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L A N / B B S T O U R N A M E N T G O L F
LBGolf is a very unique multi-user tournament oriented graphical
golf game that can be played on BBS's, networks, and on your PC at home.
As many as 99 simultaneous players can compete against each other in
real-time for optional prizes. As a door game, LBGolf is a revolutionary
product raising the standard for future BBS games and there is no
additional charge for multi-node support. As for networks, there just
are not very many multi-user games available, so LBGolf is a very welcome
addition. As a stand-alone game, LBGolf plays great at any CPU speed and
requires no special hardware.
This is a FULLY FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION COPY of LBGolf. LBGolf is a
copyrighted product and is not public domain. After evaluating LBGolf
for 21 days, you have a moral and legal obligation of paying for this
software. Very few authors make a completely uncrippled version of their
software available to the general public when the software is of top
quality and great complexity like LBGolf is. Whether or not another
SHAREWARE version of LBGolf with any new features will be available
depends on a large percentage of LBGolf users paying for the software.
The previous release of LBGolf did NOT get enough registrations. You
have been given a second chance. Otherwise, this will be the last
version of LBGolf that is Shareware and new versions of LBGolf will be
commercial software.
Distribution of the files in the LBGolf 1.81 archive and all LBGolf
courses by individuals is encouraged. Other LBGolf files may not be
distributed. See FILES.TXT for the files that should be in the LBGolf
1.81 archive. LBGolf may NOT be sold in or to retail stores with prior
written permission from Valley Programming. Running LBGolf on a network
requires payment for only one copy per server.
Besides the LBGolf program itself, you need to become familiar with
the LAN/BBS Tournament Golf Utilities program (LBUtils). This program is
used to manage players and tournaments. You must use LBUtils when you
want to start a new tournament.
The TSR "Share" program that is supplied with DOS is normally
required to be installed when running LBGolf. Share should be loaded from
your autoexec.bat file or config.sys file. Add "SHARE /F:4096 /L:255" to
your autoexec.bat file for best results. Do NOT execute Share other than
at boot time. Share should be in your DOS directory and your DOS
directory should be in your path.
There are two different methods of entering the hook and power. The
default method when not using a configuration file uses timing. The
default method when using a configuration file does not use timing. You
will need to determine what method is best for you. See the LBGOLF.DOC
and LBGOLF.CFG files for more information.
If using DESQview, you need to set the KEYBOARD CONFLICT to C. If not
set to C or higher, the keyboard will not be cleared after each key is
pressed when playing locally.
If you run a BBS, you need to edit the LBGOLF.CFG file to suit
your BBS and use LBGOLF LBGOLF.CFG. LBGolf directly supports the
DOOR.SYS, CALLINFO.BBS, DORINFOx.DEF, and SFDOORS.DAT drop files.
=========================================================================
ORDERING THE LATEST VERSION OF LBGOLF REGISTERED IN YOUR NAME
=========================================================================
ORDERING BY MAIL DIRECTLY FROM THE AUTHOR
Print out the ORDERFRM.TXT file, fill it out, then send it in
along with a check or money order to P.O. Box 34085, San Antonio, TX,
78265-4085.
ORDERING BY CREDIT CARD THROUGH THE PUBLIC SOFTWARE LIBRARY
You can use your credit card to order any Valley Programming
product by contacting Public Software Library at one of the numbers
listed below. These numbers are for ORDERS ONLY, not tech support.
1-800-2424-PSL (Phone)
1-713-524-6394 (Phone)
1-713-524-6398 (Fax)
71355,470 (CompuServe EMail)
LBGolf's PSL product number is 10599 and is $ 26.95 including
shipping and handling. PSL will notify us of your order normally on the
same day. THE PRODUCT NUMBER MUST BE SPECIFIED WHEN ORDERING LBGOLF
THROUGH PSL.
ORDERING ON COMPUSERVE
CompuServe users can type GO SWREG to access the Shareware
Registration Database to order a registered version of any Valley
Programming product. Choose to search by "Author's User ID" and type
72630,1022. You will then see a menu of all current Valley Programming
shareware products that you can select LBGolf from, then follow the
rest of the prompts to complete the ordering process. This is the
fastest method of ordering.
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?
No matter how you choose to order your registered copy of LBGolf,
you will be sent the absolute latest version, a disk containing several
courses, and a utility that creates an ANSI file (see SAMPLE.ANS) that
is used to advertise the use of LBGolf on your system which displays the
leader board and tournament information. Shipments are usually made
within two days after the ordering information is received. The courses
that are listed below will be included on the course disk along with any
new courses that will fit on a single disk.
ALAMO CITY COUNTRY CLUB.......Fictitious course written by James Robinson.
CEDAR CREEK...................Modelled after an actual course in San
Antonio, Texas. Written by James Robinson.
CLASSIC HOLES COUNTRY CLUB....Made up of famous holes from courses around
the world. Written by George Balog.
CLEVELAND PUBLIC GOLF COURSE..Fictitious course written by George Balog.
ST. GEORGE COUNTRY CLUB.......Fictitious course written by George Balog
with a medieval concept.
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PLANNED FEATURES IN FUTURE VERSIONS OF LBGOLF
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* No longer require share.exe
* Digitized sound and speech
* File merge utility for multiple BBS tournaments
* Watch another on-line player
* Play with other on-line player(s) and/or sysop
* Messages between players
* Highlight show containing the best shots in the current tournament
* Instant replay database (view any saved shot by any player)
* Chat with sysop
* Toughest holes list
* Hall of Fame (previous tournament winners)
* Play-by-play text for current tournament
* Putting green
* List last 20 scores on current hole and who the players were
* Host and remote modes for on-line play without using a BBS
* Player characteristics (driving distance, accuracy, consistency, etc.)
Send in your LBGolf wish list and let me know what planned features
mentioned above are the most important to you.
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TECHNICAL SUPPORT
=========================================================================
CompuServe ... 72630,1022
GEnie ........ J.ROBINSON12
Mail ......... P.O. Box 34085, San Antonio, TX 78265-4085
Phone ........ (210) 650-9515 evenings
Major message echos like DoorWare (Fido) on BBS's are excellent ways to
get help on LBGolf and other door games or just to talk about them. If
you like LBGolf, be sure to tell everyone about LBGolf on door game
related message conferences. If you leave a message to JAMES ROBINSON on
a national or world wide door game related message conference, I will
probably receive the message and reply to it.
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SPECIAL THANKS
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George Balog........Lost Time BBS...................(216) 237-2116
Van Blize...........Vanbo's Place BBS...............(210) 349-5062
David Christopher...Another Brick In The Wall BBS...(210) 675-7864
Dan Harvey..........The Holston River Valley BBS....(615) 475-1080
Pat Nefos...........The Sounding Board BBS..........(303) 444-7942
A very special thanks goes to all of those that registered a previous
version of LBGolf. Without their support, this version of LBGolf may
have never been developed.
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LBGOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURE CONTEST!
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A cash prize of $25.00 will be awarded to the best four LBGolf course
architects that create a new completely original LBGolf eighteen hole
course. Courses must be mailed to Valley Programming, P.O. Box 34085,
San Antonio, TX 78265-4085 to be entered in the contest. Contest ends
May 31st, 1993. You must own a registered copy of LBGolf to be eligable
to enter the LBGolf Course Architecture Contest.
LBGolf courses are ASCII files that you create with any standard text
editor. Load GOLDOAKS.SCR into your favorite DOS editor to see an actual
LBGolf course. When you want to start making your first LBGolf course,
just copy GOLDOAKS.SCR to another .SCR file and modify it. Remember,
though, that courses must be completely original to be entered in the
LBGolf Course Architecture Contest.
Another course architecture contest might be held after this one. If you
got your copy of LBGolf 1.80 after May 31st, 1993, you should order the
latest registered version of LBGolf which will come with the courses that
won the contest(s) and information about any new contests.