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┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Inter-LORD TM an Inter-BBS In Game Module (IGM) for L.O.R.D. │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Please read these doc files before attempting to install this program. However, if you wish to do a quick installation, jump below to the Installation section. ALSO, feel free to use the INTRLORD.ANS file on your BBS to promote the arrival of Inter-LORD on your BBS! ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Description of this IGM │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Inter-LORD is designed to add Inter-BBS support to Legend of the Red Dragon in the EASIEST manner possible. It is an add-on to The Realm of Vanadia series of Inter-IGMs, or it can be used independently of the series. Although there are many benefits to using Inter-LORD, some of the features are listed here: COMMUNICATIONS: - Support for FOSSILS, internal communications to 115,200, and non-standard communication ports. - Supports and uses the RIP protocol, e.g. clickable menus - Monitors carrier detect signal and returns to BBS - Correctly detects a keyboard timeout and returns to BBS - Monitors the time remaining, and returns to BBS - Function keys for sysops to alter user time, chat, etc... MULTINODE SUPPORT - File locking and sharing using SHARE.EXE for ALL critical files including the data and log files. - Gives up time slices for popular multitaskers including Desqview, OS/2 and Windows - Adjustable polling time. Allows sysops to customize how often the program will poll for keyboard input. A value of 0 will cause the system to wait for the next keystroke without doing anything in the background. - Individual logfiles for each node. INTER-BBS SUPPORT Playing Features - Players can now vote for a Magistrate. The elected Magistrate will be able to form alliances with other Realms. These alliances are enforced by Inter-LORD. - Detailed descriptions of options provides the user with insight and guidance while in Inter-LORD. - Users will be able to tell what is happening all over the league simply by reading LORD's Daily News! SysOps can configure Inter- LORD to either show the users everything happening everywhere or just the information pertenant to your BBS. - Users may send telegrams to any Inter-BBS player from within the game using colors and built in ANSI and ASCII editors. - Users may battle other players, and will receive GOLD, GEMS and EXPERIENCE if they win, and they will lose the same if they lose. - Users are notified whenever a Inter-BBS user attacks them, kills them, runs away, or dies trying. - Users may send gold, gems and iventory items to anyone on any BBS - Users may perform many actions to users on ANY BBS, like cursing, summoning demons, sending terrorists, etc... SysOp Features - No longer requires the .MSG for inbound processing, works very similiar to BRE. - Automatic maintenance routines. - Supports correct deleting of files in Binkley Term - Extremely SIMPLE for Sysops to set up, no route file is needed! - Will not import information from BBSs not listed in the current INTERBBS.CFG file. - Any SysOp in the League can use the SENDALL command line paramter to send a personal NetMail to all of the other SysOps in a League. Excellent for coordinators to keep members informed - A BBS can particpate in multiple leagues, as long as each league has a unique League ID. - Uses PKZIP and PKUNZIP to compress data before sending. - You can create colorful ANSI and ASCII bulletins for displaying on your BBS by using MAINTAIN BULLETINS. Coordinator Features - The League Coordinator (LC) can view all information for all players in the league using INTRLORD VIEW - LC's can configure the maximum number of times a player can perform ALL Inter-BBS options. Independent of one another. - Can calculate route times and create reports showing the route time, the time the last packet was created, the version numbers on the remote systems and who is registered. MAINTAIN ROUTE - Uses a HOST routing technology to send information from one system to another. The league coordinator handles the routing for the entire league. - Can use a "wagon wheel" style of routing to over-ride the HOST system for the easiest routing. - Can be setup to check for number of forest fights, player fights, and illegal IGMs on remote systems. A NetMail message will be created and left in your mail directory so you can keep tabs on improperly configured systems without searching log files. - Inter-LORD automatically sends the INTERBBS.CFG file and IGMINFO.DAT file to all participating systems each night to insure they are always kept up to date. - All BBSs in the League are forced to use the same configuration parameters, thus insuring all BBSs are running identical games. - Can check for duplicate players, and only allows a given user name (their real name) to be used on one system at a time. This option can be disabled in the INTERBBS.CFG file. - The league coordinator can cause a reset of the game (including the LORD game running Inter-LORD and The Realm of Vanadia IGMs if they are installed) at any time by simply using a command line switch (INTRLORD RESET) - Will support up to 99 BBSs and thousands of players without the need for extended or expanded memory. MISCELANEOUS: - An easy to use configuration program built in, eliminating the need to edit configuration files by hand (INTRLORD CONFIG) - Creates bulletins showing high scores (INTRLORD BULLETINS) - Support for ANSI, AVATAR, ASCII and RIP - RIP Support includes clickable menus and full size characters. More graphics will be added later. - Written in C/C++ for the fastest, smallest code possible - Extensively tested both internally and through betas. - Conforms to the Inter-IGM standard and will communicate with The Realm of Vanadia series of Inter-IGMs, if present. Inter-LORD is a very large IGM and should provide your users with many new challenges. There are traders, spell casters, and more "locals" that your users can interact with. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Copyright Notice and Program Disclaimer │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ This software is Copyright 2000 and owned by Vagabond Software. Vagabond Software grants to the user a nonexclusive license to use this software solely for its internal business purposes. The user may not commercially distribute, sublicense, resell, or otherwise transfer for any consideration, or reproduce for any such purposes, the software or any modification or derivation thereof, either alone or in conjunction with any other product or program. Further, the user may not modify the software or its support files for any purpose. (Damn that was a MOUTHFULL!) THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED TO THE USER ''AS IS.'' Vagabond Software MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THIS SOFTWARE AND/OR ASSOCIATED MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE USER, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR AGAINST INFRINGEMENT. Vagabond Software DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE FUNCTIONS CONTAINED IN THE SOFTWARE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE OPERATION OF THE SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT DEFECTS IN THE SOFTWARE WILL BE CORRECTED. FURTHERMORE, Vagabond Software DOES NOT WARRANT OR MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE USE OR THE RESULTS OF THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR ANY DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED HEREWITH IN TERMS OF THEIR CORRECTNESS, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY Vagabond Software OR A G.A.C. COMPUTER SERVICES AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY OR IN ANY WAY INCREASE THE SCOPE OF THIS WARRANTY. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY -- Vagabond Software AND ITS LICENSORS ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIMS OR DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING PROPERTY DAMAGE, PERSONAL INJURY, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INFRINGEMENT, LOSS OF PROFITS, OR INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, OR FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED, WHETHER ARISING OUT OF BREACH OF WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ List of included files in the Archive │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ INTRLORD.EXE - The Main IGM executable MAINTAIN.EXE - The Maintenance module for Inter-LORD INTRLORD.DOC - This Documentation file LEAGUES.DOC - Information about Inter-LORD Leagues (let us know if you start a new league and want it added to the list) HISTORY.DOC - Explains changes and upgrade information FILE_ID.DIZ - A short description of this program REGISTER.DOC - A Registration form for Vagabond Software Products. SPECIAL.DOC - Explains about a special offer for registering the entire series of Vanadia IGMs. SETREAD.BAT - Sets files to read-only NOREAD.BAT - Sets files back to normal *.MON, *.DAT - Data files for Treasures, and monsters *.ART - Graphics files INTERBBS.SAM - Sample Interbbs Cfg File INTERBBS.DOC - Doc for Interbbs games. (LC and SysOps) NOTE: Many other data files may be created in support of the software make sure there is some hard drive space available for the game to function correctly. NOTE: For VERY busy multinode systems, contact us about individual art pictures. These will use more disk space, but will require less hard drive access when the IGM is running. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Installation Instructions │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ NOTE: SHARE.EXE may need to be loaded to run these IGMs, even if you are only a single node system. On multinode systems, use the DOS ATTRIB command to set all of the .EXE, .RIP, .ASC, and .ANS files to read- only. I have included simple batch files to do this: SETREAD.BAT - Set all of the files to read-only NOREAD.BAT - Set the files back to normal 1 - Unpack all of these files into your VANADIA directory or their own directory, a good name is INTRLORD. e.g. md c:\lord\intrlord 2 - change to the directory where the files were placed and execute INTRLORD with the CONFIG option. e.g. INTRLORD CONFIG 3 - Answer the questions about your system, most are self explanatory. Choose I)nstall to install the IGM into your LORD game. Be sure to save the information before you exit. NOTE: Most people will use the Advanced Communications defaults. Also, the Network Wide News if set to yes will let your players see what is happening all over the network! 4 - You can force the maintenance program to run in your nightly maintenance. Simply use the MAINTAIN command line parameter. Inter-LORD door will automatically perform local and Inter-BBS (if applicable) maintenace when the first user of the day enters Inter-LORD or when your system receives information from another system. Inter-LORD will perform maintenance automatically when the first person enters the game or maintain.exe is run. This can only occur once per day. NOTE: If you already have players in your LORD game, run MAINTAIN MAINTAIN now to update the Inter-LORD data files. e.g. c: cd\lord\intrlord (or \lord\vanadia) MAINTAIN MAINTAIN 5 - Inter-LORD no longer has to find the incoming .MSG file to process messages correctly. You can allow the automaintenance to process inbound and outbound information, or you can force these actions to happen earlier by using the following: MAINTAIN INBOUND MAINTAIN OUTBOUND If your league is local, or has a good routing system in place, you may want to run MAINTAIN OUTBOUND several times during the day (e.g. when inbound data is received, when players play LORD or at specific times). This will speed up the response times to battles and special events. Player data will ONLY be sent when auto maintenance or MAITNAIN MAINTAIN is run. If you are using Binkley as your front end mailer, add the BINKLEY parameter after the INBOUND, OUTBOUND and MAINTAIN parameters when running maintenance. You should force maintenance at midnight since you must use the MAINTAIN MAINTAIN BINKLEY format. 6 - Test the game locally and remotely. If you encounter a problem, please notify us, so we may help. NOTE: For Inter-BBS play, see Inter-BBS.DOC ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Command Line Parameters │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ INTRLORD responds to the following command line parameters: Parameter 1: [Node #] - The current node number should be passed to the program when it is being run as an IGM (in the 3RDPARTY.DAT file). CONFIG - Invoke the internal configuration program for specifying sysop configurable options. VIEW - Allows the league coordinator to view information on all users in the game. The MAINTAIN program responds to the following parameters: Parameter 1: MAINTAIN - Perform the nightly maintenance. This includes updating the Tournamnet day, processing inbound Inter-BBS messages, and creating outbound Inter-BBS messages. This should only be used once per day. INBOUND - Process inbound Inter-BBS packages immediately. This should probably be used every time your system receives IL*.<tag> files from another system. OUTBOUND - Send outbound Inter-BBS messages immediately. This may be used anytime during the day to speed up the transfer of data. ROUTE - Create a report of route times for all BBS in the league. The report details information about when the last packet received was created and how long it took to arrive at your BBS. It also contains info about version numbers in use and who has registered. Creates the files BBSTIMES.ANS and BBSTIMES.ASC. BULLETINS - Creates ANSI and ASC score bulletins for your use SENDALL - Send a NetMail message to each SysOp in the League. A file may be attached, excellent for LC's sending out new archives, IGMs, etc... RESET - Used by the League Coodinator (BBS #1) to immediately reset all BBS's in the League. May also be used to reset a local Inter-LORD game. UPDATEIGMS - Used by the LEague Coordinator (BBS #1) to causes an IGMINFO.DAT file to be created. This file is necessary for Inter-LORD to detect Illegal IGMs. The information needed is read directly from the League Coordinators 3RDPARTY.DAT file. Parameter 2: BINKLEY - Causes the MAINTAIN program to add a carrot (^) to the beginning of the path on outbound routines. This will cause binley term to autodelete the files being sent. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Registration and technical support │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ InterLord is Postcardwear. What that means is that if you send my daughter a Nice postcard, I will send you a Registration for your bbs. At the time of this Doc (01-2000) Brianna is 4 Years old, and loves postcards. So all YOU have to do is to go to your local drug store and purchase a postcard that shows the area that you are in. Send it to : Bryan Turner / Vagabond Software 12235 China Lake Dr Dallas Texas 75253 And on it include your Name Your BBS name and eathor a Email address or a Fidonet Address. I will eathor Crash Netmail it to you or Email it. Please put that this is for INTERLORD as well. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Acknowledgements │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Special thanks go to all those people that helped with the alpha and beta testing of this product AND to all of you who have helped support The Realm of Vanadia and this IGM through registrations. Specifically the following people need to be acknowledged: Seth Able - for creating Legend of the Red Dragon and allowing others to share their worlds with his. Gregory Campbell - For creating this program letting me beta test it and then letting me take the source code and keep it going. ME (Greg wrote this and I just could not delete it) - for being one of the best beta testers around, and for supporting BBS Gaming through Linear Net. For more information about Linear Net send him a note at 1:124/7013. Linear Net is now running a growing Inter-LORD league. Inter-LORD, Inter-IGM and The Realm of Vanadia are trademarks of Vagabond Software and may not be used without prior written permission.