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Bre Stats (The Door) v1.21
Bre Stats (The Door) v1.21 is a highly sysop configurable door that is
designed to help eliminate alot of guess work when planning attacks, etc..
in the popular game Barron Realms Elite. Below is a list of some of the
many things Bre Stats (The Door) has to offer:
View League Wide Stats on Players and BBS's.
Compare Your Empire to Another.
Compare Your BBS to Another.
Compare ANY two Empires to each other.
Create a custom report on anything you compare.
View an extended version of the Spy Database.
Create a Bulletin showing Routing Structres of Bre Packets.
Online Calculator.
Create a Bulletin similar to BreMil.
Compatiblity
------------
Bre Stats (The Door) v1.21 is fully compatable with BRE .0956, .960+.
Certain parts will work with previous versions however. During beta
testing we used BRE versions .0956 and .0960.
Licensing and Distribution
--------------------------
Bre Stats (The Door) has been released for distribution as
shareware. Considerable work has gone into developing this program.
Registration is OPTIONAL. However, not all features will be available
to you in the unregistered version.
The registration fee is $10. You will receive a registration number,
by mail, which will allow you to use all the features Bre Stats (The Door)
has to offer.
Registration will remove all the UNREGISTERED comments in the door and
allow you to access the Spy Database.
Please fill out the BRDOOR.REG that was included in this archive to
register Bre Stats (The Door).
Sysops are encouraged to post Bre Stats (The Door) online for downloading
by their users.
Bre Stats (The Door) may be uploaded to commercial and hobby boards
provided that no fee is charged to download Bre Stats (The Door), except
for fees to subscribe to the board. Anyone distributing the archive in
any form is requested to do so without making modifications to the files
and to include all of the files from the original archive.
This documentation may not be modified, nor may the program and the
documentation be separated when it is distributed.
Installation
------------
Unarchive Bre Stats (The Door Version) in your BRE directory.
example:
PKUNZIP BRDOR121.ZIP C:\BRE
The following drop files are supported by Bre Stats (The Door).
PCBOARD.SYS DORINFOx.DEF
USERS.SYS SFDOORS.DAT
DOOR.SYS USERINFO.DAT
CALLINFO.BBS GTUSER.BBS
Edit the file BRDOOR.CFG to fit your needs.
For Example:
C:\BBS\CALLINFO.BBS <-----Path to drop file
The Abyss <-----BBS Name
David <-----Sysop First Name
Moses <-----Sysop Last Name
(Leave blank if not GTUSER.BBS) <-----Comm Port # (GTUSER.BBS ONLY)
(Leave blank if not GTUSER.BBS) <-----Node # (GTUSER.BBS ONLY)
00000 <-----Registration # (zeros for unregistered)
00000 <-----Registration # (zeros for unregistered)
C:\BRE <-----Path where BRE game is located.
C:\BRE\BULLETIN <-----Path where BRE Bulletins are located.
C:\BRE\DATA <-----Path where SPY.BR is located.
.5 <-----NetWorth Per Covert Agent.
12.5 <-----NetWorth Per Region.
1 <-----NetWorth Per Carrier.
1.25 <-----NetWorth Per Tank.
.425 <-----NetWorth Per Missle Base.
.325 <-----NetWorth Per Jet.
.25 <-----NetWorth Per Trooper.
.5 <-----NetWorth Per Commander.
960 <-----Bre Version # (950 for ALL 950 versions
of BRE or 960 for ALL 960 versions of
BRE. Example: If you are using BRE
.0956 then enter 950 here. If you are
using BRE .962 then enter 960 here.)
Add the command line below to your batchfile that starts BRE:
BRDOOR BRDOOR.CFG
For Example:
@ECHO OFF
C:
CD\BRE
BRSCORES <-----Updates all score files.
BRDOOR BRDOOR.CFG <-----Command Line that starts the door.
SRDOOR
BRE
BRSCORES <-----Updates all score files.
BRDOOR BRDOOR.CFG <-----Command Line that starts the door.
CD\BBS
By starting Bre Stats (The Door) before and after BRE will allow the user
to view the current league stats before or after playing BRE.
Required Bre Files
------------------
These files MUST be created when you run Bre's Utility BRSCORES.EXE.
BRSCORES.EXE defaults to list only 50 of the Top Players in an Inter-
Planetray BRE League. If you are playing in a League with more then
50 players, edit BRSCORES.DAT and increase the number of Top Players.
PLYREG.TXT
PLYSCORE.TXT
PLYWORTH.TXT
BBSSCORE.TXT
BBSWORTH.TXT
BBSREG.TXT
SCOREPLY.TXT
WORTHPLY.TXT
REGPLAY.TXT
SCOREREG.TXT
WORTHREG.TXT
The above 11 files are stored in Bre's \BULLETIN directory by default.
Setup for Bre Stats (The Offline Version)
-----------------------------------------
Bre Stats (The Offline Version) will help keep your users more informed
about the status of your Planet and the League. It will also help
reduce the amount of time used playing Baron Realms Elite by allowing
users to compare and study all League scores offline.
In order for your users to take advantage of all the features Bre Stats
has to offer, the sysop must make the score files availiable for
download to the users. I have included samples of my setup in order to
help you set it up on your BBS.
All you must do is edit the batch file which starts your BRE game. Then
make the score files availiable for download by your users.
Add the lines below after BRSCORES.EXE has been run.
CD\BRETEMP <-----Empty directory to hold files.
DEL C:\BRETEMP\*.TXT <-----Insures your temp directory is empty.
DEL C:\BRETEMP\*.DAT <-----Insures your temp directory is empty.
DEL C:\BRETEMP\*.ZIP <-----Insures your temp directory is empty.
XCOPY C:\BRE\BULLETIN\*.TXT <-----Copies score files.
COPY C:\BRE\TDYNEWS.TXT <-----Copies the today's news.
COPY C:\BRE\YESNEWS.TXT <-----Copies yesterday's news.
COPY C:\BRDOOR\SPYDATA.DAT <-----Copies the spy database.
PKZIP 801SCORE.ZIP *.* <-----Archives updated files.
CD\ZIPTXT <-----Directory where users can download files.
DEL C:\ZIPTXT\801SCORE.ZIP <-----Removes the old score files.
COPY C:\BRETEMP\801SCORE.ZIP <-----Makes new score files available for users.
Below is what my batch file looks like:
@ECHO OFF
C:
CD\BRE
BRSCORES
BRDOOR BRDOOR.CFG
SRDOOR
BRE
BRSCORES
BRDOOR BRDOOR.CFG
CD\BRETEMP
DEL C:\BRETEMP\*.TXT
DEL C:\BRETEMP\*.DAT
DEL C:\BRETEMP\*.ZIP
XCOPY C:\BRE\BULLETIN\*.TXT
COPY C:\BRE\TDYNEWS.TXT
COPY C:\BRE\YESNEWS.TXT
COPY C:\BRDOOR\SPYDATA.DAT
PKZIP 801SCORE.ZIP *.*
CD\ZIPTXT
DEL 801SCORE.ZIP
COPY C:\BRETEMP\801SCORE.ZIP
CD\WC30
As you can see all the files Bre Stats uses will be updated after a user
exits the game. Setting it up this way will allow the most current scores
to be available for your users to download. Of course you can set it up
however you like. Just make sure the following files are all included
in the archive you make available for download. You can name the
archive what you want and use any compression utility you wish. I name
my *.zip files 801SCORE.ZIP, 69SCORE.ZIP, etc. The 801 and 69 prefix
denotes which League it is.
The files listed below MUST be included in the zip file.
PLYREG.TXT <-----Updated when BRSCORES is run.
PLYSCORE.TXT <-----Updated when BRSCORES is run.
PLYWORTH.TXT <-----Updated when BRSCORES is run.
SCOREREG.TXT <-----Updated when BRSCORES is run.
WORTHREG.TXT <-----Updated when BRSCORES is run.
BBSREG.TXT <-----Updated when BRSCORES is run.
BBSSCORE.TXT <-----Updated when BRSCORES is run.
BBSWORTH.TXT <-----Updated when BRSCORES is run.
REGPLAY.TXT <-----Updated when BRSCORES is run.
SCOREPLY.TXT <-----Updated when BRSCORES is run.
WORTHPLY.TXT <-----Updated when BRSCORES is run.
TDYNEWS.TXT <-----Updated everytime BRE is run.
YESNEWS.TXT <-----Updated everytime BRE is run.
SPYDATA.DAT <-----Updated when BRDOOR /SPYDATA is run.
Spy Database
------------
To maintain up-to-date information in the Spy Database you MUST run Bre Stats
(The Door) command line option /SPYDATA after processing inbound BRE packets.
Your batch file that processes inbound BRE packets should look something like
this:
@ECHO OFF
C:
CD\BRE
BRE PLANETARY
BRDOOR /SPYDATA
CD\BBS
-or-
@ECHO OFF
C:
CD\BRE
BRE INBOUND
BRDOOR /SPYDATA
BRE OUTBOUND
CD\BBS
Lines #12 - #19 in BRDOOR.CFG allow you to assign the Net Worth Value of
the military used in BRE. For example, the default Net Worth Per Commander
is .5, so for every two Commanders you have your Net Worth would increase by
1. If you feel that .5 is incorrect all you have to do is change it. These
values were tested using BRE version .0960. If you are using ANY 950 version
of BRE these values are different.
Command Line Options
--------------------
/? <---- Displays Help File for Command Line Options.
/HELP <---- Displays Help File for Command Line Options.
/ROUTEINFO <---- Creates ASCII/ANSI IP-Routes Bulletins.
ROUTES.ASC = ASCII Bre Stats IP-Routes Bulletin
ROUTES.ANS = ANSI Bre Stats IP-Routes Bulletin
(Available for League Coordinators Only.)
/BULL <---- Creates ASCII/ANSI League Stats Bulletins.
BRDOOR.ASC = ASCII Bre Stats Bulletin
BRDOOR.ANS = ANSI Bre Stats Bulletin
/SPYDATA <---- Creates ASCII/ANSI Spy Bulletins.
Updates Spy Database . Run after
processeing inbound packets. Also.
creates SPYDATA.DAT which is used
by the Offline version of Bre Stats.
Please, make SPYDATA.DAT available
for download.
SPYDATA.ASC = ASCII Spy Data Bulletin
SPYDATA.ANS = ANSI Spy Data Bulletin
SPYDATA.DAT = Database for Bre Stats Offline
version. Please make available
for download.
Examples: BRDOOR /SPYDATA
BRDOOR /BULL
etc. etc.
To run the door in LOCAL mode type BRDOOR BRDOOR.CFG /LOCAL.
SPYDATA.DAT
-----------
The file SPYDATA.DAT is created by running BRDOOR /SPYDATA. This file will
be created regardless if you are registered or not. Please make this file
available for download by your users who use Bre Stats (Offline Version).
League Coordinators
-------------------
Before running BRDOOR /ROUTEINFO run BRE ROUTEINFO to create/update the
ROUTES.LST file. The reason we have included this command line option with
Bre Stats (The Door) is to help reduce the amount of messages sent out by
players asking "Why does it take so long to get my attacks back?". By using
BRDOOR /ROUTEINFO, you can create an easy to understand ASCII and ANSI
bulletin that users can read and see for themselves the routing structures.
We suggest that the Bulletins (ROUTES.ANS and ROUTES.ASC) be updated and
sent out each week along with the League Nodelist updates or updated daily
and put up for FREQ by your League Members. Either way they are just
suggestions and we are by no means trying to tell you how to run your League.
BreMil Support
--------------
We orignally intended to provide support for the popular bulletin generator
BreMil. However, we have since learned that Wayne Thomason does not plan
to upgrade BreMil to be compatiable with BRE 0960+. Therefore we have
included the command line option BRDOOR /BULL, which will create an ASCII and
ANSI bulletin (BRDOOR.ANS and BRDOOR.ASC) similar to BreMil. We'd like to
take this opportunity to thank Wayne Thomason for his idea, and formally
state the concept is by Wayne Thomason.
Fossil Driver Support
---------------------
Bre Stats (The Door) supports the use of Fossil drivers. To tell Bre Stats
(The Door) to use the Fossil driver instead of the standard COM ports, just
put /FD on the command line when running the door. For example:
BRDOOR BRDOOR.CFG /FD
indicates that a Fossil driver is present and should be used. If no Fossil
driver is detected, Bre Stats (The Door) will print a message to that effect
and exit the door gracefully.
Environment Variables
---------------------
Bre Stats (The Door) supports COM 1-4 on the standard IRQ's -
COM1/COM3 = IRQ4 and COM2/COM4 = IRQ3. If you wish to use a non-standard IRQ,
add the IRQ number after the configuration filename. Let's assume you want
to use COM1 and IRQ5. The command line passed to Foolem' would be:
BRDOOR BRDOOR.CFG /5 or
BRDOOR BRDOOR.CFG /%IRQ% for the environment variable.
The /5 tells Bre Stats (The Door) to use IRQ5 rather than the standard IRQ4
that is normally used with COM1. No /x parameter is needed for the standard
IRQ's.
When specifying the location of the system file on line 1 of the BRDOOR.CFG
file, you may use the environment variables %pcbdrive%, %pcbdir%, %pcbnode%,
and %wcnodeid%. Some examples:
PCBoard:
USERS.SYS in C:\PCB - %pcbdrive%%pcbdir%\USERS.SYS
USERS.SYS in C:\PCB\NODE1 - %pcbdrive%%pcbdir%\NODE%pcbnode%\USERS.SYS
Wildcat!:
USERINFO.DAT in C:\WC\NODE1 - C:\WC\NODE%wcnodeid%
Non-PCBoard systems may use the PCB environment variables by setting them
in either AUTOEXEC.BAT or in the batch that runs the door. For example:
SET PCBDRIVE=C:
SET PCBDIR=\BBSDIR
SET PCBNODE=1
486DX CPU's
-----------
Some math coprocessors in 486DX CPUs cannot handle floating point math.
This can show up as an ERROR 5, a keyboard timeout, etc.
Fortunately there is an easy fix for this problem. Simply place the following
line in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
SET NO87=ON
Support BBS:
------------
The Abyss BBS
817-430-4169
Sysop: David Moses
Send registration to:
Doug Moses
300 Westwood Dr.
Euless, TX
76039
Other Utilities from Doug and I
-------------------------------
* Bre Stats Offline Utility - $5
--------------------------------
Bre Stats is a very user friendly mouse driven program. It is designed
to allow players in Baron Realms Elite Leagues to read the League's
score files offline. This allows the user to spend their online time
playing the game instead of scrolling through all the score files trying
to find Empires to attack or form treaties with. Bre Stats will also
handle all the calculations when adding up your attack and defense
strength. It will also keep track of how many commanders and carriers
you need for your Empire. You can even enter in information about other
Empires and get an instant report comparing your Empire to theirs. It
will now also show Spy Information.
Bre Stats will also keep a 14 day history of all Empires activities in
the League. This allows you to quickly find Empires that are on the
rise or thoses that are possibly in trouble. When you register Bre
Stats you will be able to view graphs on Empires activities and be able
backup your files.
* Bre Stats (The Door Version) - $10
----------------------------
Bre Stats (The Door Version) is a highly sysop configurable door that is
designed to help eliminate alot of guess work when planning attacks, etc..
in the popular game Barron Realms Elite. Below is a list of some of the
many things Bre Stats (The Door Version) has to offer:
View League Wide Stats on Players and BBS's.
Compare Your Empire to Another.
Compare Your BBS to Another.
Compare ANY two Empires to each other.
Create a custom report on anything you compare.
View an extended version of the Spy Database.
Create a Bulletin showing Routing Structres of Bre Packets.
Online Calculator.
Create a Bulletin similar to BreMil.
* Make Your Own Trivia - $10
----------------------------
"Make Your Own Trivia" is a BBS door game that allows you to create
your own question modules. You can add these question modules to the
program and build a library of custom question and answers that meet your
particular needs.
The unregistered version of "Make Your Own Trivia" comes with a sample
of 100 questions that you may use during your 30 day evaluation period.
Until the program is registered these are the only questions that will
be recognized by "Make Your Own Trivia".
* My Trivia Maker (FREEWARE)
----------------------------
Supplemental program for creating question files for "Make Your Own
Trivia".
* Make Your Own Trivia Module Set #1 (FREEWARE)
-----------------------------------------------
Supplemental triva modules for "Make Your Own Trivia". Contains trivia
questions about The Universe, Animals, Computers, and Elvis.
* Foolem' (The Fake Dos Door) - $10
-----------------------------------
Foolem' is a "Fake" drop to dos door that will make your users think they
have gained access to your hard drive. You can set it up as a door or as
a dos hook. Catch those "Snoopy" users that just can't seem to resist trying
to get to areas they know they don't have access to. Foolem' will create
a log file for the sysop to review showing EVERYTHING the user did when
they went into the door. Foolem' recognizes ALL dos commands and has a
few surpirses for the user when they run *.EXE's and *.BAT's. It also
has *.TXT files that users can read which contain "TOP SECRET INFORMATION"
about your BBS, USERS ACCOUNTS, and even your BANK ACCOUNT (all sysop
configurable of course). Some of the more popular dos commands supported
for those "Real Scum Users" are: FORMAT, FDISK, DEL, ERASE, COPY, XCOPY,
CD, CHDIR, RD, RMDIR, etc. etc.....
* Callem' (The Fake Call-Out Door) - $10
----------------------------------------
Callem' is a "Fake" Call-Out Door. It will make your users think they are
calling Long Distance BBS's and charging it to your phone number. Comes with
a pre-programmed BBS List for users to choose from or allows them to put in
their own custom phone number to dial. Sysop Configurable. Creates a log
file so that you can see EVERYTHING the user did.
*** NOTE ***
If registering Foolem' and Callem' at the same time the total cost is only
$15 (What a bargin eh?)
Latest Versions of our software
-------------------------------
If you have a suggestion on a door you would like to see let us know.
You can send mail to the address above or FIDO 1/130/1009.
You can FREQ the latest versions of our software from 1/130/1009, The Abyss
BBS, or call our support board at (817) 430-4169.
FREQ:
Newest version of "Foolem' (The Fake Dos Door)"
Magic Name: FOOLEM
File Name: FOOL*.ZIP
Newest version of "Callem' (The Fake Call-Out Door)"
Magic Name: CALLEM
File Name: CALL*.ZIP
Newest version of "Bre Stats (The Door Version)"
Magic Name: BRDOOR
File Name: BRDOR*.ZIP
Newest version of "Bre Stats (Offline Version)"
Magic Name: BRESTATS
File Name: BRESTA*.ZIP
Newest version of "Make Your Own Trivia"
Magic Name: TRIVIA
File Name: MYOTD*.ZIP
Newest version of "My Trivia Maker"
Magic Name: EDITOR
File Name: MYTRIVIA.ZIP
All Libraries of Trivia Questions
Magic Name: MODPACKS
File Name: MYOTM*.ZIP