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- This utility is written for Global War version 2.40. I doubt if it
- will work with any other past or future versions.
-
- This little utility will let you and your friends play a game of
- Global War in local mode. No BBS or modem is required and you can
- make unlimited turns per day. There are 2 differences from the BBS
- version to note: This program only uses first names and players take
- their turns in sequential order.
-
- First, download Global War and set it up per the instructions that come
- with it. Everything must be in one subdirectory (the entire Global War
- package as well as this package) and you must change to this subdirectory.
-
- Then, simply type LOCALGW, followed by the game number and the player names.
-
- Example:
-
- LOCALGW 1 Joel Gary Sue Jim Nancy
- ^ ^ ^-------- player 2's name, and so on for 3 to 6 players
- ^ ^-------------- player 1's name (first name only!)
- ^----------------- game number, probably always 1
-
- When Global War is running, you can see who's turn it is by looking at the
- bottom line on the screen.
-
- To bail out, keep hitting Control-Break (rapidly) until it asks you if you
- want to terminate the batch job, then answer Yes. (crude? Yes. Feel free
- to modify LOCALGW.BAT to make it cleaner if desired).
-
- The thing that makes this all work is the DAYNUM.EXE program. This program
- reads in a Global War game data file (WARxx.DAT), and sets the dates that
- every player last took their turn to yesterday, then saves the game.
- Calling syntax is DAYNUM <gamenumber>. Source is included, but is pretty
- much useless since it requires the Global War source code to compile.
-
- - Joel Bergen, 2/25/92
-