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- Geopolitik v 1.0
- by
- Screaming
- Sushi
- and
- John
- Keats
-
- First off, if you enjoy running this on-line game on your BBS, please do me
- the favor of dropping me a postcard with your name, the location and name
- of your BBS, and any other interesting information so that I can know what
- kind of exposure Geopolitik is getting. Address any mail to
-
- John Sichi
- 7310 Dunfield Avenue
- Los Angeles, CA 90045
-
-
-
- INTRODUCTION:
-
- This game was written in Jan-April 1988 when the only major chain files I
- had seen for WWIV were mostly games like Caveman, based on the original
- Proving Grounds concept, or versions of the space trading game Trade Wars.
- Having been a player of board games like Diplomacy, Supremacy, and Risk for
- several years, I decided that it was time some one came up with an online
- game dealing with world politics, and here it is.
-
-
-
- FILES YOU SHOULD HAVE:
-
- GEOP.PAS (the main program file)
- ROUTINE1.PAS (various overlays)
- ROUTINE2.PAS (more overlays)
- MAINTEN.PAS (the maintenance program)
- GEOCREAT.PAS (program initializer)
- VERSION3.PAS (routines for running with WWIV versions before 4.0)
- SYSOPDOC.GEO (this file)
- HELPD.GEO (diplomacy help)
- HELPE.GEO (economics help)
- HELPM.GEO (military help)
- HELPN.GEO (nuclear help)
- HELPI.GEO (intelligence help)
- HELPS.GEO (domestic help)
- HELPB.GEO (big help)
- PIC.GEO (opening screen)
- HISTORY.GEO (history of WWIII)
-
-
-
- INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLATION:
-
- After reading this documentation, you need to do the following:
-
-
- ** If you are running Geopolitik on WWIV 4.0 (or 4.X) **
-
- a) Delete the line in GEOP.PAS that says {$I VERSION3.PAS}. This line
- should only be saved if Geopolitik is being run on WWIV 3.21d (see below
- for more complete instructions for any 3.21d sysops who might still be
- around. If you are running a non-WWIV board, you're on your own).
-
- b) Compile the file GEOP.PAS into GEOP.COM using the compiler Options
- command from the Turbo Pascal menu (turbo pascal version 3.X; 4.X will
- get you nowhere).
-
- c) Copy GEOP.COM and GEOP.000 (the overlay file) to the main BBS directory.
-
- d) Copy all *.GEO files to the GFILES directory.
-
- e) run the program GEOCREAT.PAS (either through Turbo Pascal or by
- compiling it into GEOCREAT.COM), which should create the datafiles
- NATIONS.GEO, REGIONS.GEO, WORLD.GEO, THISYEAR.GEO, LASTYEAR.GEO,
- MESSAGES.GEO, and TRASHCAN.GEO (which is a list of players who have
- abdicated). Copy these files to the DATA directory.
-
- f) Use the //CHAINEDIT function from the BBS proper or "C" from WFC to
- initialize Geopolitik as a chain program. Remember to use "GEOP %1" as
- the filename, so the player information can be properly passed.
-
- g) Have fun watching the world get blown into itty-bitty bits.
-
-
- ** If you are running Geopolitik on WWIV 3.21d **
-
- The procedure is nearly identical to the procedure for WWIV 4.0, except for
- the following changes:
-
- a) Retain the line that says {$I VERSION3.PAS}.
-
- b) Compile GEOP.PAS to GEOP.CHN, not GEOP.COM.
-
- b) Copy all *.GEO files to the GFILES directory, including the data files
- (since 3.21d doesn't have a DATA directory, it would be awfully tough to
- move files there...).
-
- c) The filename for installing in the Chainfile section is "GEOP", not
- "GEOP %1."
-
- d) Install the file from the board with //CHAINS
-
-
-
- NOTES:
-
- To any pacifist types out there: the purpose of this game, as you might
- think after watching it get played for a while, is not just to let teenage
- males take out their aggressions against the world vicariously by marching
- through or nuking to pieces the territory of the other players. It is also
- to let them see how precarious the world balance of power actually is and
- to demonstrate the need for a sane, peaceful Earth.
-
- To programmers: if you feel like modifying the source code at all to put
- in your own nifty little modifications, that's fine with me--that's why I'm
- including the source file; in fact, I'd really appreciate hearing what kind
- of things you think would improve the game. However, make sure to
- distribute the program with this file intact with any modification notices
- you want, and make sure the credits screen stays the way it is, or may the
- toenail clippings of all time of the entire human race descend upon your
- head.
-
- Final Note by the guy credited for "Esthetics"... There are a few routines
- in the system that clever (read: too devious for their own good) players
- can take advantage of to excel in the game; not bugs, but just interesting
- tactics. The easiest warps on the system are the numerous options for
- "scortched earth" policies, nukes being only one way to mess up the world.
- When you (the sysop) get tired of such a screwed up world -- and your
- players should start screaming sooner or later -- just re-run geocreat and
- copy the resulting files over the old ones. It's still called a re-roll,
- don't ask why. One final thing: I had nothing to do with the actual
- programming of this beast. All credit and/or blame for the spaghetti code
- should go to Screaming Sushi. -- John Keats