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- Hello, Sysop!
-
- Just what IS BRE?
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- Barren Realms Elite is a 25-player strategic war-game. The setting is in
- the future - nuclear destruction has spread throughout the planet, and now
- only a vast barren void exists. You, as a baron under a great king, must
- expand your barony throughout the planet, taking advantage of natural
- resources such as rivers and mountains to become the ultimate baron. This
- task is not easy though -- you must keep your population content, while
- maintaining a military large enough to defend your empire against other
- barons. You must balance size and strength, attack, trade with, and
- make alliances with other barons. Pirates throughout the planet will
- constantly plunder the great leaders -- making your job even harder.
- But there's one more enemy you may face. Barren Realms Elite's Inter-
- BBS capabilities allow you to hook up with up to 49 other BBS's for head-
- to-head competition. Expand alliances throughout the world - the real
- world - and work as a team fighting for your king and planet.
-
- BRE is a simple to play and learn game, and it's very configurable so
- the sysop can make his/her game unique. We have tried to make BRE as
- simple to install and maintain as possible, and neither the Inter-BBS or
- Local play really requires any maintainence by the sysop. We hope you
- run and enjoy this game! Thanks!
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-
- Installing a new copy of BRE
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- Welcome to Barren Realms Elite. We've attempted to make installing ANY
- SRGame as simple as possible...
- Here are the steps:
-
- 1. Type INSTALL BRE to set up the doorfile information and create a
- batch file.
-
- The doorfile information allows BRE to interpret the doorfile
- created by the BBS every time it runs a door. Currently there
- is support for RBBS, GAP, WWIV, Wildcat, GT Power, PCBoard,
- and Spitfire door files.
- The corresponding filenames are DORINFO1.DEF, DOOR.SYS, CHAIN.TXT,
- CALLINFO.BBS, GTUSER.BBS, PCBOARD.SYS, and SFDOORS.DAT. If you need
- another format, read SRDOOR.DOC.
-
- It explains the options:
- ■ Write a replacement for SRDOOR that handles your door format.
- ■ Insert a door file converter program before SRDOOR.
- ■ Send us your door file format and specify which lines contain:
- » Name (First AND Last, or Entire)
- » COM port number
- » baud rate
- » IBM graphics characters enabled? (optional information)
- » ANSI enabled? (optional information)
- » Number of lines on the screen (optional information)
- » Time limit (in minutes) (optional information)
-
- 3. Install the door to run the batch file (BRE.BAT) from the BBS.
- (See your BBS manual if you do not know how to do this.)
-
- 4. RESET the game with "BRE RESET". *** VERY IMPORTANT ***
-
- 5. If your High-Speed Modem is causing our Special Effects to jam the
- modem buffers, please try running "BRE /NOSPECIALEFFECTS" instead
- of "BRE".
-
- 6. BRE supports a /LOCKED=##### feature for locked baud rates removing the
- need for SRLOCK.EXE. See OPTIONS.BRE for more details.
- BRE also supports RESOURCE.DAT baud rate locking [most efficient]
-
- Other Doc Files
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- BRANSI.DOC -- Information on Ansi Files you can create
- IPLOCAL.DOC -- How to connect two local games on your BBS
- IPSETUP.DOC -- How to join or create an Inter-BBS game
- OPTIONS.DOC -- List of the different command line options available to BRE
- RESOURCE.DOC -- Information on the RESOURCE.DAT file available
- SYSOP.DOC -- This file
-
- Upgrading an older version of BRE
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- Just UNZIP the BRE?????.ZIP file --- Your old game will still work, but
- sometimes certain features of the new game may not work correctly. A
- RESET will enable all features of the new version to work, but until then
- you can still continue your old game.
-
- Special Features Of Barren Realms Elite
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- BRE now features support to move command line options into a separate file.
- See RESOURCE.DOC for details. The resource file will also allow to
- specifically disable almost any feature in the game, which is useful if
- bugs pop up or if you just don't like the balance of one of the items.
-
- InterBBS Operations is another special feature of BRE! If you are linked to
- Fido Net (Or any other Net - Untested), you may link up with up to 49 other
- BBS's around the world and compete head to head! See IPSETUP.DOC for details.
- See IPLOCAL.DOC to see how to setup "local" InterBBS games!
-
- Have fun with the game, and if you do wish to register, fill out the
- BREREG.TXT and read it for details. Thanks!
-
- Mehul Patel, Programmer of BRE
- And SysOp of The Solar Realms BBS: (713) 855-1665
-