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SFVEGAS v1.2 - The Spitfire Gambling Door
from Bob Zimmerman of the Mainframe
(Revision History can be found at the back of this document)
DEDICATION
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This door is dedicated to PSA. PSA, the Phoenix Spitfire Alliance are a
group of sysops in the Arizona area that meet monthly. They are dedicated
to putting together some of the BEST BBSes around. They meet to discuss
different issues and problems and help each other out.
I had the opportunity to meet with them and found them to be a very
exciting group. During our evening, we started discussing ideas for new
utilities and doors.
Out of this discussion came some excellent ideas! This door was one of
them. So this door, SFVEGAS is dedicated to those hard working, nose
grinding, finger typing sysops of PSA!
OVERVIEW
--------
Basically, this door is a door where callers can gamble their logon time.
The defaults are setup so that they gamble 5 minutes and can win back 20
minutes (for an actual gain of 15 minutes - the 20 minus 5).
When callers choose to gamble, 5 minutes is deducted from their logon
time. They then roll an imaginary set of dice. After that, the BBS rolls
an imaginary set of dice.
If the numbers match, they win!
The default is that the dice won't roll a number higher then 5! This
means, that only 1 thru 5 can show up (total between the 2 dice). This
makes it about 1 to 5 that they win (for every 5 attempts).
You have the ability to adjust ALL of these factors, bet amount, how much
they win, and the difficulty of the game.
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SFVEGAS v1.2 - The Spitfire Gambling Door
from Bob Zimmerman of the Mainframe
INSTALLATION
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1) Create a directory for SFVEGAS
2) Update SF.BAT and place the following code after the correct door
label in the BAT file:
COPY SFDOORS.DAT C:\SFVEGAS (or wherever SFVEGAS is installed)
C:
CD\SFVEGAS
SFVEGAS /CALLER /MIN:5 /RATIO:4 /ODDS:5
GOTO LOOP
You may not run this from a "sysop configurable option" until version 2.8
of Spitfire. You also may not run this from Wildfire. I have tried several
times to get ahold of its author to see if he could make change to
Wildfire so that it will check for "updated" logon time - but so far I
have been unable to contact him.
The command line parameters are:
/CALLER requests that SFVEGAS update the normal CALLER.LOG with the
status of the caller (wins/losses).
Omitting /CALLER causes SFVEGAS to write the log data to a
file called PRIVATE.LOG in the SFVEGAS directory.
/NOLOG requests no log at all
/MIN: specifies how much time the user gambles every time he
plays
/RATIO: specifies how much time the user wins when he wins the
gamble... This is NOT MINUTES, but a number that multiplies
against MIN:. For example, if /MIN: is 5, and /RATIO: is 4
(the defaults), then he losses 5 and can win 4 multiply 5
(or 20).
/ODDS: specifies how hard to make the game. This will be the
highest number that the BBS and caller can roll. Specify
from 1 to 12. The default is 5. Specifying 1 will have the
user win every time etc...
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SFVEGAS v1.2 - The Spitfire Gambling Door
from Bob Zimmerman of the Mainframe
Registration
------------
All questions should be directed to:
Bob Zimmerman
Sysop - The Mainframe BBS
312-364-0425 2400/1200/0300
use area code 708 after 11/14/89
The Mainframe
PO Box 1387
Arlington Heights, IL 60006
MCI Mail:
R. Zimmerman 386-4706
Compuserv 72371,1700
The above mailing address should be used for the registration fee. For the
current version (1.0), registration is $15.00. When this is received, a
ZIP file will be created on my BBS and made available for you to download.
If you want me to send you the disk and this manual printed, add $5 for 5
1/4 disk or $7 for 3 1/2 disk.
If you prefer, your package can be delivered via EASYPLEX of Compuserv.
Registration plus Easyplex delivery will cost an additional $5.
Registration will get you a specially compiled version that eliminates the
front end "unregistered copy" message.
You are granted 30 days to evaluate this program. After that 30 day
period, if you choose to continue running this program, you should
register the product!
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SFVEGAS v1.2 - The Spitfire Gambling Door
from Bob Zimmerman of the Mainframe
Revision
--------
V1.1 The original version was generating numbers based on the seconds
and hundredths of seconds on the pc clock. It turns out that XT
pcs don't have hundredths of seconds...
This has been corrected. This program now runs fine on XT
machines. (I need to get an XT for this type of testing, I test
on a 286...)
V1.2 Fixed a problem running SFVEGAS from the Extend A Menu program
(SFMNUEXT)... This now works fine.
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