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OO2_144.EXE/DOC
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This small utility is to be used in conjunction with the door game of
Operation: Overkill II, version .998 (OOII998.ZIP/ARJ).
In version .998 of OOII, the game apparently does not validate a value of
14400 as a baudrate, read in from the BBS's dropfile (namely WildCat 3.xx
and a few other BBS programs). OOII halts with a runtime error 204 if
it reads in a value of 14400 from BBSINFO.OO. If you do not have a modem
that can reach 9600 or 14400 speeds, this program is obviously not
necessary for your system.
OO2_144 will read the BBSINFO.OO (after it has been created by OOINFO) and
scan the baudrate value. If OO2_144 should find a 14400 value in the text
file, it will change that rate to a specified parameter, either "9600" or
"19200". OO2_144 rewrites the BBSINFO.OO file with the value of the
parameter baudrate replacing the 14400 baudrate value. Please note that
OO2_144 will not affect the actual connection rate of the modems, only the
BBSINFO.OO text file. OOII should then interpret BBSINFO.OO as normal and
proceed to load up the game without error.
The command parameter to invoke this utility is:
OO2_144 <preferred baudrate>
You must assign a value of 9600, 19200, or 38400 for the preferred baudrate
in your command line. For example, if you wanted to have OOII load up with
a 9600 value for its baudrate, the command line would be:
"OO2_144 9600"
...and if you wanted to set the baudrate to 19200, the command line would be:
"OO2_144 19200"
Set the baudrate to a value that best is suitable for your system. Some
Sysops have found that changing the baud rate (in real 14400 mode) to
19200 for the best results. If your system is jumpy or inaccurate, try
the lower baudrate of 9600. If you still continue to have problems,
please contact Dustin Nulf (see below for BBS and/or address).
OO2_144 should be placed in your Overkill batch file directly after the
"OOINFO x \xxxxx\" command. For example, observe the following batch file:
CD\OOII
OOINFO 10 \RA\ 1
OO2_144 9600 <--- OO2_144 is called directly after OOINFO,
MAINTOO before MAINTOO and OOII, changing the
OOII 14400 value to 9600.
COPY TOP10.* \RA\TXTFILES
COPY FRONTIER.OO \RA\TXTFILES
CD\RA
If you have any problems with this utility or Operation: Overkill, please
contact me and explain your situation. I also appreciate any feedback!
This 14400 read error in OOII will be fixed in future versions of OOII.
Dustin Nulf
2709 Sherrill Park Drive
Richardson, TX 75082
Catacombs of the Bear Cult
(214) 669-9052
FidoNet 1:124/6304
HST Speeds, 24 hours
Operation: Overkill II, Copyright (c) 1992 Dustin Nulf and Tom Hazel