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TRIPLE YAHTZEE
v3.3
PCBoard 14.x
by
Al Lawrence
Sunrise-80 BBS
(404) 256-9525
OVERVIEW
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Triple Yahtzee is played exactly like the board game. A high score file
is maintained (size is controlled from the configuration file). Since
this game can take a while to play to completion, a game save feature
has been included. This feature allows the caller to save the game
contents and return to the same game on their next call automatically.
NOTE: Most errors will be logged to a file called SUNRISE.ERR, which is
created in the directory you run the door from.
INSTALLATION
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Installation is fairly easy and straight-forward. The following steps and
examples should have you up and running in a very short period of time.
It is assumed that you are familiar with setting up DOORS on your system.
To this end, only examples of the configuration file and Door batch file
are described.
1) Create a directory to hold all YAHTZEE files
2) Unzip TYAHTZxx.ZIP into the the above directory
NOTE: BRUN45.EXE is not included but is required !!!
3) Create a configuration file, with a name of your choice, or
modify the supplied YAHTZEE.CFG file. A description follows:
C:\PCB\ ** Location of System file
SUNRISE-80 BBS Your BBS Name
Al SYSOP's First Name
Lawrence Sysop's Last Name
00000000 Registration Number
50 Number of Top Score entries.
Minimum = 10, Maximum = 99.
# 2 Keyboard timeout value in minutes.
If key not depressed for 2 minutes
board is saved and caller is returned
to BBS. Minimum=2, Maximum=5
# NONE Drive:\Path\Filename to contain the
Top Score Bulletin or enter NONE
for NO Bulletin creation.
1 Initial setting of the HOTKEY feature.
1=ON, 0=OFF. Default will be 1 if any
other value is encountered.
2 1 = DO NOT Display the ADOPT-A-DOOR Msg
2 = DO Display the ADOPT-A-DOOR Message
When YAHTZEE is Registerd, this option
will have no effect. This option is for
those Sysops that do not like the
ADOPT-A-DOOR Concept.
# 1 Color of Main Portion of Board
1=Blue, 4=Red, 5=Magenta, 14=Yellow
NOTE: There should be NO BLANK LINES in the configuration file!
** = Replace with ONE of the following:
PCBOARD.SYS ...... For PCBoard Systems
DOOR.SYS ......... For All Systems That Support DOOR.SYS
CALLINFO.BBS ..... For WILDCAT! Systems
DORINFOx.DEF ..... For QBBS/RBBS/RemoteAccess Systems
x=Node Number
SFDOORS.DAT ...... For SPITFIRE Systems
# = Requires registration to change to a different value
4) Create a batch file or modify the YAHTZEE file supplied. A
description of this file follows:
ECHO off
cd\PCB\DOORS\YAHTZEE Location of Yahtzee files
YAHTZEE YAHTZEE.CNF EXE filename and CNF filename (Name
used in creating file in #3 above)
CD\PCB
BOARD
5) When running in more than one node, be sure to supply a
different configuration name for each node (your choice of name).
ADOPT-A-DOOR
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Having been a Sysop for a number of years, I have had my share of problems
and frustrations getting financial support for my board's upkeep. A fellow
Sysop left a message on my board, not long ago, about a concept that was
being used by several boards around the country.
The concept, ADOPT-A-DOOR, allows a caller to register (ADOPT) a door. It
would be the same as sending in a donation, only this way it is earmarked
for registering a particular door. In a way, the user feels he/she is
"getting something in return". As a Door author I have decided to build
this concept into each of my Door programs. The concept replaces the
usual message "tell the Sysop to register this Door" we find in most
doors.
If the Door is unregisterd then a message appears on the opening screen
to that effect. After finishing or suspending a game, a message screen
is displayed about the ADOPT-A-DOOR concept. The message also tells the
caller to contact the Sysop to find out if there is any further details
to the ADOPT-A-DOOR concept. Some Sysops give extra D/L time, online
time, etc to callers that ADOPT-A-DOOR.
If the Door has been registered, either by the Sysop or other callers,
the names of those contributors will be displayed in the closing screen.
NOTE: If you want to display the names of the callers that contributed
to registering the Door, you must create an ASCII file called
ADOPT.SYS. You create it with an Editor or Word Processor. Enter
the name(s) of the contributors (one on each line, maximum of 5
entries, each a maximum of 30 characters long). This file must be
saved, in ASCII format, and placed in the Door directory.
LEGALITIES
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THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS ARE DISTRIBUTED "AS IS"
WITHOUT WARRANTY, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL ANYONE INVOLVED WITH
THE CREATION AND PRODUCTION OF THIS PRODUCT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT,
SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, ARISING OUT OF ANY USE THEREOF
OR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY.
DISTRIBUTION
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You may make this file available for downloading from your BBS or you may
upload it to any BBS of your choice, provided that you do not make any
changes to the contents of the archive (ZIP file). The archive and its
individual contents may not be used by any service that charges any money
whatsoever, without the written permission of the author.
REGISTRATION
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Registration and the subsequent insertion of the registration number into
your configuation file, allows for the display of your BBS name on the
opening and closing screen as well as the reduction of a delay built into
the opening screen display along with the ability to change certain values
in the configuration file.
To register your copy of YAHTZEE, please fill out the registration form
(REGISTER.FRM) and mail it along with a small donation ($20, $25,etc) to
the name and address on the form.
Be sure to use the proper upper/lower case when filling in your name and
BBS name, as they MUST match the way you entered them in the configuration
file. ^^^^
Based upon information supplied on the registration form, I will pre-
register you on my BBS. You will then be able to call SUNRISE-80 and pick
up your registration number or supply a self-addressed stamped envelope.
MISC
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The latest version of TRIPLE YAHTZEE and other fine SUNRISE DOOR programs
are always available for download from SUNRISE-80 BBS and/or SALTAIR BBS.
Remember, should you have any problems, questions or suggestions, be sure
to drop me a message on either of the aforementioned BBS' or via the
DOORS conference on PCRELAY/RIME, Node=SUNRISE.