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There are some important changes that you need to note if you are
upgrading from a version of "SUPER RASSLE" before v3.0. If you don't
get it right, it just won't work.
Go ahead and unzip RASSLExx.ZIP into the game directory. You will
need to create a sub-directory above your door directory.
EX: C:\DOOR\RASSLE\USERS
Move all of the <user>.DAT files to the \USERS sub-dir and rename
them to <user>.USR. SR will look for them in this directory and NO
WHERE else. If you don't create \USERS then SR will create it the first
time it is run. I did this to get all of the <user>.DAT files out of
the game directory. Makes it look a bit neater. Un-ZIP all of the extra
ZIP files and leave them in the SR directory. If there are any users
that you do not want to play the door, take their USR file and rename it
to <user>.NO. This will prevent them from playing the door.
You will find 3 files with the names, COMMENT.LST, COMMENT.DAT and
CMTCVT.EXE. The .LST file contains the comments that appear at the
bottom of the game screen. You can edit these to suit your tastes and
compile them into the .DAT file using the CMTCVT.EXE file. You can have
32,767 different comments. That ought to be enough to personalize SR
for your BBS. Please read the READ.ME file that is in COMMENT.ZIP.
This gives you the info and specs on modifying COMMENT.LST.
You can delete the .ZIP and INSTALL.BAT files at this time. You
MUST edit your CFG files and add an extra line to the bottom of them.
Put the 'MINIMUM' security level that can play the door. This MUST be
a NUMBER value and cannot be a string value. You should be able to use
numbers up to 2,147,483,647 so most BBSs should be covered. <GRIN>
The only files that need be in the \USERS sub-dir are the
<user>.DAT and <user>.NO files. You can store your CMTCVT.EXE and
COMMENT.LST files in here if you like. I just hate cluttered
directories. If you forget the instructions for CMTCVT just type the
EXE name on the command line and help screen will mysteriously appear.
Just incase you want to write a utility to edit the COMMENT.DAT file
directly the record format is below.
TYPE RassleComment
Comment AS STRING * 50
END TYPE
DIM RasCom as RassleComment
If you'd like to share it with the world, just U/L it to the BBS and
I'll include it in the RASSLExx.ZIP file, with the proper KUDOs of
course.