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WORD SHUFFLE
(32-Bit WildCat! 5 Version)
v1.0
by
Al Lawrence
Sunrise Door Software
Sunrise-80 BBS
(404) 256-9525 (33.6 USR)
(404) 705-9104 (33.6 USR)
(404) 256-9518 (Voice, 9am-9:30pm EST)
(Email) al_lawre@ix.netcom.com
OVERVIEW
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Word Shuffle is a word game whereby the computer has scrambled the letters of
a word and you must unscramble it to make points. The game is pretty straight
forward and the package also contains a maintenance program to add new puzzles
to the database or change the current set of puzzles. When run as an event, it
will create new puzzles and start a new game, as soon as a pre-determined
number of players have solved all the puzzles. This is done automatically when
run via an EVENT process. All you must do is ensure that there are an adequate
suppply of puzzles in the database. The same program used in the event process
is the same one you will use to add words to the database.
NON-REGISTERED R E S T R I C T I O N S
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° No Bulletins created
° Puzzles per day limited to 2
° Game time limit disabled
° Puzzle Database limited to 5 puzzles at any time
INSTALLATION
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1) Create a directory to hold all SHUFFLE files
2) Unzip wc5WSxx.ZIP into the the above directory
3> MOVE ALL WCX files to your WC5 directory and delete them from
the directory created in step <1>
4) Modify the supplied SHUFFLE.CFG file. A description follows:
SUNRISE-80 BBS Your BBS Name
Al Lawrence Sysop's First AND Last name
00000000 Registration Number
# 2 # of puzzles presented to caller each day
Y Y = Log all callers to USAGEx
N = Do not log callers
# 0 Time Allowed in Door per day.
(0 = BBS Time remaining)
2 1 = DO NOT Display ADOPT-A-DOOR Message
2 = Display ADOPT-A-DOOR message
# NONE Drive:\Path\Filename to contain the
Top Score Bulletin or enter NONE
for NO Bulletin creation.
# Y Y = Allow player to send PRIVATE messages
from the Door Message Center
N = Do NOT allow PRIVATE messages
# 0 Place PRIVATE messages in this BBS Conf #
# Y Y = Allow player to send PUBLIC messages
addressed to ALL from Message Center
N = Do NOT allow PUBLIC messages
# 1 Place PUBLIC messages in this BBS conf. #
# Y Y = Allow Player to Check for Mail from
the Door Message Center
N = Do NOT allow Check for Mail
Y Allow player to send EMAIL to Door Author
al_lawre@ix.netcom.com Door Author EMAIL Address
5 Number of Jumbles to solved
2 Number of players that must answer ALL
puzzles before game can change via your
nightly EVENT process.
# = Requires registration to change to a different value
NOTE:THERE ARE TO BE NO BLANK LINES IN THIS FILE !
5) Create a menu entry to run the wcCODE Door and you MUST pass the
FULL drive:\path of the SHUFFLLE directory as a command line
parameter when defining the Door on the menu. An example follows:
Program Name: CRAZY8
Parameter : c:\wc5\doors\CRAZY8
Do the same for the SHUFWORD.WCX program! However, we suggest adding
it to the SYSOP menu and only give security access to the Sysop.
USAGE LOG
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As an option, we provide you with the ability to log every player to a text
file. IF you enter Y in the CFG file to log callers, the Door will place the
caller's name as well as the ON and OFF times each time a caller selects the
Door. A separate file will be created for each Node and the name of the file
will be USAGEx, where x is the Node number.
You may delete these files at any time and the Door will recreate them the
next time a caller enters the Door. If you do NOT want to continue logging
callers, change the CFG file entry to N.
SHUFWORD
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This is the Word Shuffle utility maintenance progam. This program is
used to add words to the Shuffle database and to perform the nightly
maintenance.
Note: If running an unregistered copy you will be restricted to 5
words in the Shuffle database vs 1000 words in the registered
copy and you will not be able to run as a nightly event.
EVENT PROCESSING
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After your callers complete all the words you have defined, it becomes
necessary to change them and start a new game. This task can be done
manually, using SHUFWORD or automatically, as part of your nightly
EVENT process.
As a nightly EVENT, SHUFWORD checks to see if the number of players,
as defined in the configuration file, have completed all words, in which
case it will automatically supply a new set of words and reset/update
the appropriate files. To run as an EVENT, the command line must contain
the path to the SHUFFLE directory AND /EVENT
ADOPT-A-DOOR
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Having been a Sysop for a number of years, I have had my share of problems
and frustrations getting financial support for my board's upkeep. A fellow
Sysop left a message on my board, not long ago, about a concept that was
being used by several boards around the country.
The concept, ADOPT-A-DOOR, allows a caller to register (ADOPT) a door. It
would be the same as sending in a donation, only this way it is earmarked
for registering a particular door. In a way, the user feels he/she is
"getting something in return". As a Door author I have decided to build
this concept into each of my Door programs. The concept replaces the
usual message "tell the Sysop to register this Door" we find in most
doors.
If the Door is unregisterd then a message appears on the opening screen
to that effect. After finishing or suspending a game, a message screen
is displayed about the ADOPT-A-DOOR concept. The message also tells the
caller to contact the Sysop to find out if there is any further details
to the ADOPT-A-DOOR concept. Some Sysops give extra D/L time, online
time, etc to callers that ADOPT-A-DOOR.
If the Door has been registered, either by the Sysop or other callers,
the names of those contributors will be displayed in the closing screen.
NOTE: If you want to display the names of the callers that contributed
to registering the Door, you must create an ASCII file called
ADOPT.SYS. You create it with an Editor or Word Processor. Enter
the name(s) of the contributors (one on each line, maximum of 5
entries, each a maximum of 30 characters long). This file must be
saved, in ASCII format, and placed in the Door directory.
LEGALITIES
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THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS"
WITHOUT WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANYONE INVOLVED WITH
THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THIS PRODUCT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF ANY USE THEREOF
OR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY.
DISTRIBUTION
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You may make this file available for downloading from your BBS or you may
upload it to any BBS of your choice, provided that you do not make any
changes to the contents of the archive (ZIP file). The archive and its
individual contents may not be used by any service that charges any money
whatsoever, without the written permission of the author.
REGISTRATION
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Registration and the subsequent insertion of the registration number into
your configuation file, allows for the display of your BBS name on the
opening and closing screen as well as the reduction of a delay built into
the opening screen display along with the ability to change certain values
in the configuration file.
To register your copy of WORD SHUFFLE, please fill out the registration
form (REGISTER.FRM) and mail it along with the registration fee to
the name and address on the form or supply a self-addressed stamped
envelope for registration number by return mail.
Once a door is registered, any changes to registration information (Sysop
name or BBS Name) will require the doors to be re-registered. Download or
File Request a file named CHANGE.FRM from our BBS, complete the form and
follow ALL instructions in the document!
Registration fees are subject to change at any time. The most current
registration form is always available on our BBS. You may download or
File Request REGISTER.FRM at any time.
Be sure to use the proper upper/lower case when filling in your name and
BBS name, as they MUST match the way you entered them in the configuration
file. ^^^^
Based upon information supplied on the registration form, I will pre-
register you on my BBS. You will then be able to call SUNRISE-80 and pick
up your registration number.
MISC
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The latest version of WORD SHUFFLLE and other fine SUNRISE DOOR programs
are always available for download from SUNRISE-80 BBS.