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╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ CorpSoft BBS (815) 886-9388 ║ ║ 3 Nodes - USR 28.8 v.34 ║ ║ ║ ║ LINKS COUNTRY CLUB GOLF ║ ║ v6.0 ║ ║ ║ ║ MULTI-BBS Support ║ ║ Supporting PCBoard, Wildcat!, Gap, QBBS, RBBS, Spitfire, ║ ║ UltraBBS, Telegard, TriTel, and Remote Access ║ ║ ║ ║ Copyright 1997 ║ ║ by Robert Neal ║ ║ 317 Hickory Avenue ║ ║ Romeoville, IL 60446 ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ Links is a golfing simulation game, with either 9 or 18 holes offered for play. Users golf by making their club selection, woods, irons, wedges and putter. Yardage is determined by a set standard plus a random variable to keep the game interesting. The Links Country Club Golf (Links) 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 Links Golf, 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. FEATURES OF THE LINKS COUTNRY CLUB GOLF ======================================= - Ansi color support. - 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. - Detects loss of carrier. - Operates in local mode (either direct from BBS or from command line). - 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 COM0-15. Optional command line for non-standard IRQ's. - Supports PCBoard environment variables %PCBDRIVE% and %PCBDIR% - Fully Multi-Node compatible. - Course editor (LINKARCH) added to customize the course layout. For REGISTERED versions only. - Optional automated monthly rollover maintenance. - Supports fossil based, multi-port digiboards, as used with PCBoard /M version. - ANSI representation of each hole - Optional "adopted by" banner to acknowledge users who contribute. towards registration of the game. - Command line local play option to evaluate the program. CONFIGURING THE PROGRAM You may use GCONFIG.EXE to create and/or edit the configuration files. To use GCONFIG, type GCONFIG GOLF.CFG. This editor will allow you to enter the appropriate configuration editor within it's own full screen editor. GCONFIG will also convert registration data from version prior to v3.3 to the new method used beginning with v3.3. Below is the layout of the GOLF.CFG file if you wish to edit it manually. C:\PCB\PCBOARD.SYS Corporate Headquarters Bob Neal 0 NA 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 = Registration number. Leave as 0 if unregistered. Line 6 = 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. Additionally, all CorpSoft doors allow you to fully evaluate the program without the need to setting up the door and running it from your BBS (we don't know why all doors don't include this feature, being a sysop myself, it's a real hassle to evaluate some doors). If you are running the program from the command line, enter WOTW LOCAL. The default user name SysOp is used. This is good for testing but you should once play begins, execute the program from your BBS or consistantly run the game from the command line when you play. You may also specify a non-standard IRQ. Put the IRQ number after the .CFG on the command line. For example: GOLF GOLF.CFG /5. This tells the program to use IRQ 5 instead of the standard IRQ. You may also use the procedure above and create a variable IRQ so that you can pass the IRQ setting as: GOLF GOLF.CFG /%IRQ% Some users may have had conflicts when using non-standard IRQ's on Novell/Netware systems. Novell seems to use the "/" character for parameter passing. You may not optionally use the "*" character instead of the "/", for example GOLF GOLF.CFG *%IRQ% is valid. Both "*" and "/" will work. Note: This door supports the PCBoard environment variables %PCBDRIVE% and %PCBDIR%. Non-PCBoard systems may also use these variables by including the following either in your BBS batch or AUTOEXEC.BAT file: SET PCBDRIVE=C: <- Drive letter of your BBS files SET PCBDIR=\BBS <- Path of your BBS files Then, in your GOLF.CFG file, on the first line you may put: %PCBDRIVE%%PCBDIR%\PCBOARD.SYS, %PCBDRIVE%%PCBDIR%\DOOR.SYS, etc. This allows you to use just one .CFG file for multi-node operation. EXECUTING PROGRAM ================= To execute the program, enter the filename followed by the config file name (ie GOLF GOLF.CFG). If you are running the program from the command line, you may optionally enter GOLF.EXE LOCAL. The only problem with this is the default user name sysop is used instead of the username on your board. This is good for testing the game before putting it on your system, but you should once play begins execute the program locally from your BBS or consistantly run the game from the command line when you play. This documentation will not go into the details of how you set-up a door program on your BBS. It is assumed that you have a working knowledge of how to complete this task. As each BBS is different, trying to explain the installation procedure for every BBS is not possible. You may also specify a non-standard IRQ. Put the IRQ number after the .CFG on the command line. For example: GOLF GOLF.CFG /5. This example tells the program to use IRQ 5 instead of the standard IRQ. You may also use the procedure above and create a variable IRQ so that you can pass the IRQ setting as: GOLF GOLF.CFG /%IRQ%. Some users may have had conflicts when using non-standard IRQ's on Novell/Netware systems. Novell seems to use the "/" character for parameter passing. You may not optionally use the "*" character instead of the "/", for example GOLF GOLF.CFG *%IRQ% is valid. Both "*" and "/" will work. FOSSIL DRIVER ============= Links Golf now includes support for FOSSIL drivers. This means that the program will now work with Digiboard (for Wildcat IM and PCBoard/M versions) and other fossil based multi-port boards. To activate the Fossil driver support just include /FD on the command line in your door batch file. For example: GOLF GOLF.CFG /FD If no Fossil driver is available, Links Golf will display a message indicating such and exit cleanly. FILES USED =========== GOLF.EXE - The program itself GOLF.DOC - Documentation for the sysop to run The Links GOLF.CFG - Configuration file GOLF.FIL - Best scores file (top 5) GOLF.CRS - Data file of the course. New to version 2.0 is the option to alter the course layout by using the program LINKARCH. NON-REGISTERED users may NOT alter the course. The file LINKARCH has been included for you to see how easy it is to modify the course to your own personal layout. If you are using a NON-REGISTERED version DO NOT alter the course, either with a text editor or the LINKARCH program. Doing so will result in the game failing to load. GOLF.LOG - This file is created when the program is run. This file will contain a synopsis of activity in the door, who played, number of holes played and even if they got a whole in one. HOLExx.ANS- ANSI graphic representation of each hole. Graphics included with this program are for the default course. If you make any modifications to the course with LINKARCH, you will need to modify the respective HOLExx.ANS file using your favorite ANSI editor. BALL.ANS - ANSI representation of a golf ball. GOLFOPEN.ANS- ANSI image displayed at start up of program. REINITIALIZING THE SCOREBOARD ============================= Every so often you may want to reset the scoreboard (especially when you have the scoreboard filled with LOW scores that would be difficult or impossible to better). To reset the scoreboard enter GOLF INIT and the game will automatically reinitialize the scoreboard. You may also copy over the original unmodified scoreboard included in this archive to esentially reset the game. MONTHLY ROLLOVER MAINTENANCE ============================ You may optionally have Links Golf automatically rollover the scoreboard on a monthly basis by entering GOLF MAINTxx (where xx is the day of the month you want to rollover the scoreboard). For example, to reset your scoreboard on the first of each month, enter GOLF MAINT1. To reset on the 15th, enter GOLF MAINT15. This command should be run as part of your BBS nightly event processing. If maintenance is not required, the program will exit cleanly. If maintenance is required, the program will automatically reset the scoreboard information. THE GAME ITSELF =============== The game starts by displaying The Links opening screen (please do not modify this or any other part of the game), and will ask the user if he wants to use ANSI colors. While the door info file passes the variable for if a user has ANSI on or off, this gives those players a chance who may have ANSI off for normal BBS useage to use ANSI colors while in the door. From here he is asked if he wants to play 9 or 18 holes. If he selects 9 holes he is then asked if he wishes to play the front 9 or back 9. He is then asked if he wishes to read the instructions on how to play The Links. When prompted for club selection entering QUIT (or 'Q') will terminate play. Entering HELP (or 'H') will display a listing of available clubs and approximate distances. |An ANSI representation of each hole is included with this program. If |the user has ANSI capabilities, the graphic image will be displayed. If |the user does not have ANSI capabilities, the program will not display |the image. After the user has played all 9 or 18 holes his ranking is shown if he beats one of the top 5 scores. The best score file is then updated and the program asks the user if he wishes to play again or not. SYSOP KEYS ACTIVE F3 - Toggles the printer On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS F4 - Toggles the Page Bell on/off. Value is passed to PCBoard and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS F5 - DOS Shell. Allows SysOp to exit to DOS from inside a DOOR. F7 - Toggles the Caller Alarm On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS F8 - Returns the caller involuntarily to the BBS. F9 - Toggles the local display On/Off. Value is passed to PCBoard and/or written to DOOR.SYS and USERS.SYS F10 - Activates SysOp CHAT mode within the DOOR. ESC - Deactivates CHAT mode. DOOR is resumed. UP - Give the caller extra time while in the DOOR. DN - Subtract time from the caller while in the DOOR. HOME - HELP key for Status Line options. ALT-N - SysOp next on toggle. Value passed to PCBoard. (PCBoard only) ALT-X - PCBoard will exit after current caller logs off. Value is passed to PCBoard. Not available on non-PCBoard systems. THE LINKS COURSE EDITOR (LINKARCH.EXE) ====================================== The file GOLF.CRS contains the information concerning the course layout and MUST be edited using LINKARCH. Attempts to edit the program with a text editor will result in the game failing to execute. The course editor should only be used by REGISTERED users of The Links Country Club Golf. NON-REGISTERED versions will fail to execute if the orignal GOLF.CRS file is edited in anyway. The LINKARCH file is contained in this archived file so that previously registered users have the file available without needing to request it and also so that NON-REGISTERED users can see how easy it is to edit the course, though any changes made will not be saved. When using the course editor you should be certain to keep the par for the front and back nine the same. As a rule of thumb, distances less than 250 yards should be a par 3, 250-375 a par 4 and anything over 375 yards should be set as par 5. ADOPTED BY OPTION (Registered version only) =========================================== Many sysops are fortunate to have their users offer to register a door they enjoy playing. You can now give recognition to the user or users who assist in contributing to the registration of this program. Simply enter their name(s) on the appropriate line in the configuration file. When unregistered, the door will inform the user that they can adopt the door and refers them to ask you for details. You can give the user the registration form for them to send in if you'd like. After the program is registered, each time a user quits the game a screen will be displayed informing other users who contributed towards the registration of the game. If you wish to disable this option, enter NA on the line in the configuration file. TROUBLESHOOTING ================ - If you are running this Door on a 486 system and encounter an error message "ERROR 6 - OVERFLOW ERROR" or you experience irratic Keyboard Timeout messages, you may have to put the following in either your AUTOEXEC.BAT file or in the batch file you use to call this program. SET NO87=ON If you are running on a 486 system with co-processor under DesqView, you may alternately set Math Coprocessor in each window to YES. - If you encounter an ERROR 62 when the program first is loaded, this will usually indicate that there is an error in your .CFG file. Recheck your .CFG file to verify the proper format (if you use the WOTWCFG program you should never encounter this error). - An ERROR 70 message means you more than likely do not have SHARE loaded. This is typically only required for multi-node systems. CONTACT ME FOR SUPPORT ======================= If you encounter any problems you may contact me at CorpSoft BBS (815) 886-9388. I can also be reached via the RIME network in the SYSOP, DOORS, SHAREWARE and BBS SOFTWARE conferences as well as the COMMON conference. I can also be reached via Internet e-mail at bob.neal@corpsoft.com. or via FIDO at 1:115/886 (Bob Neal@1:115/886). If you have any suggestions for improvements for this program, please feel free to let me know. This game has included suggestions from users during beta testing. *DISTRIBUTION SITES* As always you can find the latest version of War of the Words available for downloading from CorpSoft BBS. CorpSoft BBS (815) 886-9388 (3 nodes with automatic ring-down, running USR 28800 v.everything) We also accept Visa and Mastercard. Register online with your Visa or Mastercard by calling CorpSoft BBS, simply type CHARGE at the main menu prompt. User's with FIDO capabilities can FREQ the latest version of my software from me at 1:115/886. The magic names for my software are: WOTW War of the Words KING Kings are Wild Solitaire CARD Card Sharks BOWL BBS Bowling Solitaire GOLF Links Golf ZWORD Z-Wordz CORPSOFT All my shareware releases You can also download our files via our web site. Visit us at http://user.aol.com/corpsoft To further make it convenient for people to download my software, you can also login to my support BBS by enter CORPSOFT GUEST when prompted for your name. You will not need to go through the new user information questionaire and will immediately be able to download my shareware. Please note that if you wish to register online, you will need to set-up a user account so that your registration keys can be made available to you.