi-Board Double Or Nothing Live Game provided that all files contained in the original Double Or Nothing archive are distributed in their original unmodified state. Introduction & How To Play Double or Nothing is a game of chance and skill that allows users to roll the dice and try to determine whether the next die will be higher or lower than the first. If you win the first roll then you may take a chance at double or nothing. That is either you win double your wager or lose the wager that you just won. The player gets 35 tries per day to raise his bank account and compete with other users. The devils dice appears occassionally and will cause a user to lose twice his bet. Players compete on a monthly basis with daily top tens posted. Double Or Nothing (C)opyright 1989 - Page 2 Options and Information This door game will also create color and mono top 10 bulletins and write them in directories of your choice written in the .CFG file. It also has a in depth LOG capability which is optional by the sysop. The log will tell if the user completed the game, quit before playing, quit in the middle, dropped carrier, time limit exceeded, no input in 3 minutes and more. This option was added so that the sysop could see just what his user's are doing when entering the game. Like whether they play it or just look and quit. Installation and Setup Installation procedures are relatively simple. Create a new directory and unzip the Nothing.zip into it. Run Setup.exe and answer the questions as they appear. If you have problems answering a particular question refer to the details for each file below. Create a batch file to call the game from you BBS. If you do not know how to do this please read the section of these intructions title BATCH FIL#ES. The following is what is in each file: Nothing.CFG contains: The Secret Service BBS <-- Name of BBS Mike <-- Sysop's first name Wilson <-- Sysop's last name C:\Path\BBSInfo.??? <-- Path and filename for Board Info File (see below) C:\Path\Color.scr <-- Path & Filename to create COLOR bulletin C:\Path\ASCII.bbs <-- Path & Filename to create MONO bulletin NO <-- NO or locked COM PORT Baud Rate LOG <-- LOG to keep user log or N for No log U <-- U for Unlimited plays or O for Once per day The line asking for Board Info File refers to the path and name of the file that your particular BBS software creates when it drops out to run a door. This would be: Wildcat prior to V3.0 ---> Callinfo.bbs PCBoard ----> PCBoard.sys GAP or WILDCAT 3.0+ -----> Door.sys Spitfire ---> SFDoors.dat QuickBBS ------> DorinfoX.def (The X would be 1 or 2 depending on node #) The lines asking for path and name to Color and Ascii Top ten bulletins refers to any valid path and DOS filename that you want these bulletins written to. NOTE FOR MULTI-NODES --------------------- If you are running multi nodes then you may now have as many .cfg files as is necessary for your setup. You may name then as you wish as long as they are correctly called from the command line. EXAMPLE: Node 1: game game1.cfg Node 2: game game2.cfg ** If you run multi-nodes and need to alter the address or IRQ of Com 3 or Com 4 then read the file Port.doc for instructions! Double Or Nothing (C)opyright 1989 - Page 3 Nothing.DAT contains: This file contains the following user data: "The Champion","11-01-1988","100" "Mike Wilson","11-23-1988","100" Data has to be kept in this format, but you can delete all lines except for line number 1 which is the Last Months Champ line. You can alter line 1 but not remove it. You need to alter line 1's Date form 11-01-1988 to the month that your setting up this door. For example if it is December just simply change the Date to 12-01-1988. It doesn't matter if it's the 1st or the 10th, only the Month (12) will make any difference. Nothing.TXT contains: This is the instruction file for Double Or Nothing. When a user selects the See Instructions option during the game, this file is read for instructions. This file MUST BE PRESENT and Not altered in any way for Double Or Nothing to run properly BOARD.TXT --------- Don't worry about this file. It is created when you run setup.exe This file tells the game which BBS Software you are running and tells it to read the correct board file. THERE SHOULD NOT BE A BOARD.TXT FILE IN THE GAME DIRECTORY IF YOUR RUNNING WILDCAT PRIOR TO VERSION 3.0 ! The game looks for this file and defaults to Wildcat if it isn't found. For other boards it will contain one line with one of the following: QuickBBS --------> QBBS GAP or Wildcat 3.0+ ---> GAP PCBoard ---------> PCB Spitfire --------------> SPITFIRE List of Files In Archive The following files are either found in your Double Or Nothing Arc or will be created during the runtime execution of the game. Setup.EXE <--- Executable Setup program for door installation Nothing.EXE <--- Executable Program. Nothing.CFG #<--- Configuration File. Nothing.DAT <--- Store User's Name, Last Play Date & Score. Nothing.TXT <--- Instructions Used By Program. BULLET##.SCR *<--- COLOR Bulletin BULLET##.BBS *<--- MONO Bulletin Nothing.LOG *<--- User Log File Nothing.DOC <--- This File. Port.Doc <--- Instructions for altering IRQ or Address of Com 3 or 4 * DENOTES that file is created during RUN-TIME. # DENOTES that file is created during Setup.exe execution Double Or Nothing (C)opyright 1989 - Page 4 Batch Files ================= Be sure that you have edited or created the NOTHING.CFG file with the correct information as described earlier in these docs. The individual setups do not repeat this necessary process. Wildcat! 1.13 & 2.0+ Setup: --------------------------- First, create your DOOR##.BAT (2.0+) or LIVE##.BAT (1.13) like this eample: ECHO OFF CD \WILDCAT\DOORS\NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING.CFG CD \WILDCAT CAT.BAT place this batch file in your Node# directory if running Multi-Nodes or in your Wildcat (default) directory if single node. Second, Create a sub-directory for the door program such as in the following example: C:\WILDCAT\DOORS\NOTHING Third, put the NOTHING game files in the \WILDCAT\DOORS\NOTHING directory. Forth, add this game to your live program menu for user selection and your ready to run the door. If this is a little unclear then please read your systems documentation for more detailed instructions. If you use a door monitoring program then read their documentation for their specific setup. Gap Setup: ---------- First, add the number and name of the door to your menu. This will allow the user to select the door by number. Second, edit or create the file called DOORS.DAT which is normally in the GEN directory. Following is an example line to add: DN 10 where 'DN' stands for the name of the batch file (shown below) to invoke the the door and '10' is the required security level. Third, create a sub-directory for NOTHING to be placed in. And example would be: C:\GAP\NOTHING place all the files in the NOTHING.ZIP archive inside this directory. Double Or Nothing (C)opyright 1989 - Page 5 Forth, create a batch file called NOTHING which should be placed in the default directory. Following is example contents of this file: ECHO OFF CD\GAP\NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING.CFG CD\GAP GAP the last line in the NOTHING file should invoke the batch file which loads the GAP BBS system. If this is a little unclear then please read your systems documentation for more detailed instructions. If you use a door monitoring program then read their documentation for their specific setup. Spitfire Setup: --------------- First edit your SFDOOR.MNU and add the following line. If you are not running and doors at this time you will need to create this file. NOTHING, 10 Where NOTHING is the name of the door to appear on your menu and the 10 is the lowest security level that will be allowed to enter the door. Don't forget the comma (,) after the name. Second create a sub-directory to place the door game in. In this example we will use 'C:\SF\DOOR_A' for the game directory. Third move all the files in the NOTHING.ZIP archive into this directory. Forth edit your SF.BAT file adding the following lines. :DOOR_A CD\SF\DOORS_A NOTHING NOTHING.CFG CD\SF GOTO LOOP Fifth, rerun Sf.BAT and your ready to begin play. If this is a little unclear then please read your systems documentation for more detailed instructions. If you use a door monitoring program then read their documentation for their specific setup. PCBoard 14.0+ Setup: -------------------- First, edit your DOORS and DOORSG file so that it shows NOTHING with the door number relating to it's position in DOORS.DAT. Second, edit the DOORS.DAT file so that it includes NOTHING. Double Or Nothing (C)opyright 1989 - Page 6 Third, create a sub-directory for NOTHING to be placed in. And example would be: C:\PCB\NOTHING place all the files in the NOTHING.ZIP archive inside this directory. Forth, create a batch file called NOTHING which should be placed in the default directory. Following is example contents of this file: ECHO OFF CD\PCB\NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING.CFG CD\PCB BOARD the last line in the NOTHING file should invoke the batch file which loads the PCboard BBS system. If this is a little unclear then please read your systems documentation for more detailed instructions. If you use a door monitoring program then read their documentation for their specific setup. QuickBBS Setup: --------------- First, add the game to your games menu and select the correct type for doors. Second, create a sub-directory for the game and move all the files from the zip file to this directory. Third, the game reads the file DORINFOx.DEF. Where 'x' is the node number. Since QuickBBS only supports one node at this time then this file should be 'DORINFO1.DEF'. This file's drive\path\filename should be on the third line of the configuration file. Note: It was told to me that the upcoming 3.0 version of QuickBBS will support Multi-Nodes and that the 'DORINFOx.DEF' will be changed to 'DORINFxx.DEF' to support Multi-Nodes. This game is written where you can specify this new name as well as any others. Forth, create a batch file called NOTHING which should be placed in the default directory. Following is example contents of this file: ECHO OFF CD\QUICKBBS\NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING.CFG CD\QUICKBBS QBBS.BAT the last line in the NOTHING file should invoke the batch file which loads the QuickBBS system. If this is a little unclear then please read your systems documentation for more detailed instructions. If you use a door monitoring program then read their documentation for their specific setup. Double Or Nothing (C)opyright 1989 - Page 7 Technical Support If you have problems with the Multi-Board Double Or Nothing live game you may contact Mike Wilson at the Secret Service BBS 24 hours per day. Secret Service (304) 429-6838 PCRelay ID : -->SECRET FIDO 1:262/29 Order Information Just mail $10.00 Check or Money Order or Cash to: VISA and MasterCard Welcome! Mike Wilson P.O. Box 9521 Huntington, WV 25704 Make Checks out to Mike Wilson. All funds must be U.S.! Thank you for trying Double Or Nothing and look for more games and utilities in the near future. Thanks to Jeff Sumberg for some great C routines used in this door. Double Or Nothing (C)opyright 1989 - Page 8