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APIE version 1.0 Release OCTOBER 1993
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 a few small cripples built into the
game.
Alan Yusko
39 Drysdale Cres
Willowdale, ONT M2H 1M7
The Seed Sowers BBS
(416) 498-5259/5962