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┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ TANK COMMAND │ │ ======================= │ │ │ │ A Live Game for Many BBS's │ │ │ │ Game Release Version 3.0 - 01/01/91 │ │ │ │ (C)opyright 1990 │ │ │ │ By │ │ │ │ SECRET SERVICE BBS │ │ │ │ Mike Wilson │ │ P.O. Box 9521 │ │ Huntington, WV │ │ 25704 │ │ │ │ BBS (304) 429-6838 │ │ 1200/2400/9600 24 hrs. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────┘ TANK COMMAND (C)opyright 1990 - Page 1 Warranty This is product is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. The entire risk as to the results and performance of the program is assumed by you. Futher more, I the author do not warrant, guarantee, or make any representations regarding the use of, or the results of the use of the program, and you rely on the program and results solely at your own risk. I the author cannot accept responsibility for system damage, loss of profit, or any other special, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from the use or inability to use this product. Copyright The Multi-board TANK COMMAND live game is distributed as SHAREWARE. Under this concept you may use the SHAREWARE (unregistered) version for a reasonable period of time, which I consider to be three weeks, after which you must either register your copy or discontinue usage. Registration With registration you will recieve the latest registered copy of TANK COMMAND with the ability to download any futher updates from Secret Service BBS at no extra cost. You will also recieve any support the author can give in reference to bugs or other problems that may arise in using the game. I feel that sysop's have enough expense without charging a high cost for a game for their users. I have set the cost of registration at $20.00 which I feel if people will follow the shareware concept will be enough to cover shipping and handling and encourage me to write more doors. See register.txt for ordering instructions. Distribution You are free, in fact encouraged, to distribute the SHAREWARE (unregistered) version of the Multi-board TANK COMMAND Live Game provided that all files contained in the original TANK COMMAND archive are distributed in their original unmodified state. TANK COMMAND (C)opyright 1990 - Page 2 Introduction & How To Play Tank Command simulates combat action from inside of a tank. You are looking outside through a view port and as you move using your instrumentation you can see the enemy move into sight. When the enemy is in sight you may use bullets or missles to attempt to make a "kill". You only have so much energy to move your tank with each day and also a limited amount of missles and bullets. Missles are more reliable at destroying the enemy but bullets also work well. Players compete each month for the highest number of kills. Top ten players are recorded to a bulletin as well as the prior months champion. Options and Information This door game will also create color and mono top 10 bulletins and write them in directories of your choice written in the .CFG file. Installation and Setup The game is relatively easy to install. Create a new directory and dissolve the contents of Tank.zip into it. Run the Setup.exe program and answer the questions as they appear. If you have problem answering a question refer to the detailed description below. Create a batch file to call the game from following the instructions listed below under 'Batch Files'. The following are detailed descriptions of each file. If you are running multi-nodes then you must use an ASCII word processor or Copy Con to create .cfg files for each node as described below. TANK.CFG contains: The Secret Service BBS <-- Name of BBS Mike <-- Sysop's first name Wilson <-- Sysop's last name C:\PATH\bbsinfo.??? <-- Path and filename for BBS Info file C:\Path\Bullname.Clr <-- Path & Filename to create COLOR bulletin C:\Path\Bullname.mon <-- Path & Filename to create MONO bulletin NO <-- NO or locked COM PORT Baud Rate O <-- (O)ne or (U)nlimited plays per day 50 <-- Number of bullets a player gets per day 12 <-- Number of missles a player gets per day 100 <-- Amount of energy a player gets per day NOTE: The line refering to bbsinfo.??? is the file your particular board software creates when it drops to a door. This would be: Wildcat prior to V3.0 ---> Callinfo.bbs Spitfire --> SFDoors.dat GAP or WILDCAT 3.0+ -----> Door.sys PCBoard ---> PCBoard.sys QuickBBS -> Dorinfox.def (The x is 1 or 2 depending on node #) NOTE FOR MULTI NODES! You may now have several .cfg files to allow use on multinode systems. Use the above .cfg format but name each .cfg file differently. You may call them what you want as long as you correctly call them from the batch file command line. TANK COMMAND (C)opyright 1990 Page - 3 Example: Node1: game game.cfg Node2: game game1.cfg The setup.exe file will create only one .cfg file titled TANK.cfg. You must make the second, third, etc .cfgs with a standard ascii word processor or the use of Copy Con from dos. ** If you are running multi-nodes and need to change either Com 3 or 4 to a non-standard address or IRQ please read Port.doc text file. TANK.DAT contains: This file contains the following user data: "SYSOP","01-07-1990","0" Data has to be kept in this format. TANK.TXT contains: This is the instruction file for TANK COMMAND. When a user selects the Read Instructions option during the game, this file is read for instructions. This file MUST BE PRESENT and Not altered in any way for TANK COMMAND to run properly PORT.DOC --------- Instructions file for Multi-node users that need to alter Com 3 or 4's Address or IRQ settings. BOARD.TXT --------- Don't worry about this file. It is created when you run setup.exe This file tells the game which BBS Software you are running and tells it to read the correct board file. THERE SHOULD NOT BE A BOARD.TXT FILE IN THE GAME DIRECTORY IF YOUR RUNNING WILDCAT PRIOR TO VERSION 3.0! The game looks for this file and defaults to Wildcat if it isn't found. For other boards it will contain one line with one of the following: QuickBBS --------> QBBS GAP or WILDCAT 3.0+ --> GAP PCBoard ---------> PCB Spitfire -------------> SPITFIRE List of Files In Archive The following files are either found in your TANK COMMAND Zip or will be created during the runtime execution of the game or Setup.exe. TANK.EXE <--- Executable Program. TANK.CFG #<--- Configuration File. TANK.DAT <--- Store User's Name, Last Play Date & Score. TANK.TXT <--- Instructions Used By Program. BULLET##.SCR *<--- COLOR Bulletin TANK COMMAND (C)opyright 1990 Page - 4 BULLET##.BBS *<--- MONO Bulletin SETUP.exe <--- Initial Setup program (Run first!) TANK.DOC <--- This File. PORT.DOC <--- Doc for Com 3 or 4 address or IRQ alteration * DENOTES that file is created during RUN-TIME. # DENOTES files which are created during run of Setup.exe Batch Files ================= Be sure that you have edited or created the TANK.CFG file with the correct information as described earlier in these docs. The individual setups do not repeat this necessary process. Wildcat! 1.13 & 2.0+ Setup: --------------------------- First, create your DOOR##.BAT (2.0+) or LIVE##.BAT (1.13) like this eample: ECHO OFF CD \WILDCAT\DOORS\TANK TANK TANK.CFG CD \WILDCAT CAT.BAT place this batch file in your Node# directory if running Multi-Nodes or in your Wildcat (default) directory if single node. Second, Create a sub-directory for the door program such as in the following example: C:\WILDCAT\DOORS\TANK Third, put the TANK game files in the \WILDCAT\DOORS\TANK directory. Forth, add this game to your live program menu for user selection and your ready to run the door. If this is a little unclear then please read your systems documentation for more detailed instructions. If you use a door monitoring program then read their documentation for their specific setup. Gap Setup: ---------- First, add the number and name of the door to your menu. This will allow the user to select the door by number. Second, edit or create the file called DOORS.DAT which is normally in the GEN directory. Following is an example line to add: TC 10 TANK COMMAND (C)opyright 1990 Page - 5 where 'TC' stands for the name of the batch file (shown below) to invoke the the door and '10' is the required security level. Third, create a sub-directory for TANK to be placed in. And example would be: C:\GAP\TANK place all the files in the TANK.ZIP archive inside this directory. Forth, create a batch file called TANK which should be placed in the default directory. Following is example contents of this file: ECHO OFF CD\GAP\TANK TANK TANK.CFG CD\GAP GAP the last line in the TANK file should invoke the batch file which loads the GAP BBS system. If this is a little unclear then please read your systems documentation for more detailed instructions. If you use a door monitoring program then read their documentation for their specific setup. Spitfire Setup: --------------- First edit your SFDOOR.MNU and add the following line. If you are not running and doors at this time you will need to create this file. TANK, 10 Where TANK is the name of the door to appear on your menu and the 10 is the lowest security level that will be allowed to enter the door. Don't forget the comma (,) after the name. Second create a sub-directory to place the door game in. In this example we will use 'C:\SF\DOOR_A' for the game directory. Third move all the files in the TANK.ZIP archive into this directory. Forth edit your SF.BAT file adding the following lines. :DOOR_A CD\SF\DOORS_A TANK TANK.CFG CD\SF GOTO LOOP Fifth, rerun Sf.BAT and your ready to begin play. If this is a little unclear then please read your systems documentation for more detailed instructions. If you use a door monitoring program then read their documentation for their specific setup. TANK COMMAND (C)opyright 1990 Page - 6 PCBoard 14.0+ Setup: -------------------- First, edit your DOORS and DOORSG file so that it shows TANK with the door number relating to it's position in DOORS.DAT. Second, edit the DOORS.DAT file so that it includes TANK. Third, create a sub-directory for TANK to be placed in. And example would be: C:\PCB\TANK place all the files in the TANK.ZIP archive inside this directory. Forth, create a batch file called TANK which should be placed in the default directory. Following is example contents of this file: ECHO OFF CD\PCB\TANK TANK TANK.CFG CD\PCB BOARD the last line in the TANK file should invoke the batch file which loads the PCboard BBS system. If this is a little unclear then please read your systems documentation for more detailed instructions. If you use a door monitoring program then read their documentation for their specific setup. QuickBBS Setup: --------------- First, add the game to your games menu and select the correct type for doors. Second, create a sub-directory for the game and move all the files from the zip file to this directory. Third, the game reads the file DORINFOx.DEF. Where 'x' is the node number. Since QuickBBS only supports one node at this time then this file should be 'DORINFO1.DEF'. This file's drive\path\filename should be on the third line of the configuration file. Note: It was told to me that the upcoming 3.0 version of QuickBBS will support Multi-Nodes and that the 'DORINFOx.DEF' will be changed to 'DORINFxx.DEF' to support Multi-Nodes. This game is written where you can specify this new name as well as any others. Forth, create a batch file called TANK which should be placed in the default directory. Following is example contents of this file: ECHO OFF CD\QUICKBBS\TANK TANK TANK.CFG CD\QUICKBBS QBBS.BAT the last line in the TANK file should invoke the batch file which loads the QuickBBS system. TANK COMMAND (C)opyright 1990 Page - 7 If this is a little unclear then please read your systems documentation for more detailed instructions. If you use a door monitoring program then read their documentation for their specific setup. Technical Support If you have problems with the Multi-Board TANK COMMAND live game you may contact Mike Wilson at the Secret Service BBS 24 hours per day. Also Node ID SECRET on PCRELAY Network or 1:262/29 on FIDO. Order Information Just mail $20.00 Check, Money Order or Cash to: Please include your board name with your order as you want it to appear within the program. Mike Wilson P.O. Box 9521 Huntington, WV 25704 Make Checks out to Mike Wilson. Thanks to Jeff Sumberg for some great C routines used in this door! TANK COMMAND (C)opyright 1990 Page - 8