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╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ ║
║ CorpSoft BBS (815) 886-9388 ║
║ 3 Nodes - USR 28.8 v.34 ║
║ ║
║ WAR OF THE WORDS ║
║ v1.6 ║
║ ║
║ MULTI-BBS Support ║
║ Supporting PCBoard, Wildcat!, Gap, QBBS, RBBS, Spitfire, ║
║ UltraBBS, Telegard, TriTel, and Remote Access ║
║ ║
║ Copyright 1996 ║
║ by Robert Neal ║
║ 317 Hickory Avenue ║
║ Romeoville, IL 60446 ║
║ ║
╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
War of the Words is released as SHAREWARE. You are granted a limited license
to evaluate the program. Try it out, if you continue to use it for more than
30 days you are required to register the program.
To register the program send $15.00 along with your name and BBS name
to: Robert Neal, 317 Hickory Avenue, Romeoville, IL 60446. See the file
MAILER.TXT for additonal pricing information and special discounts
available. You may also register ONLINE with Visa or MasterCard by
calling the support BBS at (815) 886-9388. Simply type CHARGE at the menu.
Once you register War of the Words, you will be given your own unique
registration number. The BBS name supplied with payment will be the name
used to create your unique registration number.
THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS" WITHOUT
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.
*PROGRAM DESCRIPTION*
War of the Words is a challenging word game. You are given 15 letter
tiles of randomly selected letters. You then begin to find words,
between 3 to 7 letters each, to play in the scoring grid. Each game is
limited in time, configurable by the sysop. Scoring for each letter
follows the rules of Scrabble. In addition, a multiplier bonus is
added based on the length of the word (ie a 3 letter word is worth
3 times the base letter scoring, a 7 letter word is worth 7 times
the base letter scoring).
To be fair to all players, War of the Words will randomly select
letters consistent between games. All players in games will be
given the same letter tiles in which to create words. For example,
all players of game #1 will have the same letter tiles to play
from. Other word games randomly select letters each game, but
with the same letters players are able to compete on the same
basis against other users.
A dictionary of over 40,000 words is included to validate words
played. Words contained are based on the Official Scrabble Players
Dictionary. The game will quickly scan through and search for the
number of words that can be played from each tileset, a nice touch
so that players can see just how many words can be made from each
letter set. Users are usually suprised to see just how many words
can be made.
War of the Words will automatically reset the scoreboard at the start
of each month, requiring no sysop maintenance after initial set-up.
*PROGRAM FEATURES*
- Easy to install, includes configuration editor.
- Requires no maintenance.
- Ansi colors and display.
- Terminates cleanly through exit code even on runtime error.
- Automatically creates a top score listing suitable for inclusion
as a text/bulletin file for display within your BBS. Both an
ANSI and ASCII file is created.
- Detects loss of carrier.
- Sysop function keys to return to the board, chat mode, user stats,
increase/decrease time, etc.
- Direct support for PCBoard, WildCat!, Gap, QBBS, RBBS,
Ultra BBS, Telegard, TriTel and Remote Access.
- Support for baud rates up to 115,200
- Support for COM1-15. Optional command line for non-standard IRQ's.
- Supports PCBoard environment variables %PCBDRIVE% and %PCBDIR%
- Support Fossil Drivers. A Fossil driver is not required to use the
program.
- Fully Multi-Node compatible.
- Support for multi-port digiboards, for use with PCBoard /M.
- Yearly scoreboard with rolling 12 month top scores.
- Optional "adopted by" banner to acknowledge users who contribute.
towards registration of the game.
- Command line local play option to evaluate the program.
- 40,000+ word dictionary
- Display of # of possible words from letter set
As an encouragement to register War of the Words, the following options
are not available until registered:
- Games per day (games are limited to 3 per day)
- Make up games
- Adopted by option (since it's not yet registered, it can't be
adopted, right?).
All other aspects of operation are fully functional.
*FIRST TIME OPERATIONS*
Simply create a directory for War of the Words and copy all files
distributed with War of the Words to this directory. Additional data
files will automatically be created the first time War of the Words is run.
CONFIGURING THE PROGRAM
Use the program WOTWCFG which is included with the distributed program to
edit the file WOTW.CFG. Below is the layout of this file:
C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS
Corporate Headquarters
Bob
Neal
3
0
NA
3
300
Y
Line 1 = Full pathname of your door file. Formats supported by this
program are: PCBOARD.SYS, USERS.SYS, DOOR.SYS, USERINFO.DAT,
CALLINFO.BBS, DORINFOx.DEF, SFDOORS.DAT and
GTUSER.BBS, DOOR.SYS, and TRIBBS.SYS. When using
USERINFO.DAT, DOOR.SYS must be in the same
directory as USERINFO.DAT.
Line 2 = BBS name
Line 3 = Sysop First Name
Line 4 = Sysop Last Name
Line 5 = number of plays per day. I suggest a daily limit of 3 to 5,
but tailor to your own needs.
Line 6 = Registration number. Leave as 0 if unregistered.
Line 7 = You can place the name of the user who helped pay for the
registration of the door. Several sysops have specified that
users have paid the reigstration fee for War of the Words. You can
now place their name on this line and their name will be
proudly displayed at the end of the game so that others may
recognize their contribtion to the operation of your BBS.
Leave this blank or NA if you do not wish to use this
option.
Line 8 = Maximum number of make up games per day. You can allow your
users to make up games lost because they were unable to
call and play. Enter the number of GAMES (not days) you
allow them to make up each day.
Line 9 = Maximum number of seconds to be allowed per game. Recommend
300 seconds (5 minutes).
Line10 = Enter "Y" if you want to have a penalty assessed against the
users score for incorrect, duplicate and invalid letter
selections. The penalty is 10 times the number of letters
in the word, ie KAT would be assessed a 30 point penalty.
Line11 = Enter the minimum number of vowels to include with each
letter tile set. Recommended 2-3, too many vowels will
make the game too easy, too few vowels and users find it
too challenging. Default se