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Gambler v1.0
ppe for PCBoard v15.0+
This program is SHAREWARE. It is totally uncrippled, with no delays or nag screens.
It does not disturb your users with advertisements of our programming abilities.
If you find it of merit, a donation of $5 would be appreciated by Atlantis Software.
Atlantis Software
Box 35
Alto, Georgia 30510-0035
Atlantis BBS 706-776-6789 28.8
Disclaimer: None whatsoever. No one here is silly enough to
believe that we have to worry about a program like
this doing any damage whatsoever to your software,
system or scruples.
If anything weird happens, you got hold of a
modified (probably sabotaged) version.
Description: GAMBLER is a simple time betting "doorgame", allowing the user
to guess a number from 1-100 (perfect guessing has 50% probability
of winning). It banks the lost time and gives the next winner all
of the banked losses.
There are a coupla hundred ppes that do the same thing. Ours is
different because we have a sysopconfigurable header file, win and
lose screens, no nags or advertisements whatsoever (as in ALL of our
ppes) and we guarantee the thing to compute correctly and not do
strange things with its data.
Files included:
file_id.diz bbs description
gambler.doc thisfile
gambler.hdr sysopconfigurable header file - limit to 6 lines
gambler.los losers' screen - totally configurable as you wish
gambler.ppe the executable
gambler.pps the code
gambler.win winners' screen - totally configurable as you wish
gambler.dat will be created by the program in its working directory
when it is first run (it is recreated with each use).
It contains the name of the last winner and the amount
of time lost to the bank and awaiting the next winner.
Installation: Recommended: add as a command to GAME (or equivalent) menu.
1. Create a directory for the GAMBLER.PPE files.
They may be placed in a common ppl/ppe directory,
since the filenames are all similar.
2. Unzip (or move) all GAMBLER.PPE files into
the designated directory.
If your GAME menu accesses regular commands:
3. Start PCBSETUP
4. Select "B File Locations"
5. Select "B Configuration Files"
6. Select "Name/Loc of Default CMD.LST File"
(or, if conference specific, go to the cmd.lst file
for that conference)
7. Hit F2 to edit the CMD.LST file
8. Hit AltI to create a new entry
9. In the "Command" field, name it what you like
10. Set security if you like - use your own ideas
11. Enter the complete path to and include "GAMBLER.PPE"
12. Hit "ESC" to back out, until asked
"Save configuration files (Y/N/Q=Quick Save) ?"
13. Answer "Y" or "Q" to save the change.
If you use a .MNU file for your GAME menu:
3. Activate Mkpcbmnu (GAMEmenuname)
4. Hit F2 twice to access the menu commands
5. In the "Keyword" field, name the command what you like
6. Set security if you like - use your own ideas
7. "Type" is PPE
8. Enter the complete path to and include "GAMBLER.PPE"
9. Hit "ESC" once to back out
10. Answer "Y" to save the change.
Then add the command and description to the displayfile for your
GAME menu. PCBedit is excellent for this.
You may put it anyplace you like, of course - on a
display file, as a command, or whatever - see PCBoard
docs for ideas.
Modification: The menu header is in gambler.hdr. This is the standard Atlantis
BBS menuheader, but may be modified or replaced with whatever you
like, as long as the header information occupies EXACTLY 6 LINES.
The ppe contains ansipositioned information, and is sensitive to
page positioning. If the header takes MORE OR LESS than 6 lines
it will misalign the information grid that follows it and the
game data will be incorrectly positioned on the page.
NOTE: The Atlantis menuheader has our timezone on it (ET, so that
we don't have to change it twice a year) - if you're not in the
North American Eastern Timezone you may want to change that.
The closing screens will be displayed to winners (gambler.win) or
losers (gambler.los) appropriately. These are just display screens
and may be revised or replaced as desired. A similar losers' screen
with another programmer's time better was the template for these.
2 doublespaced closing lines and a "press enter" command follow the
closing screen. If you allow 6 lines these will print on the bottom,
as they do on these - otherwise, they'll scroll the screen up, unless
you put another "wait" command on your screen.
Distribution: Please distribute this product as is, and do not provide changed
displayfiles or extra files to the archive. If you purchased this
program or paid (any fees to obtain it) to anyone other than Atlantis
Software, we WILL participate with you in legal action against the
thief.
PPS Disclosure: It is now our policy to include the pps with each of our ppls. This
programmer learned to write ppls by studying others' work, copying
some parts and improving upon others. As wonderful as Clark's board
is, and the provision of the language, nothing beats taking a look at
what works. Anyone uninterested in learning to program ppls may
throw the pps away. Anyone who is interested may get a little help.
It is our hope that those who benefit from the extra file may see fit
to donate the shareware fee for our consideration - either way, we're
certainly not going to make any LESS for helping others.
Support: If we can be of help, please contact us via our BBS. You are welcome
to come and peruse - you may find us to be a DIFFERENT kind of BBS.
We will appreciate your comments, suggestions and, most certainly,
notification of any mistakes that we've made.
ATLANTIS SOFTWARE
Atlantis BBS 706-776-9276