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- Chance's Café
- Version 1.5
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- an IGM for Seth Able's LORD
- Written In TP 7
- Using the DDPlus package
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-
- Technical Instructions (docs)
-
-
- [legal stuff]
-
- I own this. (uhh, copyright 1996 Illusion Software).
-
- If you use this software, you do so at your own risk. I've spent several
- versions testing it and retesting it. Works great on my board. Seems to
- be completely flawless. If you have problems at all with it, you can
- either contact me at the given places, or just delete the thing completely
- from your system. What did you expect? It's freeware.
-
- In any case, if it breaks, it's not my legal responsibility. The only thing
- this IGM is guaranteed to do is take up space on your drive. Period.
-
- [end of legal stuff]
-
-
- [What is it?]
-
- It's an IGM for LORD. Big surprise eh?
- Okay, I'll elaborate.
-
- * Users can have one of four types of coffee, each with it's own
- benefits. Not too earth shaking in the altering of the game,
- but something to spend their money on. I may make these benefits
- configurable in the future, but for now they are fixed. Hey, it's
- freeware, whaddya want? :) If enough sysops want them configurable,
- I'll put out an update. (see the What Do I Do section for more on
- the benefits..) For now, the prices ARE configurable....
-
- * Users can also converse with other patrons in similar style to the inn
- in LORD. Seems users LOVE to write stuff in this game....
-
- * Users can walk into the garden (yes the one from LORD, it accesses the
- GARDEN.TXT file which it seems is a really RARE occurance on my board)
- and arrange flowers to their enjoyment, or if they are so inclined, they
- may take a leak in the garden. The second option has a serious
- disadvantage at times (as you will find out), but can also be beneficial.
- I put this in at the prompting of my wife, who thought it was a hilariously
- funny idea. I also have users who love to discuss the merits of urinating
- in the LORD garden. Strange kids. Nothing derogatory in the text though.
- As of version 1.4, this option is configurable. please see the whats.new
- file for more info.
-
- * All of these options can be done only once a day (one cup of coffee only,
- and one of the two options in the garden) except for the conversation,
- which can be done all day (time permitting) if they so desire.
-
- * Any errors that occur during the operation of this IGM will be logged
- to a file called CHANCE.ERR. This file will be written in the LORD
- directory (unfortunately) and will contain all the info I need to
- correct the error. Send it to me if you'd like me to fix the problem.
- As of this writing, the IGM should be completely error free, but it's
- in the code none-the-less.
-
- [What do I do?]
-
- Please see the UPGRADE.DOC file for info on upgrading from a
- previous version.
-
- Otherwise, just unzip the archive into it's own directory.
- If you must put it in the LORD directory it shouldn't harm anything,
- suit yourself, but it is designed to go into it's own directory.
- Then run the CHANCFG.EXE program and fill in the info required.
-
- The benefits of the four coffees are as follows just in case you
- think they will alter your game too much for your liking.
-
- 1. Swiss Almond Delight (no relevance in any of the names...)
- -will boost the players charm by 6 - 10 points
- 2. Double Fudge Mocha
- -will boost the players hitpoints (not the MAX hitpoints)
- by 31-50. Maybe a little high...give me feedback.
- 3. Cappucino
- -will give the player one addition skill point for the
- day. works for all three skills. doesn't change their
- actual points, just allows another use.
- 4. Espresso (most vile stuff I have *EVER* tasted)
- -will boost either strength or defense by 6 - 10 points.
- random determination of which.
-
- None of these are really that altering, but let me know if you think
- they exceed normal tolerances for game disruption. Works great here.
- Of course, with the prices being configurable, you can determine how
- much impact they have on the game.
-
- Now [I]nstall it and away you go!
- Simple as that. If you hate it, just use the config again and
- [U]ninstall it. It won't delete itself, but it will remove itself
- from the 3rdparty.dat file. The rest is up to you.
-
- [What should be in the Archive?]
-
- Well, if you have the original archive this is the list in it:
-
- CHANCFG.EXE - The configuration program.
- CHANCE.EXE - The main executable. The actual IGM.
- CHANCE.DOC - You're Reading This One.
- UPGRADE.DOC - Information on Upgrading.
- FILE_ID.DIZ - Description for your bbs file lists.
- WHATS.NEW - Details on bugfixes, updates etc.
-
- and these files are created after the config program has been run and
- the IGM has been used once.
-
- MAINT.DAT - Keeps track of what day it is.
- CHANCE.DAT - This is the config file.
- Contains path info, and the price list
- for coffees, as well as user usage info.
-
- [What does it cost?]
-
- This one's free. No cost to you, or anyone.
- Of course, I like to hear from people who use my stuff, so if
- you feel like it, drop me a line at one of the contact places from
- the list below.
-
- [How do I find you?]
-
- Uhh, why? Did it melt your machine? Did it blow up your hardware?
- Or do you want to pile heaps of gratitude upon me for such a simple
- but useful IGM? If you MUST reach me, see the contacts list at the
- bottom of this file. If it's concerning the first two options, see
- the legal thingy up top. :)
-
- [Okay, so how *DO* I contact you?]
-
- Alright, if you must contact me do so as indicated below:
-
- [ Snail Mail: ]
- Chris Carson - Illusion Software
- 1 - 4604 Hammond Bay Road
- Nanaimo, BC
- Canada
- V9T-5B1
-
- [ Internet Email ]
- Bolan@fmlyrsch.org
- (if you get the mail back, I've changed providers)
-
- [ Fido Netmail ]
- Bolan
- Shattered Illusions
- 1:351/236
-
- That's all the ways you can get ahold of me. I do read the LORD and
- LORD_SYSOP (uhh, I think that's the Echo Tag) Fido echos, so you
- could try and leave me mail there, but those echos occasionally skip
- by someone upstream and I miss a few posts. The best way to guarantee
- yourself a response is by Internet Email or direct crashmail to my
- system.
-
- [Will you write me a custom IGM?]
-
- Sure. If you have an idea for an IGM, or just want an IGM for
- your board that does something you want it to, let me know. I'll
- program it if it's possible to do, and maybe it'll be free too.
-
- [Thanks go to these guys]
-
- Steve Lorenz, Bob Dalton, and Scott Baker for the DDPlus Package. Kudos.
- Seth Able Robinson for his great and long lived doorgame LORD. more kudos.
- Joseph Masters for the view of his Aratime source codes. big help dude.
-
- And thanks to Pepsi. Man, I should own a portion of that company by
- now. And if it weren't for them, I couldn't get my cool new Pepsi Stuff!
-
- end of doc file, go install this thing!
-
- *** note ***
-
- I'm not the greatest at writing documentation, so if something
- is missing from these docs, let me know so I can fix it up.
- These are kinda long, but get the whole idea across....
-