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World Of Tears
SYSOP.DOC
1996 (c) Copyright, Aaron Alanen
* Register WORLD OF TEARS and STARDOCK LOCO with the ORDER.FRM included.
BOTH doors are registered with one great price!
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Note: It is advised that you run this door single node. It does have
multi-node capabilities, but best results are 1 player in the door
at a time. The reason why I recommend this is because of the
heavy file access the door requires. If you need help setting up
the game to run single player on a multi-node BBS, drop a line to
me at my email address, or in the FIDO door game conference.
Rating: Does NOT include any depictions of sexuality or graphic
violence. You do 'kill' other players and non-player
characters during the course of the game, but no explicit
wording is used other than "You've killed them." There
are text files that are in the text directory, that may
have some explicit or graphic wording unsuitable for younger
audiences, but they are NOT used for this version of WOT,
and probably won't ever be used at all.
Please take the time to double check and make sure that the
game is suitable for all ages on your BBS. Each person has
their own ideas on morality and of what is offensive.
I personally consider this door to be G-rated.
And: You may find some of the lighting bolts and other effects to be
somewhat frantic in appearance in LOCAL mode. :) I sped everything
up to make the graphics I created work better on-line.
The game will run at speeds lower than 14.4. However, they may
encounter difficulties in getting past the effects screens, and
end up having a buffer full of keystrokes once they get to the
next screen. This will cause them to see the screen multiple
times. This game is optimized for 28.8 and best results are with
modem connections greater than 14.4.
This is a VERY ansi intensive game Nearly every screen is or has
ansi graphics. Players without ansi will not be able to play
the door. The game will tell them this and return them to the BBS.
Addendum:There is a hidden joke screen accessible from the information area
in the game. If you see a player using what looks like
the editor screen, disregard it and any goofy comments that come up.
It will say that it is doing file corruption and whatnot, but is
NOT doing anything at all. Purely a joke. :)
There is a new set of Maps available for the game at this release. The
name of the file is wotMAP2.zip, and is the WaterWorld episode. This new
mapset is harder to complete than the original that is included in this
zip file. It is available at my website. It works in registered and
unregistered versions.
WORLD OF TEARS may not be distributed in any changed or modified format.
You can evaluate this door for as long as you like.
Should you decide you like it, please register it using the form, order.frm.
Your registration makes it possible for shareware authors to continue
creating fine quality software. Please don't support cracks and hacks.
I support my door game 100%. If you have questions, problems, concerns,
feedback, suggestions, or anything, send mail to one of the e_mail
addresses at the end of this file. I will help you to the best of my
abilities to get the door up and running. Average response time to
e_mail is the same day, if not sooner... :)
To see for yourself what this new version has, run WOT /L from DOS. This
runs the game in local mode.
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New Installation:
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* Simply unzip WORLD OF TEARS into the directory of your choice.
* Run INSTALL.BAT
You can also get additional help with the -? or -help switch:
enter WOT -? for more information on how to enter the port, address,
and other options on the command line.
* To run WORLD OF TEARS as a door, use the WOT.EXE in the following
manner:
WOT -d [path to DOOR.SYS,EXITINFO,DORINFO1.DEF,CHAIN.TXT,etc]
Example: WOT -d C:\BBS\
Example batch file, for a Wildcat! 4.12 System:
d:
cd\doors\wot
WOT -d d:\wildcat\wcwork\node%wcnodeid%\
cd\wildcat
exit
If it does not work, don't get frustrated, contact me. I will help you!
Also run WOT -? for more help and parameters or try out the CUSTOM.CFG file.
I have information for Maximus/2 installation.
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NIGHTLY MAINTAINANCE OF WORLD OF TEARS:
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Nightly maintenance is automatically done by WORLD OF TEARS when
the first player of the a new day begins the game. This takes a
only a few moments. Easy, and no fuss with batch files.
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Game resets:
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The game will notify the players when it has been won. They will
not be able to continue until you reset the game. All you need to do
is to go into WotEdit.exe and go to the reset menu. Once all the files
are reset, simply delete RESET.ME file in the directory and the
NBOUNTY.DAT and the TBOUNTY.DAT files in the DAT directory. Then the
game is completely reset for more great gaming!
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What You Should Know:
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* Recommended hardware: 386 with 4 megs of ram or better.
* WORLD OF TEARS supports the following BBS packages:
RemoteAccess, QuickBBS, PC-Board, Maximus, Opus, Wildcat!, WWIV, Spitfire,
SuperBBS, Telegard, RBBS-PC, TriTel, Gap, and most others.
Use on Wildcat! version 5.0 unknown. Tell them to fix their ANSI routines!
* WORLD OF TEARS supports baud rates of up to 115,200, and supports both
FOSSIL based and built-in serial I/O's. It will auto detect either.
* Supports Local Mode, is DesqView aware, runs under Windows 3.1, '95, Dos
and OS/2.
* Has built in capabilites for the SySop, including chat, and will exit an
inactive user out of the door after a set inactivity time.
* Supports up to 36 players and is multi-node capable. Has exclusive file
awareness, and utilizes EMS memory, as well as file swapping.
Note: It is advised that you run this door single node. It does have
multi-node capabilities, but best results are 1 player in the door
at a time. The reason why I recommend this is because of the
heavy file access the door requires. If you need help setting up
the game to run single player on a multi-node BBS, drop a line to
me at my email address, or in the fido door game conference.
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ABOUT REGISTRATION:
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The shareware version contains the full version of the game, except that
a single player cannot own more than 65 countries, therefore cannot win
the game. Registration of the game unlocks the capability to own and
win the World Of Tears. If I should create new versions of the door, be
they 16 or 32 bit, your registration key will be valid for all future
releases!
* Register WORLD OF TEARS and STARDOCK LOCO with the ORDER.FRM included.
Both doors are registered with your registration!
To contact me, or find new information/releases on WOT or SDL:
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WWW:
http://www.inficad.com/~alanen
http://www.starlink.com/~jam (Follow links)
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<Fastest>
Internet: alanen@inficad.com
alanen@mail.hvs.com
I lurk in the FIDO door games conference.
MajorNet: notme atall@rok
Mail: Aaron Alanen
6502 E. Vernon
Scottsdale, AZ 85257-1140
USA.
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