Monster Media 1994 #1/monster.zip/monster/BBS_GAME/BRE0956.ZIP/BREDATA.EXE/GAME/RESET.HLP

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^STARTDATE
  ^\08─^\07─═^\0FStart Date^\07═─^\08─^\07
  The Start Date Configuration allows you to reset the game earlier than
  actually starting.  This option is very useful for League Coordinators
  in Inter-BBS games to force all systems to start on the same date (using
  league-wide reset).  This option is also useful for Tournament games in
  which you want to allow players to sign up early.
^END

^JOINDATE
  ^\08─^\07─═^\0FJoin Date^\07═─^\08─^\07
  The Join Date option allows the sysop (or LC) to determine the last
  date a player can join the game.  This is useful for restricting access
  to latercomers in the game for tournaments, etc.
^END

^TURNSPERDAY
  ^\08─^\07─═^\0FTurns Per Day^\07═─^\08─^\07
  The number of turns per day controls how quickly a game will progress.
  Normal games are generally around 8 turns per day, while quick games
  may go to 10-12.  The maximum amount, 20, will create a very quick
  paced game that will consume large amounts of player time and is
  recommended to only be used in rare instances.
^END

^PROTECTION
  ^\08─^\07─═^\0FTurns Of Protection^\07═─^\08─^\07
  The number of turns of protection controls the number of turns for
  which a new empire is unable to attack, trade, and be attacked.  This
  is to allow small newcomers to join the game without immediately
  being destroyed.
^END

^MARKETLAND
  ^\08─^\07─═^\0FInitial Market Land^\07═─^\08─^\07
  This option refers to the amount of land available to buy for a player
  at the beginning of the game.  Land is also created daily and a new
  player always has the option of buying up to 300 regions of land.  An
  initial value of 0 will give no advantage to the first few players,
  while a medium or high setting, depending on the number of turns per
  day, may be advantageous to the first players.
^END

^CREATELAND
  ^\08─^\07─═^\0FDaily Land Creation^\07═─^\08─^\07
  This amount is the number of regions added to the market each day.  The
  regions are added as the day progresses.  The larger the value here, the
  faster growth each BBS in the game will have.  Smaller values will
  generally base strength more on attacks.
^END

^INTEREST
  ^\08─^\07─═^\0FBank Interest Rate^\07═─^\08─^\07
  This is the amount of interest the bank will give in 10 days.  Interest
  is given to the player at the end of each turn.  In many InterBBS games,
  the interest rates and investments in the banks are exploited to an
  extent making the game competitive; for these games, we highly
  recommend a low interest value (below 40%).  The maximum value, 100%, is
  equivalent to 10% interest per day in previous versions versions below
  v0.950.
^END

^TAXES
  ^\08─^\07─═^\0FPlanetary Tax Rate^\07═─^\08─^\07
  The Tax rate can be used to control the growth of empires.  A high tax
  rate will generally equalize the size of baronies by "stealing from the
  rich and giving to the poor", while low tax rates allow large empires to
  grow much more easily.  Tax Refunds given daily are based on the total
  amount of income the BBS recieves in taxes.  Randomly throughout the
  game, the "BBS emperor" will raise or lower tax rates; therefore, the
  value set here is not binding, but provides an average, and initial,
  value for the game.
^END

^REGIONSPERTURN
  ^\08─^\07─═^\0FMaximum Region Purchases^\07═─^\08─^\07
  This option limits the number of regions a player can buy in a single turn
  to prevent players with large amounts of cash from suddenly "jumping" in
  regions.  This value has little affect in the newer versions of
  BRE (v0.950+) beause of the new region pricing system, except when a small
  empire recieves large amounts of cash from an ally.
^END

^DAYSPERTURN
  ^\08─^\07─═^\0FDays Between Turns^\07═─^\08─^\07
  This option, almost universally set to 1, is useful for very busy systems
  which are hard for callers to continually access daily.  Setting this value
  to higher numbers will give multiple days between turns allowing players
  to maintain 100% activity only calling in once every few days.
^END

^MAXPLAYERS
  ^\08─^\07─═^\0FMaximum Players^\07═─^\08─^\07
  This setting determines the maximum number of players on a system.  The
  normal maximum is 25, but smaller leagues may wish to lower the value
  to distribute players more evenly.  Leagues consisting primarily of local
  BBS's may wish to use this option to make game play more competitive by
  dividing the players up.
^END

^MAINTCOST
  ^\02─^\0A─═^\0FGamePlay: Maintenance Costs^\0A═─^\02─^\07
  The ^\0AGamePlay^\07 options may be set to the following values: High, Medium
  Low, or None.  [H,M,L,N]  Some settings will not be allowed for certain
  options.  The Maintenance cost option sets the amount that must be paid to
  maintain military & regions in the pay-section of the game.  The higher
  setting will cause slower & more controlled growth rates, as well as smaller
  militaries.
  It may be set to either High, Medium, Low, or None - Default is Medium.
^END

^ATTDAMAGE
  ^\02─^\0A─═^\0FGamePlay: Attack Damage^\0A═─^\02─^\07
  The ^\0AGamePlay^\07 options may be set to the following values: High, Medium
  Low, or None.  [H,M,L,N]  Some settings will not be allowed for certain
  options.  The Attack Damage option defines the amount of forces destroyed in
  combat.  A High setting will likely reduce combat & make strategy more
  important, while a low setting will make constant warfare with less strategy
  a more useful tactic.
  It may be set to either High, Medium, or Low - Default is Medium.
^END

^ATTCOST
  ^\02─^\0A─═^\0FGamePlay: Attack Costs^\0A═─^\02─^\07
  The ^\0AGamePlay^\07 options may be set to the following values: High, Medium
  Low, or None.  [H,M,L,N]  Some settings will not be allowed for certain
  options.  The Attack Cost option affects the amount of money charged when
  sending ^\0FInterBBS^\07 attacks. A High setting will make attacking more
  difficult for larger empires.
  It may be set to either High, Medium, Low, or None - Default is Medium.
^END

^ATTREGIONS
  ^\02─^\0A─═^\0FGamePlay: Attack Region Gains^\0A═─^\02─^\07
  The ^\0AGamePlay^\07 options may be set to the following values: High, Medium
  Low, or None.  [H,M,L,N]  Some settings will not be allowed for certain
  options.  The Attack Region Gains option affects the number of regions won
  in all attacks. A High setting will make attacking more devastating while a
  low setting will make it more difficult to destroy smaller empires.
  It may be set to either High, Medium, or Low - Default is Medium.
^END

^TERRCOST
  ^\02─^\0A─═^\0FGamePlay: Terrorism Costs^\0A═─^\02─^\07
  The ^\0AGamePlay^\07 options may be set to the following values: High, Medium
  Low, or None.  [H,M,L,N]  Some settings will not be allowed for certain
  options.  The Terrorism Cost option affects the amount of money charged when
  sending ^\0FInterBBS^\07 Terrorists. A High setting will make terrorism more
  popular.
  It may be set to either High, Medium, Low, or None - Default is Medium.
^END

^REGCOST
  ^\02─^\0A─═^\0FGamePlay: Region Costs^\0A═─^\02─^\07
  The ^\0AGamePlay^\07 options may be set to the following values: High, Medium
  Low, or None.  [H,M,L,N]  Some settings will not be allowed for certain
  options.  The Region Cost option affects the amount of money charged when
  purchasing new regions.  A Low setting will encourage purchases while a high
  setting makes war a more viable alternative.  The None setting will cause a
  minimal price increase in regions as purchased.
  It may be set to either High, Medium, Low, or None - Default is Medium.
^END

^TRADECOST
  ^\02─^\0A─═^\0FGamePlay: Trade Costs^\0A═─^\02─^\07
  The ^\0AGamePlay^\07 options may be set to the following values: High, Medium
  Low, or None.  [H,M,L,N]  Some settings will not be allowed for certain
  options.  The Trade Cost option affects the amount of money charged when
  sending out trade deals.  A Low setting will encourage trading while a high
  setting limits trading to more important times.
  It may be set to either High, Medium, Low, or None - Default is Medium.
^END

^INDIVATTACKS
  ^\04─^\0C─═^\0FInterBBS: Max Individual Attacks^\0C═─^\04─^\07
  The number of individual Inter-BBS Attacks allowed per day should generally
  be kept low to prevent larger empires from destroying a smaller opponent
  in several strikes at once.  For some leagues, though, such as free-for-all
  leagues or whatever, you may wish to experiment with higher values. :)
^END

^GROUPATTACKS
  ^\04─^\0C─═^\0FInterBBS: Max Group Attacks^\0C═─^\04─^\07
  The number of group Inter-BBS Attacks allowed per day should generally
  be kept low to prevent larger empires from destroying a smaller opponent
  in several strikes at once.  For some leagues, though, such as free-for-all
  leagues or whatever, you may wish to experiment with higher values. :)
^END

^TERRORISTOPS
  ^\04─^\0C─═^\0FInterBBS: Max Terrorist Operations^\0C═─^\04─^\07
  The number of terrorist operations allowed per day can now be configured
  to fit your league's desire.  It was just a constant, so I figured why not
  let you guys choose what you want. :)
^END

^BOMBINGOPS
  ^\04─^\0C─═^\0FInterBBS: Max Bombing Operations^\0C═─^\04─^\07
  The number of bombings operations allowed per day can now be configured
  to fit your league's desire.  Originally, it was infinite, but often
  literally hundreds of bombing operations are sent and I thought I should
  offer some type of control for this.
^END

^LOSTATTACKS
  ^\04─^\0C─═^\0FInterBBS: Lost Attack Prevention^\0C═─^\04─^\07
  Version 0.950+ of BRE now supports logging of attacks and lost attack
  prevention.  If an attack has not returned after a certain number of days,
  the forces will be returned to the owner and the attack voided.  If the
  attack is to return in the future, it will not be processed, pretending
  that the assault was never made.  The number of days should be kept
  a little bit larger than the maximum turn around time for attacks from
  one BBS to another.  League Coordinators, please be sure to take into
  consideration the maximum time from any system in your league to any other,
  as the values you set will be used at all other systems in your league.
^END

^LEAGUEWIDE
  ^\05─^\0D─═^\0FInterBBS: League-Wide Reset^\0D═─^\05─^\07
  Selecting this will send reset information to all other systems in the
  league, automatically resetting their games without sysop intervention.
  This can be used if you wish to end league play and restart the game
  fresh or if problems have developed requiring a league-wide reset.
^END