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- | PimpWars SysOp Documentation |
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-
- ( These DOCs will be better written in future releases )
-
- .--------------.
- | INSTALLATION |
- `--------------'
-
- PimpWars currently comes in three different flavors, the standard DOS fossil
- based version, the Windows Door32 version, and the Linux version.
- Installion for each of version is a fairly simple process.
-
- First, create a directory where you'd like to store PimpWars and its
- data files. For this example, we'll use C:\BBS\DOORS\PIMPWARS. Copy
- the contects of the PimpWars distribution archive into this directory.
-
- Second, load your BBS software and configure it for a new door. You
- will have to see your BBS software documentation on how to do that if you
- don't already know. You must set it to execute PIMPWARS.EXE with two
- simple command line options:
-
- PIMPWARS.EXE [path and name of door drop file] [node number]
- Ex: PIMPWARS.EXE C:\BBS\TEMP1\DOOR.SYS 1
-
- PimpWars will automatically determine the type of drop file to use based
- on the file name supplied on the command line.
-
- In the DOS version of PimpWars, the following BBS drop files (which are
- created by your BBS software) are:
-
- DOOR.SYS
- DORINFO1.DEF
- CHAIN.TXT
-
- In the Windows native Door32 version of PimpWars, only one BBS drop file
- is supported: DOOR32.SYS. You must make sure your BBS software supports the
- Door32 standard before you can use this version. For more information
- on Door32, see the official web page at www.mysticbbs.com/door32
-
- In the Linux native version, all drop files are supported. That means it
- can use DOOR.SYS, DORINFO1.DEF, CHAIN.TXT, or DOOR32.SYS.
-
- An example menu entry in Mystic BBS software's menu editor for executing
- PimpWars might look similar to this:
-
- ╒══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════[21/26]═╕
- │ Display Text │
- │ (P)impwars │
- │──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│
- │ Hot Key : P │
- │ Long Key : P │
- │ Menu Command : DD Door with DORINFO1.DEF │
- │ Command Data : C:\BBS\PWARS\PIMPWARS.EXE C:\BBS\TEMP%3\DORINFO1.DEF │
- │ Access String : │
- │────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬ LB Options ─────│
- │ Lightbar Low │ Up : 0 Rt : 0 │
- │ │ Dn : 0 Lt : 0 │
- │ │ │
- │ Lightbar High │ X Position : 0 │
- │ │ Y Position : 0 │
- ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛
-
- After you've setup your BBS software to execute PIMPWARS.EXE with the
- correct options, you should be ready for action!
-
- .-----------------------------------------.
- | UPGRADING FROM PREVIOUS VERSIONS (1.4x) |
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-
- Unfortunetly, you cannot upgrade from previous versions of PimpWars. You
- must do a full new installation with version 1.50. Here's some of the new
- things added in this release:
-
- + Completely rewrote PimpWars SysOp interface. It should be much faster
- and more functional than in the past.
-
- + Completely rewrote PimpWars file handling to make PimpWars functional
- under multinode environments. PimpWars now works fine when multiple
- users are online. Look for other multinode interactivity in the
- future.
-
- + Ported PimpWars to Windows and created a DOOR32 version to work with
- 32-bit BBS software and telnet servers.
-
- + Started to do a complete overhaul of all source code, making PimpWars
- more compact and portable.
-
- + Linux native port
-
- + And more that i'm forgetting right now! =)
-
- .----------------------------------------------.
- | PROBLEMS, CONTACTING THE AUTHOR, OTHER STUFF |
- `----------------------------------------------'
-
- If you have any problems, suggestions, or want to contact the author of
- PimpWars for any reason, send e-mail to mysticbbs@geocities.com.
-
- For the latest release of PimpWars and news on upcoming developments,
- view the offical PimpWars web site at: www.mysticbbs.com/pimpwars
-
- .---------.
- | CREDITS |
- `---------'
-
- Ahpah Software - Ahpah were the original authors of PimpWars years and years
- ago. They've since passed on PimpWars to me so I can
- continue to work with it!
- ZeroVision - For designing the PimpWars "Pimpin aint easy" title screen.
-